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63rd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

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Stage 5 - September 3: Ciudad Real - Ciudad Real (ITT), 42.5km

Double success for Leipheimer

By Shane Stokes

Levi Leipheimer won the stage and took the overall lead
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Astana's Levi Leipheimer has shown superb form in the first individual time trial of this year's Vuelta, winning the 52.4 kilometre Ciudad Real time trial and snatching the gold leader's jersey. It's the first time he has led a Grand Tour in his career, and shows that he is in strong form despite missing the Tour de France.

The Olympic bronze medallist started slowly but accelerated throughout the race against the clock, overhauling long-time leader Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) by 33 seconds and fending off French time trial champion Sylvain Chavanel, who was twelve seconds slower. In fact, Leipheimer's second half was impressive; at the 28 kilometre checkpoint, he was 42 seconds behind Quinziato and 18 seconds behind Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems). However, by the finish, he was 33 seconds up on the Italian. Ignatiev had cracked in the meantime, dropping to a final position of 16th.

Leipheimer's fast finish proved crucial as he ended the day just two seconds ahead of Chavanel (Cofidis) in the general classification. Race leader Daniele Bennati was 50th in the time trial and dropped away from the top of the GC.

"I've been feeling very strong for the last couple of weeks, since the Olympics of course," Leipheimer said afterwards. "We did a race in Madrid, which I won. The first days of the Vuelta I felt really good and I had a lot of confidence going into today. However, it was very difficult. The first 20 kilometers had a headwind, but I conserved enough energy, allowing me to go faster in the end. This is another big highlight for me and this team. It's always an honour to win a stage in a Grand Tour, plus wear the leader's jersey."

Alejandro Valverde had a solid time trial, placing fifth, and remained third overall. He ended the day 30 seconds behind Leipheimer, and showed that he has greatly improved in the discipline

"The time I just achieved is a great satisfaction for me," said Valverde afterwards. "On an almost completely-flat 42 kilometre time trial, a parcours that is not particularly favourable to me, I lost almost no time compared with the specialists.

Sylvain Chavanel showed why he is the French champion
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"I started very fast in the first section to try to gain some time there. In the last section, where there was a headwind, it was more difficult for me, but I think this is one of the best time trials I ever raced."

It also gives him confidence for the remainder of the race. "I will keep on seeing what happens every day, but it is a fact that the result of today gives me an extra motivation for the first mountains."

Like Valverde, two other GC contenders more suited to the mountains also performed well. Alberto Contador was fourth in the test , 49 seconds off the winning pace, and is now fifth overall. Sastre, the 2008 Tour de France champion, was 15th, 1'30" back, and is seventh in the general classification. He will start tomorrow's stage 1'27" behind the new race leader, who was third overall in the 2001 Vuelta.

"I rode a regular time trial," said Contador afterwards. "I could manage my output as I had the split times of Levi. In the end I lost some time, but I am happy with my position in the GC and more importantly, am feeling well."

He received strong support from his team-mate while winning the 2007 Tour de France and this year's Giro d'Italia, and is therefore happy to see the American have the chance to win the time trial and lead the race.

"Levi deserved this victory and I congratulate him. This only strengthens the options for Team Astana, because it is always better to have two candidates than one."

As for Sastre, he was known for many years as a rider who was not particularly strong in time trials. However he showed in the final TT of this year's Tour that he has improved, and he pulled out a respectable ride today. The CSC rider finished 1'30" back in 15th place, and said that his confidence was boosted as a result

"The feeling after the time trial is a positive one," he said. "It was a day that I had to respect, especially in order to know a bit more than my physical condition. I knew that it was not bad, but it was an important test anyway. Although the first part of my time trial was not the best, I found the rhythm of my pedals in the second half and avoided losing time, especially with respect to my [GC] rivals."

Sastre comes away with a better sense that he can do something in this race. "Now I look at the future with a bit more optimism that I did in recent days," he stated. "It has not been an easy start to this Tour of Spain, but I think from now things will change. Seeing the time trial result of my colleagues is something that motivates me, and has given us the serenity that we need within the team."

His team-mate Jurgen Van Goolen finished sixth on the stage, one place ahead of Michael Blaudzun. This strength in depth was something that made an impression on team director Scott Sunderland.

Alberto Contador (Astana) powers to a fourth place
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"We're very pleased with the entire team's effort today," he said. "Carlos lost relatively little time compared to the other favorites and has definitely underlined the fact that he means business here. The fact that Jurgen Van Goolen and Michael Blaudzun also delivered two super times just proves how motivated our guys are and this will definitely make a big difference for Carlos."

Other riders would not have been so happy with the day's result. Stefan Schumacher and Andreas Klöden are both known as strong time trial riders but were only eleventh and twelfth on the stage, both conceding over a minute 20 seconds to Leipheimer.

Tom Boonen's 13th was a solid result for the sprinter, but GC riders Robert Gesink (27th), Igor Anton (38th), Yaroslav Popovych (46th) and Damiano Cunego (80th) were between 2'08" and 3'52" back. If they are to challenge for a high overall placing, they really need to ride strongly in the mountains. The first big peaks come on Saturday's 233 kilometre stage to Andorra.

Before then, the riders will tomorrow tackle a 150.1 kilometre leg from Ciudad Real to Toledo. Leipheimer will savour the moment, given that he is finally leading a Grand Tour some seven years after shocking the cycling world with a third place finish in the Vuelta. However he's still willing to regard Contador as the most likely leader of the team.

"In this Vuelta we have many mountains to come," he said. "Personally, I believe Alberto is the best climber in the world. He has something that nobody else has; he can accelerate in the mountains, he can follow the best riders and I think Alberto will continue to get better as the Vuelta continues.

"He hasn't raced much since the Giro, but he is the leader of the team. He has won the Tour and the Giro and we are now all here to help him win the Vuelta. For me, I won a stage, I wear the leader's jersey ... It's very nice for me, but I think Alberto is the strongest rider on this team."

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Results

Finish - 42.5km

1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                           50.57 (50.049 km/h)
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                0.12
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.33
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                   0.49
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      0.59
6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            1.06
7 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             1.07
8 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         1.15
9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   1.19
10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.21
12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            1.24
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                            1.27
14 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1.28
15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        1.30
16 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          1.52
17 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              1.52
18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          1.53
19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                             1.57
20 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        1.59
21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
22 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto
23 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                          2.00
24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    2.04
25 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
26 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                                     2.07
27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           2.08
28 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         2.09
29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     2.10
30 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             2.11
31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2.20
32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         2.21
33 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           2.23
34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                          2.25
35 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana
36 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                             2.26
37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2.32
38 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2.35
39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                         2.41
40 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  2.45
41 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                          2.46
42 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             2.49
43 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
44 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              2.50
45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           2.51
46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                2.52
47 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
48 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                        2.53
49 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                2.55
50 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
51 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                               2.57
52 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                     2.59
54 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
55 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                3.03
56 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           3.10
57 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                   3.11
58 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              3.12
59 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
60 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                  3.14
61 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank
62 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       3.19
63 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto
64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                          3.22
65 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                    3.23
66 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
67 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                  3.24
68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                    3.27
69 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                3.29
70 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                             3.31
71 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   3.32
72 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           3.33
73 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               3.35
74 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                         3.35
75 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3.37
76 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     3.39
77 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          3.44
78 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                               3.46
79 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                   3.50
80 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            3.52
81 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               3.53
82 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3.54
84 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               3.59
85 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                      4.01
86 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                    4.03
87 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                            4.07
88 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                4.09
89 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          4.13
90 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          4.14
91 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     4.18
92 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                      4.22
93 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
94 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            4.26
95 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  4.27
96 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
97 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                        4.29
98 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           4.31
99 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    4.32
100 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  4.38
101 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                      4.41
103 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               4.48
104 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    4.51
105 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    4.54
106 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    4.57
107 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         5.01
108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
109 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa)  Andalucía - Cajasur              5.03
110 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      5.10
111 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         5.11
112 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               5.13
113 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              5.14
114 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
115 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                        5.16
116 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       5.19
117 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 5.24
118 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      5.25
119 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     5.28
120 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                5.38
121 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             5.39
122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                       5.40
123 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   5.41
124 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank
125 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               5.42
126 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre
127 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                5.45
128 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   5.46
129 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
130 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            5.48
131 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    5.50
132 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
133 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      5.51
134 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              5.54
135 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                        6.04
136 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        6.10
137 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                        6.13
138 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 6.18
139 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                           6.21
140 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   6.26
141 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                       6.29
142 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 6.30
143 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole
144 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           6.31
145 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              6.32
146 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         6.35
147 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                         6.39
148 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
149 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   6.40
150 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        6.42
151 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                             6.47
152 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     6.49
153 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            6.55
154 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      6.56
155 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems          7.06
156 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                        7.10
157 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                       7.17
158 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        7.31
159 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  7.33
160 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              7.36
161 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                      7.41
162 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             8.00
163 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         8.00
164 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                  8.12
165 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               8.16
166 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               8.25
167 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                         8.46
DNS Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                           
DNS Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  

2nd intermediate time - km 28

1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        34.41 (48.438 km/h)
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          35.05
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                           35.23
4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      35.29
5 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        35.33

1st intermediate time - km 11

1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        13.58 (47.255 km/h)
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          14.03
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              14.09
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                            14.15
5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank                                   14.16
 
Points

1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                          25  pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              20
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       16
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                 14
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    12
6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          10
7 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            9
8 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        8
9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  7
10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     6
11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  5
12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           4
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                           3
14 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2
15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       1

Teams

1 Astana                                                            2.35.04
2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 1.30
3 Gerolsteiner                                                         2.37
4 Caisse D'Epargne                                                     2.59
5 Team Milram                                                          3.01
6 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                               3.43
7 Silence - Lotto                                                      3.57
8 Rabobank                                                             3.58
9 Liquigas                                                             4.01
10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                    4.14
11 Quick Step                                                          4.56
12 Bouygues Telecom                                                    5.12
13 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                   5.57
14 Française Des Jeux                                                  6.02
15 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 6.04
16 Lampre                                                              6.45
17 AG2R - La Mondiale                                                  6.55
18 Credit Agricole                                                     7.27
19 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                11.42

General classification after stage 5
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                        14.16.11
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                0.02
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      0.30
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                             0.32
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                   0.47
6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            1.26
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         1.27
8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                          1.38
9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   1.48
10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            1.51
11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         2.16
12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2.17
13 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         2.19
14 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        2.21
16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           2.25
17 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems
18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                         2.26
19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                          2.30
21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     2.39
23 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             2.43
24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                2.46
25 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              2.48
26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                               2.51
27 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           2.52
28 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              2.54
29 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             2.56
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
31 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              3.07
32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                    3.11
33 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                    3.16
34 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                3.16
35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 3.21
36 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     3.27
37 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                   3.34
38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       3.37
39 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                3.37
40 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                     3.40
41 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                       3.50
42 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                3.52
43 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               3.53
44 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3.58
45 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                               4.03
46 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           4.17
47 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          4.17
48 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                4.22
49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                   4.24
50 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                4.35
51 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          4.43
52 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         4.45
53 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                      4.51
54 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
55 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
56 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         4.54
57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            4.56
58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            4.56
59 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   5.00
60 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  5.04
61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                         5.05
62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               5.10
63 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                  5.15
64 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            5.17
65 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   5.21
66 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  5.39
67 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   5.42
68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    5.43
69 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
70 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        5.46
71 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      5.50
72 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           5.54
73 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
74 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    5.55
75 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             6.10
76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               6.28
77 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                 6.32
78 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     6.33
79 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    6.36
80 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                            6.38
81 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             6.41
82 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  6.50
83 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           6.53
84 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    7.20
85 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     7.28
86 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                            7.30
87 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          7.39
88 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                          7.53
89 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  7.58
90 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              8.01
91 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          8.08
92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                8.20
93 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        8.24
94 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                       8.24
95 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         8.35
96 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      9.04
97 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                9.10
98 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      9.42
99 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   10.08
100 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         10.26
101 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               10.27
102 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             10.41
103 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 10.54
104 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           10.55
105 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              11.33
106 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   11.55
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       12.36
108 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
109 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          12.54
110 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux
111 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems         13.20
112 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            13.24
113 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 13.35
114 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                       14.16
115 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    14.17
116 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              14.26
117 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                      14.41
118 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            14.50
119 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      14.55
120 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   14.57
121 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                        15.18
122 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   15.24
123 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                           15.24
124 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  15.30
125 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      17.19
126 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                             17.57
127 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            17.58
128 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              18.16
129 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                           18.29
130 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                       18.31
131 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  18.37
132 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    18.42
133 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 18.42
134 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             18.58
135 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     19.03
136 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              19.08
137 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                    20.14
138 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               21.56
139 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                     22.26
140 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                      22.28
141 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     22.39
142 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                        22.42
143 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                22.48
144 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre
145 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole
146 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             22.50
147 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           23.08
148 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           23.59
149 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                 24.25
150 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        24.43
151 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                        24.54
152 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                                   25.27
153 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   25.36
154 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                       26.00
155 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             26.04
156 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          26.10
157 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                          26.40
158 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     26.55
159 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                      27.20
160 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        27.30
161 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa)  Andalucía - Cajasur             27.56
162 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                     28.01
163 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 28.06
164 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                        28.38
165 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                      31.05
166 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       34.45
167 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  38.14

Points classification

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                         51 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                            48
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     38
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           37
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                34
6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    30
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               26
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                           25
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                    24
10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                        20
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    20
12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       17
13 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                 15
14 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                        14
15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        12
16 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                12
17 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          10
18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                              10
19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         10
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   9
21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            9
22 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                       9
23 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          8
24 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       8
25 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                         8
26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                8
27 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                         8
28 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        8
29 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  7
30 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                     7
31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              7
32 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   6
33 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      6
34 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     5
35 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              5
36 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     4
37 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            4
38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            4
39 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                  4
40 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                               3
41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            2
42 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              2
43 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                       2
44 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           2
45 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             2
46 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                2
47 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          2
48 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        1
49 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              1
50 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  1
51 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    1
52 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

Combination classification

1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     80
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                         91
3 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         116
4 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      185
5 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         208
6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         212

Teams classification

1 Astana                                                           42.33.53
2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 0.54
3 Caisse D'Epargne                                                     2.35
4 Gerolsteiner                                                         2.58
5 Silence - Lotto                                                      3.15
6 Quick Step                                                           3.38
7 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                               3.47
8 Rabobank                                                             4.14
9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                     4.33
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 4.58
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                    5.02
12 Française Des Jeux                                                  5.33
13 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                   5.35
14 Liquigas                                                            5.54
15 Lampre                                                              6.02
16 AG2R - La Mondiale                                                  6.07
17 Credit Agricole                                                     7.41
18 Team Milram                                                        12.56
19 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                13.23

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