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63rd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

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Stage 3 - September 1: Jaén - Córdoba, 168.6km

Boonen grabs stage

Bennati takes over maillot oro

By Shane Stokes

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) with his winning salute
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Tom Boonen has shown he is back on top sprinting form after his cocaine positive earlier this summer, winning stage three of the Vuelta a España into Córdoba. He beat Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Erik Zabel (Team Milram) to the line, with Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Euskaltel – Euskadi) and Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) netting fourth and fifth in the mass bunch gallop.

Bennati had picked up second in two bonus sprints and his runner-up placing on the stage lifted him clear of today's leader Alejandro Valverde in the general classification. He ended the day seven seconds ahead of the Spaniard and ten up on Boonen. His team-mate Filippo Pozzato and Egoi Martinez De Esteban are next in line in the overall standings.

Boonen was glad to be back on top of a Grand Tour podium. "Today was incredibly hot," he stated. "It was by no means an easy stage. I already partly knew the route, which has been the scene of some beautiful stages in the Ruta del Sol and la Vuelta. At the top of the climb I hit the downhill with the first group and from then I thought only about preparing the final sprint with the help of my team mates.

"I chose Bennati's wheel…Daniele is in great shape and I knew he would be the man to beat. Everything went perfectly. When Bennati started the sprint I stayed covered as much as possible, choosing the right moment to make my move."

Boonen took his fourteen win of the season and said that unlike other years, he has plenty of reserves due to missing the Tour. "As I've said already this year I'm facing the Vuelta in good condition. Usually this race represented the beginning of the end of the season for me. I always ended the Tour de France tired because of the battle for the green jersey. This year instead I'm fresh and the team is racing without much stress. This is another strong point."

He is now third in the general classification behind Bennati. The latter repeated his achievement of last year's Vuelta in grabbing the maillot oro, but was not completely happy.

"'I'm satisfied with having the golden jersey, but truthfully I would have preferred the stage win," Bennati said afterwards. "The golden jersey is a small compensation, but I already wore it last year and what I want from now on is to win stages."

The 27 year-old Bennati believes he was equal in strength to the stage winner, but was disadvantaged due to hitting the front too soon. "It's not that Tom (Boonen) was any stronger than I was today. What happened is there was a strong wind in our faces and since my team had made such a great effort, I had to start my final sprint from too far away. Tom got right behind me and passed me."

Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) leads
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According to the Italian, the Vuelta is his big goal for now, not the worlds. "I'm not thinking of the Italian team for the World Championship. I already spoke a good deal about that last year and what I want to focus my efforts on is winning stages in the Vuelta."

The day was marked by a long solo move by Andalucia Cajasur rider Manuel Ortega Ocana, who was quarter of an hour ahead at one point and was only caught on the descent of the final climb. "I am happy because I had a chance until 15 kilometres to go," he said. "I was only caught after the top of the climb. Now I hope that I recover by tomorrow, otherwise it will be an ordeal."

Apart from the publicity gained through his escape, the team also has the boost of holding on to the lead of the king of the mountains. Jesús Rosendo was third on the Alto de San Jerónimo and ended the day six points ahead of team-mate Ortega.

Young Irish rider Nicolas Roche was fifth in the gallop to the line, and was encouraged by how things went. "My condition is great, I had great momentum and a super job from Gabriel Rasch in the final two kilometres. He worked really well for me, keeping me out of the wind and putting me on Boonen's wheel with one kilometre to go. It is awesome to be finally able to compete at this level and I’m trying to make the most of it. Going for a stage win at some point in the race is more possible than ever."

How it unfolded

The sunny stage took the riders 168.6 kilometres from Jaén to Córdoba. Andalucia Cajasur rider Manuel Ortega Ocana attacked almost immediately after the start in his hometown, making the most of early disinterest on the part of the peloton to pull over fifteen minutes clear.

Ortega was over ten minutes ahead when he took the intermediate sprint in Espejo, 88.2 kilometres after the start. Bennati and his team-mate Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) were second and third there, with the bunch’s lethargy reflected in the fact that it didn’t try to stay on the wheels of the riders winding things up before the sprint. This was also seen at the second sprint of the day in Córdoba, 45.5 kilometres from the end, where Ortega crossed the line 7'47" ahead of Bennati and another Liquigas rider, Claudio Corioni.

Alejandro Valverde didn't attempt to contest either intermediate sprint, thus showing that he was not intent on defending his race lead.

Ortega had a lead of six minutes 49 seconds when he hit the start of the day's lone categorised climb, the third cat Puerto de San Jerónimo, but a big solo attack by Paolo Bettini saw the Italian close to within one minute 45 seconds by the summit.

The world champion then caught and dropped him soon afterwards, with Ortega also being passed by Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis). Both were caught by the peloton and then Bettini was himself recaptured with fifteen kilometres remaining.

Liquigas was doing most of the riding in order to set things up for Bennati. Chavanel wanted something other than a bunch gallop and went again three kilometres from the line. He was hauled back a kilometre later and, in the ensuing sprint, Boonen overpowered Bennati as well as the other fastmen in the race.

Valverde finished 29th in the gallop for the line, thus enabling Bennati to take over the maillot oro. The race continues tomorrow with a 170.3 kilometre race from Córdoba to Puertollano.

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                    4.25.24 (38.12km/h)
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                        
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          
4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                   
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
9 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
11 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        
13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                       
14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                          
15 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            
16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                          
17 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
18 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                
19 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
20 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              
21 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        
22 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
23 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                           
24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                             
25 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   
26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
27 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
28 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         
29 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
31 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  
32 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
33 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                
34 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          
35 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                       
36 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
37 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            
38 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                       
39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                              
40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
42 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                         
43 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
44 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
45 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           
46 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
47 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                 
48 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                       
49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                         
50 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
51 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
52 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
53 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
54 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
55 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                             
56 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
58 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
59 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
60 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                  
61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
62 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                 
63 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
64 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
65 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
66 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     
67 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        
68 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
70 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
71 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
72 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
73 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
75 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                        
77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
78 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
79 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
80 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    
81 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
82 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
83 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          
84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                         
85 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                  
87 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                    
88 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                     
89 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                          
90 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                           
91 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                    
92 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
93 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank              
94 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
95 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              
96 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                          
97 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
100 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
101 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                      
102 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                  0.27
103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.46
104 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   0.47
105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                     
106 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                       
107 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               1.17
108 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                   2.34
109 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems    5.53
110 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
111 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
112 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
113 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            7.25
115 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
116 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
117 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
118 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   9.30
119 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
120 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
121 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
122 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
123 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
124 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
125 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                       
126 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
127 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
128 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
129 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
130 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                     
131 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                          
132 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
133 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                     
134 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                      
135 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                      
136 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                               11.37
137 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
138 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
139 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
140 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                                  
141 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 
142 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
143 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                    
144 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                     
145 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     
146 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
147 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                     
148 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
149 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                     
150 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                
151 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                       
152 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
153 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                      
154 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                         
155 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
156 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur             
157 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
158 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
159 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
160 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                   
161 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                       
162 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                          
163 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         
164 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            
165 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems               
166 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                               
167 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
168 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 14.43
169 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                               
170 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 

Sprints

Sprint 1 - Espejo, 88.2km

1 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               4 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                              2
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                             1
 
Sprint 2 - Córdoba, 123.1km

1 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               4 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                              2
3 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                              1
 
Sprint 3 - Córdoba, 168.6km

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                25 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                             20
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                               16
4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        14
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                        12
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    10
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      9
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     8
9 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                          7
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       6
11 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         5
12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom              4
13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                             3
14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                2
15 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  1
16 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                             -5
17 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                            -5
 
Mountains

Alto de San Jerónimo, 142 (3rd category)

1 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               6 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                              4
3 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               2
4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          1
 
Teams

1 Credit Agricole                                               13.16.12
2 AG2R - La Mondiale                                                    
3 Rabobank                                                              
4 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                     
5 Silence - Lotto                                                       
6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                      
7 Bouygues Telecom                                                      
8 Gerolsteiner                                                          
9 Quick Step                                                            
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  
11 Caisse D'Epargne                                                     
12 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                 
13 Française Des Jeux                                                   
14 Astana                                                               
15 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                  
16 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                               
17 Lampre                                                               
18 Liquigas                                                         0.46
19 Team Milram                                                      9.30

General classification after stage three

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                 8.56.27
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                0.07
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       0.10
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.20
5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                0.22
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                0.26
7 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      0.27
9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                           
10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.28
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.29
13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
15 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
16 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
17 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                       0.30
18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                       
19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                  
20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   0.31
21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
22 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
24 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
25 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank              
26 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        0.32
27 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
28 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
29 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              
30 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                      0.33
31 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                         
32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
34 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                     
35 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          
36 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                    
37 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                            0.34
38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                         
39 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                 
40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          
41 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                          
42 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.38
43 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                   
44 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                    0.39
46 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                          
47 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                           
48 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           0.40
49 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
50 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                             
51 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                  
52 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
53 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                              
55 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
56 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
57 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
58 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
60 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    
61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
62 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                    
63 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        0.41
64 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                
65 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        
66 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         
67 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           
68 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     
69 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                              0.43
70 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
73 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                   0.44
74 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        
75 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
76 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        0.47
77 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
78 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
79 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                    0.48
80 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
81 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      0.50
82 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                             0.51
83 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      0.55
84 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              0.57
85 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               1.01
86 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                     1.04
87 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   1.06
88 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         1.08
89 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1.15
90 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                         1.18
91 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     1.20
92 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.25
94 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.28
95 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    1.30
96 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              1.36
97 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                          1.41
98 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur          1.42
99 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
100 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              1.49
101 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                   2.39
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 2.48
103 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            3.02
104 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             3.18
105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               3.20
106 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                  6.21
107 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems    6.25
108 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                       6.40
109 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        7.16
110 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
111 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    7.53
112 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            8.03
113 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             9.35
114 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      10.01
115 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur             10.03
116 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                       10.12
117 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            10.18
118 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                10.46
119 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                  10.47
120 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             11.03
121 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        11.14
122 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                11.33
123 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                 11.34
124 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    11.58
125 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      12.06
126 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems          12.09
127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                            12.10
128 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               12.30
129 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                     12.55
130 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              13.09
131 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                 13.11
132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                     13.13
133 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         14.03
134 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
135 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                 14.28
136 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                14.33
137 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                           14.50
138 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                               14.54
139 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                       14.58
140 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        15.03
141 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                     15.06
142 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                  15.21
143 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                  15.22
144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              15.27
145 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           15.33
146 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               16.04
147 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                16.10
148 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                         
149 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                        16.13
150 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                              16.32
151 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       17.04
152 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     18.08
153 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  18.44
154 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               18.48
155 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                 19.53
156 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                  20.01
157 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    20.13
158 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                          20.21
159 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       20.26
160 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur             20.36
161 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur             
162 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  21.06
163 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                               21.13
164 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                             22.10
165 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                22.25
166 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                23.04
167 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           23.24
168 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 25.16
169 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            25.26
170 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          25.40

Points classification

1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne         25 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                25
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                               25
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                             24
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    24
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                         20
7 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                             19
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                        17
9 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        14
10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                            12
11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    12
12 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                  10
13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom             10
14 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              8
15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                             8
16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    8
17 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                         7
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  7
19 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       6
20 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         5
21 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         4
22 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                4
23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       4
24 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                2
25 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                           2
26 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               2
27 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              2
28 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi      1
29 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  1
30 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        1
31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            1
32 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems              1
 
Mountains classification

1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               8 pts
2 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               6
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                              4
4 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        4
5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          2
6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems               2
 
Combinada classification

1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         31 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                             36
3 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur             111

Teams classification

1 Caisse D'Epargne                                              26.33.46
2 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               0.01
3 Quick Step                                                        0.03
4 Team 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 AG2R - La Mondiale                                               0.13
11 Silence - Lotto                                                      
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 Liquigas                                                         2.22
19 Team Milram                                                     10.50     

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