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49th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 6-11, 2009
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Stage 5 - April 10: Güeñes - Zalla, 169km
Italian wins in rainy stage to Zalla
By Monika Prell in Zalla
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Marco Pinotti has won the fifth stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco from Güeñes to Zalla over 169 kilometers. The 33-year-old Italian from Columbia-Highroad reached the finish line alone, 19 seconds ahead of a group of the yellow jersey that stayed in the hands of Alberto Contador. The sprint for second place was won by Katusha's Ben Swift ahead of the Italian Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre). Pinotti had attacked to reach a breakaway group of two riders, and seven kilometers before the finish line he attacked once more.
"I did not attack [the first time] to win, but I wanted to spare my team the burden to work in the peloton," said Pinotti after the finish. "Then, I reached the duo in front, and I was faster than them in the ascent [to the Alto de la Beci]. On the descent I did not risk anything as the streets were wet. In 2003 I won a stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco, but under other conditions. That day, the sun was shining and the streets were dry," stated the Italian who dedicated this victory "to my wife Michela".
How it unfolded
Before the stage start started, the rain began to fall heavily and the riders did everything to keep themselves dry. Mostly, they did not get out of the warm team busses earlier than necessary. When the race started, the rain stopped for a moment but not for a long time. Frank Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) was the only one who did not start.
The stage promised to be quite hard, and together with the rain this caused some riders to abandon before the first mountain. At kilometer 28 Contentpolis-AMPO's Dioni Galparsoro, Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel Euskadi), Paul Martens (Rabobank) and Johannes Fröhlinger (Milram) escaped, but the peloton did not let them go.
The next group that tried its luck consisted of Joaquím Rodríguez and David López (Caisse d'Epargne), Cofidis' Rein Taaramae, Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel Euskadi), Liquigas' Andrea Noe, Christian Pfannberger (Katusha), Jesús Hernández (Astana) and Pieter Weening from Rabobank, but just before passing the summit of the second category Alto de la Escrita, the peloton caught them. Rein Taaramae won the classification ahead of Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), Egoi Martínez and Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel Euskadi).
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Astana did not allow any rider to escape during the next five kilometers, but after 43 kilometers of race Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Fuji Servetto's David de la Fuente, Maxime Monfort (Team Columbia-Highroad) and once more Joaquím Rodríguez, Christian Pfannberger and Egoi Martínez tried their luck. The fans on the first category Alto de Ubal saw Mouncoutié win the mountain classification, in front of Schleck, Martínez, Pfannberger, de la Fuente and Rodríguez. The peloton, lead by Astana, passed 40 seconds later.
Moncoutié won also the classification of the Alto de la Escrita when this mountain was passed for the second time. Second was de la Fuente, third Rodríguez and fourth Monfort.
The peloton was more attentive today than yesterday and did not let the breaks gain much time. The largest deficit of the peloton was at 1:35.
The third category Alto de Beci was very selective, as the riders had to pass it three times. Due to the rain and the cold, as well as the toughness of the stage, 54 riders abandoned the Vuelta al País Vasco, amongst them so well known riders like David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream), the German champion Fabian Wegmann (Milram) and Silence Lotto's Thomas Dekker.
The breakaway group was chased down by the peloton 33 kilometers before the finish in Zalla, but immediately, Vladimir Efimkin (AG2r) and Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) broke away. Eventual stage winner Marco Pinotti joined them two kilometers later, and together the trio reached the intermediate sprint in Otxaran. At the last ascent to the Alto de Beci, Pinotti rode faster than his breakaway companions and was able to reach the finish line alone. The peloton caught Nibali and Efimkin, but Pinotti crossed the finish line 19 seconds ahead of the peloton at the finish line.
Tomorrow's final stage will decide the Vuelta al País Vasco: the time trial over 24 kilometers. The start and finish in Zalla will show who is the best rider of this 49th edition. Alberto Contador has only an eight second lead ahead of Samuel Sánchez, Cadel Evans and Toni Colom, who are all good time trialists.
Photography
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- David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream) does all he can to keep his hair nice and dry.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC) is happy before the start, but then it wasn't raining as hard yet...
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) felt the weather was like at home.
- yesterday's winner Michael Albasini (Columbia-Highroad)
- Alberto Contador leads Astana teammate Jesús Hernández.
- Amaël Moinard (Cofidis)
- Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) leads Egoi Martínez up a climb.
- Yukiya Arashiro (BBox Bouygues Telecom)
- Alberto Contador (Astana) remains in yellow.
- José Luis Rubiera sets tempo for Astana.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre - N.G.C.)
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)
- Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia - Highroad) wins a rainy stage five.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
- Christian Pfannberger (Team Katusha)
- Ben Swift (Team Katusha) takes the sprint for second place, 19 seconds behind stage winner Marco Pinotti.
- Vasili Kiryienka (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
- Andrea Noe (Liquigas) leads Alexandre Efimkin (AG2R La Mondiale).
- Marco Pinotti speaks to the press.
- Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia - Highroad) on the podium.
- Marco Pinotti shows off the trophy he received for winning stage five.
- Joaquín Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Joaquín Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) on the podium to receive his mountain classification jersey.
- Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)
- Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) during the wet stage.
- Haimar Zubeldia (Astana) helps team leader Alberto Contador.
- Vasil Kiryienka (Caisse d'Epargne) leads the group
- Alexandr Kolobnev (Saxo Bank) can't remember the last time he raced in such bad weather, but it probably wasn't too long ago.
Images by Pedro María Padrones García
- Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) stays upright
- Thomas Dekker (Silence-Lotto) did not finish the rainy stage.
- José Luis Rubiera (Astana) leads the bunch through a tricky, wet left turn.
Results
1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.15.56 (39.62 km/h) 2 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 0.19 3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 7 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 16 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 21 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 22 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 23 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 26 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 28 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 31 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 32 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 33 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 34 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 35 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 36 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 37 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 38 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.30 39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 0.47 40 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 0.50 41 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.17 42 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 43 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 45 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 46 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 47 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 48 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 49 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 50 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 51 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 52 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 54 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 55 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 56 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 57 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.01 59 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 60 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 61 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.40 63 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 64 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 65 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.15 66 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 70 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 71 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 72 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 73 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 74 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 75 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 76 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 77 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 78 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 79 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 80 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 81 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 82 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 83 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 84 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 9.45 85 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 18.17 86 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam DNS Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank DNF Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam DNF Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam DNF Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam DNF Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank DNF Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad DNF Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream DNF Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO DNF Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO DNF Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad DNF Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO DNF Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream DNF Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram DNF Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank DNF Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram DNF Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank DNF Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam DNF Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream DNF Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream DNF Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam DNF Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank DNF Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream DNF Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas DNF Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis DNF Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto DNF Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto DNF Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram DNF Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram DNF Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO DNF Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. Points 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 pts 2 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 20 3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 16 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 5 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 12 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 10 7 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 7 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 6 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 5 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1 Sprints Muebles Paraíso (km. 97.5) 1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2 3 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sopuerta (km. 126.3) 1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 3 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Otxaran (km. 148.5) 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains Alto de La Escrita (Cat. 2) km. 33.5 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 6 pts 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4 3 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 4 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Ubal (Cat. 1) km. 51.5 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 10 pts 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 8 3 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 4 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 4 5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 6 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de La Escrita (Cat. 2) km. 68 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 6 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4 3 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Alto de Beci (Cat. 3) km. 92 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 3 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de Humaran (Cat. 3) km. 116.8 1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 3 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de Beci (Cat. 3) km. 133,3 1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1 Alto de Beci (Cat. 3) km. 157.5 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 pts 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 1 Teams 1 Team Milram 12.48.45 2 Lampre N.G.C 3 Caisse d'Epargne 4 Rabobank 5 Liquigas 6 Astana 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.11 8 Team Katusha 0.31 9 Team Columbia - Highroad 1.39 10 Team Saxo Bank 1.58 11 Française Des Jeux 3.42 12 Quick Step 3.56 13 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6.19 14 AG2R La Mondiale 8.54 15 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 16 Fuji-Servetto 17 Cervelo TestTeam 17.58 General classification after stage 5 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 20.16.31 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 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.11 12 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 15 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.34 17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.36 18 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 1.51 19 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.53 20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 21 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.18 22 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.09 23 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 3.58 24 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.27 26 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 27 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5.05 28 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 5.37 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.56 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 6.18 32 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 6.28 33 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 6.42 34 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.19 35 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.23 36 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 8.47 37 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 9.29 38 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10.18 39 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 40 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 10.42 41 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11.48 42 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.56 43 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 12.16 44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 12.23 45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 13.01 46 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.35 47 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.46 48 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 14.18 49 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 15.36 50 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 16.09 51 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 16.58 52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 17.14 53 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 17.31 54 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 17.34 55 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 56 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 17.48 57 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 17.59 58 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 18.14 59 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 18.44 60 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 20.36 61 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 21.14 62 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 21.26 63 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 22.00 64 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 23.32 65 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 24.42 66 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 25.52 67 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 26.08 68 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 26.58 69 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.56 70 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 28.40 71 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 29.08 72 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 29.18 73 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 29.29 74 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30.00 75 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 30.38 76 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 31.06 77 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.10 79 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 31.31 81 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 33.28 82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 35.36 83 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 84 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 37.07 85 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 48.15 86 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 51.13 Points classification 1 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 50 pts 2 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 37 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 34 6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 31 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 26 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 9 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 20 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 20 12 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 20 13 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 19 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 18 15 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 16 16 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16 17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 18 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 14 19 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 12 20 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 11 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 9 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 25 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 26 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 27 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 7 28 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 29 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 30 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 5 31 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 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 Sprints classification 1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 5 4 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 4 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 6 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 7 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 3 8 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 11 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2 12 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 2 13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 14 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 1 Mountains classification 1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 37 pts 2 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 21 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 19 5 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 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 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 9 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 8 13 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 6 16 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha 5 17 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana 5 18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 19 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 5 20 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 4 21 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 22 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 23 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 24 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1 25 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 26 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 27 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 60.52.13 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.57 3 Liquigas 0.59 4 Team Saxo Bank 4.00 5 Rabobank 6.30 6 Team Columbia - Highroad 7.03 7 Astana 7.57 8 Quick Step 9.54 9 Team Katusha 12.30 10 Lampre - N.G.C. 14.40 11 Fuji-Servetto 20.36 12 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 21.06 13 Team Milram 22.07 14 Française Des Jeux 29.07 15 AG2R La Mondiale 29.38 16 Cervelo TestTeam 43.25 17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 49.12
