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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 19 - September 19: Las Rozas - Segovia, 145.5km
Arroyo nets another Caisse d'Epargne stage
By Susan Westemeyer, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Segovia
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David Arroyo gave Caisse d'Epargne its second stage win in a row, and as has been so often the case, a breakaway succeeded again in the 19th stage. Arroyo outsprinted his final break companion, Vasili Kiryienka of Team Tinkoff, who had done most of the lead work the last five kilometres. Nick Nuyens of Cofidis finished third as he led the peloton over the line 11 seconds later.
Arroyo and Kiryienka had been part of a 13-man escape group which got away early. With 45 km to go, the two plus Julien Loubet (AG2R) left the others behind to be reabsorbed by the field, but Loubet was unable to stay with the other two to the end.
"Being in the break and then even winning the stage is very important to me," said Arroyo, 28. "This victory is like compensation for all the work I do day after day, year after year."
Arroyo was supposed to have ridden the Giro d'Italia this year, a race in which he placed 10th in 2007. But he broke an arm in a training accident only two days before the race's start, which changed his schedule from the Giro and Tour to the Tour and Vuelta, thus setting up "the most important victory I have had so far."
Although Kiryienka did most of the lead work the last few kilometres, he did not complain about taking second – on the contrary. "For me this result is like a victory," the 27 year-old Belarussian said. "It was a hard course and especially the last kilometres that I was in the break. I was going well. "
"In the sprint I couldn't do anything because I was virtually pulling the last five kilometres. Arroyo was just staying on my wheel. He won very easily in the end," Kiryienka noted.
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Arroyo, who was following his team's plan to set Alejandro Valverde up for a stage win, explained that he made it clear to Kiryienka that he would not work. "Thinking about it objectively, I believe the kid was naive, a little innocent", Arroyo said.. "I told him I wasn't going to take turns sharing the lead because our team's main goal was setting up Valverde, he just kept going and in the end he was more like a teammate than an enemy."
For his part, Valverde was please to see another of his domestiques get a chance to take their first Grand Tour stage win, even if it did come at the expense of his own glory. "It was a very tough stage but I'm very satisfied with the win by David Arroyo. The whole team worked hard for me, but in the end it turned out to be impossible to catch the breakaway, so David took advantage of his chance to win," the Spanish champion said.
How it unfolded
The group of Volodymir Gustov (CSC), Julien Loubet (AG2R), Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez, David Arroyo and Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne), Javier Moreno (Andalucia), Christophe Kern (Crédit Agricole), Ruben Perez Moreno and Ivan Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel), Rémy Di Grégorio (FDJ), Iban Mayoz (Xacobeo), Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) and Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff) got away early. Joaquin Rodriguez of Caisse d'Epargne eventually joined the group and Kern dropped out.
The group never had a big lead, but it maintained that lead through the final climb at 88 km. At that point, favourites Carlos Sastre, Ezequiel Mosquera, Contador, Levi Leipheimer, and Valverde were able to bridge up to them. On the descent, Loubet, Arroyo and Kiryienka broke away and took off.
They were closely followed by the peloton, which was split by the furious speed. All the favourites were in the first chasing group, which was caught by its followers with about 24 km to go.
The break got up to 1:12, but shrank rapidly as Caisse d'Epargne led the chase, apparently determined to get the stage win for its captain Valverde.
With 10 km to go, Loubet had to let the other two go. From there on, Arroyo stayed on Kiryienka's rear wheel, forcing the Tinkoff rider to do the lead work. With the peloton breathing down their necks in the finale, Arroyo jumped with a few hundred meters to go and swept past his exhausted escape companion to take the victory by five seconds.
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- The Crédit Agricole bus doesn't look so sharp anymore.
- Scott Sunderland at the sunny start of stage 19, heading to Segovia.
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- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) gives his team another stage win in Segovia.
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- Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff) puts down an attack with 10km to go.
- Kiryienka tries to get away , but Arroyo wasn't about to let that happen
- Arroyo has to work hard to get on the wheel of the Belarus rider.
- The Caisse d'Epargne team leads the peloton trying to deliver Valverde to the stage win.
- The Astana team is right behind protecting overall leader Alberto Contador.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) is tucked in behind the Caisse d'Epargen lead-out.
- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) gets the win after dropping his breakaway companions.
- Arroyo gets his first Grand Tour stage in Sagovia.
- Arroyo made it clear to Kiryienka that he was only there to work for Valverde, but the Tinkoff rider still pulled all the way to the finish.
- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) looks back to see where the peloton is.
- It begins to dawn on David Arroyo that he has done something spectacular.
- Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff) struggles in for second.
- Alejandro Valverde leads the peloton home.
- Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto) padded his lead in the points classification.
- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) gets to enjoy the fruits of his labors.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) came one step closer to taking his third career Grand Tour - one of each.
- David Arroyo gets a big hug from Valverde.
- This trophy will sit well on David Arroyo's mantle.
Results
1 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.27.03 (42.16 km/h) 2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.05 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.11 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 8 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 10 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 13 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 15 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 19 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 21 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 23 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 24 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.23 27 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 28 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.25 29 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.26 30 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 34 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 36 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 38 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 0.30 39 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.36 40 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 0.39 41 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 43 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 44 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 45 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 0.55 46 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 47 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.59 48 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.02 49 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 50 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.14 51 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.17 52 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 53 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.34 54 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 56 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.58 57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.00 59 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 2.02 60 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.09 61 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 62 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.20 64 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.42 67 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.34 68 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 69 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 10.50 70 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.05 71 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 72 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 73 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 74 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 75 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 76 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 77 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 78 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 79 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 80 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 81 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 82 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 83 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 85 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 86 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 87 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 88 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 89 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 90 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 91 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 92 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 93 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 94 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 95 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 96 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 97 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 98 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 99 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 100 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 101 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 103 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 105 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 107 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 110 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 111 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 112 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 114 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 115 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 116 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 117 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 118 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 119 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 120 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 121 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 122 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 123 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 124 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 127 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 128 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 130 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 131 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.15 DNS Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step DNS Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas DNF Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram Sprints Lozoya, km 78 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 pts 2 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Segovia, km 135,3 1 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 pts 2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Points Segovia, km 145,5 1 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 10 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 9 8 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 7 10 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 5 12 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 4 13 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Mountains Puerto de Navacerrada (Cat. 1), km 45 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 pts 2 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 5 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 6 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 7 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 8 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 9 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Puerto de Navafría (Cat. 1), km 89 1 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 pts 2 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 5 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 4 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 3 8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 10.21.31 2 Astana 0.11 3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.26 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.39 6 Lampre 7 Rabobank 0.41 8 Française Des Jeux 9 Credit Agricole 0.44 10 AG2R La Mondiale 0.54 11 Xacobeo Galicia 1.07 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.14 13 Silence-Lotto 2.57 14 Team Milram 11.30 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 20.56 16 Bouygues Telecom 22.04 17 Gerolsteiner 30.28 18 Quick Step 39.59 19 Liquigas 40.24 General classification after stage 19 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 77.21.52 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 6.05 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 11.59 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 15.02 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.23 17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.47 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 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 23.47 22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24.41 23 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 25.26 24 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25.41 25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 38.26 26 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 38.45 27 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 38.49 28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.12 29 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.08 30 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 44.34 31 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 44.51 32 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45.39 33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 47.02 34 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 49.49 35 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51.25 36 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.39 37 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 52.58 38 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 53.08 39 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 53.44 40 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 54.14 41 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.02 42 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 57.20 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.00.19 44 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.01.29 45 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.02.28 46 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.04.16 47 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.04.23 48 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.04.34 49 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.06.19 50 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.07.28 51 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.07.52 52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 1.09.52 53 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.10.18 54 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.10.40 55 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.14.48 56 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.15.17 57 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.17.19 58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.18.36 59 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.20.55 60 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23.57 61 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.24.02 62 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.24.21 63 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.25.34 64 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.25.51 65 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.26.15 66 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.27.00 67 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.28.11 68 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.30.19 69 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.27 70 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.33.19 71 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.33.26 72 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.33.35 73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.36.37 74 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.38.11 75 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.38.38 76 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.38.40 77 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.43.20 78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.44.22 79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46.34 80 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.46.50 81 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47.26 82 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.47.44 83 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.48.53 84 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.50.17 85 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.50.41 86 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.51.37 87 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.52.41 88 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.53.04 89 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.54.33 90 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.58.25 91 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.00.12 92 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 2.00.19 93 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.02.50 94 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.03.41 95 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.05.15 96 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 2.05.16 97 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 2.05.31 98 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.07.23 99 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 2.08.45 100 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.12.17 101 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.14.41 102 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.15.42 103 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.16.00 104 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.18.11 105 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 2.18.19 106 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.19.44 107 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.20.52 108 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.21.05 109 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.22.14 110 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.25.37 111 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.26.21 112 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.27.24 113 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.28.37 114 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.30.05 115 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 2.30.19 116 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.31.39 117 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.33.44 118 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.33.48 119 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 2.33.53 120 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.34.38 121 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 2.37.24 122 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.37.58 123 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.37.59 124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.40.50 125 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.44.58 126 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.47.56 127 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.53.31 128 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.58.09 129 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.58.51 130 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3.01.35 131 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.22.04 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 142 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 117 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 91 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 60 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 57 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 12 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 50 13 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 14 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 45 16 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 39 18 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 19 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 38 20 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 21 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 22 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 37 23 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 30 26 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 27 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 28 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 29 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 30 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 26 31 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 33 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 34 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 23 35 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 36 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 20 38 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 39 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 40 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 18 41 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 42 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 43 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 15 44 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 45 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 12 47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 48 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 49 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 50 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 51 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 52 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 53 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 9 54 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 55 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9 56 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 57 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 58 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 59 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 60 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 61 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 62 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 63 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 64 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 7 65 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 66 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 67 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 69 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 70 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 5 71 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 72 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 73 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 74 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 75 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 76 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 77 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 4 78 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 79 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 80 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4 81 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 82 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 83 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 84 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 85 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 86 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 87 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 89 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 90 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 91 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 92 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 93 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 94 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 95 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 pts 2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 89 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 87 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 52 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 49 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 8 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 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 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 18 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 19 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22 20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 21 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 22 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 23 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 17 24 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 16 25 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 26 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 27 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 28 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 13 30 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 31 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 32 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 34 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 35 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 36 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 37 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 38 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 9 39 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 40 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 41 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 42 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 43 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8 44 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 45 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 46 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 48 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 49 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7 50 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7 51 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 52 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 53 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 6 55 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 56 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 57 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5 58 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 59 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 60 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 61 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 63 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 64 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 65 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 67 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3 68 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 69 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 71 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 72 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 73 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 74 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 75 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 76 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 7 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 18 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 30 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 40 9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 58 11 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 12 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 66 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 66 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 69 15 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 69 16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 70 17 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 79 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 87 19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 89 20 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 90 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 124 23 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 24 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 145 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 148 26 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 150 27 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 162 28 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 164 29 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 192 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 231.22.22 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35.10 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.09 4 Astana 43.49 5 Xacobeo Galicia 49.30 6 Lampre 1.10.42 7 Rabobank 1.12.18 8 AG2R La Mondiale 1.21.34 9 Credit Agricole 1.23.59 10 Silence-Lotto 1.37.09 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.41.02 12 Française Des Jeux 1.49.02 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.20.40 14 Gerolsteiner 2.22.25 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.32.10 16 Quick Step 2.43.13 17 Team Milram 3.12.12 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.46.30 19 Liquigas 4.40.56
