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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

Damiano Cunego (Lampre) didn't have an umbrella
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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."

Contador got second
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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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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

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