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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 6 - September 4: Ciudad Real - Toledo, 150.1km
Bettini is back as Chavanel storms into golden jersey
By Bjorn Haake
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A hill just five kilometres from the finish splintered the peloton. While some fast men, notably Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto), were still around, they were voided of their strengths in the hilly run-in. Bettini on the other hand, who likes these kinds of finishes, showed he is in great form ahead of the Worlds in Varese, Italy.
Bettini really wanted that win. "It was not an easy finish line, but I've had this date marked on my calendar since the start in Granada. Winning in a beautiful city like Toledo is something special."
Bettini was full of praise about his entire team. "The director explained the final part of the race very well. The team did a great job sacrificing itself for me and keeping the group in single file during the last uphill tract." The final blow was up to Bettini to deliver. "I saw Gilbert take off in the last metres and I knew it was time to make my move."
Chavanel never would have thought before the race that he would be in such a position. "I didn't come here to think about leading the race. In fact, I came here hoping to win a stage. This is a surprise and also an honour to me." Chavanel showed he knew his history lessons, too. "The last French rider to lead the Vuelta was Laurent Jalabert. That sums up the honour it is for me to don the golden jersey."
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With the high mountains now waiting, Chavanel is expected to lose the jersey quickly, even though he won't give it up without a fight. "In Andorra I will try to defend the jersey all the way to the end, but people need to understand that it is very difficult."
The Vuelta, which is less known for its crowds than the Tour de France, impressed Chavanel. "What I really liked here in Toledo was the amount of spectators. There were as many as in the Tour." Chavanel revealed that he has Spanish roots in his family tree, which is why he identifies very much with Spanish cycling.
Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) once again showed his versatility and sprinted to third place, receiving eight seconds in time bonuses. He continues to occupy third place in the overall, now only 26 seconds back. Valverde wasn't 100% satisfied with his day, though. "I tried to go for the stage win and the team prepared the sprint very well for me but Gilbert at first and then Bettini attacked just before the curve on the left. I lost some metres there. When I saw the finishing line I attacked also and came back but it was already too late."
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Valverde did realise he gained some time on his rivals, notably on Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer. The Astana duo lost six seconds in the mad run-in to the finish. But Valverde played down the significance of the gap. "The bunch broke in different parts in the final and I gained some seconds to the favourites but those seconds will not be important in the next stages, even if it is of course always better to gain some time than lose some."
Considering the circumstances, Valverde could be happy that he even finished. A crash brought him down, but he was able to continue the race. "I was afraid just before the feeding zone because many riders crashed just in front of me. I had the reflex to brake to avoid them but the riders behind me could not. As a result, I broke my bike, I hurt my calf and my ankle hit the ground. I hope the crash will have no consequence."
Another rider coming down today was Quick Step's Tom Boonen. "I was just riding along when someone fell in front of me. A lot of us wound up in a heap on the ground. I've got some pretty good scrapes on my left leg and mostly on my back. This is what's causing me the most pain. Fortunately tomorrow is a day of rest. I hope to recover well".
Breaking away
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The race started 20 minutes earlier to make sure the riders would make their 18:45 AVE high-speed train towards the Pyrenees. Three riders, Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Ivan Mayoz (Xacobeo Galicia) and Volodymyr Diudia (Team Milram), were in even a bigger hurry, as they took after only seven kilometres.
The trio built up a maximum lead of 3'30, but it was especially Cofidis that was not interested in letting the golden opportunity slip away. The break succeeded to stay ahead over the Paso por Majarliza. Well, not the entire break, as Diudia had to let go on the uphill. The mountain points were won by Mayoz, ahead of Ignatiev. Ignatiev's team-mate Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales received two points in third place and mountain leader Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucía - Cajasur) went all out to add one more point to his tally.
Timely before the first sprint of the day in Sonseca, Cofidis had brought it all back together. The French team hit the front to deliver Chavanel to the line and also occupy the second and third spots. That left Leipheimer, who frankly wasn't trying to keep the jersey, pointless. On the road, Chavanel was in the virtual leader's jersey by four seconds.
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Mayoz sort of knew about his fate, but had no regrets. "I tried, but I knew for Cofidis it was a great opportunity to get the golden jersey and they needed to neutralise the breaks before the first two sprints." In the end he struggled in four minutes back. "I had a flat some 15 kilometres from the finish and I wasn't able to get back to the peloton."
He increased the lead to 10 seconds with a similar move in Cobisa, less than 20 kilometres from the line. In the end, there were a flurry of attacks on the small climb of the cerro de Los Palos, just five kilometres from the finish.
Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole), David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia), Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) the list of names who tried to get away was long. But neither managed to get a gap and in the end it was the punchy riders to fight it out.
With Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) two sprinters made it into the final 14-man group, but both were too cooked from the effort to produce a decent sprint.
Stage 7 - September 6: Barbastro - Andorra, 233.2km
The Vuelta takes a rest day on Spetember 5, including a not-so-restful 500km transfer.
After one day of rest, the queen of stages awaits the riders. At 233.2 kilometres it is not only the longest, but with one category three, one category two, one category one and the hors-category finish in Andorra it is also one of the toughest stages in this year's race.
The category two Port de Monllobat will be tackled after 60 kilometres and the Collado de Faidella about halfway through. But it isn't until the bunch heads from Spain into the Andorra, after 176 kilometres, when it will start to get interesting. The road climbs to 910 metres at Sant Juliá de Loira. Then the road continues vertically towards the cat one Alto de la Rabassa. It tops out at 1860 metres.
From the summit it is 30 more kilometres to the finish. 14 of those are downhill. Then the final 17.1 kilometres towards the finish are uphill. The line is at the Alto de Naturlandia La Rabassa, at 2050 metres of altitude.
Photography
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- Paolo Bettini took his first 2008 Vuelta stage win.
- Gilbert looked like he could pull it off but Bettini stormed ast the Belgian.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) took over the overall lead by winning 12 seconds in two sprints.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Several of Crédit Agricole's riders attempted to break away in the closing kilometres.
- All eyes were on the Quick Step and Astana teams as they started driving up the climb.
- Even Quick Step was nervous about what Alberto Contador (Astana) was up to at the front of the bunch.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) limited his loss on the stage to six seconds, but still fell out of the leader's jersey.
- The peloton had no time to enjoy the views on today's stage.
- Sprint time: The heavy hitters wind up as the line draws near.
- Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) looks over but Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) has already claimed the victory.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) celebrates as his squad makes up for its disappointing Tour de France.
- World beater: Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) is clearly in fine form ahead of this month's UCI World Road Championships.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) roll across the line in the front group.
- All smiles: Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) enjoys adding another win to his collection.
- Warm embrace: Paolo Bettini and Quick Step team-mate Tom Boonen celebrate the victory.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) shows off his new sword.
- Give me my long sword: Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) shows off his new silverware of a different nature.
- Excalibur: Okay, so Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) isn't British, and it's not the 1500s, but the sword is impressive nonetheless.
- 'Oh yeah, here comes the bubbly...who wants some?'
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) once more shakes the 'World Champion curse' as well as the champagne.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) found himself in the leader's jersey by day's end.
- France's Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) ensured it wasn't only the Tour de France that his countrymen have led this year.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- There were 20 in the bunch and the little one said, 'fall over fall over': The peloton took a hard fall on Stage 6.
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 3.19.28 (45.150 km/h) 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.06 16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 19 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 21 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 24 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 27 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 30 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 36 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 37 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 45 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 46 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 47 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 0.14 48 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 50 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 52 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 54 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 55 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 56 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 57 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 60 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 63 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 64 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 65 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 68 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 70 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.20 71 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 72 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.24 73 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 74 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 76 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 77 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 78 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 79 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 81 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 82 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.27 83 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 84 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 85 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.32 86 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 87 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 88 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 89 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 91 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0.39 92 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 93 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 94 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 0.44 95 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.02 96 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.06 97 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.25 98 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 101 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 102 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 103 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 105 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 106 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 107 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 108 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.51 109 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 2.15 110 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.42 111 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.06 112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 114 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 115 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 116 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 117 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.08 118 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 119 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.14 120 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.00 121 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 123 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 126 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 128 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 129 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 130 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 131 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 132 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 134 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 135 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 136 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 137 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 138 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 139 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 140 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 142 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 143 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 144 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 4.06 146 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 147 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 148 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.07 149 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 150 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 151 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 152 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 153 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 154 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 155 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 156 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 5.44 157 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 158 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 5.45 159 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.54 160 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.00 161 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 6.08 162 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.18 163 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 164 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.26 165 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 8.13 166 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 167 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 8.59 Points Sonseca - km 115.7 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 pts 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Cobisa - km 132.8 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 pts 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Toledo - km 150.1 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 25 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 20 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 14 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 11 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 5 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 1 16 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale -10 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas -5 18 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne -5 19 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank -5 20 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole -5 21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom -5 22 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto -5 23 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 Mountains 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 pts 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 3 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 4 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 9.58.30 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 Rabobank 0.06 4 Lampre 5 Credit Agricole 6 Astana 0.12 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Xacobeo - Galicia 9 Gerolsteiner 0.14 10 Quick Step 11 AG2R La Mondiale 0.20 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 14 Liquigas 0.21 15 Silence-Lotto 0.22 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Française Des Jeux 0.24 18 Team Milram 0.28 19 Andalucia - Cajasur 1.26 General classification after stage 6 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.35.35 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.10 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.26 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.57 5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.37 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 1.42 7 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.44 8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.01 9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.06 10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.20 11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.27 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.29 13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2.30 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.35 15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.37 16 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.39 17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2.40 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.43 20 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.53 22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.54 23 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.58 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 3.01 25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.02 26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 3.04 27 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.06 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.17 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 3.21 32 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 3.26 33 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.37 34 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3.52 35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.55 36 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.01 37 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.02 38 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.13 39 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4.18 40 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 4.21 41 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.39 42 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4.43 43 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4.49 44 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.53 45 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.55 46 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 47 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.01 48 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 5.07 49 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 5.08 50 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.10 51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5.14 52 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 5.20 53 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.22 54 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 5.27 55 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 5.33 56 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5.54 57 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.56 58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.59 59 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.00 60 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.02 61 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 6.04 62 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 6.11 63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.32 64 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.37 65 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.51 66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.00 67 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 7.09 68 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.14 69 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 7.21 70 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7.44 71 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.49 72 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7.53 73 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.02 74 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.03 75 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 8.06 76 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8.21 77 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 78 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.24 79 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.45 80 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 8.49 81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 8.52 82 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 8.55 83 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8.57 84 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.14 85 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 86 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 9.20 87 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.28 88 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.43 89 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.45 90 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.51 91 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.06 92 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.20 93 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10.36 94 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.37 95 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.12 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.02 97 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.23 98 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 12.26 99 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12.28 100 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.36 101 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12.43 102 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12.54 103 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.08 104 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 13.14 105 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.16 106 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13.22 107 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.24 108 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.42 109 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.31 110 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 14.34 111 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14.49 112 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14.54 113 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 14.59 114 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 15.17 115 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 15.25 116 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 15.26 117 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.46 118 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.04 119 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.53 120 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 17.06 121 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 18.02 122 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 18.26 123 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 18.28 124 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 125 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.30 126 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 19.05 127 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.28 128 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.34 129 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.11 130 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 20.24 131 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.18 132 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.37 133 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 22.41 134 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.46 136 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 23.07 137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 23.10 138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 24.17 139 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 24.46 140 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 25.13 141 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 26.30 142 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26.32 143 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 144 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 26.46 145 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 26.52 146 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27.14 147 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 27.19 148 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 28.10 149 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28.28 150 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 28.46 151 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 28.59 152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29.10 153 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 29.31 154 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 30.04 155 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 30.20 156 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 30.51 157 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31.24 158 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 31.26 159 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 31.30 160 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 32.07 161 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32.14 162 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 33.00 163 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 33.11 164 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 34.50 165 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 36.14 166 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 37.14 167 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 47.27 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 63 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 48 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 37 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 33 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 30 9 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 25 12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 25 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 24 14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 15 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 17 16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 16 17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 14 19 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 14 20 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 14 21 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 23 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 10 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 26 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 27 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9 28 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 29 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 30 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 31 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 32 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 34 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 35 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 36 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 37 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 38 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 39 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4 40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 41 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 42 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 44 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 45 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 46 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 47 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 48 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 49 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 50 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 51 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 53 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 54 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 pts 2 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 3 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 4 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 5 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 8 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 9 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 11 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 Combination classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 57 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 3 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 115 4 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 192 5 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 200 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 222 Teams classification 1 Astana 52.32.35 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.42 3 Caisse d'Epargne 2.23 4 Gerolsteiner 3.00 5 Silence-Lotto 3.25 6 Quick Step 3.40 7 Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.55 8 Rabobank 4.08 9 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 4.41 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.58 11 Bouygues Telecom 5.12 12 Xacobeo - Galicia 5.35 13 Française Des Jeux 5.45 14 Lampre 5.56 15 Liquigas 6.03 16 AG2R La Mondiale 6.15 17 Credit Agricole 7.35 18 Team Milram 13.12 19 Andalucia - Cajasur 14.37
