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49th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 6-11, 2009
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Stage 2 - April 7: Ataun - Villatuerta, 160km
Little rider achieves a big victory
By Monika Prell in Villatuerta
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Russian Yury Trofimov won the second stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco in a brilliant solo attack from the breakaway on the 160km journey from Ataun to Villatuerta. The BBox Bouygues Télécom rider powered away from his escape companion, Estonian Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) to take his first victory of the season. The reduced peloton came in 1:10 later, led by British rider Ben Swift (Team Katusha).
Spaniard Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) was able to hold on to his yellow leader's jersey with a fifth place finish on the day.
"I am happy that I was able to win this stage," said Trofimov after having celebrated his victory on the podium with champagne, kisses and flowers. "I wanted to win this stage, it fitted well with my abilities. Now I hope to win another stage, but I won't go for the general classification. I am not a big rider," said the Russian.
At the start in Ataun the riders were not very enthusiastic when they came out of the team busses: grey skies, rain and low temperatures did not raise the morale for most riders. But some were keen to stay warm with an early attack, and at 8.5 kilometers in American Timothy Duggan (Garmin-Slipstream) was accompanied by Johann Tschopp (BBox Bouygues Télécom) and the Cofidis riders Maxime Monfort and Rein Taaramae, but the quartet was quickly chased down by the peloton and another group tried its luck.
Twenty riders were able to crest the Alto de Lizarrusti (2nd category) with an advantage on the peloton. The leader of the mountain classification, Euskaltel-Euskadi's Aitor Hernández won the sprint at the top ahead of Tschopp, Taaramae and David Arroyo from the team Caisse d'Epargne.
In the descent, the peloton came back together until kilometer 25, when once more Taaramae and Trofimov escaped. Rabobank's Bauke Mollema and Manuel Vázquez from the team Contentpolis-AMPO joined the duo in front and together they reached a maximal advantage of 7:53.
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At kilometer 73.3 the advantage of the quartet in front had diminished to 6:50 seconds as they passed the Alto de Etxauri. Taaramae went across ahead of Vázquez and Trofimov. Twenty kilometers later, Taaramae repeated his feat atop the Alto de Guirguillano, and would in fact go on to win all the remaining classified climbs. The peloton wasn't particularly interested in the chase just yet.
The intermediate sprint at the first passage through the finishing area of Villatuerta was won by Vázquez ahead of Mollema and Trofimov. The peloton, led by Caisse d'Epargne and Quick Step passed by 5:10 in arrears. Soon after, Vázquez and Mollema were no longer able to stay with the Russian and the Estonian and sat up to get a rest before being picked up by the bunch.
At 14 kilometers to go, Trofimov decided to leave his mate Taaramae, and by the final intermediate sprint in Arizala, he had ten seconds on Taaramae. The peloton was still 3:20 behind and it became clear that the leaders would not be caught.
Taaramae made a strong effort to close to within five seconds of Trovimov, but the Russian poured on just enough effort to stay clear, and was able to relish in his victory over the last few hundred meters.
Ben Swift took the bunch sprint 1:10 later, and Luis León Sánchez stayed leader of the race.
Tomorrow's third stage from Villatuerta to the Eibar will be 172.5 kilometers with five difficult mountains, one of the third, two of the second and two of the first category with the final ascent to the Santuary of Arrate, known as final stage of the Euskal Bizikleta.
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- Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel - Euskadi) leads the mountains classification.
- Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel - Euskadi) backstage prior to receiving the jersey for best climber.
- The Astana team shares a joke prior to the second stage.
- Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) leads the break ahead of Yury Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Manuel Vázquez (Contentpolis-AMPO) and Bauke Mollema (Rabobank).
- The Caisse d'Epargne team heads the peloton on a climb.
- Caisse d'Epargne sets tempo in the peloton during a wet opening to stage two.
- Ben Swift (Team Katusha) wins the field sprint for third place, 1:10 down on stage winner Yury Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom).
- Luis León Sánchez Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) follows the wheel of teammate Francisco Pérez Sánchez, who looks like he's hit the pavement earlier in the stage.
- Miguel Indurain made an appearance at the Vuelta al País Vasco.
- Luis León Sánchez Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) remained in yellow after the second stage.
- Race leader Luis León Sánchez Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) uncorks some champagne on the podium.
- Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Contentpolis - AMPO) leads the sprint classification.
- Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) leads eventual stage winner Yury Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom) while the break makes its way up a climb.
- The peloton during stage two racing towards the finishing town of Villatuerta.
- Yury Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom) wins the second stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco.
- Yury Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom) celebrates his stage win with a bottle of bubbly.
- Yury Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom) crosses the finish in first place after outsprinting breakaway companion Rein Taaramae (Cofidis).
- Yury Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom) gets cleaned up backstage prior to making his podium appearance.
- Yury Trofimov (BBox Bouygues Telecom) salutes the crowd from the podium after winning stage two.
- Pieter Weening (Rabobank) rolls along in the peloton.
Results
1 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.12.46 (38.929 km/h) 2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 0.05 3 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1.10 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 9 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 13 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 15 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 17 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 19 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 21 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 23 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 27 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 28 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 29 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 30 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 32 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 33 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 35 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 36 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 40 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 41 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 42 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 43 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 45 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 47 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 48 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 49 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 50 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 51 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 53 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank 54 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 55 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 57 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis 60 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 61 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 62 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 64 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 65 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 66 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 68 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 69 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 71 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 72 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 73 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 74 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 75 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 76 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 77 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 78 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 79 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 80 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 81 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 82 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 83 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 84 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 85 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 86 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 87 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 88 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 89 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 91 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 92 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 93 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 94 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 95 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 96 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 97 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 98 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 99 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 100 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 101 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 103 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 104 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 105 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 106 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 107 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 108 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 109 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 110 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 111 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 112 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 113 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 114 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 115 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 116 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 117 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 118 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 120 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 121 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 122 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 1.50 124 Johann Tschopp (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 125 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.22 126 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 2.42 127 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2.56 128 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3.11 129 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 130 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 131 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.50 132 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 4.17 133 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.46 134 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 135 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5.45 136 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 137 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 138 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 139 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 140 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 141 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6.10 142 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 143 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 144 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 145 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 146 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 11.15 147 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.14 148 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale DNS Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream DNS Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto DNF Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux DNF Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale Points 1 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25 pts 2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 20 3 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 16 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 5 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 9 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 8 9 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 7 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 11 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 4 13 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 2 15 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1 Sprints Villatuerta (km. 119,3) 1 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3 pts 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 Ziriza (km. 133) 1 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3 pts 2 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 1 Arizala (km. 150) 1 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 2 3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Mountains Alto de Lizarrusti (Cat. 2) km. 12,5 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Johann Tschopp (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 2 4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de Lizarraga (Cat. 1) km. 34 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 10 pts 2 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 8 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 6 4 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 5 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 6 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Alto de Etxauri (Cat. 3) km. 73,3 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 3 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 Alto de Gurguillano (Cat. 3) km. 95,4 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1 Alto de Mañeru (Cat. 3) km. 105,2 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 1 Alto de Lezaun (Cat. 3) km. 137 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1 Teams 1 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 12.40.38 2 Cofidis 0.05 3 Team Milram 1.10 4 Team Columbia - Highroad 5 Lampre - N.G.C 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Team Saxo Bank 8 Quick Step 9 Liquigas 10 Fuji-Servetto 11 Rabobank 12 Caisse d'Epargne 13 Team Katusha 14 Astana 15 Garmin - Slipstream 16 Française des Jeux 17 Cervélo TestTeam 18 Contentpolis - AMPO 19 Silence-Lotto 20 AG2R La Mondiale General classification after stage 2 1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.42.39 2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 8 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 12 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 17 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 21 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12 23 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 0.40 25 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 27 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.42 29 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 30 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 31 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 32 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 33 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 34 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 35 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 36 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 37 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 38 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 39 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.27 40 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 41 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 42 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 45 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 48 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank 49 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 50 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 52 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 53 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 54 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 56 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 57 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 58 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 59 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 61 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 62 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 63 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 64 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 2.16 65 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 66 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 67 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 68 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 2.52 69 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3.13 70 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.26 71 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 3.28 72 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.57 73 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 74 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 75 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 76 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 77 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 78 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 79 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 80 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.05 82 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5.15 83 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 85 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 86 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 87 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 88 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 90 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 91 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 92 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 93 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 94 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 95 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 96 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 98 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 99 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 100 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 101 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 103 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 5.17 104 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.25 105 Johann Tschopp (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5.55 106 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6.27 107 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6.37 108 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 6.47 109 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 6.54 110 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 7.16 111 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 8.32 112 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 113 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 9.41 114 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 116 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 117 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis 119 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 120 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 121 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 122 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 123 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 124 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 126 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 127 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 9.50 128 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 10.21 129 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 10.45 130 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 131 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 132 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 133 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 134 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 135 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 11.42 136 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 137 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.46 138 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 139 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 12.48 140 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 13.17 141 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 142 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14.16 143 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 14.41 144 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 145 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 15.17 146 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 15.20 147 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 15.42 148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 15.45 Points classification 1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 pts 2 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 31 3 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 23 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 20 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 6 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 19 7 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 16 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 15 9 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 10 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 11 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 9 15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 16 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 8 17 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 7 18 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6 19 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6 21 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5 22 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 24 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 4 25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 3 26 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 27 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 28 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 2 29 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 2 30 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2 31 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 33 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 pts 2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 24 3 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 14 4 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 12 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 9 6 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 8 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 5 9 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 10 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4 11 Johann Tschopp (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 12 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 14 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 2 15 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 16 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 1 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 19 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 1 20 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Sprint classification 1 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6 pts 2 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 6 3 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 4 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 4 5 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 7 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2 9 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 23.07.57 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 Columbia - Highroad 2.09 10 Team Katusha 11 Fuji-Servetto 2.49 12 Team Milram 2.54 13 Lampre - N.G.C 14 Silence-Lotto 15 Cervélo TestTeam 4.25 16 Cofidis 5.01 17 Garmin - Slipstream 6.06 18 Française des Jeux 6.42 19 Contentpolis - AMPO 8.09 20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 10.47
