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63rd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

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Stage 21 - September 21: San Sebastián de los Reyes - Madrid, 102.2km

Breschel tops sprint ahead of historic Contador win

By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting from Björn Haake in Madrid

Matti Breschel (CSC-Saxo Bank)
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Dane Matti Breschel of Team CSC-Saxo Bank topped a rough sprint in Madrid to close out the 63rd Vuelta a España. Breschel finished ahead of Alexandre Usov of Team AG2R La Mondiale and Davide Viganò of Team Quick Step.

"I was extremely focused on starting the sprint at the exact right time, and I did," Breschel said. "I didn't have any doubts that I had to open up early and I managed to take advantage of the fact that no one else seemed to have the same idea."

It was the fifth win of the season for Breschel, who battled back from an early-season knee injury, and one which made up for a disappointing second place in the Vuelta's 17th stage. His form appears to be coming good just in time for next week's World Championships in Italy.

"I've worked really hard to get in the shape I'm in right now and I'm unbelievable happy to get such a fantastic result here. It's been a tough Vuelta but I feel I've come out on the other side strong and my result today confirms that I'm in great shape ahead of the World Championships next week. It's one of those victories that really matter. Now I'll do everything I can to maintain focus and use the fact that both my form and my confidence are at the very top," said Breschel.

Spaniard Alberto Contador of Team Astana finished safely in the peloton to put his name on a short list of riders who have won all three Grand Tours. Contador topped the classification after three weeks of racing by 46 seconds over teammate Levi Leipheimer and 4:12 over Carlos Sastre of Team CSC-Saxo Bank to take his third Grand Tour to win after the Tour de France in 2007 and the Giro d'Italia this May.

"In the last hour there is still a chance of a crash," said Contador. "I am very content, also for all the fans and for all of Spain. The last few days the fans were really cheering. There was some tension for me but now life is good..."

Contador joined Belgian Eddy Merckx, Italian Felice Gimondi and Frenchmen Bernard Hinault and Jacques Anquetil as the only riders to ever win all three Grand Tours. The young rider from Madrid quickly accomplished the feat; 14 months from his win on the streets of Paris in 2007 to the Paseo del Prado of Madrid today.

He took the leader's maillot oro with a dominant ride in the Asturias mountain stages. The gold top became his after his win on top of the feared climb of Alto de l'Angliru and he solidified his lead with victory on the Puerto de San Isidro 24 hours later.

Contador took his win with the help a very strong Team Astana. The squad took a one-two finish in the penultimate stage, the Alto de Navacerrada time trial, with Levi Leipheimer ahead of Contador. Leipheimer also enjoyed a spell of his own in the maillot oro and the stage win in Ciudad Real.

How it unfolded

The grand city of Madrid hosted the final day of the Spanish tour. The riders left from the San Sebastián de Los Reyes Exhibition Centre to start their run into Spain's capital.

Guided by maillot oro Contador, 131 riders of the original 170 rolled out to start the 102.2-kilometre stage at 14:57. The Astana team guided Contador, the red mountain's jersey of David Moncoutié (Cofidis) and the blue points jersey of Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) away from the start village. The white combination jersey also belongs to Contador, but Leipheimer wore it though the stage as runner up in the competition.

Astana appropriately led the race into the streets of Madrid. Shortly after the race crossed the finish line for the first of eight times, the first break of the day materialised. Manuel Ortega (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Serafín Martínez (Xacobeo Galicia) darted off and stayed clear for nearly a kilometre and then where shut down by Liquigas.

Liquigas's Valerio Agnoli made it off the front with another Andalucía rider, Jesús Rosendo, and Emanuele Bindi (Lampre). Rosendo featured in stage two's escape and Agnoli featured in the wrong way in stage eight where he crashed twice. The three gained near a half-minute on the Astana- and Cofidis-led group.

The trio held its 30 seconds with 25 kilometres left to race, but the peloton seemed to be just playing with the three. The sprinters' teams always had them in their grasp.

CSC-Saxo Bank marked the chase with 15 kilometres left to race. It brought the gap down to 15 seconds and paved the way for its sprint gun, Breschel. In search of his first professional win, Rosendo felt the Danish heat and he jumped clear with Agnoli in tow. Before the start of the final six-kilometre Madrid circuit the sprinters' workers captured the two remaining escapees.

Cofidis returned to the front and Koldo Fernández's Euskaltel-Euskadi's boys led for a brief moment. CSC's Breschel was able to fend off Crédit Agricole's men and a round of crashes to give his team its first stage win in the 2008 Vuelta. He joined teammate Sastre in the final podium celebrations in Madrid.

Alexandre Usov added to his third place finish in stage 17 and Davide Viganò emerged as Quick Step's sprinter of the day. Italy's Viganò, 24, finished 10th in the Madrid sprint two years ago.

Belgium's Van Avermaet made it though the rough closing metres to finish fifth and claim the overall points classification. His teammate, Olivier Kaisen, appeared worst off of the crash that involved around five riders in the finale 3km.

Van Avermaet's blue jersey of points leader and stage nine win added to a victorious season that started with a win in the Tour of Belgium in late May. He will represent his country in next weeks World Championships and is a dark horse for the rainbow bands.

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Results

1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             2.44.39 (37.24 km/h)
2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
3 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                               
4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
6 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                              
7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
9 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               
11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                              
12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                         
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                
16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                               
17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               
19 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
20 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    
21 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
22 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
24 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
25 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             
26 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                              
27 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                  
28 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                
30 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                              
31 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                             
32 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                           
33 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                         
34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
35 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
36 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
37 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                               
38 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
39 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
40 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
41 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems                
42 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                          
43 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                   
44 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                        
45 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                 
46 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                            
47 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
48 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
49 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                             
50 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                       
51 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                 
52 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
53 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                          
55 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
56 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                         
57 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        
58 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
59 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                  
60 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    
61 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                     
63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                  
64 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                           
65 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
66 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                            
67 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
68 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                           
69 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                              
70 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                            
71 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                            
72 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                               
73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                         
74 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                
75 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
77 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
78 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
79 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                    
80 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                 
81 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                        
82 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
83 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
84 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
85 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
86 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
87 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                        
88 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              
89 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
90 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                          
91 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
92 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                       
93 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                                
94 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
95 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
96 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                             
97 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                               
98 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                          
100 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                 
101 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
102 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
103 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
104 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  
105 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
106 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              
107 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
108 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
109 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     
110 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
111 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 
112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           
113 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
114 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
116 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
117 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              
118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                              
119 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
120 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   
121 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
122 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
123 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                
124 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                              
125 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
126 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              
127 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                            
129 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
130 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
131 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                
 
Sprints
 
Torrejón de Ardoz, km.23
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     4 pts
2 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        2
3 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       1
 
Madrid, km.72,2
1 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                 4 pts
2 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                               2
3 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                               1
 
Points
 
Madrid, km.102,2
1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  25 pts
2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                      20
3 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                             16
4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        14
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    12
6 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                            10
7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           9
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     8
9 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        7
10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              6
11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                             5
12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 4
13 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                        3
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     2
15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               1
 
Teams
 
1 Rabobank                                                              8.13.57
2 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                          
3 Gerolsteiner                                                                 
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                             
5 Credit Agricole                                                              
6 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                             
7 Team Milram                                                                  
8 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                       
9 Xacobeo Galicia                                                              
10 Quick Step                                                              0.13
11 AG2R La Mondiale                                                        0.15
12 Silence-Lotto                                                               
13 Lampre                                                                  0.23
14 Liquigas                                                                    
15 Française Des Jeux                                                      0.43
16 Astana                                                                  0.45
17 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                    1.08
18 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                     1.21
19 Bouygues Telecom                                                        2.20
 
Final General classification
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                80.40.08
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                             0.46
3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          4.12
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           5.19
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       6.00
6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 6.50
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             6.55
8 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 10.10
9 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      10.57
10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                          11.56
11 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        12.38
12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         13.35
13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                    13.41
14 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              15.59
15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                    17.53
16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           20.14
17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              21.33
18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     22.34
19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   24.57
20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            25.13
21 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          26.22
22 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                   28.26
23 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                               28.38
24 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         29.28
25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             41.42
26 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                            41.43
27 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           42.08
28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    45.14
29 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             46.51
30 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        48.07
31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               48.27
32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   50.44
33 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     50.47
34 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          53.44
35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       54.55
36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          54.59
37 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                55.59
38 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          56.32
39 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                       56.51
40 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           58.00
41 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           58.40
42 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         59.55
43 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           1.03.27
44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          1.03.32
45 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             1.05.52
46 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                1.06.56
47 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         1.07.01
48 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            1.08.33
49 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         1.10.05
50 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1.10.19
51 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1.12.10
52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                              1.13.06
53 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          1.13.15
54 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                     1.14.39
55 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                    1.18.33
56 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          1.19.10
57 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            1.19.55
58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                             1.22.17
59 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.24.24
60 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                1.28.24
61 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.29.47
62 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                 1.30.06
63 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                1.30.15
64 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              1.30.38
65 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              1.30.50
66 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              1.31.26
67 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.33.55
68 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   1.34.01
69 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1.35.03
70 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 1.36.48
71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             1.38.09
72 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             1.39.10
73 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      1.41.02
74 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                          1.41.10
75 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.43.13
76 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1.45.41
77 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           1.47.26
78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1.49.33
79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.49.41
80 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.50.57
81 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        1.52.09
82 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          1.53.05
83 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        1.53.36
84 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        1.55.15
85 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems         1.55.39
86 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  1.56.02
87 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.57.50
88 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                   1.58.12
89 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.58.46
90 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               2.03.10
91 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  2.03.54
92 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 2.05.54
93 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                       2.06.23
94 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  2.09.33
95 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                           2.09.36
96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2.10.33
97 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       2.10.36
98 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                        2.12.19
99 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            2.13.42
100 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                2.16.00
101 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            2.20.20
102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                    2.20.22
103 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             2.20.26
104 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       2.21.00
105 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            2.22.40
106 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.24.32
107 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                   2.24.43
108 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2.25.24
109 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                      2.27.22
110 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                       2.29.29
111 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    2.30.53
112 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               2.31.20
113 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  2.34.02
114 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  2.34.37
115 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                2.35.40
116 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       2.38.35
117 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 2.39.20
118 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                    2.39.53
119 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   2.40.03
120 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                2.40.10
121 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     2.40.22
122 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur             2.41.54
123 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                               2.42.38
124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                      2.46.52
125 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                     2.50.05
126 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                     2.52.05
127 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      2.58.32
128 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            3.04.00
129 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                         3.05.21
130 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                          3.06.52
131 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                       3.25.28
 
Points classification
 
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   158 pts
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                     137
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        129
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                              116
5 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        88
6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  69
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   69
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    68
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             67
10 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   65
11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           60
12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                     58
13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              57
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              52
15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                       52
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 45
17 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      45
18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           39
19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             39
20 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             38
21 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       38
22 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                          37
23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                             34
24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            30
25 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                 27
26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        27
27 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              26
28 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    26
29 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 25
30 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                            25
31 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                           25
32 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                  24
33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                               23
34 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              22
35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  22
36 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                              20
37 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     19
38 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   19
39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                       18
40 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              16
41 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            16
42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         15
43 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               14
44 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              13
45 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                             12
46 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                               12
47 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       12
48 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       12
49 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                12
50 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                            12
51 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 11
52 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        10
53 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              9
54 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             9
55 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                            9
56 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                9
57 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                              9
58 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              8
59 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 8
60 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      8
61 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                8
62 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   8
63 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         7
64 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                         7
65 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems               6
66 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       6
67 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                   5
68 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   5
69 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                5
70 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                         5
71 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    5
72 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                4
73 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                       4
74 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    4
75 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                          4
76 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     4
77 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              4
78 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                       4
79 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             3
80 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 3
81 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    3
82 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                          3
83 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                              2
84 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       2
85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                 2
86 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                       2
87 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          2
88 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        2
89 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          2
90 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                       1
91 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                 1
92 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1
93 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                           1
94 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               1
95 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                1
96 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   149 pts
2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     106
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                      99
4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                        89
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                               65
6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             56
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   51
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         48
9 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      46
10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                  43
11 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 38
12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           36
13 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                             36
14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                               31
15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              27
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      26
17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 25
18 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               22
19 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             22
20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              21
21 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             18
22 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                             17
23 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                          17
24 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                         16
25 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                 16
26 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  15
27 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        14
28 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            14
29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                              13
30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   12
31 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      12
32 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                           11
33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            10
34 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          10
35 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             10
36 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   10
37 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               10
38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                              9
39 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                9
40 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               9
41 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     9
42 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     8
43 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                            8
44 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems               8
45 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                             8
46 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              7
47 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              7
48 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                       7
49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                       7
50 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    7
51 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    6
52 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  6
53 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                            6
54 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   5
55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                5
56 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                              5
57 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             4
58 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             4
59 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       4
60 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                 4
61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            3
62 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                 3
63 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                              3
64 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                              3
65 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                3
66 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                2
67 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                   2
68 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               2
69 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  2
70 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   2
71 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1
72 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    1
73 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                             1
74 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                       6 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                               11
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         16
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             19
5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    19
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            26
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                               40
8 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  49
9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                        57
10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        60
11 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                 63
12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              64
13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            68
14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                             70
15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           71
16 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             72
17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             89
18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                              91
19 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   95
20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   99
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     100
22 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                104
23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             115
24 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                116
25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                 120
26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                              128
27 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           130
28 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                              132
29 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                 132
30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   132
31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                            133
32 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    140
33 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      146
34 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                        151
35 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             152
36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                           152
37 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                         153
38 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 154
39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                              156
40 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                          156
41 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                     160
42 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         160
43 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                           160
44 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  161
45 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                              162
46 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              162
47 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     169
48 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                            181
49 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems             187
50 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                188
51 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            192
52 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                     193
53 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                               198
54 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                   201
55 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  203
56 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                            209
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                    241.20.38
2 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     39.22
3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                    39.35
4 Astana                                                                  42.01
5 Xacobeo Galicia                                                         51.31
6 Lampre                                                                1.14.51
7 Rabobank                                                              1.17.22
8 AG2R La Mondiale                                                      1.27.42
9 Credit Agricole                                                       1.28.56
10 Silence-Lotto                                                        1.42.42
11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                     1.45.17
12 Française Des Jeux                                                   1.55.41
13 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                               2.24.05
14 Gerolsteiner                                                         2.29.42
15 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                  2.40.09
16 Quick Step                                                           2.52.58
17 Team Milram                                                          3.17.56
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                     3.58.31
19 Liquigas                                                             4.49.10

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