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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 16 - September 16: Ponferrada - Zamora, 186.4km
Boonen tops a parade-like day
Contador keeps grip on gold top
By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Zamora
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Belgian Tom Boonen, 27, of Team Quick Step, won ahead of Italian Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and German Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) in the Vuelta a España's stage 16 to Zamora, a stage marked by low speeds as the riders took a rolling rest day. Spaniard Alberto Contador, 25, easily kept the leader's maillot oro. He leads the race by 1:17 over Team Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer with five days remaining.
"To start with victory on the second day and now, one day before I go home shows that the condition has not decreased, but increased," Boonen said after his win. "I was feeling really, really strong, even in the mountains. It's the third week and everybody is tired and just waiting for Madrid. If you still can win that shows you have a clear head and strong legs."
Quick end to a slow day
The slow speed that marked majority of the warm 186.4-kilometre southerly run in northwest Spain finally climbed when the riders entered the final 20 kilometres of the day, one hour behind schedule. The group caught the escape of the day, Spaniards Jesús Rosendo of Team Andalucía-Cajasur and Walter Pedraza of Team Tinkoff Credit Systems, with seven kilometres remaining.
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Boonen's Quick Step team controlled the finale, with World Champion Paolo Bettini leading the train for 2,000 metres. The Italian, training for his third World title, pulled off with 1,800 metres remaining. The other lead-out men kept the pace rolling as their captain kept an eye on his rivals.
Italian Filippo Pozzato sat on Boonen's rear wheel and looked to be the biggest threat. He made his intentions clear when he sent one of his men to mark a late surge by Spain's Juan Antonio Flecha of Team Rabobank in the final four kilometres. He surly wanted to wash the bitterness left in his mouth after yesterday's announcement that Franco Ballerini did not select him to represent Italy in the Worlds.
"Pippo" Pozzato started his move as Boonen's last man, Wouter Weylandt, moved of the front. The 2005 World Champion maintained his sprint on the right side barriers and successfully held off Pozzato on his left.
"I don't understand the decision [to not select him]," Boonen said of his nearest rival not going to the World Championships. "In Italy, the team is selected around one leader. In Belgium we just select the strongest guys."
Haussler, a stage winner in 2005, aimed for his second win of the season. He ended with third over France's Mickaël Delage and Lithuania's Tomas Vaitkus.
Spaniards lead slow train to Zamora
The 16th stage of the Vuelta a España started off with a bang in the form of the category one Alto del Acebo. Almost immediately after starting in Ponferrada, the riders faced the 14.2-kilometre climb. The peloton, sans Damiano Cunego (Lampre) who did not start today, made it over the climb mostly intact. However, it was already evident in that first hour of racing that the day could turn out to be a long one.
The Acebo, topped by France's David Moncoutié of Team Cofidis on his way to winning the mountain's classification, gave way for the downhill and mostly flat run to Zamora. Spaniard Jesús Rosendo of Team Andalucía-Cajasur, who figured in stage two's escape, made a solo bid at kilometre 24. Tinkoff's Spaniard, Walter Pedraza, followed him towards freedom.
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Their gap went all the way up to 8:38 at kilometre 53 before the chasing group woke up. It was specifically the work of Bettini that helped get the time to a manageable limit. He had it down under five minutes by kilometre 70.
The gap stayed between four and three minutes for most of the day as the group decide to have an active rest day. It was not until kilometre 125 that it dipped below three minutes. The peloton was determined to have a slow day; 15 kilometres covered in the first hour, 28.3 kilometres in the second and 31.3 kilometres in the third was the speed of cyclo-tourists.
The gap fell down to two minutes in the fourth hour of racing, but the pace was still very slow with Milram and Silence-Lotto at the front of the gruppo. The racing finally looked series with the split at 55 seconds in the final 15 kilometres. The riders covered 33.1 kilometres in the fourth hour and 34 in the fifth.
The duo's lead was cracked; it has 15 seconds under the 10-kilometre banner. The sprinters' men were going near 70 kilometres an hour to put their men into position. Quick Step's worked paid off, but Milram and Silence-Lotto fell short. Milram's Erik Zabel had no men left in the final hustle and finished 11th. Silence-Lotto's Greg Van Avermaet, winner of stage nine, finished 15th.
"The break was really hard," said Pedraza. "It was pretty flat all day. I knew the break wouldn't succeed, but I like to be a protagonist.
"There was a lot of wind. Considering that, we did good work. That may have made the difference. ... The [sprinters'] teams controlled the race very well. The other rider, Jesús Rosendo, and I worked very well together."
"The break was really hard with the headwind," Rosendo added. "We tried to keep the possibilities alive until the end of the stage. It was a difficult stage with a road that went on straight forever."
Contador safe
Contador enjoyed a comfortable, but long day only 24 hours after taking a light spill. Providing he keeps upright, the Vuelta's golden top looks his to keep in Madrid on Sunday. He only needs to manage internal affairs on Saturday's time trial with Leipheimer at 1:17. CSC-Saxo Bank's Carlos Sastre looks too far off at 3:41.
Stage 17 - September 17: Zamora - Valladolid, 148.2km
After 148.2 kilometres stage 17 will finish in Valladolid, which is famous for being the first ever stage finish in the Vuelta. In 1935, the first stage of the first Vuelta went from Madrid to Valladolid. Some past winners include Julián Berrendero, Miguel Poblet (first Spaniard to wear yellow in the Tour), Jean Stablinski, Raymond Poulidor, Sean Kelly, Bernard Hinault, Charly Mottet, Tony Rominger, Erik Zabel and Paolo Bettini. It will be the 34th time that a stage finishes in Valladolid. The town hosts a museum of Christopher Columbus, who died here in 1506.
Photography
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- Cyril Lemoine (Crédit Agricole) was a proof that there is almost too much sun in Spain.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) is having a good time at the Vuelta.
- José Luis Rubiera (Astana) rolls to the start
- José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale) held on to the race director's car early on.
- Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) enjoyed the easy rollout and the fact that it was neutralised.
- Tom Boonen and Greg Van Avermaet may already discuss how to get it to a sprint today.
- Iñigo Cuesta (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) roll side by side.
- Loyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale) is really hoping for a sprint today.
- Oliver Zaugg will take it easy until the uphill time trial.
- Paolo Bettini was the last to head out but was hoping to be the first to arrive in Zamora.
Images by AFP
- The pelton during stage 16.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) wins in Zamora.
- Bubbly time for winner Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
- Tom Boonen captures victory in the final field sprint thanks to a handy leadout by his teammates.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
- Alberto Contador (Astana) keeps the gold jersey going into stage 17.
- Kisses for Alberto Contador (Astana) who is overall race leader.
Images by Unipublic
- World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) leads the peloton.
- Race leader Alberto Contador (Astana) rides in the maillot oro.
- Spain's Alberto Contador (Astana) rides along in stage 16.
- Germany's Andreas Klöden (Astana) passes a bottle to teammate Alberto Contador, the race leader.
- The riders pass some Spanish ruins.
- A Silence-Lotto rider leads the gruppo.
- Spain's beauty
- Peloton passes a castle.
- Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) rides in the two man escape ahead of Walter Pedraza (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
- Walter Pedraza (Tinkoff Credit Systems) follows Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) in the two-man escape.
- The long day meant long shadows as the race finished near dinner time.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- Race director Victor Cordero
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) wins stage 16 over Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas), r.
- Belgium's Tom Boonen (Quick Step) wins stage 16 of the Vuelta a España.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) having fun on the podium after winning the stage.
- Tom Boonen congratulates Quick Step teammate Paolo Bettini.
- Stage winner Tom Boonen (Quick Step) congratulated by teammate Andrea Tonti, l.
- Maillot oro Alberto Contador (Astana)
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.21.16 (34.812km/h) 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 14 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 15 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 20 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 22 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 28 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 29 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 30 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 31 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 32 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 36 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 37 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 39 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 42 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 43 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 44 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 45 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 46 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 49 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 51 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 52 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 53 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 54 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 55 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 57 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 59 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 60 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 61 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 63 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 64 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 65 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 66 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.11 67 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 68 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 70 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.16 71 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 73 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 75 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.20 76 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 77 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 78 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 0.23 80 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 81 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 82 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 83 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 84 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 85 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 87 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 88 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.27 89 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 0.29 90 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.35 91 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.38 92 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 0.39 93 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 94 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 96 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 97 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 98 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 99 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 100 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 101 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 103 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 107 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 108 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 109 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 110 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 111 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 112 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 113 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 116 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 117 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 118 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 119 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 120 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 121 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 122 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.49 123 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.11 124 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.18 126 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 1.38 127 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.42 128 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 129 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 130 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.48 131 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.53 132 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 133 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.01 134 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 135 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 136 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 137 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 138 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 139 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 140 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.25 141 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 2.41 142 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.31 143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.06 DNS Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre DNF Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems Sprints Sprint 1 - La Torre del Valle (102.6km) 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Sprint 2 - Roales (172km) 1 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 pts 2 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1 Sprint 3 - Zamora (186.3km) 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 25 pts 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 20 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 12 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 9 8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 8 9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3 14 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 15 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Mountains Alto del Acebo (16km, Category 1) 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 12 3 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 4 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 5 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 6 6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 4 7 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 8 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 2 9 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 16.03.48 2 Credit Agricole 3 Quick Step 4 Astana 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Liquigas 7 Caisse D'Epargne 8 Team Milram 9 Rabobank 10 AG2R - La Mondiale 11 Silence - Lotto 12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 Xacobeo - Galicia 15 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.11 16 Lampre 0.16 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 0.23 18 Française Des Jeux 0.39 19 Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 16 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 66.35.04 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 10.52 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 10.56 13 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11.47 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 15.02 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.08 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.24 17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 19.31 18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.08 19 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 22.41 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.17 21 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23.21 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 23.47 23 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24.02 24 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 24.03 25 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24.57 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.55 27 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 36.58 28 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37.58 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 38.45 30 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.49 31 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 43.02 32 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43.18 33 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43.54 34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44.11 35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 44.19 36 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45.24 37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46.47 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 49.23 39 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 49.37 40 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49.43 41 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 50.55 42 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 52.23 43 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 54.13 44 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 54.14 45 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.02 46 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 58.42 47 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59.00 48 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59.11 49 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 59.17 50 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59.43 51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.00.04 52 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.02.07 53 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.03.08 54 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.03 55 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.15 56 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.05.40 57 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.05.51 58 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.05.57 59 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.57 60 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.07.06 61 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.08.17 62 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.09.11 63 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.09.27 64 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.10.17 65 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.10.25 66 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 1.13.18 67 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.13.53 68 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.14.51 69 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.15.02 70 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.15.58 71 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17.28 72 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.18.02 74 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.29 73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.18.31 75 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 76 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.10 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.20.51 78 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.23.50 79 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.19 80 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.26.56 81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.27.26 82 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.27.50 83 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28.02 84 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.28.59 85 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.30.08 86 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.30.45 87 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.30.47 88 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.31.43 89 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.32.36 90 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.32.41 91 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.32.59 92 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.33.47 93 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 94 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.01 95 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.34.39 96 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.36.11 97 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.38.16 98 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.38.32 99 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.40.10 100 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.40.35 101 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.43.47 102 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.12 103 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.44.15 104 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.22 105 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.45.22 106 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.46.56 107 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.50.32 108 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.51.35 109 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.55.18 110 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.55.24 111 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.55.48 112 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.55.57 113 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.58.34 114 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.59.35 115 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.00.56 116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.00.59 117 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.02.20 118 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.04.11 119 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.07.35 120 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.09.24 121 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 2.10.10 122 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.12.07 123 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.13.07 124 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 2.13.41 125 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13.52 126 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.14.29 127 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.15.28 128 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 2.15.54 129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.16.00 130 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 2.16.58 131 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.16.59 132 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 2.17.15 133 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.18.13 134 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.20.41 135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.20.52 136 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.24.49 137 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.25.41 138 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.27.47 139 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.31.42 140 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.31.44 141 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.38.57 142 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.41.30 143 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.00.33 Points classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 110 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 100 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 100 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 86 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 58 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56 10 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 54 11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 13 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40 15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 36 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 30 21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 22 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 24 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 26 26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 30 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 31 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 32 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 22 33 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 18 35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 36 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 37 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 16 39 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 16 40 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 41 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 42 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 43 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 12 44 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 45 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 46 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 47 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 48 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 49 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 50 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 52 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 53 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 54 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 55 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 8 56 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 57 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 58 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 60 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 61 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 62 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 63 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 64 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 65 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 5 66 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 67 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 68 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 69 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 70 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4 71 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 72 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 73 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 74 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 75 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3 76 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3 77 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 78 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 80 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 81 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 82 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 83 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 84 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 85 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 86 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 87 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 88 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 89 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 pts 2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 89 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 84 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 7 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 45 9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 12 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 13 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 36 14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 17 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 22 19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 20 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 21 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 22 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 23 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 16 24 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 26 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 27 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 28 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 29 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 30 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 13 31 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 32 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 33 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 35 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 36 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 37 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 9 38 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 39 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 40 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 41 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 42 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 43 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 44 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 45 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 46 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 48 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7 49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7 50 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 51 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 52 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 6 53 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 54 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 55 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5 56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 57 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 58 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 59 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 61 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 62 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 63 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 64 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 65 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3 66 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 67 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 68 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 69 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 70 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 71 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 72 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1 73 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 74 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 All-around classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 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 25 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 41 9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 51 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 58 12 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 13 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 59 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 66 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 68 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 78 17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 91 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 93 19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 97 20 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 97 21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 98 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 109 23 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 111 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 25 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 116 26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 117 27 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 118 28 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 126 29 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 129 30 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 131 31 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 32 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 135 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 140 34 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 141 35 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 150 36 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 151 37 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 154 38 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 155 39 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 157 40 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 157 41 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 159 42 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 160 43 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 166 44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 166 45 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 167 46 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 168 47 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 169 48 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 175 49 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 179 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 183 51 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 188 52 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 190 53 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 193 54 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 193 55 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 197 56 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 201 57 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 208 58 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 209 Teams classification 1 Caisse D'Epargne 199.16.40 2 Astana 29.07 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.11 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 34.37 5 Xacobeo - Galicia 41.20 6 Lampre 55.32 7 Rabobank 1.04.11 8 AG2R - La Mondiale 1.08.41 9 Credit Agricole 1.22.24 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.25.52 11 Silence - Lotto 1.26.57 12 Gerolsteiner 1.37.26 13 Française Des Jeux 1.40.55 14 Quick Step 1.55.44 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.03.52 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.11.04 17 Team Milram 2.53.27 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.09.40 19 Liquigas 3.53.17
