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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 18 - September 18: Valladolid - Las Rozas, 167.4km
Breakaway succeeds, Erviti nabs first win
By Susan Westemeyer, with additional reporting from Bjorn Haake in Las Rozas
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Imanol Erviti of Caisse d'Epargne made his first professional victory a big one in Las Rozas, crossing the finish line only centimetres ahead of Credit Agricole's Nicolas Roche in the 18th stage of the Vuelta. The two were part of a successful breakaway group, which had gotten away early and held a lead of up to eight minutes. There was no change in the top of the overall rankings.
David Herrero of Xacobeo was the first to successfully get away from the break with about five kilometres to go. He was joined by Erviti, Roche and Vasiliy Kiryenka of Tinkoff, who were able to build up enough of a lead to sprint for the win among themselves. Herrero finished third on the day, one second down.
"I didn't raise my hands [over the line] because it was just too close," the previously little-known Erviti said. "I was afraid of letting this opportunity slip away. We were fighting hard for the sprint. This is my first victory as a pro and straight at the Vuelta. It is grandissimo." The finish was indeed very close, at first looking like a photo finish.
The 24 year-old credited his teammate in the break group, who helped him a lot. "The key to my success today was Vicente Garcia Acosta. He has a lot of experience." Garcia Acosta was also very active in the finale, making numerous break attempts.
Roche, also 24, opened the sprint, but too soon, as he admitted. "I went too early... because he overtook me. Then I sprinted again to try to get back to him. But he was very strong and a good winner."
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Third-placed Herrero looked like he would have a good chance to take the win, but was caught by his followers with about two kilometres to go, when he went one way around a traffic circle and they went the other way. "There were others that took the initiative. I countered, but in the end I couldn't win. The others were stronger," he noted.
Silence-Lotto's Greg van Avermaet made a point of being in the day's escape group, and diligently gathered points at the two intermediate sprints. He took in 18 points on the day, giving him a 20 point lead in the point ranking over race leader Alberto Contador (Astana). "I am very happy I made it into the break," the Belgian noted. "For the jersey it was very important but winning was not possible. I am tired now.... I just have to take a few points in Madrid and hope that Contador has bad legs on Saturday," he added with a laugh.
The race got off to a fast start, covering 49 km in the first hour. The speed and wind were enough to keep everyone together, despite numerous escape attempts.
Finally a large group formed and got away at about 50 km. Karsten Kroon and Iñigo Cuesta (CSC), Renaud Dion (AG2R), Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Andalucia), Imanol Erviti and José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne), Cyril Lemoine and Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole), Alan Perez and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), Jelle Vanendert (FDJ), David Herrero (Xacobeo), Enrico Franzoi (Liquigas), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Greg van Avermaet (Silence), Andriy Grivko (Milram) and Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff) were the group of the day, and built up a lead of over eight minutes.
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For most of the day, the peloton was happy to let them go, and Astana quietly controlled things at the front of the following field. But as the gap increased, Gerolsteiner got nervous for Oliver Zaugg, in tenth place overall, who was being threatened by Roche.
Gerolsteiner and Cofidis moved to take over the lead work, and in the end, the field crossed the finish line 7.29 behind Erviti. That was enough to keep Zaugg in 10th while moving Roche up from 17th to 13th.
The large escape group worked well together, but with about 30 km to go, they realized they would not be caught and tried to figure out how to outfox each other and take the win. There were innumerable escape attempts, with Garcia Acosta, Flecha and the two Euskaltel riders being the most active.
Herrero took off with four kilometres to go, and Erviti, Roche and Kiryienka caught him at the two kilometre marker. They stayed together as they went up the slight incline to the finish. Kiryienka was the first to drop off. Roche opened the sprint too early and Erviti passed him to take the win by a hair.
Seven and a half minutes later, Gerolsteiener's Heinrich Haussler and Sebastian Lang led the peloton in.
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- The Bouygues Telecom staff parked very tight as there wasn't much space in the area set up for the team.
- The license plate was crunched but a good spot was quickly found for it.
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) still in yellow
- You never know what you'll see when racing in the Vuelta.
- Director of "La Vuelta" Victor Cordero chats with Paolo Bettin (Quick Step)
- Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne) outsprints Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) for the win.
- Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne) takes the win in stage 18.
- Winner Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne) after the stage
- Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne) gets his first pro win.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- Belgian Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) enjoys a refreshment after the day's stage.
- Carlos Sastre Candil (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) is set for another Grand Tour podium finish.
- Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana) has enjoyed a fantasic season and the glory hasn't stopped yet.
- Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) looks to see if victory is his but finds out Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne) won.
- Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) wanted it...
- ...but Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne) won it...
- ...leaving the Irishman lost for words.
- Spain's David Herrero Llorente (Xacobeo Galici) couldn't do it on home soil, instead finishing third on the stage.
- Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems) was five seconds back in in fourth place.
- Karsten Kroon (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) took fifth place on the stage.
- Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (Silence - Lotto) beat the Italians in his group to sixth place.
- Italy's Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) rolls over the line in eighth position.
- José Vicente Garcia Acosta finished 14th after setting up his Caisse d'Epargne team-mate's win.
- Vuelta leader Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana) rolls in with the main bunch.
- Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne) looks to the sky as he soaks up that winning feeling.
- The essence of victory by Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne). Only available in Las Rozas.
- Spain's Imanol Erviti Ollo (Caisse d'Epargne) celebrates his victory.
- Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana) is all smiles as his third Grand Tour victory gets closer to becoming official.
- Number one: Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana) looks set for another Grand Tour win.
Results
1 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.53.17 (43.05 km/h) 2 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.01 4 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.05 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.10 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.13 7 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 0.20 11 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.24 12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 13 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.27 15 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.34 16 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.18 17 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.25 18 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.57 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.29 20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 24 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 25 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 29 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 31 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 32 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 35 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 36 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 38 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 39 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 40 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 41 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 43 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 45 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 46 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 47 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 48 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 49 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 52 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 53 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 54 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 55 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 56 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 57 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 62 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 63 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 64 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 67 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 68 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 69 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 72 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 74 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 75 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 76 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 77 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 79 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 81 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 82 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 83 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 84 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 86 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 7.40 87 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 89 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 91 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 92 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7.44 93 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 94 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 95 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 98 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 99 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 100 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 101 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 102 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 103 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 104 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 105 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 106 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 107 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 108 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 109 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 111 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 112 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 114 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 116 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 117 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 119 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 120 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 121 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 122 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 123 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 124 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 125 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 126 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 127 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 128 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.59 129 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.02 130 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 132 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 133 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 8.07 134 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.57 135 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.02 136 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.24
DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
DNS Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
DNS Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
DNF Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step DNF Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas Sprints Sanchidrián, km 80 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 pts 2 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1 Villascastín, km 100 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 pts 2 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1 Las Rozas, km 167,4 1 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 20 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 4 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 7 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 9 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8 9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 7 10 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 11 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 4 13 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 14 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 15 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountains Alto de los Leones (Cat.3), km 128 1 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 3 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 4 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 11.47.47 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.07 3 Credit Agricole 0.51 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.32 5 Xacobeo Galicia 7.03 6 Team Milram 7.15 7 Liquigas 8 Silence-Lotto 9 Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.22 10 Andalucia - Cajasur 11 Rabobank 7.26 12 Française Des Jeux 13 Quick Step 7.30 14 AG2R La Mondiale 11.59 15 Gerolsteiner 14.31 16 Astana 17 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 18 Lampre 19 Bouygues Telecom 14.46 General classification after stage 18 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 73.54.38 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.17 3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.41 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.35 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 5.49 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.00 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.11 8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.56 9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.32 10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10.01 11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.52 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 10.56 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 11.42 14 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11.47 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 15.02 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.08 17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.24 18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.08 19 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 22.41 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.17 21 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23.32 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 23.45 23 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 24.03 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24.13 25 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24.57 26 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 35.46 27 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 36.58 28 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37.58 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 38.45 30 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.25 31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43.54 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 44.19 33 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44.29 34 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 44.30 35 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45.24 36 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46.47 37 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 46.57 38 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 49.37 39 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49.43 40 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 49.58 41 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51.10 42 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51.47 43 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 52.12 44 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 52.38 45 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 54.14 46 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.02 47 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 58.42 48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.00.04 49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.00.26 50 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.01.05 51 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.03.08 52 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.03.32 53 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.03 54 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.30 55 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.05.40 56 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.05.51 57 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.05.57 58 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.07.06 59 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.07.37 60 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.08.17 61 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.09.27 62 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.09.49 63 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.10.25 64 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.10.33 65 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.13.32 66 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.14.04 67 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.15.02 68 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.16.13 69 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.16.43 70 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.18.17 71 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.44 72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.18.46 73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.10 75 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.22.58 76 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.26.15 77 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.19 78 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.26.56 79 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.27.50 80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.28.59 81 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.30.23 82 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.30.47 83 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.31.43 84 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.31.52 85 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.32.41 86 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.32.51 87 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.33.10 88 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.01 89 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.34.39 90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.36.11 91 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.38.31 92 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.40.18 93 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.40.25 94 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.42.56 95 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.43.47 96 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.22 97 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.44.30 98 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.45.21 99 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.45.37 100 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47.11 101 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.47.29 102 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.48.51 103 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.50.32 104 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.52.23 105 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.55.48 106 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.58.17 107 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.59.50 108 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.01.11 109 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.02.20 110 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.07.30 111 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.08.43 112 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.10.11 113 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 2.10.25 114 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.11.45 115 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.13.50 116 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.13.54 117 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 2.13.59 118 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.14.13 119 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.14.44 120 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.15.45 121 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 2.16.09 122 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 2.17.30 123 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 2.18.00 124 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.18.04 125 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.18.05 126 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.19.05 127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.20.56 128 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.23.06 129 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.25.04 130 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.25.56 131 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.28.02 132 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.33.37 133 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.38.15 134 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.38.57 135 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.41.41 136 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.02.10 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 130 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 110 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 86 5 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 66 7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 60 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56 10 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 54 11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 50 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 13 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44 15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 38 17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 37 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37 19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 36 20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 21 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 30 23 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 24 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 25 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 26 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 27 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 28 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 30 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 23 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 32 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 33 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 35 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 36 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 18 37 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 16 39 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 16 40 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 41 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 42 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 43 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 15 44 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 45 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 46 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 47 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 12 48 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 49 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 50 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 9 51 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 52 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9 53 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 54 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 55 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 56 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 57 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 9 58 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 59 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 60 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 61 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 62 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 63 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 64 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 65 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 7 66 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 67 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 68 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 69 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 5 70 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 71 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 72 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 74 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4 75 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 76 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 77 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 4 78 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 79 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 80 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 81 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 82 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 83 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 84 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 85 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 86 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 87 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 88 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 89 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 90 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 91 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 pts 2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 89 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 84 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51 6 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 45 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 11 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 12 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 36 13 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 16 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 18 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 19 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 20 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 16 21 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 22 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 23 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 24 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 25 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 26 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 27 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 13 28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 29 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 30 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 31 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 32 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 33 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 34 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 9 35 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 36 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 37 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8 40 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 41 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 42 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 43 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 44 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7 45 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7 46 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 47 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 48 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 49 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 6 50 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 51 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 52 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5 53 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 54 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 55 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 57 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 58 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 59 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 60 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 61 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3 62 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 63 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 64 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 65 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 66 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 67 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 68 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 69 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 70 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 7 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 19 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 32 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 41 9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 54 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 11 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 59 12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 61 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 66 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 71 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 90 18 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 93 20 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 95 21 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 95 22 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 108 23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 110 24 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 116 26 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 27 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 123 28 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 127 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 128 30 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 130 31 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 135 32 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 135 33 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 142 34 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 143 35 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 147 36 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 150 37 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 151 38 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 152 39 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 155 40 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 156 41 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 157 42 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 160 43 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 161 44 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 169 45 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 170 46 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 170 47 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 178 48 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 186 49 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 189 50 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 190 51 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 192 52 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 192 53 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 193 54 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 200 55 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 203 56 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 204 57 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 218 58 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 258 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 221.00.51 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 34.44 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.43 4 Astana 43.38 5 Xacobeo Galicia 48.23 6 Lampre 1.10.03 7 Rabobank 1.11.37 8 AG2R La Mondiale 1.20.40 9 Credit Agricole 1.23.15 10 Silence-Lotto 1.34.12 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.40.23 12 Française Des Jeux 1.48.21 13 Gerolsteiner 1.51.57 14 Quick Step 2.03.14 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.11.14 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.18.26 17 Team Milram 3.00.42 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.24.26 19 Liquigas 4.00.32 Full results coming!
