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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 21 - September 21: San Sebastián de los Reyes - Madrid, 102.2km
Breschel tops sprint ahead of historic Contador win
By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting from Björn Haake in Madrid
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Dane Matti Breschel of Team CSC-Saxo Bank topped a rough sprint in Madrid to close out the 63rd Vuelta a España. Breschel finished ahead of Alexandre Usov of Team AG2R La Mondiale and Davide Viganò of Team Quick Step.
"I was extremely focused on starting the sprint at the exact right time, and I did," Breschel said. "I didn't have any doubts that I had to open up early and I managed to take advantage of the fact that no one else seemed to have the same idea."
It was the fifth win of the season for Breschel, who battled back from an early-season knee injury, and one which made up for a disappointing second place in the Vuelta's 17th stage. His form appears to be coming good just in time for next week's World Championships in Italy.
"I've worked really hard to get in the shape I'm in right now and I'm unbelievable happy to get such a fantastic result here. It's been a tough Vuelta but I feel I've come out on the other side strong and my result today confirms that I'm in great shape ahead of the World Championships next week. It's one of those victories that really matter. Now I'll do everything I can to maintain focus and use the fact that both my form and my confidence are at the very top," said Breschel.
Spaniard Alberto Contador of Team Astana finished safely in the peloton to put his name on a short list of riders who have won all three Grand Tours. Contador topped the classification after three weeks of racing by 46 seconds over teammate Levi Leipheimer and 4:12 over Carlos Sastre of Team CSC-Saxo Bank to take his third Grand Tour to win after the Tour de France in 2007 and the Giro d'Italia this May.
"In the last hour there is still a chance of a crash," said Contador. "I am very content, also for all the fans and for all of Spain. The last few days the fans were really cheering. There was some tension for me but now life is good..."
Contador joined Belgian Eddy Merckx, Italian Felice Gimondi and Frenchmen Bernard Hinault and Jacques Anquetil as the only riders to ever win all three Grand Tours. The young rider from Madrid quickly accomplished the feat; 14 months from his win on the streets of Paris in 2007 to the Paseo del Prado of Madrid today.
He took the leader's maillot oro with a dominant ride in the Asturias mountain stages. The gold top became his after his win on top of the feared climb of Alto de l'Angliru and he solidified his lead with victory on the Puerto de San Isidro 24 hours later.
Contador took his win with the help a very strong Team Astana. The squad took a one-two finish in the penultimate stage, the Alto de Navacerrada time trial, with Levi Leipheimer ahead of Contador. Leipheimer also enjoyed a spell of his own in the maillot oro and the stage win in Ciudad Real.
How it unfolded
The grand city of Madrid hosted the final day of the Spanish tour. The riders left from the San Sebastián de Los Reyes Exhibition Centre to start their run into Spain's capital.
Guided by maillot oro Contador, 131 riders of the original 170 rolled out to start the 102.2-kilometre stage at 14:57. The Astana team guided Contador, the red mountain's jersey of David Moncoutié (Cofidis) and the blue points jersey of Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) away from the start village. The white combination jersey also belongs to Contador, but Leipheimer wore it though the stage as runner up in the competition.
Astana appropriately led the race into the streets of Madrid. Shortly after the race crossed the finish line for the first of eight times, the first break of the day materialised. Manuel Ortega (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Serafín Martínez (Xacobeo Galicia) darted off and stayed clear for nearly a kilometre and then where shut down by Liquigas.
Liquigas's Valerio Agnoli made it off the front with another Andalucía rider, Jesús Rosendo, and Emanuele Bindi (Lampre). Rosendo featured in stage two's escape and Agnoli featured in the wrong way in stage eight where he crashed twice. The three gained near a half-minute on the Astana- and Cofidis-led group.
The trio held its 30 seconds with 25 kilometres left to race, but the peloton seemed to be just playing with the three. The sprinters' teams always had them in their grasp.
CSC-Saxo Bank marked the chase with 15 kilometres left to race. It brought the gap down to 15 seconds and paved the way for its sprint gun, Breschel. In search of his first professional win, Rosendo felt the Danish heat and he jumped clear with Agnoli in tow. Before the start of the final six-kilometre Madrid circuit the sprinters' workers captured the two remaining escapees.
Cofidis returned to the front and Koldo Fernández's Euskaltel-Euskadi's boys led for a brief moment. CSC's Breschel was able to fend off Crédit Agricole's men and a round of crashes to give his team its first stage win in the 2008 Vuelta. He joined teammate Sastre in the final podium celebrations in Madrid.
Alexandre Usov added to his third place finish in stage 17 and Davide Viganò emerged as Quick Step's sprinter of the day. Italy's Viganò, 24, finished 10th in the Madrid sprint two years ago.
Belgium's Van Avermaet made it though the rough closing metres to finish fifth and claim the overall points classification. His teammate, Olivier Kaisen, appeared worst off of the crash that involved around five riders in the finale 3km.
Van Avermaet's blue jersey of points leader and stage nine win added to a victorious season that started with a win in the Tour of Belgium in late May. He will represent his country in next weeks World Championships and is a dark horse for the rainbow bands.
Photography
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- Scott Sunderland before the final stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España
- CSC-Saxo Bank directeur sportif Scott Sunderland was happy his team finished second in the teams classification, in addition to Carlos Sastre's podium finish in Madrid.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) is probably the most patient autograph giver and photo poser in the peloton. One of the reasons why he was always the last one to sign in.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) will win his third Grand Tour in three tries.
- Race organiser Victor Cordero walked through the riders lined up on both sides before stage 21.
- Will Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) get his second stage win today?
- The Astana led bunch in the neutral zone
- Leipheimer, Vaitkus and Contador ride by
- Erik Zabel looks for another sprint opportunity today.
- Greg Van Avermaet will want to finally secure the blue sprinter's jersey for good.
- Astana had a firm grip on the race and also on the first laps in Madrid.
- Contador in yellow followed by Leipheimer who finished second and Assan Bazayev, the champion of Kazakhstan.
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) took it easy in the final circuits and was just trying to make sure he didn't crash.
- José Ruiz (Andalucía-Cajasur) was a tad stunned as he was helped off his bike after he crashed heavily in the final three kilometres.
- There were a ton of Contador fans in Madrid and celebrated him.
- The specially painted bike of Contador
- Contador concentrated on the national anthem while Leipheimer and Sastre looked at the parachuters coming down with two Spanish and one US flag.
- And then there was a final Spanish flag coming down to celebrate the Tour of Spain. The 2008 Vuelta is now officially over.
- Olivier Kaisen (Silence-Lotto) was lying down after he managed to cross the finish line despite a 60km/h crash two kilometres from the line.
Images by AFP Photo
- Matti Breschel (CSC-Saxo Bank) beats Alexandr Usov (AG2R) and Davide Vigano (Quick Step) to the line.
- Matti Breschel (CSC-Saxo Bank) takes the sprint in Madrid
- Alberto Conatdor wins his third Grand Tour in just 14 months. An historic feat.
- Who is Alberto Contador aiming at?
- Alberto Contador (Astana) has a solemn moment during the Spanish anthem.
Images by Unipublic
- Francis Mourey (Française des Jeux) heads off road.
- Francis Mourey (Française des Jeux) haves some fun on the last day of the Vuelta a España.
- Team Astana leads the race into Madrid.
- Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) heads out of the Vuelta a España on one wheel.
- A Xacobeo rider enjoying a rest – on the street.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) enjoys the last day of the 63rd Vuelta a España.
- Fuel up? maillot oro Alberto Contador (Astana) fills his bike with gas on the final day of the Vuelta.
- Astana's Johan Bruyneel with the winner of the 63rd Vuelta a España, Alberto Contador (Astana).
- Alberto Contador (Astana) enjoys a drink with Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), l & r.
- Emanuele Bindi (Lampre) leads the three-man escape with Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas), r-l.
- Riders on the street of Madrid.
- Matti Breschel (CSC-Saxo Bank) wins the last stage of the 2008 Vuelta.
- Best team Caisse d'Epargne called up to the podium.
- Race Director Victor Cordero and Alberto Contador (Astana) at the end of the Vuelta.
- Race Director Victor Cordero is proud of another well-organised Vuelta.
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) in the red mountains jersey.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) also won the combination jersey.
- Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) took home the blue points jersey.
- Race winner Alberto Contador (Astana) tops the podium with David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Levi Leipheimer (Astana), Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto).
- Alberto Contador (Astana) with Race Director Victor Cordero.
Results
1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.44.39 (37.24 km/h) 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 25 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 26 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 27 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 28 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 30 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 31 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 32 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 33 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 37 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 38 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 42 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 44 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 45 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 46 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 47 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 50 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 51 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 52 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 57 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 60 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 61 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 64 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 66 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 67 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 68 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 69 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 70 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 71 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 72 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 74 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 75 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 77 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 78 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 79 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 80 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 81 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 82 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 83 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 84 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 85 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 86 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 88 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 89 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 90 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 91 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 92 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 93 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 94 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 95 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 97 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 98 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 100 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 101 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 105 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 107 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 110 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 111 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 113 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 114 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 116 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 119 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 120 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 121 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 122 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 124 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 125 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 127 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 129 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 130 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 131 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur Sprints Torrejón de Ardoz, km.23 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 pts 2 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 3 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Madrid, km.72,2 1 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 4 pts 2 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Points Madrid, km.102,2 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 20 3 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 16 4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 6 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 10 7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 9 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 5 12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 8.13.57 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Caisse d'Epargne 5 Credit Agricole 6 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 7 Team Milram 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 Xacobeo Galicia 10 Quick Step 0.13 11 AG2R La Mondiale 0.15 12 Silence-Lotto 13 Lampre 0.23 14 Liquigas 15 Française Des Jeux 0.43 16 Astana 0.45 17 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.08 18 Andalucia - Cajasur 1.21 19 Bouygues Telecom 2.20 Final General classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 80.40.08 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 1.06.56 47 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.07.01 48 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.08.33 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 1.31.26 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 2.05.54 93 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 2.06.23 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 2.29.29 111 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 2.38.35 117 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 2.42.38 124 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 3.05.21 130 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3.06.52 131 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.25.28 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 158 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 88 6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 69 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 68 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 67 10 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 60 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 58 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 57 14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 52 15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 52 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 17 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 45 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 39 19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 39 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 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 34 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 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 29 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 30 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 25 31 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 25 32 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 23 34 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 36 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 20 37 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 38 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 18 40 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 41 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 43 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 14 44 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 45 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 46 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 47 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 12 48 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 49 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 12 50 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 12 51 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 52 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 53 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9 54 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9 55 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 56 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 57 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 9 58 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 59 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 60 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8 61 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 62 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 63 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 64 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 65 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 66 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 67 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 68 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 69 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 5 70 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 71 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 72 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 4 73 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 74 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 75 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4 76 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 77 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 78 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 4 79 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 80 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 81 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 82 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 83 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2 84 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 86 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 87 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 88 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 89 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 90 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 91 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 92 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 93 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 94 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 95 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 96 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 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 74 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 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 19 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 40 8 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 57 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 11 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 63 12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 64 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 70 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 71 16 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 72 17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 89 18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 91 19 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 22 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 104 23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 24 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 116 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 120 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 128 27 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 130 28 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 132 29 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 132 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 133 32 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 140 33 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 146 34 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 151 35 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 152 36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 152 37 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 153 38 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 154 39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 156 40 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 156 41 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 160 42 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 160 43 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 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 162 47 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 169 48 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 181 49 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 187 50 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 188 51 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 192 52 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 193 53 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 198 54 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 201 55 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 203 56 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 209 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 241.20.38 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.22 3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 39.35 4 Astana 42.01 5 Xacobeo Galicia 51.31 6 Lampre 1.14.51 7 Rabobank 1.17.22 8 AG2R La Mondiale 1.27.42 9 Credit Agricole 1.28.56 10 Silence-Lotto 1.42.42 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.45.17 12 Française Des Jeux 1.55.41 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.24.05 14 Gerolsteiner 2.29.42 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.40.09 16 Quick Step 2.52.58 17 Team Milram 3.17.56 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.58.31 19 Liquigas 4.49.10
