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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

Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) wins
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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.

The peloton
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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).

Bubbly time for Bennati
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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."

Kisses for the yellow jersey wearer
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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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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              

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