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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

Valverde celebrates his win
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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.

Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) drives the break
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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.

Liquigas leads the day
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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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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

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