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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 14 - September 14: Oviedo - E. E. Fuentes de Invierno, 158.4km
Contador puts golden stamp on Vuelta
Rivals further distanced by dominant Spaniard
By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Fuentes de Invierno
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Spaniard Alberto Contador of Team Astana put a golden mark on this Vuelta a España with a counter-attack of Ezequiel Mosquera's strong effort to arrive solo and win stage 14 atop the Puerto de San Isidro. He added further time into his overall classification lead with both Carlos Sastre and Alejandro Valverde dropped in the final four kilometres.
Contador's teammate, Levi Leipheimer, jumped Mosquera to arrive second for the stage and solidify his second overall in the classification, at 1:17 back. Spaniards Sastre and Mosquera sit in third and fourth at 3:34 and 4:35, respectively.
"I was not thinking of the stage victory, I just wanted to get more time on my rivals," said Contador. "At the end of the day, the stage victory is always nice. I am very calm even though there is still a week to go in the race."
The group of favourites that had assembled on the 14-kilometre Puerto de San Isidro exploded under the impetus of Team Xacobeo Galicia's Mosquera. Even though Caisse d'Epargne controlled the stage's finale and Sastre pulled for some time, it was the drive of Mosquera that sent the big names gasping for air.
Mosquera, 32, hit the front with 5.5km remaining and he never looked back until Contador passed him. Valverde had trusted mate Rodríguez with him as the two occupied the slipstream of Mosquera. Contador and Leipheimer – today in the white combination jersey – made up spots four and five on the express. However, one by one, the pace of the Xacobeo Galicia rider dropped off the passengers.
Valverde and Sastre slip away
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Valverde went out the back shortly after the four-kilometre banner and Sastre quickly followed suit. Mosquera kept plowing forward, but he must have felt the sigh of relief from Contador, who sat on his wheel with Leipheimer, as the golden jersey's most serious rivals went out the back and further down the classification rankings. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) picked up Sastre, but he still lost 20 seconds – Valverde one minute.
"Congratulations to Ezequiel Mosquera, the kid already did well in last year's Vuelta and, today, he did a good ride to assure a good position in the general classification. ... He was intelligent," said Sastre.
Mosquera kept driving in what seemed like an attempt to ride himself onto the Vuelta's overall podium. He did not ask once for help from the Astana duo to assist in driving nails into Sastre and Valverde's coffins. However, Contador felt the weight of the golden jersey, the howls of the Spanish fans and the Sastre trio at 14 seconds back.
The winner of the 2007 Tour de France and 2008 Giro d'Italia jumped clear of Mosquera at just before the 1km to go banner. "My team knows how to control the race. They were radioing me, telling me to go for the win," Contador said. The bonus seconds and threat of a Sastre comeback were also a factor.
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"It was clear that we had to go on the attack [to reach the podium]. I was hoping there would be some passion and I would be allowed to win the stage, but that wasn't the case," Mosquera commented.
Leipheimer marked Mosquera until the final metres and then jumped clear for second and an Astana one-two – the same order in which they lead the classification. Astana's tactics upset Mosquera's directeur sportif, Alvaro Pino. "After all the work that Ezequiel did they should have let him win," said Pino.
Valverde looks out of contention for the Vuelta's final podium in one-week's time. He is now six minutes back on the overall and must start to shift his focus to the Worlds, in two weeks, as Vuelta stardom fades.
"It is clear that Contador is the better climber," said Valverde. "He also has prepared the Vuelta 100 percent, and has ridden a very impressive race. I had some bad luck, otherwise I would be higher up in the overall." Valverde thought that his one bad day to Suances notwithstanding, he is doing an OK race. "Yesterday was a good stage, today was a bit better."
Asturias attacks
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One day after the Angliru spectacle, the 63rd Vuelta a España continued with another mountainous romp through the northwest region of Asturias. From Oviedo to the Fuentes de Invierno ski resort to be exact – 158.4 kilometres. The steep pitches of the Alto de l'Angliru were one day behind but the 150 riders faced a tough day: three category climbs followed by three category one climbs, with the final being up El Puerto de San Isidro.
Before the first categorised climb of the day, Padrún, a dangerous move – including Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) – went clear. Team Lampre brought it back before the summit. However, the saw blade stage facilitated an early escape group and shattered peloton. By the peak of the second climb, Santo Tirso, a move of eight men had 25 seconds over the peloton: Jurgen Van Goolen (CSC-Saxo Bank), Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Vasil Kiryienka (Tinkoff Credit Systems), David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Martin Velits (Team Milram) and Ivan Mayoz (Xacobeo Galicia).
A group of three – Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rabobank) and David Garcia (Xacobeo Galicia) – joined to make 11 before the third of the three category three climbs, Alto de San Emiliano. Chavanel minded himself with grabbing top points from the others for his teammate, David Moncoutié, who carried the red mountains jersey back in the main group. Over San Emiliano, the 12 had 3:40 and 70 kilometres to race until the series of three category one climbs.
Valverde's Caisse d'Epargne team put muscle into the favourites group to keep the gap – once at a max of 4:28 – reasonable. By the base of Colladona, the gap was 3:42. Over the top the gap was 4:15. The break stood a good chance of making the Alto de la Colladiella intact, but the finale of Puerto de San Isidro would be touch and go.
Chavanel and Van Goolen fire
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With the Caisse d'Epargne team whittling the gap down to nearly two minutes, Chavanel charged away from the ten other escapees at kilometre 131 with Van Goolen, Mayoz and Velits. The other seven faded out of the picture.
Chavanel may have made the initial charge, but it was Van Goolen who had the lasting power. The 27 year-old Belgian hunted for his first professional win with a kick at the base of the Puerto de San Isidro. He gained a half-minute on the favourites group with the other three escapees caught. Midway up the climb, Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick Step) and Iban Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) caught him and signaled the start of the favourites' fireworks.
Stage 15 - September 15: Cudillero - Ponferrada, 202km
Few riders will be sad that this is the final mountain stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España. The race has one of the most difficult starts this year. From the coastal town of Cudillero the road goes up for the first 83 (!) kilometres, until the bunch is on top of the Puerto de Somiedo. The category one levels out at 1,490 metre.
The road then goes down for 60 kilometres, albeit not as steep as on the way up and not all the vertical metres gained on the other side will be lost. The Alto de la Mina (cat 2) starts at 740 metres of altitude. 5.4 kilometres later the riders are at 1,187 metres. From there a lot of downhill is left, with one rise allowing a break to form.
Ponferrada serves as the finish for the first time since 2029, although it has been used as a star town in 1997 and 2006. The finish town will see the riders complete two laps of 10 kilometres. Ponferrada is in the province of Castilla y León. Its location on the Camino de Santiago and the UNESCO World Heritage Las Médulas (ancient Roman gold mines) have had a positive effect on tourism in the region.
Photography
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) takes his second consecutive mountain top victory.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) seals his lead in the general classification by dropping his competitors again.
Images by Bjorn Haake/Cyclingnews.com
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) leads the break in Mieres.
- Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rabobank) joined the break a little later.
- Martin Velits (Team Milram) also made the break
- Astana controlled the peloton impressively.
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) leads the points classification thanks to his stage wins.
- Another golden jersey for Alberto Contador who is on his way to making history by winning all three Grand Tours - just not in the same year.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) also leads the combination classification.
- Contador is looking forward to his third Grand Tour title.
- Contador enjoys another day in the golden jersey.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) takes his second stage win, and solidifies his lead in the overall.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) leads the breakaway.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) made the break, but faded on the final climb.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) is marked by mountains leader David Moncoutie.
- The final climb does its damage.
- Mosquera pulled for the entire final climb but was passed at the end by Contador and Leipheimer.
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia) leads the gold jersey group.
- Jurgen van Goolen (CSC-Saxo Bank) tried to steal some glory from the favourites, but faded.
- Jurgen van Goolen (CSC) powers up the final climb in a vain attempt to steal the stage victory from Contador.
- Jurgen van Goolen (CSC) leads the breakaway and would be the last man to be caught by the Contador group.
- Martin Velits (Team Milram) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) try to hold off the favourites group.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) flew the coop and took the solo victory.
- All of Caisse d'Epargne's work was for nought when Alejandro Valverde lost contact on the final climb.
- The Caisse d'Epargne team set the pace to bring back the breakaway.
- The climbs begin to wear on the breakaway.
Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4.16.01 (37.12 km/h) 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.02 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.04 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.20 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 1.00 8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1.27 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.33 14 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.40 15 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1.42 17 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.52 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.59 19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 20 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.04 21 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 22 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.15 23 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.20 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2.39 25 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.10 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 27 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.22 28 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 3.32 29 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 31 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.58 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.18 34 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 35 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.20 36 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.37 37 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.03 38 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.21 39 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.33 40 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5.38 41 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.47 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 6.01 44 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 45 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.10 46 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 6.52 47 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.08 49 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.30 50 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.01 51 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 8.26 52 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.13 53 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 54 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10.12 55 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 56 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 58 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 59 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 60 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.49 62 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.58 63 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 64 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.12 65 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.13 66 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11.42 67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12.54 68 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 69 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 15.29 70 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 72 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 73 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 74 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 76 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 77 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 78 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 79 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 81 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 82 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 83 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 84 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 86 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 88 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 91 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 92 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 94 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 95 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 96 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 98 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 99 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 100 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 102 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 103 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 104 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 105 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 108 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 109 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 110 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 111 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 112 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 113 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 115 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 116 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 117 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 119 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 120 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.41 121 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 15.43 122 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 17.22 123 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 124 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17.23 125 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 126 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 127 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 128 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 129 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.31 130 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 131 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17.37 132 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 133 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 134 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 19.37 135 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 21.13 136 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 137 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 138 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 139 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 21.15 140 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 141 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 142 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24.26 143 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 144 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 145 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 146 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.29 147 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 26.28 148 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner Sprints Mieres, km. 41,7 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 pts 2 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 La Vega, km. 132,8 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Estación de Esquí Fuentes de Invierno, km. 158,4 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 20 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 14 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 7 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 9 8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 10 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 12 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 4 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 15 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountains Alto del Padrún (Cat. 3), km. 12 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 4 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Alto de San Tirso (Cat. 3), km. 22 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 3 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1 Alto de San Emiliano (Cat. 3), km. 34 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 3 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1 Alto de la Colladona (Cat. 1), km. 70 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 pts 2 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 4 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 5 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 6 6 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4 7 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 9 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de la Colladiella (Cat. 1), km. 98 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 3 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 4 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 5 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 6 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 3 8 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 9 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Puerto de San Isidro (Cat. 1), km. 158 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 16 pts 2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 10 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Astana 12.49.32 2 Caisse d'Epargne 2.04 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.43 4 Xacobeo - Galicia 4.01 5 AG2R La Mondiale 5.42 6 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.19 7 Lampre 9.04 8 Rabobank 11.15 9 Credit Agricole 11.32 10 Française Des Jeux 15.39 11 Bouygues Telecom 18.19 12 Team Milram 18.39 13 Andalucia - Cajasur 19.04 14 Gerolsteiner 20.47 15 Silence-Lotto 20.56 16 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 25.09 17 Quick Step 25.17 18 Liquigas 31.31 19 Tinkoff Credit Systems 33.49 General classification after stage 14 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 55.56.58 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.17 3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.41 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.35 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 5.49 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.00 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.11 8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.56 9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.32 10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10.01 11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.36 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 10.56 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.08 14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 19.31 15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.08 16 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 22.18 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 22.28 18 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 22.29 19 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23.05 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.17 21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 23.47 22 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24.57 23 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 26.30 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.55 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 28.12 26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 29.16 27 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33.08 28 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34.09 29 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 36.58 30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37.42 31 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 40.45 32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.20 33 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 42.23 34 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43.27 35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 44.19 36 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46.24 37 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 49.13 38 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 49.37 39 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49.43 40 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 50.06 41 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51.00 42 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 51.02 43 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51.45 44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 52.10 45 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 52.16 46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 53.51 47 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55.45 48 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 56.17 49 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56.35 50 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 56.41 51 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 56.54 52 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.02 53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 57.28 54 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 58.36 55 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 58.42 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58.48 57 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59.00 58 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.00.48 59 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.00.57 60 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.02.46 61 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.03.24 62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.04.17 63 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.05.40 64 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.05.53 65 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.05.57 66 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.30 67 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.08.38 68 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 1.09.41 69 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.10.16 70 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.10.25 71 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.11.36 72 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.14.32 73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.15.09 74 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.15.20 75 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17.21 76 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17.31 77 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.17.39 78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.17.52 79 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.21.53 80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.22.32 81 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.22.49 82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.22.52 83 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.24.03 84 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.24.20 85 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.24.26 86 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.24.47 87 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.24.55 88 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.25.16 89 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.25.32 90 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.31 91 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.42 92 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.26.49 93 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.28.03 94 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.28.18 95 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.29.31 96 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.30.57 97 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.31.07 98 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.32.06 99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.32.16 100 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33.50 101 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.14 102 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.35.16 103 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.35.17 104 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.37.27 105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.38.41 106 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.40.32 107 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.40.48 108 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.42.25 109 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.43.40 110 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.44.00 111 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.44.45 112 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.46.24 113 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.49.24 114 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.50.28 115 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.51.47 116 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.51.51 117 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.53.44 118 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.55.02 119 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.55.38 120 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.56.02 121 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.56.49 122 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.57.56 123 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 2.01.20 124 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.02.31 125 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.03.37 126 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.04.08 127 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 2.04.23 128 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 2.04.25 129 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.04.45 130 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 2.05.11 131 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.05.48 132 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.06.58 133 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.07.06 134 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.08.09 135 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.09.43 136 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.10.25 137 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.10.49 138 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.11.43 139 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 2.11.44 140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.14.21 141 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.15.03 142 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.18.55 143 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.19.31 144 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.21.25 145 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.23.12 146 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.24.25 147 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.29.26 148 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2.46.38 Points classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 110 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 86 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 70 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 58 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 54 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 51 11 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 14 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 36 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 35 19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 22 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 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 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 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 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 16 34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 35 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 13 36 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 37 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 11 38 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 40 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 41 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 42 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 43 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 44 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 45 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 46 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 48 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 49 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 8 50 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 51 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 52 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 53 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 54 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 55 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 56 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6 57 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 58 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 59 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 60 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 5 61 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 62 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 63 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 64 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 65 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 66 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 67 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 2 69 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 70 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 71 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 72 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 73 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 74 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 75 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 76 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 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 127 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 84 3 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 53 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 51 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 8 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 45 10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 13 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 14 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 36 15 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 18 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 23 20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 21 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 23 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 24 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 25 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 27 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 29 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 30 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 31 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 32 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 33 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 34 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 9 35 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 36 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 37 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 38 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 39 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 40 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 41 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 42 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 43 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7 44 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7 45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 46 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6 47 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 48 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 49 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5 50 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 52 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 53 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 54 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 55 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 57 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 58 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 59 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 60 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3 61 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 62 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 63 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 64 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 65 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 66 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 68 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 15 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 19 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 42 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 53 11 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 56 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 62 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 65 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 87 17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 88 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 90 19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 98 20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 103 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 103 22 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 104 23 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 120 24 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 123 25 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 123 26 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 124 27 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 128 28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 130 29 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 133 30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 31 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 136 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 136 33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 140 34 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 141 35 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 144 36 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 145 37 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 145 38 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 147 39 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 148 40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 148 41 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 155 42 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 156 43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 158 44 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 159 45 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 161 46 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 166 47 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 170 48 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 182 49 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 199 50 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 226 51 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 229 52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 256 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 167.48.51 2 Astana 2.38 3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20.53 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.29 5 Xacobeo - Galicia 29.14 6 Rabobank 36.41 7 Lampre 42.37 8 AG2R La Mondiale 53.55 9 Credit Agricole 54.21 10 Silence-Lotto 1.07.52 11 Gerolsteiner 1.18.21 12 Française Des Jeux 1.24.57 13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.25.14 14 Andalucia - Cajasur 1.33.06 15 Quick Step 1.41.47 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.51.35 17 Team Milram 2.23.27 18 Bouygues Telecom 2.51.29 19 Liquigas 3.33.39
