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49th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 6-11, 2009
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Stage 1 - April 6: Ataun - Ataun, 142.5km
Luis León Sánchez first leader of the Vuelta al País Vasco
By Monika Prell in Ataun
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The Spaniard Luis León Sánchez from the team Caisse d'Epargne has won the first stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco. The 25-year-old won the sprint ahead of his compatriot Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and the Frenchman Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) in the 142.5 kilometre stage starting and finishing in Ataun.
"My teammates did great work for me and I am happy that I have been able to win," said a very happy Luis León Sánchez. "I knew that I could do well and I dedicate this win to my brother who died in 2005, who surely is looking at me from above. I would like to keep the yellow jersey, but the upcoming stages will be very difficult."
"Second place is good, my form is progressing very well," said the Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez. "There will be other stages for me. I am happy that my knee did not cause any problems during the race. I asked the doctor to give me some spray to keep it cool in order to avoid any inflammation.
"What a pity that on the Alto de Lazkaomendi the riders in front with me didn't work together, so that the ones behind our group were able to reach us. The favourites like Contador, Joaquím Rodríguez, Vincenzo Nibali, Toni Colom and Frank Schleck have been in front, showing their good form," continued the 31-year-old Sánchez.
How it unfolded
The sun was shining on the village of Ataun, home to only 1000 residents, and the inhabitants were happy to see their heroes at the start of the first stage of the 49th Vuelta al País Vasco. Most of all, they had come to support their local rider, Dionisio Galparsoro from the team Contentpolis-AMPO, whom they expected to win the stage.
However, at kilometer zero it was not Galparsoro who escaped, but two of his teammates: José Herrada and Gorka Izagirre, who were joined by Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Cofidis' Bingen Fernández.
The advantage of this quartet went up to 7:10 when they crossed the third category Alto de Urkillaga in the following order: Hernández ahead of Herrada and Fernández. At this moment, the Astana and Lampre teams began to work in the peloton in order to reduce the gap.
The Alto de Olaberria climb saw Hernández arrive first ahead of Herrada and Izagirre, when the quartet passed the summit of the third category climb after 29.6 kilometers of racing.
Aitor Hernández had a flat tyre at kilometer 42, but had no difficulty joining the breakaway group again. Six kilometers later, he won the mountain classification on the second category Alto de Deskarga ahead of Herrada and Fernández.
In the peloton Astana continued to work and reduced the advantage of the quartet in front to 3:30 on the second category Alto de Udana, where once more Hernández was able to cross the summit first, followed by Herrada and Fernández.
In exactly the same order, the break reached the next mountain classification, the third category Alto de Atagoiti.
The intermediate sprint in Ikaztegieta was won by Fernández ahead of Izagirre and Hernández, the next one in Amezketa by Izagirre, ahead of Fernández and Herández. Ten kilometers later, Fernández and Izagirre were caught by the peloton, while Hernández and Herrada were brought back two kilometres later.
The enthusiastic fans on the second category Alto de Abaltzisketa saw Aitor Hernández once again win the mountain classification, ahead of Juan José Cobo (Fuji-Servetto), Chris Horner (Astana) and Toni Colom (Katusha).
Euskaltel-Euskadi's Iñaki Isasi crossed the mountains classification line of the third category Alto de Gaintza first, followed by Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne) and once more Aitor Hernández.
In the closing moments of the race, the stars attacked. Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne), Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Alberto Contador (Astana) were the first to reach the final mountain classification of the day, on the Alto de Lazkaomendi. On the descent, Sánchez tried to distance himself from the lead group, but he was not able to escape.
As a result, the fans in Ataun saw a group of 21 riders in a sprint for first in which Luis León Sánchez emerged victorious.
Tomorrow's second stage, 164 kilometers from Ataun to Villatuerta, includes six classified climbs: a single first category climb, a single second category climb and four third category climbs.
Photography
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- Defending champion Alberto Contador (Astana) prior to taking off for stage 1.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) will ride in the Basque Country rather than in Gent-Wevelgem.
- Lampre on the podium
- Are Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Contador talking about Paris-Nice still?
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) sits on a golden saddle after his Olympic win.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam) is building towards the Tour de France.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) at post race duties
- Sánchez with the Basque hat on the podium.
- The break of the day
- Juan José Cobo (Fuji-Servetto) in the bunch on one of the climbs.
- Sánchez wins the sprint ahead of the other Sánchez (Olympic champ Samuel).
- Sánchez in yellow
Results
1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.28.43 (40.965 km/h) 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 6 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 11 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 14 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 17 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 20 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12 23 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 25 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 27 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 28 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.42 29 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 30 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 32 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 33 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 36 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 37 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 38 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 39 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 40 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 41 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1.27 43 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 45 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 46 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 47 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 50 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 52 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 54 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 55 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 57 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 58 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 60 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 61 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 62 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 63 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 65 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 66 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank 67 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 69 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 2.16 70 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 71 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 72 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 73 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 74 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.26 75 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 3.57 76 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 77 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 78 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 79 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 81 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 82 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 83 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 84 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 85 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 86 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 87 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 88 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 5.15 89 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 90 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 91 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 92 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 93 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 94 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 96 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 97 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 98 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 102 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 103 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 104 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 105 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 107 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 108 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 109 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 110 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 111 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 112 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 113 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 114 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 115 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 116 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 117 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 6.54 118 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9.41 119 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 120 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 121 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 122 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 124 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 125 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 126 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 127 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 128 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 129 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 130 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 131 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 132 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 133 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 134 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 135 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 136 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 138 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 139 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 140 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 141 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis 142 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10.42 143 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 144 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 145 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 10.45 146 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 147 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 148 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 149 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 150 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 151 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 152 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 153 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 154 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto DNF Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO DNF Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis DNF Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom Points 1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 16 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 12 6 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 7 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6 11 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 5 12 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 5 13 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 3 17 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 18 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 2 19 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Mountains Alto de Urkillaga. cat 3 - km 19 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 3 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1 Alto de Olaberria. cat 3 - km 29.6 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 3 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1 Alto de Deskarga. cat 3 - km 48 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 3 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1 Alto de Udana, cat 2 - km 75 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 4 3 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 2 4 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1 Alto de Atagoiti. cat 3 - km 81.2 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 3 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1 Alto de Abaltzisketa, cat 2 - km 121.6 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4 3 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 2 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 1 Alto de Gaintza. cat 3 - km 131.8 1 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Lazkaomendi, cat 2 - km 139 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 pts 2 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 1 Metas volantes - sprints Ikaztegieta - km 108.5 1 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 3 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Amezketa - km 118.5 1 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3 pts 2 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 2 3 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Zaldibia - km 133.5 1 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 pts 2 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 10.26.09 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12 3 Liquigas 0.40 4 Quick Step 0.42 5 Astana 6 Team Saxo Bank 7 Rabobank 1.22 8 AG2R La Mondiale 2.06 9 Team Katusha 2.09 10 Team Columbia - Highroad 11 Fuji-Servetto 2.49 12 Lampre - N.G.C 2.54 13 Silence-Lotto 14 Team Milram 15 Cervélo TestTeam 4.25 16 Garmin - Slipstream 6.06 17 Cofidis 18 Française des Jeux 6.42 19 Contentpolis - AMPO 8.09 20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 11.57 General classification after stage 1 1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.28.43 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 6 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 11 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 14 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 17 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 20 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12 23 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 25 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 27 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 28 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.42 29 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 30 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 32 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 33 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 36 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 37 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 38 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 39 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 40 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 41 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1.27 43 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 45 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 46 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 47 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 50 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 52 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 54 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 55 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 57 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 58 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 60 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 61 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 62 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 63 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 65 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 66 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank 67 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 69 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 2.16 70 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 71 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 72 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 73 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 74 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.26 75 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 3.57 76 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 77 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 78 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 79 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 81 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 82 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 83 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 84 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 85 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 86 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 87 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 88 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 5.15 89 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 90 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 91 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 92 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 93 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 94 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 96 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 97 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 98 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 102 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 103 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 104 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 105 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 107 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 108 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 109 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 110 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 111 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 112 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 113 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 114 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 115 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 116 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 117 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 6.54 118 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9.41 119 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 120 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 121 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 122 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 124 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 125 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 126 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 127 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 128 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 129 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 130 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 131 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 132 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 133 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 134 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 135 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 136 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 138 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 139 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 140 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 141 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis 142 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10.42 143 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 144 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 145 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 10.45 146 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 147 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 148 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 149 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 150 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 151 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 152 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 153 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 154 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto Points classification 1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 16 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 12 6 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 7 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6 11 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 5 12 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 5 13 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 3 17 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 18 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 2 19 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 pts 2 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 12 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 4 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 5 5 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 6 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4 7 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 9 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 2 10 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 11 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 1 13 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 1 Metas volantes/sprints classification 1 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 5 pts 2 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 5 3 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 4 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 5 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 10.26.09 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12 3 Liquigas 0.40 4 Quick Step 0.42 5 Astana 6 Team Saxo Bank 7 Rabobank 1.22 8 AG2R La Mondiale 2.06 9 Team Katusha 2.09 10 Team Columbia - Highroad 11 Fuji-Servetto 2.49 12 Lampre - N.G.C 2.54 13 Silence-Lotto 14 Team Milram 15 Cervélo TestTeam 4.25 16 Garmin - Slipstream 6.06 17 Cofidis 18 Française des Jeux 6.42 19 Contentpolis - AMPO 8.09 20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 11.57
