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48th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 7-12, 2008
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Stage 2 - April 8: Legazpi - Erandio, 153km
Kirchen surprises all and captures win
By Monika Prell in Erandio
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High Road's Kim Kirchen won the second stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco in Erandio (Bizkaia). On a day marked by five mountains, starting with the Alto de Ixua (category one), the 29 year-old Kirchen won a final mass sprint ahead of the World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step). As in the first stage, Spaniard David Herrero (Karpin Galicia) finished third.
Alberto Contador (Astana), virtually lost his GC lead to compatriot Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel Euskadi) out on the road, but thanks to the work of his team, he remained in yellow at the end of the day with a five-second margin on Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia).
A breakaway group was caught by the peloton, including Kirchen, with only nine kilometers before the finish of the 153km stage in Erandio. "The team did a great work," said Kirchen after the finish. "The last kilometers were quite dangerous, and so, I tried to be among the first ones [in the group]. Leaving the last roundabout, I already was in the leading position, but as it was still too far to the finish. I just slowed a bit down to be able to attack in the last meters."
José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Saunier Duval), at the moment 17th in the GC, said that "until the last day, the Vuelta is not decided. Everything could happen. Normally, the time trial in Orio should decide this race, but the weather is crazy and so we will see. Our objective is winning, even more as this is a home race and as we have six riders amongst the best 25 in the overall classification."
The leader, Alberto Contador, was tired at the finish "Another difficult day…," he said, "the team had to work from the beginning on and they did a great job, even if the rain complicated all. I attacked myself because I wanted to show that I am able to win this race. Tomorrow we will face another large and hard stage, because everybody will try to escape, but I hope that my team-mates will relax, and that they will be able to work as fantasticly as they did today."
How it unfolded
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Yesterday's start and finish city, the small town of Legazpi (Gipuzkoa) welcomed the remaining 150 riders onto their market square, and they did it with cordial applause. The warm and sunny weather drew the public to watch the race starting 1:15 pm and heading out for 153 kilometers.
Björn Schröder (Milram) launched the first attack of the day, but the peloton was not willing to let him go. Only seven kilometers later, Spaniards Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne), José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel Euskadi) and the Swiss Michael Albasini (Liquigas), who finished second on Saturday's Gran Premio Miguel Indurain made a break that stuck.
The first difficulty of the day was at the same time the hardest: the Alto de Ixua, with its 4.2 kilometers length and average ascent of 9.76 %. The Basque Landaluze was the first to the summit, where many spectators saw him in front of Horrach, Arrieta and Albasini. Fifth was Rubén Lobato (Saunier Duval), who was able to gain a small gap on the peloton, where Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel Euskadi) attacked successfully to save his mountain jersey.
Just after the peloton had reached the summit of the Alto de Ixua, it began to rain, and from then on, sunshine and rain took turns.
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Landaluze won all of the mountain classifications, so that he ended up second in this classification, three points behind his team-mate Martínez. The break never got more than three minutes and 43 seconds, but when the Astana and Quick Step teams began to work, the quartet's lead melted quickly.
At the first passage by the finish line in Erandio, he was only at one minute and eight seconds, and so, Albasini decided to try his luck. He attacked his breakaway mates and reached a maximal advance of 33 seconds. Finally, he was not able to stand the pace of the chasing peloton and he gave up.
One kilometer before the finish line, some riders crashed due to the rain that made the streets slippery. After the final roundabout, the teams prepared for the sprint, in which Kirchen attained victory.
Wednesday's third stage will lead the peloton from the coast to the northern frontier of the Basque country: 195 kilometers from Erandio (Bizkaia) to Viana (Navarra). The day features four mountains, two each in the second and third categories.
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- Kim Kirchen (High Road) takes on Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and beats the world champ on the line.
- Astana at the head if the race and making sure there are no unpleasant surprises.
- Astana was in control of the stage most of the time.
- Contador stayed safely in the bunch.
- Contador gives an interview after the stage.
- Contador receives another yellow jersey and lots of liquids.
- Contador's press conference is always attended by lots of Spanish media.
- Cofidis and Quick Step were pulling for a sprint finish.
- The break coming through the finish area, but unfortunately not for the final time yet.
- Kim Kirchen proving that a Basque hat looks good on a Luxemburger, too.
- The peloton grinds up the mountain in the Basque country.
- David Herrero Llorente (Karpin Galicia) is leading the points classification.
- Cadel Evans crosses the line safely.
- Mountains leader Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) shot off the front to collect points.
- A small group arrives at the finish.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) spays the champagne
- Ruben Lobato Elvira (Saunier Duval - Scott).
- Leader of the sprints classification, Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia).
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) on the podium to collect his mountains jersey.
- Quick Step riders on one of the climbs of the day.
Images by Monika Prell
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) before the start.
- Mountains leader Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel - Euskadi) is interviewed by the press.
Results
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 3.40.42 (41.594 km/h) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 7 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 10 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 14 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 17 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 18 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 21 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 23 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 24 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 26 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 27 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 28 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 29 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 30 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 32 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 37 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 40 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 42 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 43 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 45 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 48 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 49 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 51 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 52 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 53 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 54 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 55 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 58 John Devine (USA) Team High Road 59 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 60 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 61 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 62 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 64 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 65 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 66 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 67 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 68 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 69 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 70 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 73 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 76 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 77 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 78 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 79 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 82 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 83 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 84 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 85 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 86 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 87 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 88 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 89 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 90 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 91 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 92 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 93 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 94 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 95 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 96 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 97 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 98 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 99 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 100 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 101 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 103 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 104 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 105 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 106 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 107 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 109 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 110 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 111 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 112 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 113 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 114 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 115 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 116 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 118 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 119 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 120 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.38 121 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 122 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 123 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 124 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 126 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 127 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 129 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42 130 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 131 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 133 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 134 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2.05 135 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.07 136 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 137 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 138 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.32 139 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 3.11 140 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 141 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.12 142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 143 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.49 144 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.18 145 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.20 146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4.59 147 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 148 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7.12 149 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.11 150 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19.00 Points 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 25 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 14 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 10 7 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 9 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 7 10 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 11 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 5 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 3 14 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 2 15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 Mountains Alto de Ixua, cat 1 - km 47 1 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 pts 2 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 3 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 6 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 5 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 6 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Gontzagarinaga, cat 3 - km 66 1 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1 Balconde Bizkaia, cat 3 - km 72 1 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 1 Alto de Morga, cat 3 - km 92 1 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1 Alto de Umbe, cat 3 - km 11 1 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1 Metas volantes/intermediate sprints Bolibar - km 63 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 1 Erandio Goikoa - km 129.8 1 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 3 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Universidad Loiu - km 137 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 3 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Team High Road 11.02.09 2 Team Milram 0.03 3 Lampre 0.04 4 Silence-Lotto 0.08 5 Astana 0.10 6 Quick Step 0.14 7 Gerolsteiner 0.17 8 Rabobank 0.21 9 Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.22 10 Karpin Galicia 0.25 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 13 Française Des Jeux 0.28 14 Credit Agricole 15 Team CSC 0.34 16 Caisse d'Epargne 0.36 17 Liquigas 0.42 18 Bouygues Telecom 0.44 19 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.46 General classification after stage 2 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 7.20.04 2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.03 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.08 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 13 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 14 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 18 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 23 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 26 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 27 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.15 28 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 30 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 31 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 32 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 35 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 38 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 40 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.29 41 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 42 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 44 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 45 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 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 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 55 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 56 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 60 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 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 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 1.19 65 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 66 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 67 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 68 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 69 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 70 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 71 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 72 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 73 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.59 75 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 76 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 77 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 79 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 80 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 83 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 85 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 87 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 89 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 90 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 91 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 92 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 93 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.54 94 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 3.44 95 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 96 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 98 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 99 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 101 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.42 102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 104 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.11 105 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 106 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.32 107 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 6.42 108 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.49 109 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 6.58 110 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 7.03 111 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 7.15 112 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 114 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 116 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 117 John Devine (USA) Team High Road 118 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 119 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 120 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.33 121 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 9.00 122 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 9.27 123 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 9.37 124 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 126 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 127 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 128 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 129 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 130 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 131 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 132 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9.41 133 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.47 134 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.15 135 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 10.26 136 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 11.33 137 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.40 138 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 11.42 139 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.44 140 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 16.43 141 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 142 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 143 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 144 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 16.49 147 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 18.25 148 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.58 150 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 38.06 Points classification 1 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 32 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 26 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 25 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 20 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20 7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 14 8 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 9 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 10 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 9 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 16 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 17 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6 18 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 20 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 5 21 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 3 25 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 26 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 2 27 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 Mountains classification 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 3 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 5 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 6 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 7 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 8 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 9 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 1 13 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Metas volantes/intermediate sprints classification 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 11 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8 3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 4 5 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 6 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1 7 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 8 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 9 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 10 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Teams classification 1 Lampre 22.00.50 2 Team High Road 0.03 3 Rabobank 0.10 4 Karpin Galicia 0.30 5 Astana 0.33 6 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.35 7 Team CSC 0.37 8 Bouygues Telecom 0.40 9 Gerolsteiner 0.46 10 Caisse d'Epargne 0.53 11 Team Milram 1.12 12 Quick Step 1.16 13 Silence-Lotto 1.17 14 Credit Agricole 1.56 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.05 16 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 2.12 17 Liquigas 3.40 18 Ag2r-La Mondiale 4.21 19 Française Des Jeux 7.38
