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66th Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (Gran Premio Bancaja) - 2.1

Spain, February 26-March 1, 2008

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Stage 2 - February 27: Alzira - Xativa, 178km

Zabel doesn't stop winning

By Monika Prell

Germany's Erik Zabel (Team Milram) takes victory
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German Erik Zabel (Milram) won the second stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana. The 37 year-old sprinting specialist conquered Italian Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre) and the Frenchman Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) in the 178-kilometre run to Xativa. The leader in the general classification remains Spaniard Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne).

"It was a very hard sprint, because there was a descent before the finish line and the road was quite small," noted the German. "I am very happy about my first win of this season. The team worked well together, above all in the last 20 kilometres when we made the pace."

Gutiérrez was content but a bit tired after the stage. "It's great to be the leader, but it also takes a lot of power. We are a strong team, but it was a difficult day. I would like to defend my leadership until the end of the Vuelta."

How it unfolded

Rabobank sits on the back of the peloton
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After yesterday's hard stage, the second stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana came up with not less than five mountains of third category. The warm weather, typically for Valencian region where many tourists spend their holidays, fulfilled the expectations; the riders competed under 25°C conditions.

The peloton started very fast, and there were many breakaway attempts during the beginning of the stage. One of the breakaway groups consisted of five riders: Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Gustavo César Veloso (Karpin Galicia), Timothy Duggan (Slipstream Chipotle - H30), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Manuel Váquez (Contentpolis - Murcia). Váquez, the leader of the mountain classification, was keen on collecting more points to defend his jersey. However, the peloton was not willing to let De La Fuente and Vázquez (third in the general classification) go, and so the two decided "to leave the mates alone" at kilometre 42.3, after the second mountain classification (Alt de Beniganim, which was covered four times).

The trio of Oroz, César and Duggan reached its maximum advance of 4'04" over the peloton that was leaded by the black-clad Caisse d'Epargne members. The time difference decreased slowly, and on the last ascent to the Alt de Beniganim, the trio had only 1'30" ahead of the peloton where attacks were being fired. Timothy Duggan was the first to pass the summit, followed by César and Oroz.

Caisse d'Epargne continues to lead
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Eight kilometres before the finish, the breakaway group was chased down by the peloton, where the teams of the sprinters worked in the first ranks. The speed was kept high so that no other rider was able to escape, and so the public in Xàtiva saw a mass sprint. Milram's work yielded fruits and Erik Zabel was able to win ahead of Lorenzetto and Dumoulin.

Javier Benitez (Benfica) had high expectations for today's stage: "Xàtiva is my hometown, and I would like to win at home," wished the Spaniard before the stage. His team did everything to realise this dream, but in the end Benitez finished sixth. "This sprint, with people like [Erik] Zabel, [Alessandro] Petacchi, [Danilo] Napolitano, was like a lottery. I accelerated too soon, and mistakes like this are not forgiven in such a strong group."

Tomorrow's stage won't be an easy one; the riders will cover 166.5 kilometres with four mountains, three of second and one of third category. The third of the five-stage race will start and finish in Ibi.

Photography

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Results

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   4.31.22 (39.356 km/h)
2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre
6 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica
7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
8 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
9 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
11 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
15 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica
16 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
17 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
18 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
19 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica
20 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia
21 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
22 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
23 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
24 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
25 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
26 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
28 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana
29 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
30 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica
31 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
32 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
33 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
34 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre
35 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
36 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
37 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
38 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
39 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
40 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
42 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram
43 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram
44 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     0.08
45 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
46 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
47 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
48 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
49 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
51 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
52 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
53 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
54 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
55 José Mendes (Por) Benfica
56 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
57 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
58 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
59 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram
60 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica
61 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica
62 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
63 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
64 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia
65 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
67 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             0.13
68 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
69 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
70 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
71 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank
72 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia
73 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana
74 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank
75 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
76 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
77 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
78 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
80 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
81 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana
82 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
83 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
84 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
85 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
86 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
87 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis
88 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas
89 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
90 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
91 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
92 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                      0.21
93 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis
94 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                          0.23
95 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia
96 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
97 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas
98 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
99 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre
101 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
102 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
103 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
104 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       0.28
105 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                0.33
106 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario           0.38
107 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia                          1.54
108 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank
109 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre
110 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
111 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia
112 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario     2.28
113 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                     4.00
114 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                5.06
115 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram
116 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia
117 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
118 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
120 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
121 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia
122 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
123 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
124 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                         6.22
125 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
126 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
127 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas
128 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
129 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis
130 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica                                    7.06
131 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          9.39
132 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
133 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        15.26
134 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
 
Points
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        25 pts
2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                       20
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                       16
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                      14
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                      12
6 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                        10
7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                               9
8 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                   8
9 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                7
10 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               6
11 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 5
12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                      4
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                        2
15 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                           1
 
Sprints
 
Genoves, km. 39.20
1 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            3 pts
2 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                            2
3 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       1
 
Xativa, km. 141.30
1 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            3 pts
2 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               2
3 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       1
 
Mountains
 
Alto De Barxeta (Cat. 3) km. 20.40
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         3 pts
2 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       2
3 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                            1
 
Alto De Benignim (Cat. 3) km. 42.30
1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                            3 pts
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         2
3 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            1
 
Alt De Beniganim (Cat. 3) km. 79.50
1 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       3 pts
2 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            2
3 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
 
Alto De Beniganim (Cat. 3) km. 114.70
1 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       3 pts
2 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               2
3 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            1
 
Alto De Beniganim (Cat. 3) km. 151.40
1 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       3 pts
2 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            2
3 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
 
Teams
 
1 Lampre                                                        13.34.06
2 Benfica
3 Team Milram
4 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
5 Bouygues Telecom
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi
7 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
8 Astana
9 Saunier Duval-Scott                                               0.08
10 Liquigas
11 Caisse d'Epargne
12 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo                                       0.13
13 Rabobank                                                         0.16
14 Andalucia - Cajasur                                              0.21
15 Contentpolis - Murcia                                            0.24
16 Karpin Galicia                                                   0.26
17 Orbea-Oreka S.D.A                                                0.34
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          8.18.11
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                         0.04
3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             0.06
4 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                     0.09
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                      0.10
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
9 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana
10 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica
11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
12 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
14 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
15 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
16 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
19 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                        0.12
20 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     0.18
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
22 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            0.21
24 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          0.27
25 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     1.33
26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   1.43
27 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica
28 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica
29 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre
33 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott
34 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia
35 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
36 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
37 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
38 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
39 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
40 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                            1.51
41 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
42 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
43 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia
45 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
46 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
47 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
48 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
49 José Mendes (Por) Benfica
50 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica
51 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
52 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram
53 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             1.56
54 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
55 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
56 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas
57 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
58 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
59 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
60 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
61 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
62 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
63 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                      2.04
64 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                       2.06
65 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        2.11
66 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        6.44
67 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   6.45
68 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           6.46
69 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis                                 9.29
70 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   11.10
71 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                      11.46
72 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                  11.51
73 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
74 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                   12.29
75 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                   12.31
76 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                              12.35
77 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre
78 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
79 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram
80 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
81 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram
82 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
83 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
84 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                     12.43
85 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
86 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
87 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                           12.47
88 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                       12.48
89 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia
90 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank
91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
92 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
93 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana
94 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana
95 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
96 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
97 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
98 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
99 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                     12.56
100 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia             12.58
101 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
102 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
103 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
104 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur
105 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia
106 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
107 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre
108 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas
109 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                               13.08
110 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario          13.13
111 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            13.32
112 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                     14.29
113 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia
114 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank
115 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario    15.03
116 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                    16.35
117 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           17.41
118 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
119 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
120 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram
121 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
122 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
123 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         18.20
124 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                 18.57
125 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis
126 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A
127 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
128 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
129 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas
130 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica                                   19.41
131 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                          22.14
132 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        28.01
134 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
 
Points classification
 
1 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               31 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        25
3 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                           21
4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                       20
5 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               17
6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             16
7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                       16
8 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                         14
9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                      14
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                     12
11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                     12
12 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                         10
13 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                       10
14 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre                                             9
15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                              9
16 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                           8
17 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        8
18 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  8
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                      7
20 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           6
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                        6
22 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      5
23 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 5
24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                      4
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                           16 pts
2 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                      11
3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               11
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                        6
5 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            6
6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         5
7 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                          4
8 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               4
9 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                            3
10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                               2
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               11 pts
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                           14
3 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                           36
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                43
5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        43
6 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                2
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                        9
8 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             10
9 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                         18
10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                         21
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                     23
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bouygues Telecom                                              24.55.03
2 Lampre                                                            1.33
3 Benfica
4 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
5 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi
7 Astana
8 Liquigas                                                          1.41
9 Caisse d'Epargne
10 Saunier Duval-Scott
11 Contentpolis - Murcia                                            3.30
12 Team Milram                                                      4.39
13 Rabobank                                                         4.55
14 Karpin Galicia                                                   5.05
15 Orbea-Oreka S.D.A                                               15.08
16 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo                                      25.39
17 Andalucia - Cajasur                                             26.44