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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 20 - September 20: La Granja de San Ildefonso - Alto de Navacerrada (ITT), 17.1km
Leipheimer and Contador deliver one-two Astana punch
GC locked in ahead of sprinters' day in Madrid
By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Björn Haake in Alto de Navacerrada
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American Levi Leipheimer stomped his way to a second time trial win in the 63rd Vuelta a España and looks set as the favourite to beat for next week's World Championships. He bettered his Astana teammate and overall race leader, Alberto Contador, by 31 seconds at the end of a 17.1-kilometre climb up Alto de Navacerrada, but still trails the Spaniard on the overall classification by 46 seconds.
When asked if he could have won the Vuelta under different circumstances, Leipheimer said, "I had no pressure. [Contador] had a lot of pressure in this race. He is Spanish, it's the Tour of Spain. It's impossible to say [if I could have won]. He deserves the victory. I never though about winning the Vuelta [today]. I wanted to win the stage."
Spaniard Contador rode within himself to defend the maillot oro and, barring incident, will win the race's overall after tomorrow's 'sprinters' stage' in Madrid. Leipheimer remains second overall ahead of Spaniard Sastre of Team CSC-Saxo Bank.
With the possible win in Madrid tomorrow, Contador becomes only one of five riders to win all three Grand Tours – joining Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx, Felice Gimondi and Jacques Anquetil. He went from the maillot jaune on Paris' Champs Élysées to the maglia rosa in Milano and on to his final triumph in a period of 14 months.
Contador wasn't thrilled with his performance, but was happy to have put it behind him. "Today my form wasn't like I wanted it to be. I realised fighting for the stage win was difficult, so I just wanted to secure my lead in the overall classification," he said. There was a point when Contador realized he could lose the Vuelta, but he managed to pull just enough strength out to hold on.
"When you suffer, all kinds of thoughts go through your head. My teammate [Leipheimer] was very strong. I was close to my limits, but I also think that when things are difficult you can enjoy the victory even more," Contador said, looking forward to the evening's festivities. "I think today we will have a special dinner, not just the usual pasta and fish...But tomorrow we will do the real fiesta."
Astana begins and ends the stage
Team Astana started the day and ended the day. Dmitriy Muravyev, at 2:45 PM, was the first rider to launch down the start ramp in La Granja de San Ildefonso. He faced a 17.1-kilometre parcours with nearly 700 metres of climbing. The weather was perfect for the stage, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures of 25°C.
Kazakhstan's Muravyev crossed the line in Alto de Navacerrada 37:01 later. The time was a critical reference point for his teammates Contador and Leipheimer later on in the day.
Christophe Kern of Team Crédit Agricole, who featured in stage 13's escape to Alto de l'Angliru, came through to post the early best time. The 27 year-old Frenchman topped Tinkoff's Mikhail Ignatiev and Pavel Brutt with a time of 36:20.
Spain's Rubén Pérez of Euskaltel-Euskadi went well under Kern's time by 1:05. His time of 35:15 ousted Russia's Evgeni Petrov (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Belgium's Dominique Cornu (Silence-Lotto), Ukraine's Andriy Grivko (Team Milram) and fellow Spaniard José Ruiz (Andalucía-Cajasur).
Over to the big guns
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The battle for fifth overall in the Vuelta was up for grabs between three riders: Robert Gesink, and Caisse d'Epargne teammates Alejandro Valverde and Joaquím Rodríguez. Gesink held 11 seconds on Valverde and 16 on Rodríguez at the start of the day. The 22 year-old Dutchman had a hard fight against the Spaniards.
The duo had Gesink on the ropes at the nine-kilometre check. Valverde put in 14 seconds one Gesink and Rodríguez 10 seconds, and by the 12-kilometre check, Valverde was 26 second up and Rodríguez only four. They delivered the knockout punch at the top of Navacerrada; Valverde finished third with 33:37 and 1:06 into Gesink and his teammate put 21 seconds into him. Valverde, winner of stage two, claimed fifth, Rodríguez sixth and Gesink slipped to seventh.
"I felt very well and decided to give it all in the time trial," said Valverde, according to a team press release. "The result tells that I was right to do so and the fact that I finished in the same second as Contador is a great satisfaction for me." His time was only tenths of a second off of Contador's ride.
Ezequiel Mosquera of Team Xacobeo Galicia was out to stake a place on the 63rd Vuelta a España's podium. He started the day at 54 seconds off of Carlos Sastre, but lost time on the way to Navacerrada. He was 12 seconds back at kilometre nine, 10 seconds at kilometre 12 and 13 seconds at the finish with a time of 34:21.
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Sastre's solid ride over the three weeks and 34:08 on stage 20 allowed him to maintain his third spot overall against an aggressive Mosquera. The latter will go on to represent Team Spain in the World Championships road race next week and Sastre will take a well-earned rest.
Contador and Leipheimer, with the former leading the race by 1:12, faced an internal battle even if neither of them admitted it. Who knows exactly what team orders Johan Bruyneel gave to the two riders in the team bus, but Leipheimer, after coming so close in the 2007 Tour de France, faced another opportunity to win a Grand Tour.
Leipheimer posted fast time checks, but it was not enough. He bettered Contador by 11 seconds at kilometre nine with a time of 10:32 and held 11 seconds at kilometre 12 with 18:21. However, his momentum carried him through to a stage win. His time of 33:06 did not give him the 1:12 gap needed on Contador, but it did ensure that he won the stage when his teammate finished with 33:37.
Leipheimer said that there was no question of who was going to win the Vuelta, even if he made the race closer with his stage win. "Before the race we only spoke about what kind of equipment to use," the American said.. "It was a difficult stage. What kind of wheels, what kind of helmet. Afterwards I told Alberto I am really happy for him. Now he can enjoy the victory because he worked very hard for it."
Critical movements
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Marzio Bruseghin of Team Lampre made big movements in the classification with his ride. His time of 34:37 was enough to see him as provisional best until Cofidis' David Moncoutié posted 22 seconds faster. The Italian, whose last win came in the Giro's time trial to Urbino, finished eighth for the day and jumped from 12th to 10th in the overall.
Swiss Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner) and Spaniard Daniel Moreno (Caisse d'Epargne) both dropped back one spot. Zaugg holds 11th and Valverde's teammate is in 12th. Irishman Nicolas Roche of Team Crédit Agricole, second in stage 18, held onto his 13th overall.
Photography
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) grimaces as he finishes the stage 20 time trial. He can rest easier with one day to go before he wins his third Grand Tour.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) gives it his all to take his second stage win, and securing second overall in the Vuelta. He is still the only American to stand on the Spanish Tour's podium, and goes one step higher than his finish in 2001.
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) can rest easy with just one stage left to go.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) took the stage win, his second of the Vuelta.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) didn't have good legs, but still managed second on the stage.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) put in another strong time trial performance.
- Sandy Casar (FdJ) took a nice 12th place.
- Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Xacobeo Galicia)
- Alberto Contador (Astana) started off well, but quickly began to struggle.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) faded out of the top five overall.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) put in a good ride for 10th place.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) came within 46 seconds of winning the Vuelta.
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) in the mountains leader's kit.
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia) took sixth, but failed to knock Sastre off the podium.
- Evgeny Petrov (Tinkoff) set one of the fastest early times.
- Nicholas Roche (Credit Agricole) confirmed his future as a Grand Tour rider by finishing 13th overall.
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) came in fourth on the stage to secure his podium spot.
- Valverde rode without aero bars but still posted nearly the same time as Contador.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) had the best time until the Astana duo came through.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) showed the determination of a Tour winner by holding off a charge to knock him off the podium.
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- Oleg Tinkoff tries his luck on the course - somehow I don't think he was quite up to speed
- Greg van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) shows that although he's an up-and-coming sprinter, his time trialling ain't the best, finishing 108th
- Van Avermaet's team-mate Yaroslav Popovych finished the day in 44th
- Dominique Cornu (Silence-Lotto) was the U23 TT world champion in 2006 and took 19th on the stage
- Milram's Erik Zabel may have ridden his last TT at the Vuelta
- Vasili Kirienka (Tinkoff) grimaces with the mega effort during stage 20
- Sergio Paulinho is resplendant in his Portuguese national champion's kit
- Another Portuguese rider, 'Chechu' Rubiera proves there's life in the old legs with 36th place
- Hey, Andreas! Andreas Kloeden smiles for the camera - now that's rare!
- Another veteran, Sandy Casar puts in the hard yards for Marc Madiot
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) cemented his place in the top 25
- Javier Moreno (Andalucía - Cajasur) gasps for air on his way to finishing 21st
- The diminuitive John Gadret (Ag2r) is well suited to hilly time trials and it showed as he finished in the top 20
- David Arroyo has been one of Caisse d'Epargne's weapons during the Vuelta
- Jurgen Van Goolen (CSC Saxo Bank) makes his way up the climb
- Juan Manuel Garate (Quickstep) was keen to finish his Vuelta strongly and finished 30th
- Stage 15 winner, David Garcia Dapena wanted to keep his high GC position intact, and he did
- Nicolas Roche (Credit Agricole) has proven he's got what it takes to ride a good Grand Tour during this Vuelta
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) couldn't add to his tally of TT wins, finishing eighth
- Daniel Moreno (Caisse d'Epargne) rides within himself on stage 20
- Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner) really shows the strain
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) has never been known for his time trialling ability
- Former race leader Egoi Martinez of Euskaltel uses the time-honoured, tongue-out climbing technique
- Joaquim Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne) looks in all sorts of pain during stage 20
- One of the favourites going into the Vuelta, Alejandro Valverde, battles to secure a top five GC position
- Rabobank's Robert Gesink has enjoyed a strong 2008, and finishes the Vuelta in good form with a top 10 in the final TT
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia) ensured that he'd finish in the top five overall with sixth in the TT
- Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre should be happy with a Vuelta podium in Madrid
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) again proved why he's got a reputation as a great time trialler
- Astana team leader Alberto Contador proved why he's the hottest property in cycling right now
- Alberto Contador once again dug deep to defend a GC lead
- All roads lead to Madrid at the Vuelta
- Assan Bazayev (Astana) makes his way through the big crowd
- If you follow this road you'll get to the Spanish capital... the hard way!
- Gorazd Stangelj (Liquigas) finished in 101st position
- Levi Leiphimer was in the zone on his wya to winning the final TT
- But the American was chased by his team-mate, Alberto Contador
- Come on Alberto! Contador had plenty of support
- Tinkoff's Evgeny Petrov flew the Russian flag for the boys in yellow
- Alejandro Valverde made a real go of climbing the GC ladder today
- Levi Leipheimer looking compact at the finish in Alto de Navacerrada
- A big grimace from stage winner Levi Leipheimer as he crosses the line
- Alberto Contador made it a great day for Astana by sealing the overall victory
- Yes! Mission complete... for Alberto Contador
- All action figure of Levi Leipheimer sold separately...
- Thanks, you've been a great audience acknowledges Levi Leipheimer on the podium
- Levi gets more mantlepiece fillers for his victory in Alto de Navacerrada
- Levi Leipheimer is thrilled with the stage victory and second overall in this year's Vuelta
- And he cuts loose with a big swig of the bubbly
- Winners get the babes... and doesn't Alberto know it!
- More kisses for Alberto Contador ahead of the final stage into Madrid
Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 33.06 (31.0 km/h) 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.31 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.02 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.09 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.15 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.16 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 1.31 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.37 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.57 11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.09 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.11 13 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.29 14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 2.30 15 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.31 16 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.32 17 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.33 18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.50 19 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.55 20 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.57 21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3.06 22 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 23 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.07 24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.08 25 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.14 26 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.16 28 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.17 29 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.20 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 3.22 31 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 32 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 3.25 34 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.27 35 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 3.29 36 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3.31 37 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.32 38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.38 39 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 40 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.39 41 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3.43 42 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.44 43 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 44 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 3.45 45 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.47 46 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 47 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 3.54 48 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.55 49 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.00 52 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.02 53 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4.04 54 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 4.05 55 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.07 56 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.11 57 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.12 58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 59 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.13 60 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.14 62 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4.16 63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.17 64 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 65 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.18 66 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.21 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.22 68 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 4.24 69 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.27 70 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 4.28 71 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.31 72 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.33 73 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 4.36 74 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4.37 75 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 4.40 76 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.43 77 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.44 78 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 4.46 79 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.49 80 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.50 81 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4.51 83 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4.52 84 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4.53 85 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 4.56 86 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5.01 87 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5.03 88 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 5.04 89 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 90 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.07 91 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.15 92 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.16 93 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.21 94 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 5.22 95 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.29 96 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.32 97 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.35 98 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 5.38 99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 5.39 100 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 101 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 102 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.40 103 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 5.41 105 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.42 106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.47 107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 5.48 108 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 109 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.49 110 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 5.51 111 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 5.52 112 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 113 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.03 114 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 115 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 6.12 116 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.15 117 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.21 118 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 119 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.23 120 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.25 121 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 6.31 122 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 6.33 123 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 6.43 124 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.50 125 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 126 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 6.55 127 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.09 128 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.17 129 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.29 130 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.34 131 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 7.49 Points Alto de Navacerrada, km 17.1 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 25 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 20 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 8 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 7 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6 11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 13 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 2 15 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Mountains Alto de Navacerrada, km 17.1 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 16 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 12 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Astana 1.41.46 2 Caisse d'Epargne 2.33 3 Xacobeo Galicia 4.34 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.46 5 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5.50 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.58 7 Lampre 6.19 8 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6.48 9 Credit Agricole 7.30 10 Rabobank 7.37 11 Silence-Lotto 7.51 12 Team Milram 8.17 13 AG2R La Mondiale 8.26 14 Française Des Jeux 8.29 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 9.11 16 Gerolsteiner 9.50 17 Liquigas 10.24 18 Quick Step 12.05 19 Bouygues Telecom 12.14 General classification after stage 20 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 77.55.29 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.46 3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.12 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.19 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.00 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.50 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6.55 8 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.10 9 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.57 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 11.56 11 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12.38 12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.35 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 13.41 14 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15.59 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 17.53 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20.14 17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.33 18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.34 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.57 20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 25.13 21 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 26.22 22 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 28.26 23 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 28.38 24 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29.28 25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 41.42 26 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 41.43 27 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 42.08 28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.14 29 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 46.51 30 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 48.07 31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48.27 32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 50.44 33 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50.47 34 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 53.44 35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54.55 36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 54.59 37 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 55.59 38 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56.32 39 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56.51 40 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 58.00 41 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.40 42 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 59.55 43 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.03.27 44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.03.32 45 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.05.52 46 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.06.58 47 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.07.01 48 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.08.53 49 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.10.05 50 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.10.19 51 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.12.10 52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 1.13.06 53 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.13.15 54 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.14.39 55 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.18.33 56 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.19.10 57 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.19.55 58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.22.17 59 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.24.24 60 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.28.24 61 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.29.47 62 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.30.06 63 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.15 64 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.30.38 65 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.30.50 66 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.31.32 67 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.33.55 68 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.34.01 69 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.35.03 70 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.36.48 71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.38.09 72 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.39.10 73 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.41.02 74 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.41.10 75 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.43.13 76 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.45.41 77 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.47.26 78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.49.33 79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.41 80 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.50.57 81 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.52.09 82 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.53.05 83 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.53.36 84 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.55.15 85 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.55.39 86 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.56.02 87 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.57.50 88 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.58.12 89 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.58.46 90 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.03.10 91 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.03.54 92 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.05.58 93 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 2.06.31 94 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.09.33 95 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 2.09.36 96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.10.33 97 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 2.10.36 98 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 2.12.19 99 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.13.42 100 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.16.00 101 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.20.20 102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.20.22 103 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.20.26 104 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.21.00 105 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.22.40 106 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.24.32 107 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 2.24.43 108 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.25.24 109 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.27.22 110 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.29.33 111 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.30.53 112 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.31.20 113 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.34.02 114 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.34.37 115 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 2.35.40 116 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.38.37 117 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.39.20 118 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 2.39.53 119 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.40.03 120 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.40.10 121 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 2.40.22 122 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.41.54 123 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.42.50 124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.46.52 125 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.50.05 126 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.52.05 127 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.58.32 128 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.04.00 129 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3.05.27 130 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3.06.52 131 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.25.28 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 142 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 137 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 129 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 116 5 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 67 8 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 60 10 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 60 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56 12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 52 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 52 14 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 15 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44 16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 39 17 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 18 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 19 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 20 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 38 21 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 37 22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 34 23 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 25 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 27 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 28 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 29 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 31 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 23 32 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 34 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 20 35 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 36 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 18 38 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 39 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 40 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 15 41 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 14 42 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 43 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 44 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 45 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 12 47 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 48 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 49 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 50 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9 51 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 52 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 53 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 54 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 9 55 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 56 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 57 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 58 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 59 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 60 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 61 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 62 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 7 63 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 65 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 67 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 5 68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 69 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 70 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 71 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 72 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 73 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 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 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 80 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 81 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 82 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 83 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 84 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 85 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 86 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 87 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 88 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 89 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 90 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 91 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 92 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 93 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 149 pts 2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 99 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 89 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 65 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 9 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 11 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 36 13 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 36 14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 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 21 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 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 31 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 32 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 34 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 35 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 36 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 37 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 9 39 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 9 40 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 41 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 42 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 43 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 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 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 48 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7 49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7 50 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 51 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 52 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 53 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 6 54 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 56 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5 57 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 58 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 59 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 60 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 62 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 63 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 64 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 65 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3 66 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 67 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 68 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 69 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 70 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 71 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 72 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 73 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 74 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 11 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 17 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 39 9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 56 11 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 63 13 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 64 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 70 16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 70 17 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 70 18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 90 19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 94 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 99 21 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 103 22 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 23 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 115 24 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 115 25 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 119 27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 127 28 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 130 29 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 132 30 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 134 31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 137 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 138 33 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 144 34 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 149 35 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 149 36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 151 37 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 152 38 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 153 39 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 40 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 156 41 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 157 42 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 158 43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 160 44 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 161 45 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 162 46 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 163 47 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 172 48 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 184 49 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 191 50 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 192 51 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 194 52 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 194 53 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 196 54 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 201 55 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 202 56 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 203 57 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 207 58 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 215 59 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 241 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 233.06.41 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 38.27 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.22 4 Astana 41.16 5 Xacobeo Galicia 51.31 6 Lampre 1.14.28 7 Rabobank 1.17.22 8 AG2R La Mondiale 1.27.27 9 Credit Agricole 1.28.56 10 Silence-Lotto 1.42.27 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.45.17 12 Française Des Jeux 1.54.58 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.24.05 14 Gerolsteiner 2.29.42 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.38.48 16 Quick Step 2.52.45 17 Team Milram 3.17.56 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.56.11 19 Liquigas 4.48.47
