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48th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 7-12, 2008
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Stage 6 - April 12: Orio - Aia - Orio (ITT), 20km
Contador time trials away from his greatest rivals
Spaniard also wins overall
By Monika Prell in Orio
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Spaniard Alberto Contador continued his dominating performance in the Vuelta al País Vasco and won the final stage, an individual time trial over 20 kilometres with start and finish in Orio. The 25 year-old Astana rider was 22 seconds faster than the Australian Cadel Evans, from Silence-Lotto, which secured the overall victory for the stage winner. Rabobank's Thomas Dekker was third, 27 seconds back . The top three was also the order in the final overall classification.
Euskaltel – Euskadi's Egoi Martínez held on to the mountains classification, while Iban Mayoz from Karpin Galicia secured himself the jersey in the meta volantes. While Astana had the stranglehold on the stages and the GC, it was the Dutch Rabobank team that won the teams prize.
Race winner Contador was ecstatic in the press conference. "The win of this Vuelta al País Vasco has a prestigious value for me. The victory has not been easy, neither for the profiles nor for the climatic conditions." He was surprised about the gap between him and Evans. "I beat him for 22 seconds? That is really surprising to me!" He dedicated the victory to his grandmother, who deceased some time ago, a fact that "affected me a lot," and also to his grandfather Avellardo. He admitted to struggle with a molar infection, a fact that "only Benjamín Noval knew. I did almost not sleep in those days, but I did not want to say it as the rivals could have heard about it and tried to attack me even more."
Rabobank's Grischa Niermann was happy about the win of this team: "The Vuelta al País Vasco is one of the hardest races, it is great that we have been able to win the teams classification. The race has not been that hard, like in the past years, but yesterday and today were really two hard stages and you can say that they were worthy of the Vuelta al País Vasco." The German commented about the Alto de Aia that "yesterday, some of us would not have been able to reach the summit without the help of the spectators, because the wheels raced due to the bad weather."
How it unfolded
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The weather was kinder to the public and to the riders than the previous day. Along the coast of the Basque country, the sun was out and the temperatures were around 20 degrees Celsius – perfect conditions for this last day of the Vuelta al País Vasco. A lot of cycling fans had come to Orio to support their heroes.
The course started near the beach, before crossing the little village of Orio (Gipuzkoa), direction to the port, along the luxurious yachts. It then left the village and affronted the Alto de Aia, with a maximal gradient of 22 percent. After four kilometres of climbing, a turning point and a descent of five kilometres over very narrow and curvy streets awaited the riders. The peloton descended with a speed of 85 kilometres per hour. Back in Orio, they passed the port once again before ascending to the Alto de Txanka. From the summit, they only had to descend again and the finish line awaited them besides the sea.
The vibes were great, the majority of the public was assembled at the start and finish zone and in the rampant streets of the Alto de Aia, where groups of people animated the riders calling each of them by name. In front of the Astana bus, Contador fans began to intone chants to support their idol.
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Six riders did not start; amongst them stage three winner David Herrero from Karpin Galicia who crashed yesterday. The first of the remaining 99 riders, Liquigas' Iván Santaromita, started at 14:45, the last one, Alberto Contador, at 17:15.
The race leader did not let any doubt about his class: After four kilometres, he led the stage with 21 seconds ahead of his biggest rival, Cadel Evans, and he defended this advance until reaching the finish line.
Astana did a great work for their leader during the entire Vuelta, and he knew to thank it to them winning the overall classification.
The most regular rider should have been David Herrero, who was three times third in the stages and who also won the one that finished in Viana. His team, Karpin Galicia, has showed a very great performance, with Ezequiel Mosquera finishing ninth in the overall classification, and as the only non-ProTour team, they left a good impression.
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- Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Rabobank) finished 42nd on the time trial.
- Dutch rider Robert Gesink (Rabobank) was fifth on the time trial finale.
- Frenchman Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) took ninth spot.
- Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Karpin Galicia) could only manage 15th spot.
- Italian Marco Pinotti (Team High Road) sneaked in to the top 10.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) again rode strongly to claim another stage, and the overall victory.
- Belgian Maxime Monfort (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) managed sixth place for his French squad.
- Fans willed on Frank Schleck (Team CSC) as he rode to 17th spot.
- Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Euskaltel - Euskadi) finished just outside the top 10 in 11th spot.
- Ruben Lobato Elvira (Saunier Duval - Scott) dropped nearly four minutes on the final stage.
- David De La Fuente Rasilla (Saunier Duval - Scott) dropped time on the time trial, but still claimed a top 25 position overall.
- Italian Damiano Cunego (Lampre) claimed an impressive fourth position.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) continues his preparation towards the Tour de France.
- Dutch Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) took third spot just 27 seconds behind the winner.
- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval - Scott) was 30th on the day, but finished 19th overall.
- Kim Kirchen (Team High Road) took 12th spot.
- Stage podium (L-R): Cadel Evans (Silence - Lotto), Alberto Contador (Astana) and Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
- The top three from the final stage blow the lids on some bubbly as the Spanish race comes to an end.
- Spain's Alberto Contador (Astana) finished the week the way he started it - on the podium.
Images by Monika Prell/Cyclingnews.com
- Euskaltel - Euskadi's Jorge Azanza Soto and Inaki Isasi Flores ready for the time trial.
- Daniel Navarro Garcia (Astana) warms up for the time trial.
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) finished 60th in the time trial.
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) prepares for the final stage.
- Dutch rider Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) was relaxed ahead of the last stage.
- Ruben Lobato Elvira (Saunier Duval - Scott) was glad the previous day's rain had cleared for the time trial.
- Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Karpin Galicia) with his former sport director Oscar Guerrero.
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) finished 39th.
- David Arroyo Duran (Caisse d'Epargne) finished the event in 40th spot.
- Portugal's Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Astana) managed 28th on the time trial.
- Russian Eduard Vorganov (Karpin Galicia) put down the 50th fastest time.
- Some Caisse d'Epargne fans out to support the riders.
- Alexander Efimkin (Quick Step) dropped nearly four minutes.
- Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Karpin Galicia) took 15th in the final stage.
- Belgian Maxime Monfort (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) was sixth in the time trial.
- Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Euskaltel - Euskadi) claimed 11th in the time trial.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) took another victory over Australian Cadel Evans.
- Spain's Alberto Contador (Astana) feels at home with the media, having had lots of practice since his 2007 Tour de France win.
Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 29.10.00 (41.143 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.22 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.27 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.49 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.16 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.17 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.23 10 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.29 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 1.35 13 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 1.36 14 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.42 15 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.45 16 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.57 18 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.58 19 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 2.03 20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.05 21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.07 23 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.09 25 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.12 27 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.13 28 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 2.18 29 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.19 30 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.20 31 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.23 32 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 33 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.25 35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.28 36 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.30 37 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 2.36 38 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.37 39 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.43 40 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.44 41 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 2.45 42 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 2.46 43 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.48 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 45 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.49 46 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.53 47 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.54 48 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.56 49 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 3.00 50 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 51 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3.02 52 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3.09 53 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.16 54 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 3.17 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.19 56 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 3.21 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.24 58 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.27 59 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 3.29 60 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.30 61 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 3.32 62 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3.35 63 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.38 64 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 3.41 66 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3.43 67 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 68 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 3.45 69 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 70 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 3.46 71 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 72 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.48 73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.50 74 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 3.51 75 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.55 76 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 3.57 77 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 4.01 78 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 4.02 79 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.04 80 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 4.05 81 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4.08 82 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 4.10 83 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 84 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 4.11 85 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.18 87 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 4.22 88 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.27 89 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.36 90 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.42 91 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.46 92 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4.59 93 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.11 94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 5.16 95 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.19 96 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 5.29 97 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 5.33 98 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.11 99 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.26 Points 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 20 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 14 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 12 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 8 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 10 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 6 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 4 13 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 15 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Teams 1 Astana 1.30.50 2 Rabobank 0.51 3 Silence-Lotto 1.07 4 Gerolsteiner 2.16 5 Team High Road 2.23 6 Lampre 2.44 7 Caisse d'Epargne 2.46 8 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 2.53 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.05 10 Bouygues Telecom 3.28 11 Team CSC 3.31 12 Saunier Duval-Scott 4.13 13 Karpin Galicia 4.27 14 Liquigas 4.43 15 Ag2r-La Mondiale 5.56 16 Française Des Jeux 6.27 17 Credit Agricole 6.49 18 Team Milram 6.55 19 Quick Step 7.52 Final general classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 21.03.59 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.30 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.35 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.57 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.25 6 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.37 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 1.43 8 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.03 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.05 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.15 12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.36 13 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.41 14 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.47 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 2.55 16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.17 17 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 3.18 18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3.50 19 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.00 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4.34 21 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.36 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 4.55 23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.57 24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 5.09 25 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.15 26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 5.28 27 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.33 28 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 5.46 29 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 6.01 30 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 6.02 31 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6.26 32 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.30 33 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 6.45 34 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.51 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.57 36 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.10 37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7.26 38 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7.28 39 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7.45 40 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.36 41 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 9.18 42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9.40 43 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.35 44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 12.47 45 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 13.23 46 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.43 47 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.45 48 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 14.47 49 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 15.35 50 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 15.59 51 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 18.11 52 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 18.55 53 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 18.58 54 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 19.02 55 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 19.10 56 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19.45 57 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 20.07 58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 20.10 59 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 20.26 60 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.27 61 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 20.50 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21.25 63 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 21.31 64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 21.32 65 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 21.52 66 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.04 67 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 22.06 68 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 27.19 69 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 28.03 70 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 29.55 71 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 30.02 72 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.12 73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 30.16 74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 30.38 75 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 33.38 76 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33.53 77 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 33.57 78 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 35.20 79 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 80 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.45 81 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 38.37 82 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 38.41 83 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 38.52 84 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.01 85 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 41.47 86 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 42.33 87 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 43.07 88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.46 89 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 43.51 90 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44.37 91 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45.02 92 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 47.10 93 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47.28 94 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 49.23 95 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 53.33 96 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 53.42 97 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57.08 98 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 59.53 99 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1.05.29 Points classification 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 79 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 75 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 70 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 32 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 32 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 30 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 9 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 11 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 20 12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 13 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 14 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 16 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 14 17 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 13 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 12 19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 12 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 21 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 10 22 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 23 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8 24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7 26 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 27 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 6 28 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6 29 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 30 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 31 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 32 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 3 33 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 34 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3 35 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 3 36 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 37 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 2 38 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 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 17 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 19 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 4 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 22 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 23 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 24 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 26 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Metas volantes/intermediate sprints 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 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 3 10 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 11 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 12 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 2 13 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2 14 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 15 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 1 16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1 17 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 18 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 19 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 63.19.24 2 Silence-Lotto 1.12 3 Karpin Galicia 2.27 4 Saunier Duval-Scott 2.54 5 Gerolsteiner 3.13 6 Caisse d'Epargne 4.10 7 Astana 5.15 8 Team High Road 6.19 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.41 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 8.05 11 Lampre 8.42 12 Team Milram 10.29 13 Credit Agricole 16.59 14 Team CSC 20.54 15 Liquigas 28.38 16 Bouygues Telecom 34.20 17 Quick Step 40.18 18 Française Des Jeux 43.47 19 Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.09.02
ProTour standings
1 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 62 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 58 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 50 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 42 6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 40 7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 37 9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 35 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 33 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 30 12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 30 13 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 14 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 25 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 16 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 25 17 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 18 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 21 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road 21 20 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20 21 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 20 23 Carlström Kjell (Fin) Liquigas 15 24 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 15 25 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 26 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 27 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10 28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7 29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 7 30 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 5 31 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 32 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 33 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 3 34 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 35 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 2 36 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 2 37 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 38 Roger Hammond (GBr) High Road 1 39 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 Back to top
