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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 4 - September 2: Córdoba - Puertollano, 170.3km
Bennati takes golden win
Boonen second on stage in in GC
By Shane Stokes
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Scooping his fourth-ever Vuelta stage win, race leader Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) fortified his grip on the maillot oro when he won a diminished bunch sprint in Puertollano. The Italian beat yesterday's victor Tom Boonen (Quick Step), with Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) and Erik Zabel (Team Milram) taking places three through to five in the gallop.
"It was a sprint that was suited to me," said Bennati, "straight and without confusion. I had some great help from my team-mates Pozzato, (Manuel) Quinziato, (Claudio) Corioni and (Alessandro) Vanotti. Then I was left on [Wouter] Weylandt's wheel and at 180 meters [to go], it was party decided.
"In Liquigas it is a case of 'all for one, one for all'," he continued. "Everyone respects their roles for the good of the team: this is our strength. Many, for example, doubted the coexistence between me and Pozzato. Instead, we demonstrated that by working together and helping each other, we can win a lot."
Bennati took his sixth season victory today, and the 35th of his career. He is more firmly in the race lead and also has the blue points jersey. However he thinks that things may change tomorrow. "I am glad to still be in front of everyone," he said, "but tomorrow we will have the Ciudad Real time trial and holding on will be tough. I will do my utmost to honour the race lead, but I am certainly not here to win the overall… My goal is to focus on stage victories, and so I have no intention of making do with just today's win."
His victory coupled with his second place in an earlier intermediate sprint saw him finish the day 22 seconds ahead of Boonen, with former leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) dropping to third, 48 seconds back.
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The peloton was split at the finish due to a crash just outside the final three kilometres, and this accounted for gaps in the bunch. As a result, only a few riders disputed the final sprint. Most of the big gallopers were there, yet Bennati had little problem in beating Boonen, Fernández, Napolitano and three others. Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) brought home the next little group for ninth, some three seconds later.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was delayed in an earlier fall and lost two minutes and 16 seconds. Andreas Klöden (Astana) was even more disadvantaged, finishing over four minutes back.
The 170.3 kilometre stage began with the category three climb of the Alto de los Villares, the summit coming just 6.8 kilometres after the start, and there mountains leader Jesus Rosendo (Andalucia – Cajasur) took the prime ahead of team-mate Francisco Jose Martinez, Serafin Martinez (Xacobeo Galicia) and Walter Fernando Pedraza (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
Another Andalucia Cajasur rider, Jose Antonio Lopez, attacked very soon afterwards and quickly pulled clear. He took the second mountains prime of Puerto de la Chimorra (km 46.8) well ahead of Walter Fernando Pedraza (Tinkov Credit Systems), Jesus Rosendo Prado and Manuel Ortega Ocana (both Andalucia Cajasur), and reached his maximum gap of eight minutes six seconds sixteen kilometres later.
He was also first at the day's intermediate sprint in Pozoblanco (71.4km) where, over seven minutes later, Bennati fortified his race lead when he edged out Valverde for second place. The Liquigas, Lampre and Quick Step-led peloton was intent on setting things up for a bunch sprint and started making inroads into Lopez's lead. With 40 kilometres remaining he was 3'36 ahead and by the time he took the final intermediate prime in Almodovar del Campo, 11.1 kilometres from the finish, he was just 39 seconds ahead of Marco Marzano (Lampre) and race favourite Alberto Contador (Astana).
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A crash with approximately eight kilometres to go took down several riders, amongst them Cunego and Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank). This did little to disrupt the pace of the peloton and Lopez was finally reeled in a kilometre and a half later. The next crash led to the fragmented final gallop plus the small time differences, but didn’t affect the main sprinters.
The Vuelta a España continues tomorrow with a 42.5 kilometre mainly flat time trial, starting and finishing in Cuidad Real. The general classification will be reshuffled again there, and the pre-race favourites should start to make their form known.
Some will be determined to make up the time they lost today. Igor Anton only conceded seven seconds to Bennati, while Carlos Sastre (CSC - Saxo Bank), Valverde, Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer (both Astana) lost 19 seconds. Rabobank's Robert Gesink was a bit further back, 42 seconds down, with Cunego 2'16 in arrears and Andreas Klöden a considerable 4'12 behind.
Cunego didn't sound too disappointed afterwards, probably because he said he is chasing stage wins rather than a high GC place. "I'm happy I could avoid the crash," he said. "I could brake and I didn't fall, but I had to stop and then to chase the bunch. When I was very close to the back of the group, another crash blocked the street and so I could not rejoin the bunch. It's always a pity to lose time, but it's not a drama since my target is to try to do well in some stages."
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Sastre was more involved in a crash, but didn't suffer any serious injury. "I was brushing up against a wire fence, which ripped my shorts and gave me some superficial scratches," he said. "But it wasn't anything serious. I was able to finish without losing time with respect to my rivals, which was the most important thing for me looking ahead to tomorrow's stage."
He and the other CSC riders want to ride strongly in the race against the clock. "We're thinking about the time trial tomorrow, which for many of us is the first real test of this race. Today we wanted to conserve our energy and not expend too much energy looking ahead to that stage."
One who doesn't expect to excel there is Alberto Contador. "I am a climber, not a time trialist," said the Astana leader. "You only have to compare the number of victories I have had in climbs, compared to time trials. Besides, this is not a particularly good time trial for me.
"I'm enough of a non-conformist to try anyway, and my main goal would be to gain an advantage over my rivals in the mountains. I expect both Valverde and Sastre to post good times, as each of them are very strong."
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- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) celebrates his win in stage four.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) wins the stage.
- Bubbly time for Bennati after winning stage four.
- Kisses for the yellow jersey wearer Daniele Bennati (Liquigas)
- The peloton rolls along.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The riders round the final corner as the sprinters hit the gas.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) pats Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) on the back before they reach the line, knowing the Italian has him beat.
- Celebration time: Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) finally gets his fourth Vuelta stage win after missing out on the previous day.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) celebrates his stage victory over Tom Boonen (Quick Step).
- Italian Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) continues to celebrate as he heads on past.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) throws his fist in the air after winning the fourth stage, his fourth Vuelta win.
- Daniele Bennati greets a team-mate after the finish line.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) came in 12 seconds back, but looked as though he'd really worked for the time.
- Liquigas riders congratulate one another after learning their man brought home a win for the team.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) rolls in a disappointing 2.13 minutes behind.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) gets on the podium as a stage winner.
- Champagne shower: Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) bursts the bubbly on the podium.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) continues to lead the Vuelta after his Stage 4 victory.
- Mmmwah! Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) expects to lose the leader's jersey tomorrow, but he's enjoying it for now.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) puts on the jersey of the Combinada classification leader.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) acknowledges the fans from the podium.
- Italian Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) celebrates in the leader's jersey.
- Gerolsteiner riders stick together on one of the small climbs.
- A bunch of riders make their way up a climb on Stage 4.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- One down, more to come: Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) was happy with a stage win, but he's not done, according to the Italian.
- Dutch rider Robert Gesink (Rabobank) lost 42 seconds on Stage 4.
- Liquigas controls the action out front knowing their man is in strong form for a bunch sprint.
- José Antonio Lopez Gil (Andalucía - Cajasur) won the first two lots of sprint points.
- The peloton makes its way across a large plain.
- Thirsty Paolo? World road champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) carries a full load of drink bottles.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) shows a little leg after getting caught up in a crash in the closing kilometres.
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 4.27.54 (38.14 km/h) 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 8 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 0.03 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 0.06 13 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 14 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.07 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 16 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 21 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 26 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.12 27 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 28 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.16 29 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.19 30 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 33 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 34 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 36 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 41 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 47 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 49 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 50 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.26 52 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 53 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 54 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 0.34 55 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0.36 56 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.42 57 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 63 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 64 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 65 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 67 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 68 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 70 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 71 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 72 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 74 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 75 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 76 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 78 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 80 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 82 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 83 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 85 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 86 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 87 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 88 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 89 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 0.48 90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.49 91 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.51 92 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.53 93 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 94 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.56 95 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 97 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 100 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 102 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 104 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 105 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 106 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 107 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 108 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 109 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 110 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 111 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 113 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 114 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 115 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 116 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 117 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.17 118 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 119 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 120 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.39 121 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.03 123 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 124 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 125 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 126 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 128 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 129 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.16 130 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 131 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 132 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 133 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 134 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 135 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 136 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 137 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 138 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.38 139 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 140 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 141 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 142 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 2.45 143 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 144 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.10 145 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3.17 146 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 147 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.41 148 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3.44 149 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 150 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.53 151 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4.12 152 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 153 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 154 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4.20 155 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.36 156 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 5.02 157 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 158 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5.24 160 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 161 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 162 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 163 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 164 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 165 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 166 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.53 167 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 168 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11.37 169 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom DNS Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems Sprints Sprint 1 - Pozoblanco, 71.4km 1 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprint 2 - Almodóvar del Campo, 159.2 km 1 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 1 Sprint 3 - Puertollano, 170.3km 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 25 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 20 3 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 14 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 12 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9 8 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 7 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 11 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 13 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 14 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1 Mountains Mountain 1 - Alto de los Villares, 7km (Cat. 3) 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 pts 2 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 3 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 4 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountain 2 - Puerto de la Chimorra, 47km (Cat. 3) 1 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 pts 2 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 3 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 4 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Teams 1 Quick Step 13.23.42 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.14 3 AG2R - La Mondiale 0.20 4 Lampre 0.26 5 Silence - Lotto 6 Team Milram 7 Française Des Jeux 0.32 8 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.41 9 Xacobeo - Galicia 0.45 10 Bouygues Telecom 0.50 11 Liquigas 0.52 12 Caisse D'Epargne 0.57 13 Astana 1.14 14 Credit Agricole 1.19 15 Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.20 16 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.27 17 Rabobank 1.31 18 Gerolsteiner 19 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.34 General classification after stage 4 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 13.23.57 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.22 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.48 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.51 5 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.59 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 1.01 7 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.02 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.04 9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.05 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 1.06 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.07 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.10 14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 15 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1.11 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.12 19 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 21 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.13 22 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.14 23 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.15 24 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.17 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.18 27 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.21 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 1.22 29 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.24 30 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.27 31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.30 32 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32 33 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.35 34 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.37 37 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 38 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.38 39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.39 40 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 41 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 42 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1.40 43 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.44 44 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.46 45 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 46 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 49 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1.47 53 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 54 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.49 55 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.50 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.51 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 61 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 62 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 63 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.53 64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.54 66 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.58 68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.00 69 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 70 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 2.01 71 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 72 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 73 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.04 74 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.11 75 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.14 76 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2.16 77 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.21 78 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 2.24 79 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.40 80 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 81 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45 82 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.50 83 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.55 84 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.56 85 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.08 86 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 3.19 87 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.20 88 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.42 89 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.45 90 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.50 91 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 4.01 92 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.10 93 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.24 94 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 4.38 95 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.59 96 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 5.10 97 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 5.17 98 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.38 99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.46 100 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 5.48 101 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.06 102 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 6.22 103 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.08 104 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 7.11 105 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.19 106 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.31 107 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.59 108 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.18 109 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.33 110 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.34 111 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 9.56 112 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10.28 113 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.01 114 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.23 115 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 11.29 116 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.50 117 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 11.53 118 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 11.58 119 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.23 120 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.28 121 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12.39 122 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.49 123 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13.04 124 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 13.35 125 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.15 126 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 15.10 128 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.23 129 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 15.28 130 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 15.39 131 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 15.51 132 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.43 133 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.47 134 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 16.55 135 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.56 136 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 17.16 137 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 17.21 138 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 17.30 139 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 140 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17.35 141 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 17.49 142 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18.00 143 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.05 144 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18.31 145 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 19.02 146 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19.28 147 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 20.47 148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 20.51 149 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 20.54 150 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20.56 151 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 21.09 152 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 21.10 153 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 21.13 154 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 155 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21.16 156 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.20 157 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 21.36 158 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 21.37 159 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21.56 160 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.28 161 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24.08 162 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 24.10 163 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 24.37 164 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 25.05 165 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 25.44 166 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.51 167 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 29.52 168 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 37.27 169 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 37.41 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 51 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 45 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 37 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34 5 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 24 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 20 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 14 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 10 14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 15 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9 16 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 17 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8 19 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 20 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 22 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 24 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 25 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 26 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 27 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 28 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 30 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 31 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 32 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 33 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 34 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2 35 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 36 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 37 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 38 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 39 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 1 40 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 41 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 42 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 43 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 pts 2 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 3 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 4 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 6 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 7 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 9 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 10 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 Combinada classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 34 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 3 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 100 4 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 175 5 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 185 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 214 Team classification 1 Quick Step 39.57.31 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12 3 AG2R - La Mondiale 0.30 4 Lampre 0.35 5 Silence - Lotto 0.36 6 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.42 7 Française Des Jeux 0.49 8 Caisse D'Epargne 0.54 9 Xacobeo - Galicia 0.56 10 Bouygues Telecom 1.08 11 Astana 1.18 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.22 13 Credit Agricole 1.32 14 Rabobank 1.34 15 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.37 16 Gerolsteiner 1.39 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.59 18 Liquigas 3.11 19 Team Milram 11.13
