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88th Volta a Catalunya - ProT
Spain, May 19-25, 2008
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Stage 2 - May 21: Banyoles - La Seu d'Urgell, 191.9km
Dessel solos to queen stage win
Frenchman seizes race lead on crash-marred stage
Frenchman Cyril Dessel claimed the 'queen' stage of the Volta a Catalunya in a spectacular solo bid which also earned him the overall race lead. On the 191.9 kilometre mountainous journey from Banyoles to La Seu d'Urgell, the 33-year-old climber from the AG2R-La Mondiale made a select group of contenders from a peloton shattered by the hors categorie Alt de Pedraforca and the short, steep ramp of the Alt de Josa del Cadí. He then used the final descent from to launch his race-winning move after the two remaining riders of the day's breakaway crashed.
"For my part, I wasn't feeling too bad, a bit lukewarm, but was keeping an eye on the action in the peloton," Dessel explained of his finale. "When we approached the two leading men there were a lot of attacks including that of Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R) and the Colombian [Rigoberto] Uran [Caisse d'Epargne]. Behind, on the descent, things exploded a bit. I knew I can descend well and I decided to attack.
"I caught Uran, who couldn't hold my wheel. I then descended rapidly, taking risks to try to widen the gap. I held the advantage, and was then able to make an effort without taking risks in the last kilometers. I finished with courage and with cramps," he continued. "This victory rewards a beautiful day for the team. And for me to win a mountain stage, alone, and a ProTour event, it's beautiful and it is essential for confidence.
With the race's toughest stage out of the way, the wearer of the yellow jersey for one day in the 2006 Tour de France now has a strong prospect to win the overall classification. "Nothing is won; some very hilly stages remain, but I have confidence in the team and it will be up to me to have the legs to win," Dessel concluded.
The victory concluded a day of strong riding by the AG2R La Mondiale team, whose director Julien Jurdie was pleased. "It is foremost the satisfaction of winning in a ProTour race. But it is also the satisfaction of seeing the group work well and turn up the volume," said Jurdie. The team had Christophe Riblon in the early breakaway, and when that move came back had Efimkin to counter before Dessel descended his way to the win. "The team has never really been put in difficulty. Now, the goal is to defend the jersey," Jurdie explained. "We can be optimistic even though we know we'll face a tough battle. It would be nice to win, no Frenchman has managed to prevail in Catalonia for over 10 years."
A breakaway of Christophe Moreau (Agritubel), Christophe Riblon (AG2r), Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom), Alexandre Botcharov (Caisse d'Epargne) Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Francisco Jose Martinez (Andalucia-Caja Sur) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) gained a maximum of 6'30" on the peloton, but on the final climb only Riblon and Botcharov remained in the lead.
The pair held a 2'50" lead on a much reduced peloton, but a crash on a gravel-strewn turn took both of them down on a technical descent. As the chasing group closed in, Efimkin launched his attack and was followed by Uran, but neither could match the descending prowess of Dessel, who attacked and was able to build up a 34 second lead on a chasing group of five riders by the line: Remi Pauriol (Credit Agricole), Janez Brajkovic (Astana), Josep Jufré (Saunier Duval), Rigoberto Uran (Caisse d'Epargne) and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) and take over the general classification by 18 seconds over Pauriol.
Results
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.10.30 (37.082 km/h) 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 0.34 3 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 8 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 15 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 16 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 18 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 20 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 1.01 23 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 1.05 25 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.51 26 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 27 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.13 29 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 31 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 32 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 33 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 37 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 38 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 39 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 40 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 41 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 42 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 43 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 44 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 45 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 48 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 49 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 50 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 55 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.04 57 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 59 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 62 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.25 64 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.43 65 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 66 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.38 69 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6.29 70 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 71 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 7.27 73 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 74 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 77 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.32 78 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 79 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 82 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 83 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 84 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 85 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 87 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.53 88 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 89 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 91 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 92 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 95 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Blake Caldwell (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 97 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 99 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 100 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 101 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 18.01 102 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 103 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 104 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 105 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 107 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 108 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 109 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 110 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 24.57 111 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 112 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 113 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 114 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 115 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 118 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 119 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 120 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 122 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 123 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 124 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 126 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 128 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 129 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 130 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 131 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 132 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 133 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team High Road 134 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 136 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 137 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 138 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 139 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 140 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 142 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 144 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 145 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 146 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 147 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 148 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 149 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 150 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 151 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 152 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 153 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 33.00 154 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 155 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 33.03 156 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 157 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 158 Rabuñal Gonzalo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 159 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 160 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 161 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 162 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 163 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 164 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Karpin Galicia Points 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 pts 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 20 3 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 4 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 14 5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 12 6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 7 10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 11 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 2 15 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Mountains Alt De Coubet, cat 1 - 44.6km 1 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 12 3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 5 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 6 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 7 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3 8 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 2 9 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1 Alt De Castellar De N'hug, cat 1 - 90.7km 1 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 12 3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 5 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 6 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 7 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 9 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alt Dedraforca, cat HC - 123.6km 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 30 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 4 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 5 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 6 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10 7 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 9 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 10 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 3 11 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 2 12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alt De La Josa Del Cadi, cat 2 - 139.3km 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 10 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 3 5 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 6 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1 Sprints Olot La Garrotxa - 29.8km 1 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 pts 2 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Gombren - 77.7km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams 1 Ag2r-La Mondiale 15.33.26 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.34 3 Astana 4 Française Des Jeux 2.13 5 Silence-Lotto 3.13 6 Karpin Galicia 3.28 7 Team CSC 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Credit Agricole 3.55 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.01 11 Quick Step 4.43 12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 8.04 13 Andalucia - Cajasur 9.33 14 Rabobank 9.57 15 Caisse d'Epargne 11.08 16 Agritubel 12.47 17 Gerolsteiner 16.01 18 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 17.14 19 Liquigas 24.47 20 Team High Road 26.15 21 Lampre 37.37 22 Team Milram 59.30 General classification after stage 2 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9.23.03 2 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.18 3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.25 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 0.26 5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0.29 6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.30 7 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.44 8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.47 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 10 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.49 12 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.50 14 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.55 15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.57 16 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 0.58 18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.00 19 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 1.02 21 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.07 22 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 1.10 23 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 1.15 24 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1.18 25 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.41 26 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.44 27 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.56 28 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 1.58 29 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.03 30 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.04 31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.05 32 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 33 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 34 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.08 35 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2.09 36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 2.11 38 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 39 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.12 40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 2.13 41 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 42 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 43 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.14 44 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.16 45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 2.18 46 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.22 50 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.24 51 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 2.33 52 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.34 53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 54 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 2.45 55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 2.58 56 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.03 57 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 3.04 58 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.16 60 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.17 61 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 3.21 62 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.21 63 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.35 64 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 4.37 65 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4.41 66 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.55 67 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.20 68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.51 69 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 6.22 70 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6.23 71 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.42 72 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7.23 73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 7.27 74 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.34 75 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.47 76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8.40 77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.16 78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 11.23 79 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.25 80 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 11.29 81 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11.30 82 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.41 83 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.43 84 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 11.44 85 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.48 86 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 11.54 87 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.39 88 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 13.45 89 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.46 90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 13.48 92 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.50 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.06 94 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.08 95 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 14.10 96 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 14.11 97 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14.15 98 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.34 99 Blake Caldwell (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 14.39 100 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 15.15 101 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.54 102 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 103 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 17.55 104 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 17.58 105 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.07 106 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 18.11 107 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 18.16 108 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 18.30 109 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 18.48 110 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 24.26 111 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 24.45 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 24.50 114 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 24.53 115 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 116 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 24.54 117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 24.55 119 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 24.56 120 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 121 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 24.57 122 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 24.59 123 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 25.00 124 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 125 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 25.01 126 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.02 127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 128 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 25.04 129 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team High Road 25.06 130 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road 25.08 131 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 25.09 132 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.10 133 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 25.11 134 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 135 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.12 136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 137 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 25.15 138 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25.21 139 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 25.23 140 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 25.34 141 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 142 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 25.35 143 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25.36 144 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 25.50 145 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25.57 146 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 26.02 147 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 26.08 148 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 149 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26.09 150 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 26.27 151 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 26.38 152 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26.44 153 Rabuñal Gonzalo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 32.55 154 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 32.56 155 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 32.59 156 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 33.03 157 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 33.07 158 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 33.21 159 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 33.43 160 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 34.04 161 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.11 162 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 34.15 163 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 34.19 164 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 37.53 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 50 pts 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 4 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 20 6 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 20 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 20 8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 17 9 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 10 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 14 11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 14 13 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 14 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 12 15 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 12 17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 18 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 19 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 10 20 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 21 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 8 22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 7 23 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 7 24 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 64 pts 2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46 3 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 42 4 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 7 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 30 8 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 9 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 15 10 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 14 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7 Sprints classification 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 pts 2 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 5 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 6 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Local riders classification 1 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 3 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank Teams classification 1 Ag2r-La Mondiale 28.10.55 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.25 3 Astana 0.26 4 Française Des Jeux 2.06 5 Karpin Galicia 3.08 6 Bouygues Telecom 3.15 7 Silence-Lotto 3.20 8 Credit Agricole 3.23 9 Team CSC 3.24 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.46 11 Quick Step 4.39 12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 7.58 13 Rabobank 9.48 14 Andalucia - Cajasur 15 Caisse d'Epargne 10.46 16 Agritubel 12.52 17 Gerolsteiner 15.58 18 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 17.13 19 Liquigas 24.37 20 Team High Road 25.48 21 Lampre 37.39 22 Team Milram 59.21
