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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 2 - August 31: Granada - Jaén, 176.3km
Alejandro Valverde takes a golden opportunity
Spanish Champion's Tour-like move garners race lead
By Gregor Brown
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In an action similar to day one of the Tour de France, Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Team Caisse d'Epargne moved into the Vuelta a España race leadership with a powerful and winning dash in the closing metres of stage two. The early surge of team-mate Joaquím Rodríguez as the race approached the line in Jaén allowed Spanish Champion Valverde to profit with a counter-move that could not be answered by Italians Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) or Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) – second and third. Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) finished fourth and overnight race leader, Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas), finished fifth.
"I was helped by the confidence I gained in the Tour," said Valverde. "The team has worked phenomenally. Joaquím Rodríguez did great work; he played his trick and punished the others."
Unlike this year's Tour de France, the Vuelta offers time bonuses on the line for the race winner. Valverde, with his first place, scored a 20-second cut to his overall time. He started the day nine seconds behind race leader Pozzato and finished in gold, 13 seconds ahead.
His Spanish team smelled the opportunity in the final kilometres of a rather unorganised race finale. "Oscar Freire told me it was an arrival that favoured me," revealed Valverde. His ace, Rodríguez, moved to the fore and fired on the sprinters in the final 1200 metres. His move almost lasted, but opportunists brought back his attack, such as Tinkoff Credit Systems' Riccardo Serrano. As the others caught his move, near 300 metres, Valverde launched a textbook counter that went unanswered.
"Bennati pulled hard and then the attack by Serrano," he said of Rodríguez's capture.
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The only threat came from the Italians, who are racing for wins and a spot on the Italian squadra azzurra for the upcoming World Championship. Two-time World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) aided in Rodríguez's capture while two likely national candidates, Rebellin and Ballan, zoomed to the line behind Valverde for a podium finish. 'Pippo' Pozzato lost his overall race lead and finished fifth.
Pozzato, clad in the leader's maillot oro, had his Liquigas team working hard all day to control the escapes. It pulled the peloton along when the first escape formed almost at kilometre zero. Spaniards Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) moved off the front first and, later, duo Frenchman Cyril Lemoine (Crédit Agricole) and Russian Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) joined them. The four men gained a maximum lead of 4'06" by kilometre 69.
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Sensing danger, Martínez moved out on his own at 42 kilometres remaining. Rosendo joined him a few kilometres later. The peloton succeeded in controlling both escape duos, but did not count of the flurry of counter-escapes in the closing kilometres. There was first a move by Mauricio Ardila Cano (Rabobank) and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne) at 20 kilometres to go. It faded, but another move followed. Irishman Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) formed a subsequent move. The duo, joined by five others, still did not succeed. The race was all together with five kilometres of racing left.
Both Liquigas – for Daniele Bennati and Pozzato – and Quick Step – Tom Boonen – were driving the pace to the line. The plan for a sprint fell apart as the bunch compressed in the final three kilometres. The game fell into the hands of Caisse d'Epargne's Valverde. Rodríguez was able to position himself perfectly to give his captain the win and overall race lead. His last win in the Vuelta came almost two years ago to the day, stage seven to Ponferrada, September 1.
"We have earned a stage and taken the leadership, the objective is met. ... Everything from here on in will be all the better," said Valverde.
The win not only adds to his Tour de France coup, but his recent win in the San Sebastián and big spring wins in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Dauphiné Libéré.
Rosendo took the mountains lead for his efforts in the escape. The rider from the Spanish Professional Continental team was the first rider over the first categorised climb of the 63rd Vuelta a España. Martínez, by going solo when he did, picked up the overall in the combination competition.
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- Valverde celebrates his win
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) sprints away from the others.
- A well deserved drink for the day's winner.
- Valverde wanted to share his joy with everybody.
- The well-deserved podium kisses for Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
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- Sastre at the sign-in
- Bettini coming down the podium
- Tom Boonen is thinking about a stage victory in the first week.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and teammate Andreas Klöden talk tactics before the race.
- Boonen rides to the start
- Alberto Contador (Astana) wants to win the whole race and not juts a stage
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) stretching before the start
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) had a stage victory in mind.
- Pozzato (l) and Paolo Bettini share some pre-race thoughts.
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne, left) with his fearless captain, Alejandro Valverde.
- The bunch waits for the start
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) deep in thought
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) uses the Vuelta as Worlds preparation.
- Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) ready to roll
- Erik Zabel all smiles before the start as racing the Vuelta instead of the Deutschland Tour will mean a quieter race for him, media wise.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) looks towards the start line
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) makes last adjustments to his eye wear.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) wants to close out the season in style.
- Liquigas is a multi-coloured team
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) rides towards the start to defend his jersey.
- Thanks to the prologue win Liquigas holds all the jerseys.
- Pozzato says hi to Valverde before the start.
- The bunch ready to kick off stage two.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) waiting for the whistle
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) during his break attempt
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) during his solo break
- Martínez tried to stay away but was caught before the line.
- Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) out of the saddle
- The Liquigas -led bunch
- Bennati and Pozzato in white and yellow, respectively
- Pozzato storms by
- Valverde jumps on the left
- Ricardo Serrano (Tinkoff Credit Systems) tries to get into the slipstream but comes up short.
- Valverde continues to hold the lead...
- ... and realises before the line that his gutsy jump paid off.
- Valverde celebrates the win.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) starts the Tour of Spain like he did start the Tour de France.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) grimaces as the last part of the race was very fast.
- Bettini was beaten and the Italian was disappointed that he couldn't pull off the win in a finish that should have suited him well.
- A sweaty Boonen was happy to be in the finish despite not having won.
- Contador thought the race was very nervous today
- Pozzato lost the jersey but not his tattoo
- Caisse celebrates
- Valverde was happy that wife and son were waiting at the finish.
- Valverde on the podium
- His win gave Valverde the golden jersey also
- Valverde distanced everyone including Rebellin.
- Valverde on the podium
- Valverde gets yellow.
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- The peloton organises itself.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) drives the break with Cyril Lemoine (Crédit Agricole), Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) in tow.
- Liquigas drives the day.
- German Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) rides in the peloton.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne) tries his luck.
- Race leader Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) share a word.
- Sprawling landscape in southern Spain.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) looks calm before the finale.
- Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) drives the two-man move with Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the final kilometres.
- Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) wins stage two of the 63rd Vuelta a España.
- Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) took the overall lead after winning stage two.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.23.00 (40.221 km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.02 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 18 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 21 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 23 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 24 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 28 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 31 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 36 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 37 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 41 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 42 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 43 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 50 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 52 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 54 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 55 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 56 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 57 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 58 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 59 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 61 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 62 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 64 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 65 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 66 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 67 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 68 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 69 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 70 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 71 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 72 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 74 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 75 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 76 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 79 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 81 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 85 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 86 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 87 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 88 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 89 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 90 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 91 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 93 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 94 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 95 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 96 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 98 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 99 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 101 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 0.27 102 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.31 103 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.33 104 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.39 105 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 0.40 108 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 0.43 109 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.44 110 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.57 111 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 112 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.58 114 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 1.24 115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 116 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 117 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.30 118 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.45 119 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 121 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 122 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.07 123 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 2.15 124 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.24 125 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 126 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.36 127 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 128 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2.40 129 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 130 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 132 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 133 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 136 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 137 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 139 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.03 140 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3.04 141 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 142 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 143 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 144 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.23 145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 146 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 4.14 147 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 148 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 149 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 4.36 150 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5.27 151 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.58 152 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.06 153 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 154 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 155 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 156 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 157 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 158 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 159 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 160 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 161 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 9.57 162 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 163 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 164 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 165 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 166 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 167 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 168 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 10.00 Points S.I. Jaén - km 132 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 pts 2 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 S.I. La Guardia de Jaén - km 157.7 1 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Jaén - km 167.3 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 16 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14 5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 10 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 5 12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 14 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2 15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains Puerto de Huelma, cat 3 - km 84 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 pts 2 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 13.09.04 2 Gerolsteiner 0.02 3 Rabobank 4 Quick Step 5 Silence-Lotto 6 AG2R La Mondiale 7 Astana 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Lampre 11 CSC-Saxo Bank 12 Xacobeo - Galicia 13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Credit Agricole 16 Française Des Jeux 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 18 Team Milram 1.14 19 Liquigas 1.45 General classification after stage 2 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.31.10 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.13 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.15 5 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.19 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.20 8 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.21 9 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.23 17 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 18 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.24 21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.25 28 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 33 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 0.26 34 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 35 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 36 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 37 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 39 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 40 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 41 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.27 42 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 43 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 45 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 46 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.28 47 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.31 48 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 49 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 0.32 52 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.33 55 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 57 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 59 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 60 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 64 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 69 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.34 70 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 71 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 72 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 73 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 74 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 75 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 0.36 76 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.37 80 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 81 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 82 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.40 83 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 85 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.41 87 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.43 90 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0.44 91 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 0.48 92 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 93 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.50 94 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.54 95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 0.57 96 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.59 97 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.01 98 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.08 99 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.09 100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.10 101 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.11 102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.13 103 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 104 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16 105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18 106 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21 107 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26 108 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.29 109 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.34 110 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.35 111 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 112 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37 113 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.42 114 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 1.45 115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.54 116 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.56 117 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 118 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.19 119 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 120 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.21 121 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.31 122 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.44 123 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.51 124 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.53 125 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.55 126 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 3.06 127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 3.10 128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.11 129 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.14 130 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.18 131 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.19 132 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3.22 133 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.32 134 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 3.34 135 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.35 136 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3.36 137 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 3.37 138 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.38 139 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.43 140 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 141 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.49 142 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4.12 143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.20 144 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 4.25 145 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 4.26 146 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 147 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 4.48 148 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 5.20 149 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 150 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.24 151 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.36 152 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 8.17 153 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.29 154 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 8.37 155 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.42 156 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.52 157 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 158 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9.07 159 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9.11 160 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9.29 161 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 10.16 162 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 10.26 163 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 164 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10.36 165 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 10.41 166 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 10.50 167 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 11.00 168 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 11.20 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 16 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14 5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 10 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 5 12 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4 14 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 16 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2 17 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 18 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 19 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 20 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 21 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 pts 2 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Combination classification 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 pts 2 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 177 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 13.17.34 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.01 3 Quick Step 0.03 4 CSC-Saxo Bank 0.04 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.05 6 Rabobank 0.06 7 Astana 0.07 8 Gerolsteiner 0.11 9 Lampre 0.12 10 Silence-Lotto 0.13 11 AG2R La Mondiale 12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 13 Xacobeo - Galicia 0.14 14 Credit Agricole 0.16 15 Française Des Jeux 0.20 16 Bouygues Telecom 0.21 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 0.28 18 Team Milram 1.20 19 Liquigas 1.36
