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61st Vuelta a Espańa - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 15 - September 10: Motilla del Palancar - Ford factory (Almussafes), 182 km

Forster salvages Gerolsteiner's Vuelta

Valverde holds on to lead on stage settled in bunch sprint

By Shane Stokes in Almussafes, with additional reporting by Hernan Alvarez

Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner)
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Gerolsteiner rider Robert Förster followed up his victory on the final stage of the Giro d’Italia in June with a fine sprint win on stage 15 of the Vuelta. The 28 year old timed things to perfection to gallop in ahead of Stuart O’Grady (CSC), Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) and points leader Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) at the finish at the Ford Factory in Almussafes. Alessandro Petacchi was one of those who was impeded by a slight left hand curve close to the line.

It was, along with the Giro win, the biggest result of his career. It is also a very important result for the Gerolsteiner team, who have lost over half of their squad so far. Indeed, their biggest name Davide Rebellin was one of those who chose not to start today. “This is great for the team, we targeted a stage win in the race,” Förster said after the finish. “We have lost five guys, some had problems with the heat and Fothen was not so strong since the Tour. But it has worked out well today.”

Förster’s victory comes after a tough time so far in Spain. “This year I won the last stage of the Giro. It was also a three week race, it was very hard but the last week worked out perfectly. I felt the same as here, I wasn’t in the best condition for the Vuelta and the first two weeks were so hard. In the mountains I was dropped and I had to fight back. Then yesterday I called my coach in Germany and he said I must go on until the end [of the Vuelta]. It was better today, this was my best stage. I have now taken one in the Giro and one in the Vuelta; I hope now to win a stage of the Tour at some point.”

The 182 kilometre stage saw a couple of attempts to go clear before two riders succeeded and built up a maximum advantage of 6’30. Jorge García (Relax-Gam) and Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) worked together until the latter sat up, with the Spanish rider being caught with 15 kilometres remaining. The sprinters’ teams – including the Crédit Agricole squad of Hushovd – drove things from there to ensure a bunch sprint.

“It was very dangerous,” said Förster when asked about the sprint. “In the last kilometre I was in 20th position and my team-mate Hasselbacher put me on Napolitano’s wheel. It was not the perfect wheel, we wanted to go behind Petacchi as I had noticed that Zabel had a problem with his back wheel with three or four kilometres to go. I thought that Petacchi would make the sprint and that is why we tried to get there.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears)
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“With 700 metres to go I was behind Napolitano and then he started sprinting with 300 metres to go. It was a bit far out but I started mine 150 metres before the finish line and it worked out perfectly.”

Förster was due to call an end to his season at the end of the race in Madrid but said that depending on how he felt then, he might continue to ride Franco Belge and Paris-Tours.

Race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) had an uneventful stage as the GC contenders effectively called a truce prior to tomorrow’s rest day. He came home safely in the main bunch and preserved his 48 second lead over Astana’s Andrey Kashechkin.

“Just like these days always go, it was tranquilo at the start, but quite nervous in the finish,” he told Spanish television after the stage. “You always have to fight to keep your position. We’ve done two weeks, tomorrow’s the rest day and we’ll see how it goes in the final week.”

Carlos Sastre spoke to Onda Cero radio and said that it was a nerve-wracking stage. “I am here, alive… trying to recover myself after these stressful kilometres. We were riding a stage that seems not to be important, but could cause harm [through accident]… The breakaway came early on and it was a day when the sprinters’ teams had one of the few chances left in this Vuelta to control the race and to end in a bunch sprint. That goal was accomplished.”

The riders will this evening face a 400 kilometre transfer to their hotels in Almeria. Tomorrow is the race’s second rest day, with the Vuelta peloton resuming their battles on Tuesday with a tough mountain stage to the Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto. The final showdown in the 2006 Tour of Spain is on the way.

How it unfolded

Almussafes is a little town near Valencia. The town was settled during the Arab occupation of Spain. The name of the town is derived from the Arabic word Almazaf, which means the customs house. Almussafes was customs house for the goods that went to Valencia, and American motor company Ford established its Spanish plant here in 1976.

The stage started with two riders fewer than today as Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Rugero Marzzoli (Lampre) decided not to take the start line, leaving 156 riders in the race.

The peloton
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After seven kilometres, two riders attacked the peloton and got a gap, Jorge Garcia Marin (Relax) and Kjell Carlström (Liquigas). The peloton allowed the duo to escape, as a two-man breakaway would be easy to control for the sprinters' teams. The duo led the race by 6'30 at km 41. From that point on, however, their advantage narrowed, as the bunch didn't want to let Garcia Marin and Carlström go. Around km 90, the Finn couldn't keep up the tempo, leaving the Spaniard alone, less then five minutes ahead of the peloton.

At km 142 (40 km to go), Garcia Marin stayed in front but his chances of victory were slim; today's stage was tailor-made for the sprinters. Everyone knew Garcia Marin would eventually be caught, and that's exactly what happened with 14 km to go.

Race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears)
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The stage was set for a bunch sprint, and in the final two kilometres, the teams of Milram and Quick.Step fought for positions; the Milram men wanted to help Alessandro Petacchi and Quick.Step wanted to see Paolo Bettini win. Lampre outfit was also there at the head of the peloton.

It was a long bunch sprint with a straight of more than a kilometre, but with a tricky chicane just before the line, and the final metres were incredibly fast and nervous. With around 150 metres to go, Claudio Corioni (Lampre) obstructed Petacchi in his bid to give his team-mate Sylvester Szmyd the victory, but it was Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) who came out with the best position and finally prevailed, followed by Stuart O'Grady (CSC) and Napolitano.

Second rest day - September 11; Stage 16 - September 12: Almería-observatorio astronomico de Calar Alto, 145 km

The riders will enjoy their second and last rest day tomorrow. But on Tuesday, they will face a short but demanding stage.

In fact, the profile of Stage 16 will be the exact opposite of today's route, which will start in Almeria by the sea and end at the special category observatorio astronomico de Calar Alto climb, 2,090 metres above sea level. Before the finish, however, two more climbs must be faced: the Alto de Velefique (Cat. 1 - 1,800 m. - km 56.3) and Alto de Calar Alto (Cat. 1 - 2,160 m. - km 88).

Maybe a good chance for the riders behind Valverde on GC to surprise him; however, Valverde has so far shown he is capable of winning on all terrain.

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Results

1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   4.24.55
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                              
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                         
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                              
8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     
13 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                           
15 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
16 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
17 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
18 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                         
19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
20 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
21 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              
23 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
24 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                       
25 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                             
26 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                     
28 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                              
29 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                         
30 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                          
31 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                
33 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
34 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                    
35 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
36 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
37 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
38 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                             
39 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
40 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                           
41 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
42 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
43 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
44 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
46 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
48 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                0.11
49 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               0.12
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       
51 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 0.17
52 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
53 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            
54 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
56 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
57 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        
58 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             
60 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                        0.21
62 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      0.25
63 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                           
65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
67 Aketza Peńa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
68 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          
69 David Cańada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
70 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                       
71 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                            
72 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    0.29
73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
75 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
76 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           0.33
77 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      
78 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
79 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
80 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
81 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
82 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
83 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         
84 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
85 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                            
86 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                          
87 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
88 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                          
89 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
90 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             
91 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
92 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                               
93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
94 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                          
95 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                       
96 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
97 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
98 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
99 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
101 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
102 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
103 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
104 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         
105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
106 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                       
107 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
108 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
109 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                            
110 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                           
111 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       
112 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            
113 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           
114 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
115 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
116 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                           
117 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                     
118 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
119 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                             
120 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
121 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
122 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
123 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
124 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  0.52
125 Ińigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              0.53
126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  
127 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       0.57
128 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           0.58
129 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
130 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                          
131 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              
133 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
134 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    
135 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                  
136 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
137 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                       
139 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      1.04
140 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 1.08
141 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1.25
142 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
143 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
144 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              1.41
145 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
146 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                               1.41
147 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     
148 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
149 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
150 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.45
151 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             
152 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                  
153 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                     2.31
154 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                              2.32
155 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  4.48
DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNS Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
 
Sprints
 
S.I. Requena km: 73,5                                                        
1 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              4 pts
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                            2
3 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                          1
 
 
S.I. Catadau km: 163                                                         
1 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              4 pts
2 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                          2
3 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                        1
 
Points
 
1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        25 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            20
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  16
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       14
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                12
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              10
7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                             9
8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  8
9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                      7
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 6
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        5
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    4
13 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      3
14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                          2
15 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    1
 
Teams
 
1 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    13.14.45
2 Davitamon - Lotto                                                          
3 Lampre - Fondital                                                          
4 Team CSC                                                                   
5 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                           
6 Astana                                                                     
7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                         
8 Credit Agricole                                                            
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                        
10 Team Milram                                                               
11 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                          
12 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                0.11
13 Bouygues Telecom                                                      0.17
14 Rabobank                                                              0.25
15 Liquigas                                                              0.34
16 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                0.42
17 Relax - GAM                                                           0.50
18 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               1.02
19 Française des Jeux                                                        
20 Gerolsteiner                                                          1.25
21 T- Mobile Team                                                        1.31
 
General classification after stage 15
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            58.48.23
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    0.48
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           1.25
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                 1.38
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  2.23
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               3.49
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  4.29
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          4.48
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                5.03
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               7.15
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                7.41
12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             7.46
13 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     7.56
14 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     8.21
15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                           9.30
16 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 9.42
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    10.10
19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          11.15
20 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   12.38
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  13.33
22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               13.48
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              13.50
24 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      14.12
25 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   15.45
26 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             17.23
27 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    18.31
28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   22.05
29 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                     22.27
30 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                    22.28
31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           24.13
32 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       25.14
33 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          26.26
34 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       27.33
35 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                27.38
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            28.47
37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     29.42
38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              31.11
39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              32.01
40 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        32.17
41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           32.20
42 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        32.28
43 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                       35.45
44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              37.47
45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               38.31
46 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   39.56
47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        40.03
48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              40.38
49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              42.23
50 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 42.52
51 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        43.20
52 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                43.23
53 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              45.53
54 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     46.28
55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              47.02
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  47.17
57 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                              47.23
58 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                       48.04
59 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 48.25
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   49.34
61 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                50.38
62 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                 54.03
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      55.55
64 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              57.55
65 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                         58.37
66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      59.30
67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       1.00.28
68 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                 1.00.34
69 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.01.15
70 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.01.27
71 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.01.31
72 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              1.03.23
73 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.04.44
74 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               1.05.11
75 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.05.50
76 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 1.07.46
77 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.08.04
78 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               1.08.20
79 Ińigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            1.09.03
80 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.09.04
81 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.09.24
82 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   1.09.49
83 Aketza Peńa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.10.16
84 David Cańada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1.10.23
85 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.11.46
86 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.11.51
87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.11.53
88 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  1.12.37
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                               1.12.58
90 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       1.13.23
91 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   1.13.26
92 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.13.51
93 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  1.14.30
94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.14.50
95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                1.15.01
96 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            1.15.10
97 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.15.40
98 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      1.16.26
99 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                   1.16.29
100 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                            1.17.00
101 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1.19.03
102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  1.19.47
103 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      1.20.02
104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          1.20.49
105 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.22.13
106 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.22.34
107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   1.23.02
108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.23.18
109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                           1.24.10
110 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          
111 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.25.00
112 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.25.27
113 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.25.32
114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.25.37
115 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             1.27.08
116 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          1.27.52
117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             1.27.59
118 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               1.29.00
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.29.06
120 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  1.29.26
121 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1.30.14
122 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     1.31.08
123 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          1.31.11
124 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.31.27
125 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     1.31.29
126 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.31.33
127 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   1.33.37
128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.33.46
129 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                           1.34.40
130 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    1.35.24
131 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.35.40
132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.36.11
133 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    1.36.44
134 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   1.36.56
135 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               1.37.22
136 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     1.37.26
137 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               1.38.12
138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  1.39.05
139 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      1.39.52
140 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.40.39
141 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           1.41.09
142 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    1.41.36
143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.41.55
144 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.43.34
145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             1.43.47
146 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.44.21
147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.44.44
148 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.47.18
149 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                1.48.32
150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1.48.51
151 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.49.27
152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                1.50.26
153 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                               1.52.30
154 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              2.01.54
155 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                2.08.36
156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               2.10.06
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      169 pts
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        89
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  89
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   82
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            82
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              79
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             79
8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                77
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             54
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     52
11 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                51
12 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   45
13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  44
14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           40
15 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 37
16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                37
17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                 37
18 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 29
19 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  29
20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 28
21 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  27
22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       26
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
24 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       25
25 Ińigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 24
26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 24
27 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             22
28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   22
29 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 22
30 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    21
31 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                        20
32 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        20
33 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   18
34 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    17
35 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       16
36 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                         16
37 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      15
38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        14
39 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               14
40 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             14
41 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     13
42 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 12
43 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  11
44 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    11
45 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                    10
46 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                           10
47 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       10
48 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                            9
49 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     8
50 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            8
51 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             8
52 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                          8
53 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 8
54 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               8
55 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                            8
56 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                      8
57 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          8
58 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         7
59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    7
60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    7
61 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                          7
62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                    7
63 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         7
64 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      7
65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  6
66 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    6
67 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      6
68 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6
69 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  6
70 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                           4
71 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               4
72 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                              4
73 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           4
74 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       4
75 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                4
76 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        4
77 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                           4
78 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     3
79 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          3
80 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 3
81 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         3
82 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
83 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           2
84 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       2
85 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         2
86 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                       2
87 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    2
88 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     2
89 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       2
90 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     1
91 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    1
92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               1
93 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1
94 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  81 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        70
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   67
4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        53
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  50
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             44
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            40
8 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            36
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 33
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     32
11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   32
12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        28
13 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                  27
14 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      27
15 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    23
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 19
18 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        18
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      16
20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       16
21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 15
22 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       15
23 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 14
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           14
25 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      12
26 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 12
27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 10
28 Ińigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 10
29 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    8
30 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   7
31 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         7
32 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                           7
33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                           6
34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            6
35 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                6
37 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         6
38 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       5
39 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      5
40 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    4
41 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          4
42 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     4
43 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             4
44 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                         4
45 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                3
46 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                              3
47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              3
48 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   3
49 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           3
50 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          3
51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                      2
52 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2
53 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  1
54 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       1
55 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     1
56 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     1
 
Combined classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   9 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             18
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   21
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      22
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    28
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            29
7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 31
8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   40
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  50
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  54
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       56
12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       57
13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 63
14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 63
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   75
16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               80
17 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       82
18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        87
19 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               96
20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      96
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            106
22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 113
23 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     123
24 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                127
25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                    128
26 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                     130
27 Ińigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                132
28 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                            133
29 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                   135
30 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                     137
31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         142
32 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        143
33 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                151
34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          154
35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         156
36 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   166
37 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    166
38 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       170
39 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  177
40 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       196
41 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           197
42 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       213
43 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   214
44 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                       217
45 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        217
46 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             257
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                175.53.00
2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                      10.58
3 Astana                                                                16.59
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   23.44
5 Lampre - Fondital                                                     34.43
6 Team CSC                                                              44.03
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                54.15
8 Relax - GAM                                                         1.09.40
9 Rabobank                                                            1.13.32
10 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    1.24.48
11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                   1.27.44
12 Credit Agricole                                                    1.32.31
13 Liquigas                                                           1.45.23
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  1.55.43
15 Gerolsteiner                                                       2.22.23
16 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             2.24.09
17 Française des Jeux                                                 2.26.05
18 T- Mobile Team                                                     2.26.21
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            2.49.43
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                   3.05.08
21 Team Milram                                                        3.14.57

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