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63rd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

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Stage 6 - September 4: Ciudad Real - Toledo, 150.1km

Bettini is back as Chavanel storms into golden jersey

By Bjorn Haake

Paolo Bettini won the stage with a classy sprint
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Paolo Bettini won the last stage before the first rest day on a finale that suited the punchy Italian perfectly. Sylvain Chavanel used two intermediate sprints and his entire Cofidis team to reverse his two-second deficit in the overall against Levi Leipheimer. Chavanel gained a total of 12 seconds and now leads Leipheimer by 10 seconds.

A hill just five kilometres from the finish splintered the peloton. While some fast men, notably Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto), were still around, they were voided of their strengths in the hilly run-in. Bettini on the other hand, who likes these kinds of finishes, showed he is in great form ahead of the Worlds in Varese, Italy.

Bettini really wanted that win. "It was not an easy finish line, but I've had this date marked on my calendar since the start in Granada. Winning in a beautiful city like Toledo is something special."

Bettini was full of praise about his entire team. "The director explained the final part of the race very well. The team did a great job sacrificing itself for me and keeping the group in single file during the last uphill tract." The final blow was up to Bettini to deliver. "I saw Gilbert take off in the last metres and I knew it was time to make my move."

Chavanel never would have thought before the race that he would be in such a position. "I didn't come here to think about leading the race. In fact, I came here hoping to win a stage. This is a surprise and also an honour to me." Chavanel showed he knew his history lessons, too. "The last French rider to lead the Vuelta was Laurent Jalabert. That sums up the honour it is for me to don the golden jersey."

Several of Crédit Agricole's riders attempted
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With the high mountains now waiting, Chavanel is expected to lose the jersey quickly, even though he won't give it up without a fight. "In Andorra I will try to defend the jersey all the way to the end, but people need to understand that it is very difficult."

The Vuelta, which is less known for its crowds than the Tour de France, impressed Chavanel. "What I really liked here in Toledo was the amount of spectators. There were as many as in the Tour." Chavanel revealed that he has Spanish roots in his family tree, which is why he identifies very much with Spanish cycling.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) once again showed his versatility and sprinted to third place, receiving eight seconds in time bonuses. He continues to occupy third place in the overall, now only 26 seconds back. Valverde wasn't 100% satisfied with his day, though. "I tried to go for the stage win and the team prepared the sprint very well for me but Gilbert at first and then Bettini attacked just before the curve on the left. I lost some metres there. When I saw the finishing line I attacked also and came back but it was already too late."

All eyes were on the Quick Step and Astana teams
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Valverde did realise he gained some time on his rivals, notably on Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer. The Astana duo lost six seconds in the mad run-in to the finish. But Valverde played down the significance of the gap. "The bunch broke in different parts in the final and I gained some seconds to the favourites but those seconds will not be important in the next stages, even if it is of course always better to gain some time than lose some."

Considering the circumstances, Valverde could be happy that he even finished. A crash brought him down, but he was able to continue the race. "I was afraid just before the feeding zone because many riders crashed just in front of me. I had the reflex to brake to avoid them but the riders behind me could not. As a result, I broke my bike, I hurt my calf and my ankle hit the ground. I hope the crash will have no consequence."

Another rider coming down today was Quick Step's Tom Boonen. "I was just riding along when someone fell in front of me. A lot of us wound up in a heap on the ground. I've got some pretty good scrapes on my left leg and mostly on my back. This is what's causing me the most pain. Fortunately tomorrow is a day of rest. I hope to recover well".

Breaking away

The peloton had no time to enjoy
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The race started 20 minutes earlier to make sure the riders would make their 18:45 AVE high-speed train towards the Pyrenees. Three riders, Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Ivan Mayoz (Xacobeo Galicia) and Volodymyr Diudia (Team Milram), were in even a bigger hurry, as they took after only seven kilometres.

The trio built up a maximum lead of 3'30, but it was especially Cofidis that was not interested in letting the golden opportunity slip away. The break succeeded to stay ahead over the Paso por Majarliza. Well, not the entire break, as Diudia had to let go on the uphill. The mountain points were won by Mayoz, ahead of Ignatiev. Ignatiev's team-mate Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales received two points in third place and mountain leader Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucía - Cajasur) went all out to add one more point to his tally.

Timely before the first sprint of the day in Sonseca, Cofidis had brought it all back together. The French team hit the front to deliver Chavanel to the line and also occupy the second and third spots. That left Leipheimer, who frankly wasn't trying to keep the jersey, pointless. On the road, Chavanel was in the virtual leader's jersey by four seconds.

Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas)
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Mayoz sort of knew about his fate, but had no regrets. "I tried, but I knew for Cofidis it was a great opportunity to get the golden jersey and they needed to neutralise the breaks before the first two sprints." In the end he struggled in four minutes back. "I had a flat some 15 kilometres from the finish and I wasn't able to get back to the peloton."

He increased the lead to 10 seconds with a similar move in Cobisa, less than 20 kilometres from the line. In the end, there were a flurry of attacks on the small climb of the cerro de Los Palos, just five kilometres from the finish.

Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole), David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia), Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) ­ the list of names who tried to get away was long. But neither managed to get a gap and in the end it was the punchy riders to fight it out.

With Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) two sprinters made it into the final 14-man group, but both were too cooked from the effort to produce a decent sprint.

Stage 7 - September 6: Barbastro - Andorra, 233.2km

The Vuelta takes a rest day on Spetember 5, including a not-so-restful 500km transfer.

After one day of rest, the queen of stages awaits the riders. At 233.2 kilometres it is not only the longest, but with one category three, one category two, one category one and the hors-category finish in Andorra it is also one of the toughest stages in this year's race.

The category two Port de Monllobat will be tackled after 60 kilometres and the Collado de Faidella about halfway through. But it isn't until the bunch heads from Spain into the Andorra, after 176 kilometres, when it will start to get interesting. The road climbs to 910 metres at Sant Juliá de Loira. Then the road continues vertically towards the cat one Alto de la Rabassa. It tops out at 1860 metres.

From the summit it is 30 more kilometres to the finish. 14 of those are downhill. Then the final 17.1 kilometres towards the finish are uphill. The line is at the Alto de Naturlandia ­ La Rabassa, at 2050 metres of altitude.

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Results

1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                       3.19.28 (45.150 km/h)
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                           
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                              
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                          
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                    
10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
11 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                             
12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                             
14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                  0.06
16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                            
17 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  
18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                
19 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                               
21 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
22 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                  
23 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               
24 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                              
27 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                       
28 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                
30 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                        
32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            
33 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
34 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
35 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
36 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             
37 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                
38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
39 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 
40 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
41 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                 
42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
43 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                          
44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
45 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                        
46 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              
47 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                         0.14
48 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
50 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             
52 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
53 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                              
54 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
55 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                       
56 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              
57 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
59 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                           
60 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                      
61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                       
62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            
63 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                    
64 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                   
65 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
66 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
68 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
69 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                        
70 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                0.20
71 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                
72 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    0.24
73 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
74 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
75 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                               
76 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
77 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                            
78 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                              
79 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   
80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                 
81 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
82 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        0.27
83 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   
84 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           
85 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   0.32
86 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
87 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                            
88 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                
89 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
90 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                 
91 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                   0.39
92 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                            
93 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
94 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                   0.44
95 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          1.02
96 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                1.06
97 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     1.25
98 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
99 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
100 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
101 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       
102 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                             
103 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
104 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems              
105 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            
106 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
107 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
108 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              1.51
109 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                      2.15
110 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               2.42
111 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               3.06
112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
113 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                             
114 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
115 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                                
116 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
117 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           3.08
118 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                         
119 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  3.14
120 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 4.00
121 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
122 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                          
123 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                
124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                        
125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
126 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       
128 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             
129 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                             
130 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
131 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                            
132 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
133 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                         
134 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
135 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    
136 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                                        
137 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
138 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                          
139 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                           
140 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
141 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                            
142 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
143 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
144 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
145 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                       4.06
146 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                            
147 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                            
148 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      4.07
149 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
150 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
151 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
152 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                               
153 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                               
154 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                
155 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
156 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                           5.44
157 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  
158 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                       5.45
159 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                               5.54
160 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           6.00
161 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                         6.08
162 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                6.18
163 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
164 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                6.26
165 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         8.13
166 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             
167 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                   8.59
 
Points
 
Sonseca - km 115.7                                                            
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   4 pts
2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     2
3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        1
 
Cobisa - km 132.8
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   4 pts
2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     2
3 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   1
 
Toledo - km 150.1
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                            25 pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                 20
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        16
4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                         14
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                            12
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        10
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    9
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    8
9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                   7
10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 6
11 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                            5
12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             4
13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                            3
14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            2
15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                     1
16 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                -10
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                           -5
18 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 -5
19 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                         -5
20 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   -5
21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                      -5
22 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      -5
23 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  -5
 
Mountains
 
1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                           6 pts
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              4
3 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems               2
4 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              1
 
Teams
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     9.58.30
2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                        
3 Rabobank                                                                0.06
4 Lampre                                                                      
5 Credit Agricole                                                             
6 Astana                                                                  0.12
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                         
8 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                           
9 Gerolsteiner                                                            0.14
10 Quick Step                                                                 
11 AG2R La Mondiale                                                       0.20
12 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                     
13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                           
14 Liquigas                                                               0.21
15 Silence-Lotto                                                          0.22
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                           
17 Française Des Jeux                                                     0.24
18 Team Milram                                                            0.28
19 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                    1.26
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            17.35.35
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                            0.10
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      0.26
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                   0.57
5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         1.37
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                          1.42
7 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            1.44
8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             2.01
9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   2.06
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         2.20
11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2.27
12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         2.29
13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                         2.30
14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           2.35
15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         2.37
16 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        2.39
17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                          2.40
18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     2.43
20 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              
21 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             2.53
22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2.54
23 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              2.58
24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                               3.01
25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           3.02
26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                3.04
27 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
28 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             3.06
29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
30 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              3.17
31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                    3.21
32 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                    3.26
33 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     3.37
34 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                   3.52
35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       3.55
36 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                4.01
37 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                4.02
38 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               4.13
39 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                       4.18
40 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                               4.21
41 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                4.39
42 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                            4.43
43 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                         4.49
44 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           4.53
45 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         4.55
46 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
47 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          5.01
48 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                   5.07
49 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         5.08
50 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   5.10
51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            5.14
52 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            5.20
53 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  5.22
54 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            5.27
55 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                  5.33
56 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      5.54
57 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        5.56
58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   5.59
59 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   6.00
60 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                6.02
61 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            6.04
62 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    6.11
63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               6.32
64 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           6.37
65 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     6.51
66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  7.00
67 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             7.09
68 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    7.14
69 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           7.21
70 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                     7.44
71 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          7.49
72 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              7.53
73 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            8.02
74 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                            8.03
75 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                            8.06
76 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                          8.21
77 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
78 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                8.24
79 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         8.45
80 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    8.49
81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        8.52
82 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                      8.55
83 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     8.57
84 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               9.14
85 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              
86 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                             9.20
87 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                9.28
88 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  9.43
89 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               9.45
90 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 9.51
91 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   10.06
92 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                               10.20
93 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                10.36
94 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                10.37
95 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          11.12
96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 12.02
97 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  12.23
98 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                           12.26
99 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      12.28
100 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             12.36
101 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              12.43
102 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        12.54
103 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    13.08
104 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    13.14
105 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  13.16
106 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          13.22
107 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   13.24
108 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            13.42
109 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 14.31
110 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                       14.34
111 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems         14.49
112 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            14.54
113 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           14.59
114 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                      15.17
115 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   15.25
116 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      15.26
117 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    15.46
118 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                              16.04
119 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                           16.53
120 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       17.06
121 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      18.02
122 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            18.26
123 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                        18.28
124 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  
125 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              18.30
126 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                           19.05
127 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   19.28
128 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  19.34
129 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 20.11
130 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                    20.24
131 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              22.18
132 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              22.37
133 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  22.41
134 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                            
135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    22.46
136 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     23.07
137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     23.10
138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                24.17
139 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             24.46
140 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                 25.13
141 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                     26.30
142 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             26.32
143 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                           
144 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                        26.46
145 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                       26.52
146 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             27.14
147 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           27.19
148 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           28.10
149 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               28.28
150 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   28.46
151 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        28.59
152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                29.10
153 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                                   29.31
154 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                       30.04
155 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                     30.20
156 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                          30.51
157 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 31.24
158 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     31.26
159 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                      31.30
160 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              32.07
161 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          32.14
162 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        33.00
163 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                        33.11
164 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                        34.50
165 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       36.14
166 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                      37.14
167 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  47.27
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                            63 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        54
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                               48
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   42
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              37
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  34
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                            33
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        30
9 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       30
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                27
11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                             25
12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                           25
13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                      24
14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  17
15 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                          17
16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                    16
17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   16
18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            14
19 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                        14
20 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                           14
21 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                11
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                           10
23 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             10
24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                 10
25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      9
26 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               9
27 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                          9
28 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                             8
29 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          8
30 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                            8
31 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                           8
32 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     7
33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  7
34 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                        7
35 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      6
36 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         6
37 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        5
38 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        4
39 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                               4
40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               4
41 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                     4
42 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  3
43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                               2
44 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            2
45 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                 2
46 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              2
47 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                2
48 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                             2
49 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           1
50 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 1
51 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1
52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1
53 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       1
54 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                             17 pts
2 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              7
3 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems               7
4 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                           6
5 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           6
6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              6
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                             4
8 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       4
9 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    4
10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        2
11 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    2
 
Combination classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                            57 pts
2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        81
3 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                            115
4 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         192
5 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                            200
6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            222
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                              52.32.35
2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                    0.42
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                        2.23
4 Gerolsteiner                                                            3.00
5 Silence-Lotto                                                           3.25
6 Quick Step                                                              3.40
7 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                  3.55
8 Rabobank                                                                4.08
9 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                        4.41
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    4.58
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                       5.12
12 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                      5.35
13 Française Des Jeux                                                     5.45
14 Lampre                                                                 5.56
15 Liquigas                                                               6.03
16 AG2R La Mondiale                                                       6.15
17 Credit Agricole                                                        7.35
18 Team Milram                                                           13.12
19 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                   14.37

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