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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 13 - September 13: San Vicente de la Barquera - Alto de L'Angliru, 209.5km
Contador reigns in Vuelta's most feared day
GC challenger Sastre loses time
By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Alto de l'Angliru
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Alberto Contador took the stage win, the gold jersey and stardom today in the Vuelta a España with the stage win on top of Spain's most feared climb, the Alto de l'Angliru. The 25 year-old Spaniard of Team Astana dropped his competitors and rode solo for the final 3500 metres of the stage to finish ahead of Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde and Joaquím Rodríguez.
Contador's teammate, Levi Leipheimer, finished in fourth and general classification favourite Carlos Sastre finished in fifth at 1:32. With his gains, Contador took the race overall from Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and leads by 1:07 over Leipheimer and 3:01 over Sastre.
"I was targeting this climb. It's the most mythical climb in Spain," said Contador following his victory. "It was a spectacle with all the fans... and I think Levi did great as well."
Contador made his move and put the icing on the Astana cake after sensing Valverde was weakening. The winner of the Giro d'Italia slowly added more time on Valverde, who had lost 3:22 in Thursday's stage to Suances. Rodríguez waited for his captain and the duo managed to limit Valverde's loss to just 42 seconds over the final 2500 metres of climbing and following 1000 metres to the line.
"After the mistake I in the Suances stage, I am very happy with the way I reacted today," said Valverde in a press statement. "This one was one of the most difficult stages and for me it was one of my best days. The Angliru is a climb that suits me pretty well because you have to go with power, and at certain times I thought that the stage win was possible." His aim remains a podium spot in Madrid in one week's time.
Contador handled himself with grace and wrote himself firmly into the ranks of top Spanish climbers over the stiff gradients of the Angliru. Through the corridors of fans he managed the pitches of 21 percent to arrive at Angliru's summit with 50 seconds and an assured stage victory. He fired his hands like pistols similar to when he conquered the Giro in May.
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Sastre looked completely different than he did on France's Alpe d'Huez. The 33 year-old managed himself but suffered. First the Contador-Valverde express gapped him and then Leipheimer marked and distanced him in the final two kilometres.
"The sensations were not bad. I tried to remain in the group ahead, but the explosiveness of Alberto, Alejandro, Joaquím and these types of riders puts me in difficulties in certain moments," explained Sastre. "I kept my rhythm and tried to limit the time losses so that I did not lose my options in this Vuelta a España."
Sastre occupies fourth overall, just over one minute over fifth-placed Ezequiel Mosquera of Team Xacobeo-Galicia. Mosquera road well in a day that favoured him with cool and cloudy conditions. The favourites gapped him, but he rode consistently with Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank) afterwards. "I could not follow Contador, it was very tough. I was just trying to ride my own rhythm until the top," he said to Cyclingnews.
Kern leads way to Angliru
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After a day of rest, the riders lined up for one of the most feared days of the Vuelta, if not the 2008 cycling calendar – a 209.5-kilometre journey in Asturias to the finish on the Alto de l'Angliru. Ahead was one category three climb, three category one climbs and then the 12.6-kilometre run up the hors catégorie Angliru - an average gradient of over 10 percent and maximums at 23 percent
Riders left San Vicente de la Basque under cloudy skies and 17º temperatures. Attacks were made by many - including Belgian Philippe Gilbert of Team Française des Jeux and German Stefan Schumacher of Team Gerolsteiner - but none made it clear until kilometre 37, when Christophe Kern of Team Crédit Agricole broke loose.
The Frenchman gained three minutes by kilometre 40. The third category Alto de Ortigueiro was ahead of Kern with two riders - Slovakian Matej Jurco (Team Milram) and Dutchman Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto) - behind. He covered the pass at kilometre 47 with 3:40 on the chase duo and nearly double on the Euskaltel-led peloton.
Kern realised that there would be safety in numbers for such a demanding stage. After the descent, he waited for Jurco and Tjallingii. The three had 10 minutes in hand by kilometre 85. Team Astana showed its intentions for the stage and overall race by coming to the fore to aid Euskaltel's efforts. The gap was at 10:30 for the start of the Puerto de Arnicio - the biggest gap the trio would reach for the day.
At the summit of Puerto de Arnicio, kilometre 116, the gap was down by two minutes. The three persisted to the next category one climb. Over the top of the Alto de la Colladona the gap was just over five minutes. The gap for the start of the final of the three category one climbs, Alto del Corda, was 4'47". The trio did not look like it would make it to the base of the Alto de l'Angliru ahead of the Astana charge.
Kern sensed danger and ditched the duo on the way up the Alto del Corda. He held 27 seconds to his ex-companions and 2:05 to the favourites group at the top of the climb, but he looked weakened by the efforts. He made it to the final 10 kilometres solo, where the favourites caught Jurco and Tjallingii, and the start of the Angliru. Kern's day ended when he was caught at kilometre 200 - after 163 kilometres off the front of the race.
Astana strength
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Germany's Andreas Klöden did major work on the Corda and its descent to keep teammate Contador safe. The 33 year-old, second in the 2004 Tour de France, pulled off at 10 kilometres remaining of the Alto de l'Angliru. He turned the work over to José Luis Rubiera with the gap to Kern at one minute. Contador sat second wheel, one ahead of teammate Leipheimer. 'Chechu' Rubiera hammered over the easier portions of the climb, before the walls of 21 percent.
Leipheimer came to the front for the tricky gradients. He led Contador and Caisse's Astana through kilometres 6.5 to 7.5 of the Angliru. His work thinned it down to Valverde and his trusted teammate, Rodríguez. Tour de France champion Sastre was out the back with his chances of wining the Vuelta up in smoke with more than six kilometres remaining.
After Leipheimer pulled off at six kilometres, Valverde and Contador set out to take advantage of Sastre's loss. Spanish Champion Valverde moved to the front for a spell, even if looked the weaker of the rivals.
Contador put the final polish on the Astana show of strength, while Leipheimer was marking Sastre some 30 seconds down the road. The winner of the 2006 Tour and 2007 Giro fired a deadly attack with 3500 metres remaining, some of which touched 21 percent gradient.
Euskaltel's double blow
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Euskaltel not only lost the race overall, but it lost its team captain. Previous race leader Egoi Martínez and teammates did their part to ride Igor Antón into the overall lead, but back luck put paid to the 25 year-old's Vuelta.
Antón, eighth in the 2007 Vuelta a España, crashed about eighth kilometres from the finish, on the same descent that put Abraham Olano out of the race a few years back. The Basque rider was forced to abandon and the team focused its efforts on Martínez.
Martínez finished the day 7:05 back and now is 6:56 behind Contador in the race overall.
Frenchman David Moncoutié, winner of stage eight, rode smart and added points to his red mountains jersey. He managed to take fourth on the mountains behind the escapees and finish 11th on the Angliru climb. "This was almost like a mountain bike race. It's okay to do this once in a while," he said. "Contador was no surprise; he came here to win the Vuelta."
Stage 14 - September 14: Oviedo - E. E. Fuentes de Invierno, 158.4km
Stage 14 from Oviedo to Fuentes de Invierno is only be 150 kilometres long, but it may prove to be even tougher than the Angliru. The profile is extremely saw-blade like. Many of the little, steep rises, are not even categorised. But the stage does start with a categorised hill. The Alto del Padrún comes after only nine kilometres.
After many of the small rises the category two Alto de San Emiliano comes at kilometre 70.5. The category three Alto de la Camporada and the Alto de La Falla de Los Lobos (another climb meaning rift of the wolfs....) prepare the riders for the category one Alto de la Coladona.
The final climb is used for the first time. Fourteen kilometres will bring the riders up to 1,496 metres atop the category one Fuentes de Invierno. Fuentes of the winter? Will the name serve as a reminder of dark and cold times of any doping scandals?
Photography
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) put his mark on the Vuelta with a brilliant win on the Angrilu.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) put time into all of his GC rivals and now leads by 1'07 over his teammate Levi Leipheimer.
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) takes over the golden jersey.
- The Euskaltel-Euskadi team suffered the loss of the golden jersey and the loss of its team leader, Igor Anton, who crashed out.
- Bang! Alberto Contador (Astana) guns down his opponents with a storming ride on the Angrilu.
- The views were to die for but the final climb, to die on.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) on his way to the stage win.
- The three-man breakaway Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto), Matej Jurco (Milram) and Christophe Kern (Credit Agricole)
- Matej Jurco (Milram) made the breakaway.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) puts in an attack that is marked by Valverde.
- Race leader Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Jose Luis Rubiera (Astana) have a snack together.
- Andreas Klöden drives the pace for Astana.
- Astana was in firm control as the race headed to the final climb.
- Jose Luis Rubiera sets up the Astana attack for Contador and Leipheimer.
- The approach to the Angrilu is picturesque.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) gets support from Spanish fans the Tour de France champion ran out of gas and lost 1'32 to Contador.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) suffering on the Angrilu leading Levi Leipheimer (Astana)
- Valverde, Contador and Rodriguez leave the rest behind on the Angrilu.
- The peloton takes one of the switchbacks on its way to the Angrilu.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) leads Valverde on one of the steepest parts of the climb.
- An American fan runs ahead of Contador's group.
- Fans run alongside Contador on the steep part of the climb
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) leads Alberto Contador on the Angrilu.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- Fans make their way up the Alto de l'Angliru
- A look down the Alto de l'Angliru
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) struggles
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) leads Levi Leipheimer (Astana) up the Alto de l'Angliru.
- Spain's Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) ahead of Levi Leipheimer (Astana).
- USA's Levi Leipheimer (Astana) rode well.
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia)
- Swiss Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner)
- Italian Damiano Cunego (Lampre) makes his way up the Alto de l'Angliru.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) grinds
- A motorbike stales on the Alto de l'Angliru.
- Mountains leader David Moncoutié (Cofidis) climbs the Alto de l'Angliru.
- Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) gets his climbing legs going.
- Italy's Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
- Jurgen Van Goolen (CSC-Saxo Bank)
- World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step)
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) gets a little help.
- Race leader Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is riding out of he lead.
- The maillot oro of Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) will soon shift to Alberto Contador (Astana).
- Dominique Cornu (Silence-Lotto)
- Fans greet the riders.
- Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick Step)
- Italy's Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
- Belgium's Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) struggles on the high pitches of the Alto de l'Angliru.
- Classics star Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) struggles despite winning on the Vuelta a España's first mountain day and taking the maillot oro.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- Alto de l'Angliru: 10 to 21 percent gradients greet the riders.
- The Alto de l'Angliru
- Italy's Davide Viganò (Quick Step) finished 19 minutes back.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) makes his way up the Alto de l'Angliru.
- Spain's Alberto Contador (Astana), 25, wins on top of the Alto de l'Angliru.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana)
- Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) finishes with a time loss of 1:32.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) had an impressive ride.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) celebrates his win and maillot oro.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) takes the maillot oro after his performance on the Alto de l'Angliru.
- Spain's Alberto Contador (Astana) awarded with the maillot oro.
- Spaniard Alberto Contador (Astana) wins on the Alto de l'Angliru in stage 13 of the 63rd Vuelta a España.
- Giro d'Italia winner Alberto Contador (Astana) takes the maillot oro of the Vuelta a España.
Images by Bjorn Haake/Cyclingnews.com
- A depressive view as a rider was the ridge up ahead with four kilometres to go.
- The fans who rode up had to put their feet down more than once.
- This rider clearly showed what he thought of the climb, but at least had the right gearing.
- The three to go banner offered a spectacular view down.
- The Basque fans were hoping for Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) but he crashed out just before the final climb.
- The two to go banner and the fog rolled in but it stayed dry and nice.
- One to go in the rocky hills area
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia) after the finish
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was tired when he rode in
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) put a firmer grip on his mountain jersey.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) looks a tad unhappy with the climb he just came from.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) was exhausted after the finish.
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) comes home
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) did his share of work and rolled away the tent where he could change.
- Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner) was happy with his ride.
- Contador and Valverde checked out the profile once again after the race.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) is confident he can win the Vuelta now.
Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 5.52.35 (35.65 km/h) 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.42 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.05 5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.32 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.56 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.18 8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.28 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2.43 10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.01 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.08 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.30 14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 4.44 15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.52 16 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5.04 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.39 18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 5.42 20 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.48 21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 6.48 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.05 24 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 7.42 25 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 27 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.03 28 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 29 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.11 30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.27 31 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 8.28 32 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8.41 33 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.58 34 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 8.59 35 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 9.03 36 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9.27 37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 38 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.34 39 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 10.08 41 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 10.09 42 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 45 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10.17 46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 10.25 47 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 10.27 48 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10.49 49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 10.59 50 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 11.10 52 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11.19 53 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 54 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.32 55 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.46 56 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.50 57 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11.53 58 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 12.12 59 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.28 60 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.36 61 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 62 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 63 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 64 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12.49 65 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14.04 66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14.42 67 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 68 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.52 69 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.23 70 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.48 72 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15.59 74 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 75 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16.06 76 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.33 77 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 78 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.54 79 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 80 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.11 81 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 83 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 85 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 86 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 87 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 88 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 89 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 90 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.17 91 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 17.29 92 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.32 93 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 94 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.34 95 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17.38 96 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 17.53 97 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 99 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 100 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 101 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 102 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 103 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18.05 104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 18.25 105 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.37 106 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 18.45 107 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.06 108 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19.26 109 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 110 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.33 111 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 19.40 112 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 19.41 113 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.44 116 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.57 117 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 118 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.09 119 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 20.11 120 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 121 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 122 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 20.40 123 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 124 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.52 125 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 126 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 127 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.54 128 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 21.04 129 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 21.07 130 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 21.08 131 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 21.12 132 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.32 133 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 134 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 21.53 135 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 21.57 136 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 137 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.07 138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22.12 139 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.16 140 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 22.40 141 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 22.41 142 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 143 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 23.08 144 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 145 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.42 146 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 147 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24.51 148 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 24.55 149 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 150 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 25.07 151 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.13 152 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 25.17 DNS Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank DSQ José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur DNF Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner Sprints Infiesto, km 95 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 4 pts 2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1 Fresnedo, km 195 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 pts 2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 Alto de L'Angliru, km 209.5 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 14 5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 13 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 2 15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Mountains Alto de Ortigueiro (Cat 3), km 46 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 4 3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 1 Puerto de Arnicio (Cat 1), km 117 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 pts 2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 10 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 4 7 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 3 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 9 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 1 Alto de la Colladona (Cat 1), km 155 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 pts 2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 10 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 6 6 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 4 7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 8 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto del Cordal (Cat 1) km 188 1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 12 3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 10 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 6 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 4 7 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 3 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de L'Angliru (HC), km 209 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 30 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 16 5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 17.42.26 2 Astana 4.52 3 Xacobeo - Galicia 11.07 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12.56 5 Lampre 13.50 6 Rabobank 15.17 7 AG2R La Mondiale 15.26 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.17 9 Gerolsteiner 19.27 10 Française Des Jeux 20.33 11 Andalucia - Cajasur 21.07 12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 21.37 13 Credit Agricole 22.05 14 Silence-Lotto 25.10 15 Quick Step 28.21 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 32.12 17 Team Milram 35.14 18 Bouygues Telecom 45.25 19 Liquigas 48.16 General classification after stage 13 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 51.41.17 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.07 3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.01 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.19 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.40 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.51 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 5.09 8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.56 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7.39 10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.41 11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.43 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.52 13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 9.39 14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11.42 15 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.12 16 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.35 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.50 18 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 17.12 19 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18.48 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 19.10 21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 19.29 22 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 19.38 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 20.17 24 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 20.27 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.58 26 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 21.15 27 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.36 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 21.51 29 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24.06 30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 26.20 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 26.52 32 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32.00 33 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 33.50 34 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34.17 35 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 35.11 36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 35.13 37 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 35.58 38 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 37.46 39 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38.28 40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38.36 41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 38.41 42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 39.09 43 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 40.01 44 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40.48 45 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41.39 46 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 42.47 47 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 42.53 48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.59 49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 43.11 50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 43.19 51 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 44.59 52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.07 53 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 45.08 54 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45.30 55 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.44 56 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 45.49 57 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46.09 58 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46.12 59 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 47.35 60 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 47.38 61 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 51.28 62 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 52.47 63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 53.45 64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 54.19 65 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54.36 66 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 57.07 67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57.50 68 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 58.45 69 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 59.31 70 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59.38 71 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59.40 72 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 1.00.08 73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.02.03 74 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.03.15 75 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.04.18 76 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.05.37 77 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.06.04 78 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.38 79 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.06.43 80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.07.00 81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.07.03 82 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.08.14 83 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.11 84 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.09.27 85 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.09.34 86 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10.14 87 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.10.21 88 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10.53 89 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.11.00 90 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.13.00 91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.13.17 92 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.13.48 93 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.13.54 94 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.16.15 95 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.16.17 96 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17.26 97 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18.01 98 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.18.59 99 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.19.27 100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.19.34 101 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.19.58 102 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.20.55 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.22.52 104 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.23.23 105 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.24.38 106 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.24.59 107 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.25.39 108 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.36 109 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.26.43 110 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.27.51 111 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.28.07 112 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.28.11 113 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.28.56 114 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.30.15 115 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.30.35 116 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35.58 117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.36.02 118 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.37.55 119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 120 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.39.13 121 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.40.13 122 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.41.00 123 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.42.04 124 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.42.07 125 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.43.12 126 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.44.13 127 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 1.44.28 128 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.45.31 129 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.46.42 130 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.46.57 131 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.48.34 132 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.49.22 133 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.50.26 134 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.51.09 135 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.51.17 136 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.52.35 137 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.53.28 138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.53.54 139 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 1.54.02 140 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.54.36 141 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.54.45 142 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.55.00 143 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.56.39 144 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.01.54 145 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.02.38 146 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.03.06 147 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.04.48 148 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.05.29 149 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.05.36 150 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 2.08.31 151 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.08.36 152 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2.19.50 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 94 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 85 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 81 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 70 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 66 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 58 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 51 10 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 13 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 38 14 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 36 16 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 35 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 31 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29 21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 24 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 26 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 26 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23 27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 22 28 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 29 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 31 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 32 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 33 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 35 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 13 37 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 38 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 11 39 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 40 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 43 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 44 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 45 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 46 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 47 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 48 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 49 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 50 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 8 51 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 52 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 53 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 54 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 55 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6 56 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 59 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 60 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 61 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 62 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 63 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 64 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 65 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 66 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 2 68 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 69 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 70 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 73 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 74 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 75 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1 76 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 78 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 79 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 80 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 81 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 pts 2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 68 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 53 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 51 6 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 39 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39 9 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 10 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 36 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 35 12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 13 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 15 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 16 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 17 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 19 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 20 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 16 22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 14 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 25 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 26 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 27 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 28 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 9 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 30 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 31 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 32 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 33 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 34 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 35 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 37 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7 38 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7 39 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 40 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 42 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6 43 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 45 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5 46 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 47 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 48 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 49 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 50 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 52 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 53 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 54 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 55 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3 56 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 57 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 58 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 59 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 60 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 61 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 63 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 64 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 65 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 66 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 7 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 20 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 6 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 34 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 38 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 47 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 56 12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 66 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 71 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 84 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 102 18 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 102 19 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 103 20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 104 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 110 23 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 111 24 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 115 25 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 124 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 129 27 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 129 28 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 135 29 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 135 30 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 137 31 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 138 32 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 140 33 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 34 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 148 35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 152 36 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 153 37 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 156 38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 162 39 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 169 40 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 173 41 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 177 42 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 177 43 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 183 44 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 203 45 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 213 46 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 216 47 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 230 48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 256 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 154.57.15 2 Astana 4.42 3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.38 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.50 5 Xacobeo - Galicia 27.17 6 Rabobank 27.30 7 Lampre 35.40 8 Credit Agricole 44.53 9 Silence-Lotto 49.00 10 AG2R La Mondiale 50.17 11 Gerolsteiner 59.38 12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.02.09 13 Française Des Jeux 1.11.22 14 Andalucia - Cajasur 1.16.06 15 Quick Step 1.18.34 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.19.50 17 Team Milram 2.06.52 18 Bouygues Telecom 2.35.14 19 Liquigas 3.04.12
