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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 9 - September 8: Viella - Sabiñánigo, 200.8km
Van Avermaet scoops biggest triumph, Martinez grabs lead
By Shane Stokes, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Sabiñánigo
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Outsprinting 10 other breakaway companions to the line in Sabiñánigo, the talented young Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet added to his fine 2008 palmares with the first Grand Tour stage victory of his career.
The Silence Lotto rider got away in the group after approximately 53 kilometres of racing and, 147-odd clicks later, had little problem in outsprinting Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale), Damiano Cunego (Lampre) plus the other six riders.
Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) crossed the line in 10th place, one ahead of yesterday's victor David Moncoutie (Cofidis), but reaped the benefits of the driving he did in the break. Together with the time bonuses for placing first and second in intermediate sprints, he amassed enough time to take over the leader's gold jersey.
The Basque rider ended the day 11 seconds ahead of Levi Leipheimer (Astana) who, for the second time in the race, conceded the maillot oro one day after taking it. He and team-mate Alberto Contador remain the best-placed of the general classification contenders, and will be able to save their team-mates for later in the race.
"For a young rider like me to win a stage in the Vuelta, that is definitely the highlight of my career," said Van Avermaet. "When we had six minutes over the top of the final climb I believed we could stay away, but I wasn't sure about winning. There were strong guys like Cunego, Rebellin and Nocentini in the group."
Martinez was of course another one of the strong guys, but he used up his fuel in building the best possible lead. The maillot oro was a reward for his efforts, and he plans to enjoy his time in the spotlight. "When I arrived at the finish I was thinking about the finish in Prato Nevoso, where I finished second behind Gerrans," he stated, referring to this year's Tour de France. "During the stage I knew I could take the jersey, so I rode harder.
"I also have to thank my team-mate Alan Pérez, who could have gone for the stage win himself," he added. "But knowing we could take the overall lead, he rode for me."
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Martinez suggested afterwards that Astana allowed him to grab the race lead. "I spent one year at Discovery Channel and I have to thank Johan Bruyneel for letting me take the jersey," he said. "I won't win the Vuelta, Contador is the strongest rider out there."
Leipheimer stated that the day was about controlling energy output, and keeping the bigger picture in mind. There's over a week and a half of racing left and the Astana domestiques need to be strong later in the Vuelta.
"The stage was hard, especially the beginning," he said. "A lot of riders were attacking us. They probably thought there is a chance we would give away the jersey again, because it is a lot of work for the team.
"We wanted to let six to eight riders get away, but there were always groups of 10 to 12," he added. "We didn't really have a choice. There's still two weeks to go. We have the number one and two favourites and we have to conserve our energy."
Having dual captaincy is something which benefits the team at this stage, as it gives Astana two options for the overall, as well as forcing its rivals to monitor both. He sees this continuing. "There is no reason why the two of us [Contador and Leipheimer] can't continue to do our own races," he stated.
Getting away from the GC contenders
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As a medium mountain stage - and coming after two tough days - it was always likely that a break would succeed. The day got off to a tough start, both from the rapid pace and the second-category Alto del Túnel de Vielha. Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto), David Moncoutie (Cofidis), Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas), and Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) went clear close to the top, and crossed the summit in that order.
They were caught on the descent, but another group pushed ahead on the second category Col d'Espina. Moncoutie, Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel), Alberto Losado (Caisse d'Epargne), Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R), Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Alan Perez (Euskaltel), Patrice Halgland (Credit Agricole), Vasili Kiryienka (Tinkoff) and Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) slipped away but were reeled in after the summit. Moncoutie had taken the prime at the top and started gathering the points that would see him end the day in the best climber's jersey.
The pace saw the peloton split briefly into three and, with the pressure on, the day's big break slipped clear. Present were Cunego, Van Avermaet, Perez, Flecha, Rebellin, Moncoutie, Nocentini, Martinez, Andrea Tonti (Quick Step), Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne), Patrice Halgland (Credit Agricole) and Christophe Kern (Credit Agricole).
Van Avermaet took the bonus sprint ahead of Martinez and Moncoutie, while later on the latter took top points on the category three Puerto de La Foradada ascent and the first category Puerto de Serrablo, which topped out 134 kilometres after the start. This would see him end the day with a total of 78, well ahead of the 51 held by previous KOM leader Alessandro Ballan (Lampre).
"I had good legs. I wanted to get into the break for the mountain points," he said afterwards.
Martinez was also doing what was needed to make sure of another jersey, beating Van Avermaet to take the second intermediate sprint in Sabiñánigo, 16 kilometres from the finish. With eleven kilometres remaining the break had seven minutes 20 seconds lead, and it finished six minutes 42 seconds up at the line.
General classification contender Carlos Sastre said that it was a complicated day in the saddle. "Today's stage was very fast and very difficult right from the start," he stated on www.carlossastre.com. "There was a lot of attacks until the breakaway got established, followed by a high-speed pace. Before setting out it seemed like a relatively straightforward stage, with a breakaway and nothing much else...and in the end a lot did happen.
"The team had to work fairly hard today, especially my team-mates Iñigo Cuesta and Michael Blaudzun, in their efforts to help out Juan José Haedo," he said. "Haedo had a bad time of it today and we had to help him to get through the stage, so we had to work a little harder in that respect.
"In the final part, we mainly tried to ensure that the breakaway didn't get too far ahead of us and that we were all close enough to stop too many riders getting into the general classification."
Stage 10 - September 9: Sabiñánigo - Zaragoza, 151.3km
The race continues tomorrow with a flatter stage, a 151.3 kilometre leg from Sabiñánigo to Zaragoza. The second category Puerto de Monrepós appears early on and should enable another breakaway to get clear.
The general classification riders have a respite before the next mountains, but Sastre suggested that echelons could enliven these flatter days.
"We've made it through the Pyrenees stages, which have been hard and have affected the pack," he said. "We are now gradually moving over to the north of Spain, towards Suances via Zaragoza and Burgos - where the wind is bound to make an appearance".
That means things could change yet again, and that it's not just the mountains and time trial that could affect the outcome of this race.
Photography
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- Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) moved into the golden fleece after the 147km long break.
- Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) takes his biggest career victory to date, among some very talented riders.
- That will keep the critic's silent!
- Van Avermaet took his first Grande Tour stage ahead of Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) & Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Rabobank).
- Champage is just part of the spoils for the winner.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) leads the escape.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) in the day's move.
- Winner of stage eight, David Moncoutié (Cofidis)
- The sprint... for stage nine.
- Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) presented on the podium as the day's winner.
- Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) wins Vuelta a España stage nine to Sabiñánigo.
- Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) takes the 63rd Vuelta a España stage nine
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) moves into the red mountains jersey.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) surrounded by the media.
- The maillot oro waits for Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) takes the gold.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the maillot oro.
Images by Bjorn Haake/Cyclingnews.com
- Sylvain Chavanel was happy to have spend two days in yellow and is seeing some improvement in his long climbs.
- Oscar Freire have his opinion on today's start which went uphill immediately for 12 kilometres.
- Johan Bruyneel is generally pleased with the situation of Astana in the race.
Results
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.57.22 (40.52 km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 6 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 9 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.52 13 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 6.42 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 23 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 25 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 26 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 27 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 28 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 29 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 31 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 33 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 34 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 35 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 41 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 43 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 46 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 48 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 49 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 50 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 54 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 55 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 59 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 62 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 63 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 64 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 65 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 66 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 67 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 68 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 69 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 70 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 71 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 72 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 73 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 75 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 76 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 79 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 83 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 84 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 85 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 86 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 87 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 88 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 90 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 93 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 94 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 96 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 97 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 99 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 100 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 101 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 103 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 104 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 105 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 106 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 107 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 108 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 110 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 111 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 112 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 114 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 116 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 118 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 119 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 120 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 121 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 122 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 123 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 124 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 125 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 126 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 128 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 129 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 130 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 131 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 132 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 133 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 134 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 135 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 136 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 137 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 138 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 139 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 141 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 142 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 143 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 144 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 146 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 147 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.04 148 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.12 149 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.02 150 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.37 151 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 12.14 152 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 153 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 154 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 155 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 156 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16.02 157 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 18.26 158 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 159 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19.08 160 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 161 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre DNS Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto Teams 1 Credit Agricole 14.58.48 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.52 3 AG2R - La Mondiale 6.42 4 Quick Step 5 Gerolsteiner 6 Lampre 7 Silence - Lotto 8 Caisse D'Epargne 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 Rabobank 11 Xacobeo - Galicia 13.24 12 Liquigas 13 Bouygues Telecom 14 Team Milram 15 Astana 16 Française Des Jeux 17 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18 Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 Andalucia - Cajasur Sprints Sprint 1 - Castejón de Sos, 64.4km 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Sprint 2- Sabiñánigo, 184.8km 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 3 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Sprint 3 - Sabiñánigo, 200.8km 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 16 4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 14 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 6 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 8 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 9 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 12 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 13 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 15 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains Mountain 1 - Alto del Túnel de Vielha, 12 km (Cat. 2) 1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 7 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 5 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 6 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 Mountain 2 - Coll de L'Espina, 46km (Cat. 2) 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 3 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 3 5 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountain 3 - Puerto de La Foradada, 92km (Cat. 3) 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 2 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1 Mountain 4 - Puerto de Serrablo, 134km (Cat. 1) 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 8 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 4 7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 9 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 General classification after stage 9 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.23.56 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.11 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.32 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.00 5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.38 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.10 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.23 8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.34 9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.54 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.41 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 3.46 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.14 14 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.16 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.35 17 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.17 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.22 19 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.02 20 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 9.18 21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 9.24 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 9.36 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10.01 24 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10.18 25 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 10.56 26 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.24 27 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.57 28 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.45 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.59 30 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15.19 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 15.38 32 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15.55 33 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16.23 34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 17.32 35 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17.34 36 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 19.05 37 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 19.14 38 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 19.31 39 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.54 40 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20.00 41 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 20.51 42 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.40 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22.06 44 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22.36 45 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.41 46 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23.47 47 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 23.56 48 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.23 49 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.33 50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26.50 51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 26.59 52 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 27.10 53 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 27.26 54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.21 55 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28.58 56 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.07 57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 29.29 58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 29.52 59 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 31.11 60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31.43 61 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 31.49 62 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 32.23 63 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 32.47 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 33.38 65 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.12 66 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.59 67 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 36.00 68 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 36.16 69 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 36.29 70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.39 71 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 39.08 72 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 39.14 73 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.37 74 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 40.04 75 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.14 76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.31 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.42 78 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 40.45 79 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.52 80 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.31 81 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 44.26 82 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.31 83 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 44.53 84 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 45.36 85 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46.13 86 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 47.02 87 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 47.09 88 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 47.14 89 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 47.15 90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47.29 91 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.37 92 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.53 93 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 48.14 94 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48.34 95 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 48.54 96 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 49.08 97 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49.34 98 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50.25 99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 50.27 100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 50.35 101 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.48 102 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 51.04 103 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 51.26 104 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 52.44 105 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 52.59 106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 54.35 107 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.03 108 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.42 109 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56.03 110 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 56.56 111 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.26 112 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59.27 113 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 59.31 114 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.28 115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.00.53 116 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.01.44 117 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.02.50 118 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.02.58 119 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.03.06 120 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.24 121 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.04.13 122 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.04.32 123 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.04.59 124 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05.28 125 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.06.48 126 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.07.21 127 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.12 128 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09.10 129 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.26 130 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.11.38 131 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.11.57 132 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 1.11.59 133 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.19 134 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.12.34 135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.12.50 136 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.12.52 137 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.13.42 138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.13.59 139 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.14.28 140 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.14.55 141 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15.06 142 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 1.15.50 143 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.16.14 144 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.16.28 145 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.16.34 146 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.17.55 147 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.18.16 148 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.18.27 149 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.18.28 150 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.19.46 151 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.20.02 152 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 1.20.33 153 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.21.08 154 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 1.21.25 155 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 1.24.42 156 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 1.25.43 157 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.56 158 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.29.00 159 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.30.18 160 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.34.50 161 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.38.22 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 73 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 63 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 56 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 56 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 48 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 45 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 43 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 37 10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 33 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 13 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 15 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 25 16 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 24 18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 24 20 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 21 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 22 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 23 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 24 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 17 25 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 26 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 27 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 29 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 14 30 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 14 31 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 14 32 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 34 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 35 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 36 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11 37 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 38 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 9 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 40 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 42 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 43 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 44 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 45 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 46 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 48 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 49 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 51 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 52 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6 53 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 54 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 55 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 56 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 57 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 58 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 59 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 60 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 61 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 2 63 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 64 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 65 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 66 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 67 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 68 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 69 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 70 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 71 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 78 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 51 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 32 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 32 5 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 7 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31 8 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 9 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 12 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 13 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 17 15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 16 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 20 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 21 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 25 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 All around classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 13 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 23 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 38 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 40 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 51 12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 84 14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 84 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 85 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 87 17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 87 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 89 19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 96 20 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 97 21 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 22 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 110 23 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 126 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 132 Team classification 1 Caisse D'Epargne 99.54.20 2 Astana 5.58 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.59 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9.35 5 Rabobank 18.20 6 Xacobeo - Galicia 22.21 7 Silence - Lotto 25.52 8 Credit Agricole 28.07 9 Lampre 28.11 10 AG2R - La Mondiale 34.27 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 43.21 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 43.26 13 Gerolsteiner 46.19 14 Française Des Jeux 48.57 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 52.18 16 Quick Step 54.41 17 Team Milram 1.33.54 18 Bouygues Telecom 1.45.05 19 Liquigas 2.16.09
