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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 11 - September 10: Calahorra - Burgos, 178km
Oscar 'The Cat' Freire leaps to victory
By Hedwig Kröner, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Burgos
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Rabobank's Oscar Freire has won the Vuelta's stage 11 from Calahorra to Burgos, scoring his first stage victory at the race. The three times World champion deceived the rest of the sprinters once again with his impressive final speed, beating Quickstep's Tom Boonen by a hair. Argentinean Juan José Haedo of Team CSC-Saxo Bank came in third.
Freire was relieved to have brought his team a victory, and to show that he wasn't only riding the Vuelta to prepare for the World Championships in Italy later this month. "I always come to the Vuelta to prepare well for the Worlds, but I always give my best," he said after the finish. "Today also I was fighting for the win. I wasn't feeling great in the beginning of the Vuelta, but the last few days I was feeling better, which is why I was trying yesterday and today. It is always important to do well here." The Spaniard was out of luck in yesterday's stage, where he finished fourth.
Looking ahead to the big event in Varese, the triple World champion hoped that this year's preparation would bear fruit. "I hope this is a good sign for the Worlds. Last year I prepared essentially the same way, but I was lacking a bit at the Worlds. This year I arrived at the Vuelta much fresher," he said.
He took advantage of Boonen's lead-out and managed to pass the Belgian in the final metres. Behind them, a difficult right hand bend 500 metres before the finish had made life hard for the sprinters, who had to fight hard to keep their positions. Freire lost some ground there, but could came back with the help of Boonen's lead-out by Matteo Tosatto.
Boonen was delivered to the line in an armchair, but could not achieve his third stage win at the race.
AG2R's Lloyd Mondory, who placed second in yesterday's bunch sprint, again achieved a top five result. "I was well-placed in the sprint," Mondory said, satisfied with his new status within his squad. "The team did a great job. I had the legs to win. Yesterday, the guys saw that I am capable of winning. After yesterday, my team-mates also saw me in a new light today."
Three men in front
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The day was marked by a three-man breakaway, namely Serafín Martínez (Xacobeo Galicia), José Antonio López (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Andriy Grivko (Team Milram), who escaped the bunch at km 33. Their advantage grew to more than seven minutes but the sprinter's teams cherished their chances of victory and made sure to catch the break with seven kilometres to go.
Still, Milram's Grivko believed that the break could have made it through. "It was a nice day and I think it was a nice try, because the last few kilometres we went very fast," he said. "But it was windy and the last ten kilometres were too difficult. The other guys didn't seem to have the legs. I will try again."
Spain's Martínez was also in the break and satisfied to have spent a day in the limelight of the TV cameras. "I am happy I tried," he said. "The three of us intended to stay away, but it was impossible. In the end they [the peloton - ed.] caught us quickly." Even the Cat. 3 climb towards the end of the stage could not keep the chasers away.
Orange team under control
With the peloton arriving together at the finish in Burgos, there were no changes to the General Classification. Euskaltel's Egoi Martínez' golden jersey was safely in the hands of the Basque team, which controlled the pace together with the sprinter's outfits until the finish.
Still, the day made the riders suffer because of the difficult terrain and a wind that constantly changed direction. "It was a difficult ride, a continuous up and down," said Team CSC's Carlos Sastre. "We were lucky, too, because there was some wind that was a tailwind, then a headwind at times. But it was still a tolerable day for us riders who look more towards the week-end stages. I think these last two stages did us some good; recovering a little to face those next stages with a bit more guarantees."
How it unfolded
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Another sprinter's day got underway for the peloton in Calahorra under warm temperatures; it was already 25° Celsius when the bunch started. There were no overnight abandons. Oscar Freire later earned his prize money for the stage win, but will have to pay 100 Swiss Francs to the UCI. The latter fine was imposed on the Spaniard for not signing in before the stage start, along with Imanol Erviti (Caisse d'Epargne).
A few breakaway attempts were made early in the stage, and a trio finally went clear after 33 kilometres: Serafín Martínez (Xacobeo Galicia), José Antonio López (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Andriy Grivko (Team Milram).
The escapees' lead was up to more than seven minutes after 60 kilometres covered. However, once the pace was being set by Euskaltel, Lampre and Rabobank, their advantage started to shrink slowly, but steadily.
By the time the break reached the only difficulty of the day, the Cat. 3 climb of Alto de Valmada with 47 kilometres to go to the finish, the gap was down to 4'45. Despite the pulling of teams like Liquigas and Rabobank, the bunch made it all together over the hill and continued to gain time over the escapists.
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With 15 kilometres to go to the line in Burgos, the peloton was 1'33 minutes back, and pushing 62km/h to reel the trio back in. World champion Paolo Bettini personally saw to it that his team-mate Boonen was going to reach the finish for a mass sprint.
With seven kilometres to go, it was game over for the breakaway. Then, AG2R, as well as Quickstep took the reigns during the last clicks. It was all about positioning with a last right hand bend at 500 metres to go. Quickstep's Tom Boonen was perfectly led out to the last 200 metres, but Oscar Freire managed sneak in from the left and throw his bike just a few centimetres before the Belgian's.
Stage 12 - September 11: Burgos - Suances, 186.4km
It is another hilly day in Spain, with the Alto de Bocos (cat 3), el Portillo de Lunada (cat 2) and el Alto de Campillo (cat 2) making life hard for the tired riders. The stage is 186.4 kilometres long and the finale - used for the first time in the Vuelta - is a flat affair for the last 30 kilometres.
But a little hump in the last 15 kilometres could still see a small group or a lone breakaway arrive at the finish in Suances. The overall is unlikely to change but those looking for stage glory will go all out. They know that the next day is a rest day.
Suances is located at the Cantabrian Sea in northern Spain and a favourite vacation spot for those wanting to hang out at the beach. It is a perfect location to spend one of the two rest days.
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) was a marked man even before the race started.
- Lots of wind mills out there but most of them were on strike today, on a hot day.
- Euskaltel was eager to get things going as they have the leader's jersey in a Grand Tour for the first time.
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- The sprinters barrel into Burgos.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) holds off Tom Boonen (Quick Step) to take his second Grand Tour stage of the year.
- Freire throws the bike for good measure…
- The face of Oscar Freire says it all.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) takes stage 11 in Burgos.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) celebrates ahead of the other more dejected sprinters.
- Freire thoroughly enjoys his podium time.
- Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) maintained the race's overall lead.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) cools off after a hot stage.
- Johan Bruyneel, the Astana manager has been a popular person since the announcement that Lance Armstrong will make a comeback.
- Franco Ballerini has a laugh with Paolo Bettini after stage 11.
- Another view of the sprint in Burgos, won by Oscar Freire.
- Olympic gold medalist Sammy Sanchez was on hand for the podium ceremony.
Images by Unipublic
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) takes the win on stage 11.
- Samuel Sanchez, the Olympic gold medalist, joins Martinez on the podium.
- Best young rider Alberto Contador (Astana) is on target for his second Grand Tour win of the year.
- Overall leader Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) had a quiet day in the peloton.
- The three-man breakaway suffers as the peloton closes down their gap.
- Fans watch as the race heads through their town.
- Liquigas leads the chase.
- Fans watch the race approaching from a highway overpass.
- The three-man breakaway gained more than seven minutes, but it wasn't enough to last until the finish
- The sun blazes over the peloton on its way to Burgos.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Alberto Contador (Astana)
- Serafín Martínez (Xacobeo Galicia), José Antonio López (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Andriy Grivko (Team Milram) made up the day's breakaway.
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.19.28 (41.16 km/h) 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 14 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 17 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 21 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 28 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 31 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 35 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 36 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 46 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 47 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 48 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 50 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 52 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 53 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 54 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 55 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 58 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 59 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 60 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 61 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 62 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 64 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 65 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 66 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 68 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 74 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 75 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 76 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 78 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 79 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 80 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 81 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 83 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 84 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 86 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 87 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 88 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 89 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 90 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 91 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 94 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 95 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 96 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 98 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 99 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 100 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 101 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 103 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 104 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 105 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 107 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 108 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 109 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 110 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 111 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 112 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 114 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 116 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 117 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 118 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 119 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 120 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 122 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 125 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 126 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 127 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 129 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 130 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 132 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 133 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 0.20 134 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 0.22 135 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.26 136 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 137 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 138 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.28 139 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 140 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.36 141 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.39 142 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.40 143 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.52 144 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 145 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.59 146 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.08 147 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 148 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 149 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.40 150 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.46 151 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.48 152 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 153 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.30 154 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.34 155 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 5.30 156 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 157 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 158 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.32 Points S.I. Redecilla del Camino, km 109 1 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 3 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 S.I. Ibeas de Juarros, km 165.2 1 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 3 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 Burgos, km 178 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 20 3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 14 5 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 7 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 12 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 4 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 14 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains Alto de Valmal (Cat. 3) km 142 1 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 pts 2 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 3 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Teams 1 Team Milram 12.58.24 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 AG2R La Mondiale 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 Xacobeo - Galicia 6 Silence-Lotto 7 Rabobank 8 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 9 Gerolsteiner 10 Bouygues Telecom 11 Andalucia - Cajasur 12 Credit Agricole 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 Quick Step 15 Caisse d'Epargne 16 Astana 17 Lampre 18 Française Des Jeux 19 Liquigas General classification after stage 11 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.05.45 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.11 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.32 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.00 5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.38 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.10 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.23 8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32 9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.54 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 3.46 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.55 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.10 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.16 15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.30 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.35 17 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.17 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.22 19 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.02 20 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 9.18 21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 9.24 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 9.50 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10.01 24 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10.18 25 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 10.56 26 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.24 27 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.57 28 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.45 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.59 30 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15.19 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 15.38 32 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16.23 33 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.40 34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 17.32 35 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17.34 36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 19.28 37 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 19.31 38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.54 39 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 20.24 40 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 21.11 41 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 21.34 42 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.25 43 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22.36 44 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.41 45 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22.58 46 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23.47 47 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 23.56 48 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.33 49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.37 50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26.50 51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 26.55 52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 27.26 53 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 27.55 54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.39 55 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.07 56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 29.29 57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 29.52 58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 31.11 59 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31.43 60 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 32.11 61 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 32.23 62 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 32.27 63 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 33.52 64 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 34.42 65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 36.00 66 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 36.16 67 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 36.29 68 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36.44 69 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.53 70 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 39.08 71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 39.14 72 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.57 73 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.14 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 40.45 75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.56 76 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 41.15 77 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.16 78 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.44 79 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.52 80 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.11 81 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 44.26 82 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.31 83 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 45.33 84 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46.13 85 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46.57 86 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 47.15 87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47.29 88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 47.47 89 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.53 90 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 48.07 91 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48.22 92 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48.34 93 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 48.59 94 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49.28 95 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49.34 96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 50.09 97 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 50.27 98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 50.35 99 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.48 100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 50.52 101 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 51.26 102 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51.40 103 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 53.22 104 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 53.24 105 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 53.44 106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 54.23 107 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.03 108 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.56 109 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.26 110 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 57.49 111 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59.27 112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.28 113 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.01.08 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.38 115 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.03.04 116 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.03.06 117 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.24 118 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.03.43 119 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.04.01 120 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.04.32 121 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.04.59 122 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05.28 123 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.07.21 124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.07.51 125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09.10 126 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.40 127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.11.57 128 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.12.52 129 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.13.19 130 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.13.35 131 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.13.59 132 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.14.08 133 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.14.24 134 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.15.54 135 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.16.14 136 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 1.16.18 137 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.16.42 138 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.17.01 139 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.17.16 140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.17.19 141 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 1.17.29 142 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.17.43 143 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.18.13 144 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.19.12 145 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.19.13 146 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.20.02 147 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.20.06 148 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.20.13 149 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.23.27 150 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 1.24.56 151 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 1.24.59 152 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 1.26.02 153 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 1.28.03 154 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1.29.08 155 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.30.10 156 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.30.44 157 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.38.22 158 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.40.51 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 56 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 56 6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 53 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 51 8 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 48 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 45 11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42 12 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 33 14 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 15 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 31 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 17 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 19 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 25 20 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 21 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 24 22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 23 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23 24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 25 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 21 26 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 27 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 29 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 17 30 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 31 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 33 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 35 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13 36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 13 37 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 39 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 40 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 41 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 42 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 43 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 9 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 45 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 47 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 48 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8 49 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 50 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 51 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 52 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 8 53 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 54 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 55 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 56 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 57 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 58 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6 59 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 60 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 61 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 62 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 63 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 65 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 66 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 67 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 2 69 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 70 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 71 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 72 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 73 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 74 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 75 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1 76 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 77 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 79 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 80 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 51 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 42 4 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 32 6 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 8 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 9 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 12 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 13 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 17 15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 16 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 20 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 21 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 25 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 26 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 27 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 28 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 30 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 7 31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 32 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 34 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6 35 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 36 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4 38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 39 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 4 40 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 41 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 42 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 43 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 45 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 46 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 47 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 48 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 49 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 50 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 51 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2 52 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 54 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 55 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 56 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 57 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 17 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 26 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 32 6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 39 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 40 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48 11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57 12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 77 14 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 79 15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 90 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 91 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 92 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 92 19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 93 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 95 21 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 102 22 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 107 23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 133 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 135 27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 144 28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 147 29 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 149 30 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 155 31 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 159 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 161 33 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 162 34 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 170 35 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 176 36 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 177 37 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 187 38 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 200 39 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 205 40 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 209 41 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 239 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 122.59.47 2 Astana 5.58 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.59 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9.35 5 Rabobank 18.20 6 Xacobeo - Galicia 22.21 7 Silence-Lotto 25.52 8 Credit Agricole 28.07 9 Lampre 28.11 10 AG2R La Mondiale 34.27 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 43.21 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 43.26 13 Gerolsteiner 46.19 14 Française Des Jeux 48.57 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 52.18 16 Quick Step 54.41 17 Team Milram 1.33.54 18 Bouygues Telecom 1.45.05 19 Liquigas 2.16.50
