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62nd Vuelta a Espa�a - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 1 - September 1: Vigo - Vigo, 146.4km
Bennati takes first
First maillot oro and Vuelta stage win
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Daniele Bennati proved his form has not faded since his win on the Champs-Élysées in Paris at the end of July by taking the opening stage of the 62nd Vuelta a España. The 26 year-old Italian over-powered Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and compatriot Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) as the 146.4-kilometre stage finished in Vigo. With the win on the opening day, 'Benna' moves in to the maillot oro of overall leader.
Way back at the end of February, the rider from Arezzo got the confidence boost he needed by overtaking sprint-great Petacchi in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. He approached the season with newly found determination that was only sidelined by stomach pains during the late spring. A resurgence in the Tour de France proved that he was right to believe in himself as Italy's top gun. He won two stages against the world's best sprinters, while Petacchi sat at home watching on television.
The big rematch finally came today on the streets of Vigo. Bennati not only bettered Petacchi but he also topped Oscar Freire, Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) and Tom Boonen (Quick.Step - Innergetic). It was the 2005 World Champion's team, Quick.Step, that did most of the pace-making in the final circuit around Vigo. With the help of Milram, Discovery and Bennati's Lampre, the gap of Serafín Martínez (Karpin-Galicia) and Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux) was closed. Roy was the last to hang on, and his day ended at five kilometres to go.
Petacchi, a 17-time stage winner in the Vuelta, sent Milram to take over for the final kilometres. He had German Erik Zabel on the front as the race for the stage and 2007's first maillot oro came to a close. However, 'Benna' was a few riders back and poised as a danger-man. He made himself visible only in the last metres, which was perfect timing for the taking the stage win and race leadership.
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Freire had the help of Pedro Horrillo for the sprint finale. He seemed to be ready for the win, but was a victim of bad positioning. Petacchi must have lost heart. Once 'Ale-Jet' saw the blue-pink flash of Bennati his legs stopped turning at their normal tempo, and he faded. Davis and Boonen showed their eagerness to get a stage win with the help of their teams, and it is likely we will see them challenge in the following two sprinter friendly stages as the race heads towards the mountain appointment of Lagos de Covadonga.
The early escape of Martínez, Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) and Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis) did not enjoy complete freedom, however, it was what neo-pro Martínez needed to snatch maximum mountain points over the category three Ponte Caldelas and Zamans. 23 year-old Martínez of Spain will don the white top of best climber.
How it unfolded
Vigo is a small but famous city by the sea in the province of Pontevedra in southern Galicia. The town is known all over Spain for its famous soccer club Celta and its Citroen big factory which is one the biggest car factories in the country.
This was a special stage for Oscar Pereiro who is from a little town named Mos that is very near Vigo. The route should have been very familiar to the 2006 Tour de France virtual champion.
While Spain's Jos� Luis Arrieta (AG2R Pr�voyance) wore dossard number 1 as Alexander Vinokourov and his team Astana were not invited to the tour, the 189 riders started the Grand Tour.
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The first breakaway of the Vuelta was made by three riders: Seraf�n Mart�nez (Karpin-Galicia) together with Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) and Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis) at kilometre 26. They led by more than three minutes at kilometre 40. Nevertheless, the gap wasn't growing and the peloton didn't let them gain much time.
The race kept going and the three leaders couldn't increase the advantage as the big group led by Milram remained in command. Therefore, the distance between Mart�nez, Champion and Lequatre didn't grow more than four minutes. The flat finish was an auspicious field not only for Milram's Alessandro Petacchi and Erik Zabel but also for stars Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
Late on, at kilometre 90, Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) abandoned the race. The American quit due to a hard crash which happened at kilometre 78. He suffered a hard landing together with Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital). Danielson was worse off, as he broke his right collarbone, while the Italian had a hard hit in his left knee, which bled. Danielson was sent later to a hospital in Vigo. It was sad news for the rider hoping to play a big part in the Vuelta.
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Local Mart�nez wanted to make the big surprise of the today, so he attacked his two breakaway mates at kilometre 109, with 43 kilometres to go. He led the race for some kilometres but the teams with sprinters in their rosters found it easy to catch a single rider. With around 20 kilometres to the line, J�r�my Roy (Fran�aise Des Jeux) made his move and joined the Spaniard. Roy wanted it all for himself, and he launched another attacked to take the lead solo with eight kilometres to the finish line.
Finally, the Frenchman was swallowed by the peloton as they prepared for the bunch sprint with Milram clearly leading the way. The Italian team took command of the front, but it wasn't enough to allow Ale-Jet to take Vuelta win number 18. Petacchi, Freire and Bennati fought hard and the Lampre rider got the best position going in the right side and prevailing over the other top-class sprinters. Allan Davis and Tom Boonen were fourth and fifth, respectively. 'Benna' won the last Tour de France stage and, therefore, continued his Grand Tours wining streak with the first stage of the Vuelta a Espa�a.
Stage 2 - September 2: Allariz - Santiago de Compostela, 148.7km
The Vuelta a Espa�a stays in Galicia for one more day with a testing run from Allariz to Santiago de Compostela. The only alto appears early on in the day, kilometre 67.6, but there is some taxing terrain that follows. However, the 11-kilometre circuit in Santiago de Compostela, host of nearly a half-dozen stage finishes, should allow the sprinters' teams to regroup and crunch any gaps the escapees might have formed.
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- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) is looking forward to do one last great race before heading on to T-Mobile.
- Five time-Tour winner Miguel Indurain was at the start of the Vuelta.
- Miguel Indurain is still very popular in Spain and gets presentations.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) is making the Vuelta the highlight of his season now.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) looks forward to when the road tilts upwards.
- Cordero is the race director and is fighting against declining popularity.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) wants to go one step higher than in the Tour, where he got second.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) is the team leader and has plenty of domestiques.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) used the Regio Tour to get in form for the Vuelta and hopes to also be able to get a stage win in the Vuelta.
- Jos� Luis Arrieta (Ag2r Pr�voyance) with his number-one bike before the start.
- Jos� Luis Arrieta (Ag2r Pr�voyance) wears number one as last year's winner Alexander Vinokourov is not at the start.
- The peloton is waiting for the Vuelta to get under way
- The start in Vigo was picturesque.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) 'warms up' in the harbour area.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) has done well in the Deutschland Tour and is looking forward to the Vuelta.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) enjoys the sun in Vigo, which isn't a certainty in one of the greenest regions in Spain.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) wants to get in Worlds form as the world championships are in his hometown area in Stuttgart and he really wants to win that one.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) is pensive before the start. He will try to win stages and get a decent GC placing.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) waves to the crowd who loves the hometown boy.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step Innergetic) came in a hurry and didn't have time to shave. But it shouldn't slow him down in the sprints.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) is the team's leader and highly confident for a good placing.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step Innergetic) is back in action and he will use the Vuelta to get in shape to defend his rainbow jersey.
- Samuel S�nchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) with dark glasses that won't reveal his tactics.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) uses the Vuelta to get in shape for the Worlds in his home country.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wants to win stages and he has shown good form lately.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) hopes for a good race as he has done well in the Vuelta in the past.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) wants to increase his stage win tally in Spain.
- Cunego arrives with a team-mate at the finish in Vigo.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) got bloody after his crash, but was able to finish the race.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) in the finishing circuit.
- Pereiro and Bennati riding close to each other in the race.
- The sprint in full swing
- Bennati had time to celebrate as he beat the other sprinters.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) could only manage second in his home country's first stage.
- Another big win for the Italian sprint star.
- The Italian was faster than all the other sprint rockets.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) wins the first stage in a sprint.
- Zabel led out Petacchi and then kept sprinting for a bit more, before rolling out.
- Petacchi got close but not close enough.
- A big trophy for a big win.
- Bennati on the podium, continuing where he left off in the Tour.
- Bennati gets to test out the first golden jersey of the 2007 Vuelta.
- Bennati tries on new colours.
- The golden jersey looks good on Bennati and his smile.
- Bennati in the golden jersey.
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- The sprint with winner Bennati on the left, and Freire (Rabobank), Petacchi (Milram) and Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) reduced to onlookers.
- Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital wins the first sprint of the 2007 Vuelta a España
- Bennati also took over the first golden jersey.
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.43.09 (39.364 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 Aur�lien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 11 Andr� Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Pr�voyance 13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Cr�dit Agricole 16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 17 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 18 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 21 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 22 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 23 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 24 Erki P�tsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 25 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 26 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 28 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 29 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 31 David Garc�a (Spa) Karpin Galicia 32 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 36 Iker Cama�o (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 Jos� �ngel G�mez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Manuel Beltr�n (Spa) Liquigas 41 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 46 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 51 Gustavo Dom�nguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 52 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 53 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 David L�pez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Carlos Casta�o (Spa) Karpin Galicia 58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 60 Ren� Mandri (Est) AG2r Pr�voyance 61 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Jes�s Hern�ndez (Spa) Relax - Gam 63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 65 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 66 Igor Ant�n (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 71 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Pr�voyance 77 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 78 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 79 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 81 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 82 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 84 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 85 Arkaitz Dur�n (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 86 Josep Jufr� (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 88 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 90 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Ra�l Garc�a De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 93 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 95 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 97 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 98 St�phane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 99 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Gustavo C�sar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 101 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 102 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 106 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 108 S�bastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 109 �ngel G�mez G�mez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 110 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 111 Jos� Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 114 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 115 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 116 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 117 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 118 Jos� Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 121 �ngel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 122 Jos� Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Pr�voyance 123 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 124 J�r�my Roy (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 126 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 127 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 129 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 130 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 131 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 132 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 133 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 134 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole 135 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 136 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Cr�dit Agricole 138 Chris Anker S�rensen (Den) Team CSC 139 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 140 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 141 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 142 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 143 Ian McLeod (RSA) Fran�aise des Jeux 144 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 145 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 146 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 147 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 148 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 149 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 150 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 151 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 152 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 153 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 154 Johannes Fr�hlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 155 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 156 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 157 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 158 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 159 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Pr�voyance 160 Santos Gonz�lez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 161 Aitor Hern�ndez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 162 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 163 Andr� Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 164 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 165 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Jos� Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 167 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 168 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 169 Jos� Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 170 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Fran�aise des Jeux 171 I�igo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 172 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 173 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 174 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 175 Martin M�ller (Ger) Team Milram 176 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 177 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 178 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 179 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 180 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 181 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.24 182 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 183 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 184 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.31 185 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.19 186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fran�aise des Jeux 4.42 187 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.48 188 Vincent J�r�me (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.36 DNF Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Points Ponte Caldelas - km 42 1 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 2 3 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Vigo - km 129.8 1 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 pts 2 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 J�r�my Roy (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 1 Vigo - km 153.4 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 25 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 6 Aur�lien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 10 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 9 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 6 11 Andr� Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Pr�voyance 4 13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Cr�dit Agricole 1 Mountains Alto de Vilarch�n (cat 3) - km 42 1 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 pts 2 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 2 4 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Alto de Zamans (cat 3) - km 109 1 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 pts 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 4 3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Bouygues Telecom 11.09.27 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Rabobank 4 Discovery Channel 5 Liquigas 6 Predictor-Lotto 7 AG2r Pr�voyance 8 Cr�dit Agricole 9 Lampre-Fondital 10 Relax-Gam 11 Karpin Galicia 12 Team CSC 13 Team Milram 14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 15 Caisse d'Epargne 16 Quickstep-Innergetic 17 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 19 Fran�aise des Jeux 20 Andaluc�a-Cajasur 21 Gerolsteiner General classification after stage 1 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.43.09 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 Aur�lien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 11 Andr� Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Pr�voyance 13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Cr�dit Agricole 16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 17 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 18 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 21 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 22 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 23 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 24 Erki P�tsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 25 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 26 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 28 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 29 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 31 David Garc�a (Spa) Karpin Galicia 32 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 36 Iker Cama�o (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 Jos� �ngel G�mez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Manuel Beltr�n (Spa) Liquigas 41 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 46 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 51 Gustavo Dom�nguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 52 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 53 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 David L�pez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Carlos Casta�o (Spa) Karpin Galicia 58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 60 Ren� Mandri (Est) AG2r Pr�voyance 61 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Jes�s Hern�ndez (Spa) Relax - Gam 63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 65 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 66 Igor Ant�n (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 71 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Pr�voyance 77 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 78 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 79 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 81 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 82 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 84 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 85 Arkaitz Dur�n (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 86 Josep Jufr� (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 88 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 90 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Ra�l Garc�a De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 93 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 95 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 97 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 98 St�phane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 99 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Gustavo C�sar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 101 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 102 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 106 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 108 S�bastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 109 �ngel G�mez G�mez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 110 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 111 Jos� Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 114 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 115 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 116 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 117 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 118 Jos� Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 121 �ngel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 122 Jos� Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Pr�voyance 123 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 124 J�r�my Roy (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 126 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 127 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 129 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 130 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 131 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 132 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 133 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 134 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole 135 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 136 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Cr�dit Agricole 138 Chris Anker S�rensen (Den) Team CSC 139 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 140 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 141 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 142 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 143 Ian McLeod (RSA) Fran�aise des Jeux 144 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 145 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 146 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 147 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 148 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 149 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 150 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 151 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 152 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 153 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 154 Johannes Fr�hlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 155 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 156 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 157 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 158 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 159 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Pr�voyance 160 Santos Gonz�lez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 161 Aitor Hern�ndez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 162 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 163 Andr� Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 164 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 165 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Jos� Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 167 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 168 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andaluc�a - Cajasur 169 Jos� Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 170 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Fran�aise des Jeux 171 I�igo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 172 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 173 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 174 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 175 Martin M�ller (Ger) Team Milram 176 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 177 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 178 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 179 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 180 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 181 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.24 182 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 183 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 184 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.31 185 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.19 186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fran�aise des Jeux 4.42 187 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.48 188 Vincent J�r�me (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.36 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 25 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 6 Aur�lien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 10 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 9 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 10 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 6 12 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 13 Andr� Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Pr�voyance 4 15 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 16 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 17 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 2 18 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Cr�dit Agricole 1 19 J�r�my Roy (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 1 Mountains classification 1 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 pts 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 6 3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 5 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 191 pts 2 Seraf�n Mart�nez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 198 3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 200 Teams classification 1 Bouygues Telecom 11.09.27 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Rabobank 4 Discovery Channel 5 Liquigas 6 Predictor-Lotto 7 AG2r Pr�voyance 8 Cr�dit Agricole 9 Lampre-Fondital 10 Relax-Gam 11 Karpin Galicia 12 Team CSC 13 Team Milram 14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 15 Caisse d'Epargne 16 Quickstep-Innergetic 17 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 19 Fran�aise des Jeux 20 Andaluc�a-Cajasur 21 Gerolsteiner
