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49th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 6-11, 2009
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Stage 3 - April 8: Villatuerta - Eibar, 172.5km
Contador storms to stage, overall lead
By Monika Prell in Eibar
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On the queen stage of the Basque Tour, Astana's Alberto Contador displayed the brilliance which propelled him to three Grand Tours in his young career. After his teammate Chris Horner shredded the field with a vicious pace at the base of the climb, Contador flew away from the lead group on the difficult ascent to Eibar.
"For me it is an honor to win here in Arrate," said Contador. "Arrate is famous in cycling. Here only strong riders can win. I wanted to take as many seconds as possible to have some advantage for the final time trial on Saturday."
Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) put in a brave attempt to bridge to Contador, but was eventually defeated and picked up by Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Contador's former teammate Antonio Colom (Katusha). The trio was within a dozen seconds of Contador but could not close down the gap.
Despite the pre-race hype about the stage, which incorporated the difficult climbs of the now-defunct Euskal Bizikleta, Contador still has just nine seconds over Evans, Sanchez and Colom. "The differences are minimal, but every second counts. The race is still very open," said Contador. "My teammates worked so hard today, I did not want to disappoint them. Be sure that I will try to win the overall classification. This is my last race before a mid-season break. I still want to show some nice things this week."
The morning's leader Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne), winner of Paris-Nice at Contador's expense, had been tied on time with Contador but conceded the leader's jersey thanks to the Astana rider's solo escape. He lost 36 seconds and fell to seventh overall.
Contador was not counting his long-time friend out, however. "I think that Luis León Sánchez is a very strong rider and 36 seconds are not a big advantage for me, as he is a strong time trialler."
The riders enjoyed relatively nice weather for the third stage, and as has been the case every day, attacks came from the gun. Spaniards Juan Manuel Gárate (Rabobank) and Javier Echarri (Contentpolis AMPO) put in the first dig, but were unsuccessful. Several more attempts to go clear were launched and failed, and it was not until kilometre 51 when a few riders were able to open a gap.
Pieter Weening (Rabobank) and Peter Velits (Milram) gained a small lead, but as Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Manuel Vázquez (Contentpolis AMPO), Johann Tschopp (BBox Bouygues Télécom), Craig Lewis (Columbia-Highroad), Gustav Erik Larsson (Team Saxo Bank), Hubert Dupont (AG2R) and Ricardo Serrano (Fuji-Servetto) joined the two leaders, the Astana team sprung into action and closed this move down as well.
Finally, 13km after the Alto de Azazeta, Iñigo Cuesta (Cervélo Test Team), Linus Gerdemann (Milram) and Tschopp along with his teammate Yukiya Arashivo, Alexandre Botcharov (Katusha), Javier Mejías (Fuji Servetto) and Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R) escaped and were allowed to reach a 3:23 advantage.
Astana recruited the Lampre team of Damiano Cunego and Euskaltel – Euskadi for Sanchez to keep the leaders under control.
At the summit of the Alto de Karabieta, the peloton passed 2:10 after the winner of the mountain prime, Cuesta. As the lead diminished, Tschopp attacked and only Nocentini was able to stay with him. Botcharov and Gerdemann were able to resist to the peloton that had chased down the rest of the breakaway group.
The peloton was one minute behind the leaders on the first trip up the Alto de Ixua. Botcharov and Gerdemann were caught by the bunch ahead of the Alto de San Miguel at kilometre 152.2, and Tschopp and Nocentini were brought back after the intermediate sprint in Elgoibar, setting up the fireworks for the final trip up the Alto de Ixua to the finish.
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Astana took control as the race hit the base of the climb, with Chris Horner setting a hard tempo that whittled down the lead group. Contador attacked together with Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel – Euskadi), Toni Colom (Katusha), Cunego and Evans. Contador left his companions behind, with only Evans staying close to holding the Spaniard's wheel.
Eventually, Evans was caught by Sánchez and Colom, while up ahead Contador took the mountain points with 3km to go, and then held on for the fast final kilometres to take the stage win. Evans out-sprinted the others for second nine seconds later.
Tomorrow's fourth stage from Eibar to Güeñes over 161 kilometers and seven mountains, one of the first, one of the second and five of the third category. Contador and Astana will have to pay attention to the rivals in order to keep the yellow jersey.
Photography
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- Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at the start.
- Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Jesús Hernández (Astana), r
- Juan José Cobo and Javier Mejías (Fuji-Servetto)
- Mauricio Ardila Cano (Rabobank)
- Alexandre Botcharov (Katusha)
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC)
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) leads home Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
- Alberto Contador (Astana) climbs to victory in stage three of the País Vasco.
- Daniel Moreno (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Morris Possoni (Columbia-Highroad)
- Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)
- Alberto Contador (Astana) takes the race lead after stage three of the País Vasco.
- New race leader Alberto Contador (Astana)
- Alberto Contador (Astana) on the podium in País Vasco stage three.
- Manuel Váquez (Contentpolis-Ampo)
Results
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 4.16.29 (40.35 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.09 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.28 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.36 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.55 9 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 13 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 14 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.12 16 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 18 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 20 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 23 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 24 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 26 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1.56 27 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 28 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 30 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.05 31 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2.17 32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.32 33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 34 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 2.58 36 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3.01 39 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.10 41 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 42 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.39 43 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank 44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 45 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 47 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 3.49 48 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.33 49 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 6.22 50 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 8.45 51 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 52 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 53 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 54 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 9.45 55 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.47 56 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 10.11 58 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 10.22 60 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 61 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 62 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 66 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 67 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 68 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 69 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 70 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 71 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 72 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 74 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 76 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 77 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 78 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 79 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11.51 80 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 13.26 81 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 13.32 82 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 83 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 84 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 14.18 85 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 16.16 86 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 17.30 87 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 88 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 89 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 90 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 92 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 93 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 94 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 97 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 98 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 99 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 100 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 101 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 102 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 103 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 105 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 106 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 107 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 108 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis 109 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 110 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 111 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.51 112 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 18.56 113 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 114 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 115 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 116 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 118 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 120 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 121 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 122 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 123 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 19.00 124 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 125 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 126 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 127 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 130 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 131 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 132 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 134 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 135 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 136 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 137 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 138 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 139 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 140 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 141 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 142 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 143 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 144 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 145 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 146 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 19.22 147 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 19.48 148 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 20.06 Points 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 25 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 20 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 14 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 12 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 8 9 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 7 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 6 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 4 13 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3 14 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Sprints Etxebarria (km. 147.2) 1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 3 pts 2 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 1 Elgoibar (km. 158.7) 1 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 3 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Eibar (km. 164.1) 1 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3 pts 2 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 2 3 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 Mountains Alto de Azazeta (Cat. 3) km. 56.2 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1 Alto de Karabieta (Cat. 2) km. 127 1 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 6 pts 2 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 2 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 1 Alto de Ixua (Cat. 1) km. 137.9 1 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10 pts 2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 8 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 6 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 4 5 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 2 6 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 Alto de San Miguel (Cat. 2) km. 152.2 1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 6 pts 2 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 2 4 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Ixua (Cat. 1) km. 169.5 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 10 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 4 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 12.52.10 2 Liquigas 0.19 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.34 4 Team Saxo Bank 1.20 5 Silence-Lotto 1.48 6 Team Columbia - Highroad 4.40 7 Rabobank 5.08 8 Quick Step 5.16 9 Astana 7.14 10 Fuji-Servetto 8.53 11 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 9.46 12 Team Katusha 9.50 13 Lampre - N.G.C 11.46 14 Contentpolis - AMPO 12.54 15 AG2R La Mondiale 18.38 16 Française Des Jeux 18.43 17 Team Milram 19.13 18 Cervelo TestTeam 21.02 19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 29.31 20 Garmin - Slipstream 35.31 General classification after stage 3 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 11.59.08 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.09 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.28 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.36 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.55 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.12 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 17 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 18 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.35 20 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.37 21 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 1.52 22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.54 23 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 1.56 25 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.08 26 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.22 27 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 2.39 28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 2.58 29 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.10 30 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.23 31 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 32 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.32 33 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.38 34 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 3.59 35 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 4.21 38 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.28 39 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 40 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4.31 41 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5.06 42 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 43 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank 44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 45 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.15 46 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5.26 47 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6.11 48 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 7.32 49 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9.27 50 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.59 51 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 10.12 52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 10.19 53 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 10.53 54 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 11.02 55 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 11.04 56 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.38 57 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11.49 58 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 61 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 62 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 12.38 63 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 12.42 64 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 13.18 65 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 13.50 66 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 14.19 67 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 68 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 14.59 69 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15.37 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 71 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 72 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 73 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 74 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 15.39 75 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16.49 76 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 17.29 77 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 18.12 78 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 79 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 18.15 80 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 18.57 81 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 82 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 19.21 83 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 19.26 84 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 19.46 85 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 20.03 86 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 87 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 20.56 88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 21.16 89 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 21.27 90 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 91 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 21.31 92 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 21.35 93 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 21.52 94 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 22.45 95 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 96 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 97 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 98 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 99 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.48 100 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 23.08 101 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 24.07 102 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 24.11 103 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 104 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 105 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.15 107 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 109 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 110 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 111 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.25 112 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 24.39 113 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 25.07 114 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 25.47 115 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 26.02 116 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 26.12 117 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 26.49 118 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 27.11 119 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 120 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 121 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis 122 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 27.32 123 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 28.15 124 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 28.37 125 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 28.41 126 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 127 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 128 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 129 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 130 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 131 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 28.50 132 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 29.21 133 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 29.41 134 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 135 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 136 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 29.45 137 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30.16 138 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 30.18 139 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 30.33 140 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 30.38 141 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 30.42 142 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 32.11 143 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 144 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 33.16 145 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 33.23 146 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 34.17 147 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 34.38 148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 34.45 Points classification 1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 3 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 31 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 28 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 26 6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 23 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 20 8 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 19 9 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 16 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 16 11 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 16 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 15 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 14 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 15 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 17 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 18 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 9 19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 9 22 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 8 23 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 8 24 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 7 25 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 7 26 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 28 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 6 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 30 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5 31 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 32 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 4 33 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 4 34 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3 35 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 36 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 37 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 2 38 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 2 39 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 40 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2 41 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 1 43 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 44 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Sprints classification 1 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 9 pts 2 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6 3 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 4 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 5 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5 6 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 4 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 8 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 9 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 10 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 2 11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2 12 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 13 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 14 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 1 16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 pts 2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 27 3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 24 4 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 15 5 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 14 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 12 7 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 12 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 11 9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 9 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 12 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 13 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 6 14 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 5 15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 5 16 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 5 17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 18 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 19 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4 20 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 4 21 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 22 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 3 23 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 24 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 25 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1 26 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 27 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 36.00.07 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.46 3 Liquigas 0.59 4 Team Saxo Bank 2.02 5 Silence-Lotto 4.42 6 Quick Step 5.58 7 Rabobank 6.30 8 Team Columbia - Highroad 6.49 9 Astana 7.56 10 Fuji-Servetto 11.42 11 Team Katusha 11.59 12 Lampre - N.G.C 14.40 13 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 14.47 14 AG2R La Mondiale 20.44 15 Contentpolis - AMPO 21.03 16 Team Milram 22.07 17 Française Des Jeux 25.25 18 Cervelo TestTeam 25.27 19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 40.18 20 Garmin - Slipstream 41.37
