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48th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 7-12, 2008
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Stage 3 - April 9: Erandio - Viana, 195km
Herrero adds stage to points lead
By Monika Prell in Viana
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After two third place finishes so far in this year's edition of the Vuelta al País Vasco, Karpin Galicia's David Herrero won the third stage from Erandio to Viana over 195 kilometers. The 28 year-old Basque beat compatriot Luis León Sánchez from Caisse d'Epargne and the Italian Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) to the line.
Herrero, taking his first victory since 2006, also extended his lead in the points classification while Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) enlarged his lead in the mountains classification.
Astana was able to control the race on this transitional stage to keep its Alberto Contador in the overall lead, despite the efforts of two men, Team High Road's Morris Possoni and the Rabobank rider Paul Martens, to escape the field. They broke free of the peloton just 35 kilometres into the race, and the pair gained more than six minutes advantage in the long rolling section between the first and second mountains of the day. However, the duo suffered in the strong winds and rain, and Martens was dropped with just over 50 kilometres to go. Possoni soldiered on alone but was also brought down to earth by the Alto de Aguilar de Codes on the second time up with 15 kilometres remaining.
Herrero was overjoyed at the finish. "I like struggling for victories, but when you do so by almost winning in two stages, you know you are in a great form. But if you don't win, you despair. So, this victory is really a relief for me. This has been the most important win for me. Last year I had a bad year with a lot of injuries, but the team went on have confidence in me."
Thinking of the rest of the race, the stage winner said, "I don't see it as impossible to beat Contador in the time trial. Personally, I think that for me, I should be able to climb on the podium, or at least to be amongst the best ten riders, perhaps even amongst the best five."
In the Meta Volantes competition, Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia) also kept his lead. "The team helps me a lot, and now I hope to be able to win this classification," said Mayoz. "Today I tried to escape early to collect points, and in the end I have been able to be amongst the first three riders in the Meta Volantes classification."
How it unfolded
Erandio's schoolkids were happy this morning - distracted by the start to the third stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco in their village. The kids and their teachers attended the sign-in and enjoyed the chance to see their cycling idols in person. They cheered and applauded. The riders were visibly pleased by the attention and gave their attention to their small supporters.
At 11:00, the 149 riders started in direction to Bilbao. Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) was the only one who non-starter. As the stage was the longest and also a hilly affair, everybody expected many break away attempts. Two Spaniards were the first to fulfill the expectations. Mountains classification leader Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and Meta Volantes leader Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia) tried their luck at kilometer one. Gerolsteiner's Markus Fothen joined them, but the trio was discordant, and so the peloton regained them five kilometers later.
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During the next 20 kilometers, many small breakaway groups formed and then were chased down by the peloton, until at kilometer 30, Team High Road's Morris Possoni and the Rabobank rider Paul Martens were able to escape. The peloton let them go, and the duo acquired a maximal advance of six minutes and four seconds, before team Astana got to work to close the gap.
Crowds at the first mountain sprint of the day, a category two Alto de Barrerilla, saw the Italian win. Euskaltel - Euskadi's Martínez was able to grab two points for his mountain account as he came in front of compatriot Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne).
The riders had no time to enjoy the landscape of the four regions of Bizkaia, Alava, Castilla y León and Navarra with their cliffy tree-less hills beside the typical Basque green pastures and the famous vineyards of the Rioja Alavesa. Instead the riders were on to three more mountains. Possoni won all three KOMs, and again Martínez crossed them in third to enlarge his lead on his rivals also contending for the mountains jersey.
Then, it began to rain, and on the descent from the Alto de Aguilar de Codes, Martens crashed. Fortunately, he was able get back on and ride, but he never regained his break mate and he hung behind him at about one minute.
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After 152.7 kilometers, the riders passed for the first time the small town of Viana, on the Camino de Santiago, the Way of St. James, with its beautiful, historic Old Town full of churches and hostels for pilgrims. After climbing for the first time the final 300m stretch to the finish, the peloton had still 42.3 kilometers left to race. Quick Step and Astana led the peloton, so that Possoni's advantage began to decrease quickly. Twenty-one kilometers before the finish line, the peloton dashed High Road's hopes for the second consecutive stage win as the pack caught the the last escaped rider.
The peloton raced together for the last twenty kilometers before it broke into many parts on the final ascent with its average grade of seven percent. Spaniard Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) went to the front before he was reeled in by his compatriot David Herrero. The Karpin Galicia rider crossed the finish line first, ahead of Sánchez and the defending world champion Paolo Bettini
Thursday's fourth stage will bring the peloton from Viana to the capital of the Basque country, to Vitoria. It will include five mountains (one first category, two second category and two third category) over 171 kilometers.
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- Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne) picked up a single mountains point on stage three.
- A Cofidis rider zips up as the group prepares to descend.
- Grisha Niermann (Rabobank) has a snack.
- Morris Possoni (High Road) and Paul Martens (Rabobank) made the break of the day.
- Astana controlled the peloton with ease to keep Contador in the overall lead.
- Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia) leads the spring classification.
- Herrero holds off Paolo Bettini in the push for the line.
- Herrero in the lead coming up the hill to the finish.
- Luis Leon Sanchez makes a big push to overtake Herrero.
- Sanchez throws the bike… but it is too late and he can't get past Herrero.
- Michael Albasini and David Rebellin come up in fifth and sixth.
- Herrero receives the points leader's jersey.
- David Herrero (Karpin Galicia) shows his prize for the stage victory.
- Igon Anton (Euskaltel) is interviewed after the stage.
- Kim Kirchen and Michael Barry (High Road) have a refreshing drink after the stage.
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) has a handy mountains classification lead.
- Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia) wears the sprints jersey after three stages.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) continues to lead the overall classification.
- David Herrero Llorente (Karpin Galicia) holds the points jersey by a massive 21 points.
Results
1 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.54.24 (39.74 km/h) 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 10 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 13 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 20 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 21 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 23 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 25 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 26 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 27 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 36 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 38 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 40 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 41 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 42 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 45 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 46 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 47 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 48 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 49 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 50 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 53 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 55 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 57 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 59 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 60 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 61 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 65 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 66 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 67 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 69 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 71 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 72 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 74 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 75 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 76 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 77 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 78 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 79 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 81 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 82 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 83 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 84 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 85 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.23 86 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.28 87 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.52 88 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 0.58 89 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.11 90 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 91 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.24 93 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 95 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.56 97 John Devine (USA) Team High Road 98 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 99 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 100 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 102 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 103 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 104 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 105 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 107 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 5.01 110 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 111 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 115 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 116 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 117 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 119 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 120 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 124 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 127 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 128 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6.54 129 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 130 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 131 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 132 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.40 133 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.21 134 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 9.05 135 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 136 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 137 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 138 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 12.50 139 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 140 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 142 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 143 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 144 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16.07 145 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 146 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 16.09 Points 1 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 25 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 16 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 12 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 9 8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 8 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 7 10 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 11 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 5 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 4 13 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 3 14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 15 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 1 Sprints Bernedo, km. 125 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 2 3 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Viana, km. 152.7 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 3 pts 2 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2 3 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Espronceda, km. 170 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 3 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 3 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 Mountains Alto de la Barrerilla (Cat. 2) km. 49 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 6 pts 2 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 4 3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 4 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de la Aldea (Cat. 2)) km. 130 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 6 pts 2 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 4 3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Aguilar de Codes (Cat. 3) km. 144 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 3 pts 2 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2 3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Aguilar de Codes (Cat. 3) km. 185 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 2 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Karpin Galicia 14.43.12 2 Team Milram 3 Lampre 4 Silence-Lotto 5 Caisse d'Epargne 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Quick Step 10 Credit Agricole 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 12 Liquigas 13 Team High Road 14 Saunier Duval-Scott 15 Rabobank 16 Team CSC 17 Ag2r-La Mondiale 18 Française Des Jeux 19 Astana General classification after stage 3 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 12.14.28 2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.03 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.08 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 11 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 15 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 17 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 21 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 24 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 26 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.15 27 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 30 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 31 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 34 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 35 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 38 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.29 39 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 41 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 42 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 43 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 44 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 45 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.36 46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48 47 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 48 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.07 49 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 51 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 52 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 53 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 57 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 59 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.16 60 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 1.19 61 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 62 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.59 65 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 66 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 68 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 70 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 71 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 73 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 74 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 75 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.22 76 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.51 77 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.44 78 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 79 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 80 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 4.15 81 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.23 82 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.55 83 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 84 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.32 85 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.50 86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.08 87 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 6.20 88 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 89 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.40 90 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 91 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 6.42 92 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.53 93 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 7.00 94 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 95 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 7.09 96 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 7.15 97 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 7.35 100 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 8.01 101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.07 102 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 8.13 103 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 9.00 104 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 9.34 105 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 9.37 106 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 9.39 107 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9.41 108 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 9.43 109 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 10.11 111 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 John Devine (USA) Team High Road 113 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 10.24 114 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 11.04 115 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.50 116 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 12.01 117 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.16 118 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12.33 119 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 120 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.34 121 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 13.57 122 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 14.09 123 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 14.29 124 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.38 125 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 127 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.16 128 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 15.27 129 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 16.31 130 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 16.34 131 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.45 132 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.27 133 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 18.32 134 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 18.54 135 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 136 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.01 137 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.44 138 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 22.27 139 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.26 140 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 27.51 142 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 29.33 143 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 144 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51.05 146 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 54.13 Points classification 1 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 57 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 36 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 35 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 32 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 22 8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 20 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 11 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 12 13 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 10 14 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 10 15 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 10 16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 10 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8 18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 19 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8 20 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7 22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6 24 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 25 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 27 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 3 28 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 29 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 2 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Sprint classification 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 8 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 5 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 6 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 4 7 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 8 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 9 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1 10 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 11 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 12 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 13 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains classification 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 3 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 4 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 5 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 15 6 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 10 7 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 8 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 7 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 12 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 16 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 1 18 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval-Scott 36.43.48 2 Rabobank 3 Lampre 0.07 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Team High Road 0.14 6 Team CSC 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
