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49th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 6-11, 2009
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Stage 4 - April 9: Eibar - Güeñes, 161km
Albasini wins after long breakaway
By Monika Prell in Güeñes
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Michael Albasini from Team Columbia-Highroad has won the fourth stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco, covering 161 kilometres from Eibar to Güeñes. The 28-year-old Swiss rider out-sprinted his two breakaway companions, the Belgian Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Silence-Lotto) and American Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream). Alberto Contador (Astana) finished in the peloton 1:25 later and remains the leader of the race.
"I am very content with my performance," said Albasini after the finish. "Everybody knew that today someone would win from a breakaway group and I had the luck to enter the right one. I knew that I could win a possible sprint as I am faster than my breakaway companions. The team has fulfilled its objectives, now we just want to try to win the time trial on Saturday with Michael Rogers.
"I love this race, the Basque fans are the best ones, they always cheer you," continued Albasini. "Yesterday I reached the finish 20 minutes after the winner but the fans still applauded."
How it unfolded
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On a splendid, sunny day with temperatures approaching 29 degrees Celsius, the remaining 153 riders started stage four in Eibar. Just after the start, Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) and Björn Schröder (Team Milram) attacked, but were brought back by the peloton one kilometre later.
The third category Alto de Areitio, the first mountain of the day, was reached first by the Estonian Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), ahead of the Spaniards David de la Fuente (Fuji-Servetto) and the leader of the mountain classification, Euskaltel - Euskadi's Aitor Hernández.
The breakaway group of the day was formed at kilometer six of the stage. It consisted of Albasini, Van Den Broeck, Vande Velde, Philip Deignan (Cervélo TestTeam), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale) and Ricardo Serrano (Fuji-Servetto).
At the summit of the first category Alto de Urkiola, after 29 kilometres of racing, the advantage of the break was at 58 seconds ahead of Euskaltel - Euskadi's Samuel Sánchez and Rein Taaramae, who passed the summit 30 seconds ahead of the peloton.
The mountain classification of the Alto de Urkiola was won by Vande Velde ahead of Van Den Broeck, Albasini and Deignan. Serrano and Arrieta were dropped from the break and absorbed by the peloton during the climb.
On the descent of the Urkiola, two chase groups were formed, but soon they joined each other. Dario de Cataldo (Quick Step) was able to escape and tried to reach the quartet in front.
At kilometer 37, on the descent, Astana riders Daniel Navarro and Chris Horner crashed. Navarro was able to continue riding but Horner was brought to the hospital in Galdakao with a possible fracture of the scapula.
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The favourites were not willing to attack or to chase the four-man break down, as none of the escapees were threats on general classification. As a result, at the third mountain of the day, the second category Alto de Bikoitz Gaine, the break's advantage ballooned to 7:10 over the peloton.
At the Alto de Garate, after 87.5 kilometers of racing, the quartet in front reached its largest advantage. Deignan, Vande Velde and Van Den Broeck crossed the summit 3:00 ahead of Cataldo and 7:31 in front of the peloton. At this time, Astana began to work in order to reduce the gap.
Deignan crossed the next two categorized climbs first, the third category Alto de San Cosme and third category Alto de Humarán, in addition to winning the three intermediate sprints in Sopuerta, Zalla and Sodupe.
The final mountain of the day, the third category Alto de Beci, was won by Van den Broeck ahead of Albasini and Vande Velde. Deignan was dropped from the break on the climb to the Alto de Beci summit, leaving the remaining trio to fight for a stage victory in Güeñes.
Tomorrow's fifth stage from Güeñes to Zalla covers 169 kilometers and seven mountains, one of the first, two of the second and four of the third category. It is likely another break of riders not an overall threat will succeed, as the favourites will wait for the time trial on Saturday.
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- Michael Albasini (Columbia-Highroad) took the stage win from the three-man breakaway.
- Jose Luis Rubiera leads Alberto Contador.
- Jakob Fuglsang is Saxo Bank's young prodigy.
- Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) has a laugh with his mates before the start.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) greets his girlfriend at the start.
- Chris Sörensen (Saxo Bank)
- Jurgen Van Den Broeck and Christian Vande Velde were part of the three man break which stayed clear to the finish.
- Aitor Hernandez (Euskaltel Euskadi) in the mountains jersey.
- Michael Albasini took over the sprint jersey.
- David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Alberto Contador (Astana) on the podium for the second day.
- Antonio Colom (Katusha) looking cool at the start.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) signs autographs at the start.
- Tomas Dekker (Silence Lotto) sitting in on stage four.
- Canadian Champ Christian Meier (Garmin-Slipstream)
- Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) sporting some bandages.
- Samuel Sanchez was presented with a special award for his gold medal in the Olympics.
- Fabian Wegmann (Milram) still sporting some road rash.
- Ben Swift (Katusha) takes the sprint for fourth.
- Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) still leads the points classification.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) is still honing his form for the Giro d'Italia.
- Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank)
- Linus Gerdemann (Milram) signs autographs at the start.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) serious before the start.
Results
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.59.42 (40.3 km/h) 2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1.25 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 7 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 9 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 12 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 13 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 14 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 17 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 20 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 23 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 24 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis 25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 26 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 27 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 29 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 31 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 32 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 33 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 36 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 37 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 40 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 41 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 42 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 43 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 44 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 47 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 48 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 49 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 50 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 51 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 52 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 53 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 54 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 57 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 58 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 59 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 60 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 61 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 62 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 63 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 65 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 66 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 67 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 68 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 69 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 70 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 71 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 73 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 74 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 75 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 78 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 79 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 80 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 81 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 83 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 85 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 88 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 89 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 91 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 92 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 93 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 94 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 96 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 98 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 99 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 100 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 101 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 103 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 104 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 105 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 106 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 107 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 108 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 109 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 110 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 111 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank 112 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 114 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 115 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 116 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 117 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 118 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 119 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 120 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 121 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 122 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 123 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1.53 125 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 126 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 127 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 128 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 129 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 1.56 130 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 131 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 132 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 133 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 134 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 135 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 136 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 2.10 137 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.35 138 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 3.09 139 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 7.01 Points 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 pts 2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 14 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 12 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 10 7 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 8 9 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7 10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 11 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 12 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 4 13 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3 14 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2 15 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Sprints Sopuerta (km. 121) 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 pts 2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2 3 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Zalla (km. 133.5) 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 pts 2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Sodpue (km. 156.2) 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 pts 2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2 3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Mountains Alto de Areitio (Cat. 3) km. 4.8 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 3 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Urkiola (Cat. 1) km. 29 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 10 pts 2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 4 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 4 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 1 Alto de Bikoitzgaine (Cat. 2) km. 65 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6 pts 2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 4 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Alto de Garate (Cat. 3) km. 87.5 1 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 3 pts 2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2 3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Alto de San Cosme (Cat. 3) km. 102.4 1 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Alto de Humaran (Cat. 3) km. 111.6 1 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Alto de Beci (Cat. 3) km. 128 1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Teams 1 Silence-Lotto 12.01.56 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 3 Garmin - Slipstream 4 Team Milram 1.25 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Lampre - N.G.C 7 Team Saxo Bank 8 Liquigas 9 Fuji-Servetto 10 Rabobank 11 Team Katusha 12 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 13 Quick Step 14 Française Des Jeux 15 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 16 Astana 17 Contentpolis - AMPO 18 AG2R La Mondiale 19 Cervelo TestTeam 20 Caisse d'Epargne General classification after stage 4 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 16.00.16 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.08 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.27 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.32 7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.35 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.54 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 1.11 13 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 16 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 18 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.34 19 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.36 20 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 1.51 21 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.53 22 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 1.55 24 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.07 25 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.21 26 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 2.38 27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 2.57 28 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.09 29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.22 30 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 31 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.31 32 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.37 33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 3.58 34 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 4.20 37 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.27 38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 39 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4.30 40 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.05 41 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 42 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 43 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank 44 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.14 45 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5.25 46 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6.10 47 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 7.31 48 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9.26 49 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.58 50 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 10.18 51 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 10.52 52 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 11.01 53 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 11.03 54 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.37 55 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11.48 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 59 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11.52 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 12.33 61 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 12.37 62 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 12.41 63 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 14.17 64 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 14.18 65 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 66 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 15.29 67 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15.36 68 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 70 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 72 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 15.38 73 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16.48 74 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 17.28 75 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 17.31 76 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 18.11 77 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 18.14 78 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 18.56 79 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 19.20 80 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 19.25 81 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 19.45 82 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 19.55 83 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 20.01 84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 20.02 85 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 86 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 20.55 87 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 21.15 88 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 21.26 89 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 21.30 90 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 21.34 91 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 22.22 92 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 22.44 93 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 94 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 95 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 96 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 23.12 97 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23.15 98 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 24.06 99 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 24.10 100 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 101 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.14 104 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 105 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.24 107 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 25.34 108 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 25.46 109 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 26.32 110 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 27.10 111 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 112 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis 113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 114 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 27.31 115 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 27.58 116 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 28.14 117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 28.36 118 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 28.40 119 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 120 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 121 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 122 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 123 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 124 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 29.20 125 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 29.40 126 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 127 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 29.44 128 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 30.11 129 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 30.17 130 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 30.32 131 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 30.37 132 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30.43 133 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 31.12 134 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 32.41 135 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 33.15 136 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 33.22 137 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 34.16 138 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 35.15 139 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 40.13 Points classification 1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 39 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 30 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 28 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 26 7 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 23 9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 10 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 20 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 20 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 20 13 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 19 14 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16 15 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 16 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 16 17 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15 18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 19 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 20 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 12 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 9 25 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 26 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 9 27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 8 28 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 7 29 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 7 30 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 32 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 4 33 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3 34 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3 35 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2 36 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1 37 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 pts 2 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 9 3 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6 4 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5 7 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5 8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4 9 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 4 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 11 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 12 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 13 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 2 14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2 15 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 16 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 1 17 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 18 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 pts 2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 31 3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 24 4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 21 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 16 6 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 15 7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 14 8 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 14 9 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 12 11 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 12 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 11 13 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 9 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 16 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 17 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 6 18 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 19 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 5 20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 5 21 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 5 22 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 4 23 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 24 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4 25 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 26 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 3 27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 28 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 29 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1 31 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 32 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 33 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 48.03.28 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.46 3 Liquigas 0.59 4 Team Saxo Bank 2.02 5 Silence-Lotto 3.17 6 Team Columbia - Highroad 5.24 7 Quick Step 5.58 8 Rabobank 6.30 9 Astana 7.57 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 Garmin - Slipstream 40.12 20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 40.18
