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63rd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

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Stage 13 - September 13: San Vicente de la Barquera - Alto de L'Angliru, 209.5km

Contador reigns in Vuelta's most feared day

GC challenger Sastre loses time

By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Alto de l'Angliru

Alberto Contador (Astana)
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Alberto Contador took the stage win, the gold jersey and stardom today in the Vuelta a España with the stage win on top of Spain's most feared climb, the Alto de l'Angliru. The 25 year-old Spaniard of Team Astana dropped his competitors and rode solo for the final 3500 metres of the stage to finish ahead of Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde and Joaquím Rodríguez.

Contador's teammate, Levi Leipheimer, finished in fourth and general classification favourite Carlos Sastre finished in fifth at 1:32. With his gains, Contador took the race overall from Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and leads by 1:07 over Leipheimer and 3:01 over Sastre.

"I was targeting this climb. It's the most mythical climb in Spain," said Contador following his victory. "It was a spectacle with all the fans... and I think Levi did great as well."

Contador made his move and put the icing on the Astana cake after sensing Valverde was weakening. The winner of the Giro d'Italia slowly added more time on Valverde, who had lost 3:22 in Thursday's stage to Suances. Rodríguez waited for his captain and the duo managed to limit Valverde's loss to just 42 seconds over the final 2500 metres of climbing and following 1000 metres to the line.

"After the mistake I in the Suances stage, I am very happy with the way I reacted today," said Valverde in a press statement. "This one was one of the most difficult stages and for me it was one of my best days. The Angliru is a climb that suits me pretty well because you have to go with power, and at certain times I thought that the stage win was possible." His aim remains a podium spot in Madrid in one week's time.

Contador handled himself with grace and wrote himself firmly into the ranks of top Spanish climbers over the stiff gradients of the Angliru. Through the corridors of fans he managed the pitches of 21 percent to arrive at Angliru's summit with 50 seconds and an assured stage victory. He fired his hands like pistols similar to when he conquered the Giro in May.

Carlos Sastre (CSC) gets support from Spanish fans
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Sastre looked completely different than he did on France's Alpe d'Huez. The 33 year-old managed himself but suffered. First the Contador-Valverde express gapped him and then Leipheimer marked and distanced him in the final two kilometres.

"The sensations were not bad. I tried to remain in the group ahead, but the explosiveness of Alberto, Alejandro, Joaquím and these types of riders puts me in difficulties in certain moments," explained Sastre. "I kept my rhythm and tried to limit the time losses so that I did not lose my options in this Vuelta a España."

Sastre occupies fourth overall, just over one minute over fifth-placed Ezequiel Mosquera of Team Xacobeo-Galicia. Mosquera road well in a day that favoured him with cool and cloudy conditions. The favourites gapped him, but he rode consistently with Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank) afterwards. "I could not follow Contador, it was very tough. I was just trying to ride my own rhythm until the top," he said to Cyclingnews.

Kern leads way to Angliru

The three-man breakaway
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After a day of rest, the riders lined up for one of the most feared days of the Vuelta, if not the 2008 cycling calendar – a 209.5-kilometre journey in Asturias to the finish on the Alto de l'Angliru. Ahead was one category three climb, three category one climbs and then the 12.6-kilometre run up the hors catégorie Angliru - an average gradient of over 10 percent and maximums at 23 percent

Riders left San Vicente de la Basque under cloudy skies and 17º temperatures. Attacks were made by many - including Belgian Philippe Gilbert of Team Française des Jeux and German Stefan Schumacher of Team Gerolsteiner - but none made it clear until kilometre 37, when Christophe Kern of Team Crédit Agricole broke loose.

The Frenchman gained three minutes by kilometre 40. The third category Alto de Ortigueiro was ahead of Kern with two riders - Slovakian Matej Jurco (Team Milram) and Dutchman Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto) - behind. He covered the pass at kilometre 47 with 3:40 on the chase duo and nearly double on the Euskaltel-led peloton.

Kern realised that there would be safety in numbers for such a demanding stage. After the descent, he waited for Jurco and Tjallingii. The three had 10 minutes in hand by kilometre 85. Team Astana showed its intentions for the stage and overall race by coming to the fore to aid Euskaltel's efforts. The gap was at 10:30 for the start of the Puerto de Arnicio - the biggest gap the trio would reach for the day.

At the summit of Puerto de Arnicio, kilometre 116, the gap was down by two minutes. The three persisted to the next category one climb. Over the top of the Alto de la Colladona the gap was just over five minutes. The gap for the start of the final of the three category one climbs, Alto del Corda, was 4'47". The trio did not look like it would make it to the base of the Alto de l'Angliru ahead of the Astana charge.

Kern sensed danger and ditched the duo on the way up the Alto del Corda. He held 27 seconds to his ex-companions and 2:05 to the favourites group at the top of the climb, but he looked weakened by the efforts. He made it to the final 10 kilometres solo, where the favourites caught Jurco and Tjallingii, and the start of the Angliru. Kern's day ended when he was caught at kilometre 200 - after 163 kilometres off the front of the race.

Astana strength

Levi Leipheimer (Astana) puts in an attack
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Germany's Andreas Klöden did major work on the Corda and its descent to keep teammate Contador safe. The 33 year-old, second in the 2004 Tour de France, pulled off at 10 kilometres remaining of the Alto de l'Angliru. He turned the work over to José Luis Rubiera with the gap to Kern at one minute. Contador sat second wheel, one ahead of teammate Leipheimer. 'Chechu' Rubiera hammered over the easier portions of the climb, before the walls of 21 percent.

Leipheimer came to the front for the tricky gradients. He led Contador and Caisse's Astana through kilometres 6.5 to 7.5 of the Angliru. His work thinned it down to Valverde and his trusted teammate, Rodríguez. Tour de France champion Sastre was out the back with his chances of wining the Vuelta up in smoke with more than six kilometres remaining.

After Leipheimer pulled off at six kilometres, Valverde and Contador set out to take advantage of Sastre's loss. Spanish Champion Valverde moved to the front for a spell, even if looked the weaker of the rivals.

Contador put the final polish on the Astana show of strength, while Leipheimer was marking Sastre some 30 seconds down the road. The winner of the 2006 Tour and 2007 Giro fired a deadly attack with 3500 metres remaining, some of which touched 21 percent gradient.

Euskaltel's double blow

The Euskaltel-Euskadi team
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Euskaltel not only lost the race overall, but it lost its team captain. Previous race leader Egoi Martínez and teammates did their part to ride Igor Antón into the overall lead, but back luck put paid to the 25 year-old's Vuelta.

Antón, eighth in the 2007 Vuelta a España, crashed about eighth kilometres from the finish, on the same descent that put Abraham Olano out of the race a few years back. The Basque rider was forced to abandon and the team focused its efforts on Martínez.

Martínez finished the day 7:05 back and now is 6:56 behind Contador in the race overall.

Frenchman David Moncoutié, winner of stage eight, rode smart and added points to his red mountains jersey. He managed to take fourth on the mountains behind the escapees and finish 11th on the Angliru climb. "This was almost like a mountain bike race. It's okay to do this once in a while," he said. "Contador was no surprise; he came here to win the Vuelta."

Stage 14 - September 14: Oviedo - E. E. Fuentes de Invierno, 158.4km

Stage 14 from Oviedo to Fuentes de Invierno is only be 150 kilometres long, but it may prove to be even tougher than the Angliru. The profile is extremely saw-blade like. Many of the little, steep rises, are not even categorised. But the stage does start with a categorised hill. The Alto del Padrún comes after only nine kilometres.

After many of the small rises the category two Alto de San Emiliano comes at kilometre 70.5. The category three Alto de la Camporada and the Alto de La Falla de Los Lobos (another climb meaning rift of the wolfs....) prepare the riders for the category one Alto de la Coladona.

The final climb is used for the first time. Fourteen kilometres will bring the riders up to 1,496 metres atop the category one Fuentes de Invierno. Fuentes of the winter? Will the name serve as a reminder of dark and cold times of any doping scandals?

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Results

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                  5.52.35 (35.65 km/h)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.42
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  0.58
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                              1.05
5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           1.32
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              1.56
7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            2.18
8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           2.28
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                               2.43
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           3.01
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       4.08
12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
13 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           4.30
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                      4.44
15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                       4.52
16 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                            5.04
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     5.39
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                
19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                           5.42
20 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               5.48
21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                 6.48
23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       7.05
24 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                7.42
25 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
26 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
27 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         8.03
28 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
29 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             8.11
30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     8.27
31 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                     8.28
32 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                         8.41
33 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              8.58
34 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                              8.59
35 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                         9.03
36 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            9.27
37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                              
38 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    9.34
39 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
40 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           10.08
41 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     10.09
42 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
43 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                   
44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                  
45 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            10.17
46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                            10.25
47 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                             10.27
48 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 10.49
49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                 10.59
50 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 
51 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                11.10
52 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            11.19
53 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                
54 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 11.32
55 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      11.46
56 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           11.50
57 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      11.53
58 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                   12.12
59 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                12.28
60 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  12.36
61 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
62 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                    
63 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
64 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                  12.49
65 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              14.04
66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             14.42
67 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           
68 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    14.52
69 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 15.23
70 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        
71 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     15.48
72 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
73 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             15.59
74 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                
75 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           16.06
76 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   16.33
77 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                            
78 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 16.54
79 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                    
80 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             17.11
81 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
82 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                               
83 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
84 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
85 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
86 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                         
87 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                               
88 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                
89 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                
90 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       17.17
91 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                              17.29
92 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    17.32
93 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                  
94 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  17.34
95 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 17.38
96 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                          17.53
97 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                              
98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                               
99 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                                
100 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    
101 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                              
102 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                             
103 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               18.05
104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        18.25
105 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      18.37
106 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                             18.45
107 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  19.06
108 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         19.26
109 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                              
110 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                19.33
111 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            19.40
112 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                     19.41
113 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         
114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
115 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    19.44
116 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    19.57
117 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                         
118 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   20.09
119 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        20.11
120 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                               
121 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
122 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                       20.40
123 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                              
124 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      20.52
125 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                    
126 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                            
127 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                20.54
128 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    21.04
129 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             21.07
130 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     21.08
131 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        21.12
132 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                21.32
133 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
134 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                            21.53
135 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                        21.57
136 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                         
137 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               22.07
138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       22.12
139 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   22.16
140 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      22.40
141 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                  22.41
142 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                            
143 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                      23.08
144 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
145 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          23.42
146 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                        
147 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              24.51
148 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                        24.55
149 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                               
150 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          25.07
151 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                25.13
152 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                             25.17
DNS Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                           
DSQ José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur        
DNF Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi       
DNF Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner         
 
Sprints
 
Infiesto, km 95
1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                     4 pts
2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        2
3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                                1
 
Fresnedo, km 195
1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        4 pts
2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                                2
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                     1
 
Alto de L'Angliru, km 209.5
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                       25 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          20
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    16
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                14
5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             12
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                10
7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               9
8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                              8
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                  7
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              6
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                          5
12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     4
13 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              3
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                         2
15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                          1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Ortigueiro (Cat 3), km 46
1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        6 pts
2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                     4
3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                                2
4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                          1
 
Puerto de Arnicio (Cat 1), km 117 
1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       16 pts
2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                               12
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    10
4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      8
5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       6
6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                          4
7 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                         3
8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                   2
9 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                  1
 
Alto de la Colladona (Cat 1), km 155
1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       16 pts
2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                               12
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    10
4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      8
5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                          6
6 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                         4
7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                   3
8 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                                2
9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1
 
Alto del Cordal (Cat 1) km 188
1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       16 pts
2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    12
3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                               10
4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      8
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                        6
6 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                         4
7 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                  3
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                 2
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               1
 
Alto de L'Angliru (HC), km 209 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                       30 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          25
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    20
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                16
5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             12
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                10
7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               8
8 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                              6
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                  4
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              3
11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     2
12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                          1
 
Teams
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                      17.42.26
2 Astana                                                                    4.52
3 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                        11.07
4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                     12.56
5 Lampre                                                                   13.50
6 Rabobank                                                                 15.17
7 AG2R La Mondiale                                                         15.26
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      18.17
9 Gerolsteiner                                                             19.27
10 Française Des Jeux                                                      20.33
11 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                     21.07
12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                        21.37
13 Credit Agricole                                                         22.05
14 Silence-Lotto                                                           25.10
15 Quick Step                                                              28.21
16 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                  32.12
17 Team Milram                                                             35.14
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                        45.25
19 Liquigas                                                                48.16
 
General classification after stage 13
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                 51.41.17
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                              1.07
3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           3.01
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            4.19
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        4.40
6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  4.51
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              5.09
8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        6.56
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        7.39
10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          8.41
11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           8.43
12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  8.52
13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                            9.39
14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            11.42
15 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   16.12
16 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          16.35
17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                16.50
18 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                     17.12
19 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      18.48
20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             19.10
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                19.29
22 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           19.38
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             20.17
24 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                    20.27
25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    20.58
26 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              21.15
27 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               21.36
28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                             21.51
29 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               24.06
30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                          26.20
31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     26.52
32 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        32.00
33 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                              33.50
34 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           34.17
35 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                             35.11
36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                          35.13
37 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                        35.58
38 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      37.46
39 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                38.28
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    38.36
41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                 38.41
42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           39.09
43 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         40.01
44 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           40.48
45 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             41.39
46 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 42.47
47 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                42.53
48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   42.59
49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              43.11
50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            43.19
51 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                   44.59
52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     45.07
53 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                        45.08
54 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               45.30
55 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            45.44
56 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                            45.49
57 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 46.09
58 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                46.12
59 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            47.35
60 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          47.38
61 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      51.28
62 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               52.47
63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            53.45
64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 54.19
65 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  54.36
66 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                             57.07
67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 57.50
68 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                    58.45
69 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                59.31
70 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            59.38
71 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   59.40
72 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                         1.00.08
73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1.02.03
74 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           1.03.15
75 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.04.18
76 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                       1.05.37
77 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                           1.06.04
78 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           1.06.38
79 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             1.06.43
80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           1.07.00
81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                       1.07.03
82 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  1.08.14
83 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1.09.11
84 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   1.09.27
85 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            1.09.34
86 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.10.14
87 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               1.10.21
88 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.10.53
89 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    1.11.00
90 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               1.13.00
91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.13.17
92 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         1.13.48
93 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         1.13.54
94 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.16.15
95 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.16.17
96 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1.17.26
97 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.18.01
98 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   1.18.59
99 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                        1.19.27
100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        1.19.34
101 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.19.58
102 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                    1.20.55
103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.22.52
104 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems         1.23.23
105 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            1.24.38
106 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                           1.24.59
107 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                1.25.39
108 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       1.26.36
109 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               1.26.43
110 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.27.51
111 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.28.07
112 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             1.28.11
113 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.28.56
114 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 1.30.15
115 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                          1.30.35
116 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  1.35.58
117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.36.02
118 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             1.37.55
119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                               
120 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   1.39.13
121 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 1.40.13
122 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                       1.41.00
123 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  1.42.04
124 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1.42.07
125 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        1.43.12
126 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 1.44.13
127 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                    1.44.28
128 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                 1.45.31
129 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        1.46.42
130 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1.46.57
131 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                      1.48.34
132 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                     1.49.22
133 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              1.50.26
134 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     1.51.09
135 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                     1.51.17
136 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   1.52.35
137 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           1.53.28
138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                1.53.54
139 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                      1.54.02
140 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.54.36
141 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.54.45
142 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             1.55.00
143 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                       1.56.39
144 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             2.01.54
145 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           2.02.38
146 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                      2.03.06
147 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     2.04.48
148 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       2.05.29
149 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                      2.05.36
150 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                        2.08.31
151 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                          2.08.36
152 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                        2.19.50
 
Points classification
 
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     99 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          94
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                       85
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                          81
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                 75
6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                              70
7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                66
8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                              58
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                51
10 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        50
11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   49
12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    46
13 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             38
14 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                       38
15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            36
16 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    35
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                35
18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              31
19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   30
20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                            29
21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             27
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  27
23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         26
24 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                        26
25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                   24
26 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 23
27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                               22
28 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      19
29 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               18
30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     18
31 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                18
32 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            18
33 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           16
34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  15
35 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               14
36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                      13
37 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                           12
38 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                              11
39 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  11
40 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                             10
41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         10
42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       9
43 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                             9
44 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 9
45 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        9
46 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                               8
47 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                 8
48 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                               8
49 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                              8
50 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                            8
51 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       7
52 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   7
53 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                    7
54 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                          7
55 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                 6
56 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        6
57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           6
58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    5
59 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                          5
60 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 5
61 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     4
62 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      4
63 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              3
64 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                           3
65 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        2
66 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                   2
67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                         2
68 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                  2
69 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     2
70 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              2
71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                        2
72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                               2
73 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                          1
74 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                        1
75 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                 1
76 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               1
77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                 1
78 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                              1
79 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    1
80 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         1
81 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    113 pts
2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       80
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                       68
4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                         53
5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                              51
6 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    43
7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              39
8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    39
9 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   38
10 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                              36
11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                               35
12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         35
13 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                31
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       26
15 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      22
16 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            22
17 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    18
18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            18
19 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              17
20 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              16
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                16
22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                               14
23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         14
24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    12
25 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         10
26 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             10
27 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    10
28 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                 9
29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      9
30 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                9
31 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 9
32 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      8
33 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                            8
34 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems                8
35 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                               7
36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                               7
37 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                        7
38 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                        7
39 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   7
40 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                            6
41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             6
42 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                               6
43 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    5
44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                 5
45 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                               5
46 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                              4
47 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              4
48 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        4
49 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     4
50 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                  4
51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                             3
52 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                  3
53 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                               3
54 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                               3
55 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                 3
56 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              2
57 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    2
58 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                    2
59 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                 2
60 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   2
61 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                1
62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         1
63 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          1
64 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                             1
65 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    1
66 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                              1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                        7 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          19
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                20
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              24
5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    25
6 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     29
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             34
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                          38
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                              47
10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         54
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                               56
12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             58
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                66
14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                            71
15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                             84
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   93
17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                       102
18 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 102
19 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   103
20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                  104
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      104
22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              110
23 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                  111
24 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   115
25 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    124
26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               129
27 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              129
28 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            135
29 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                      135
30 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     137
31 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                               138
32 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                 140
33 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   142
34 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                             148
35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                               152
36 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                           153
37 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                               156
38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                             162
39 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               169
40 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                             173
41 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                            177
42 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                      177
43 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                           183
44 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    203
45 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          213
46 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                             216
47 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             230
48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  256
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     154.57.15
2 Astana                                                                    4.42
3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                     16.38
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      19.50
5 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                        27.17
6 Rabobank                                                                 27.30
7 Lampre                                                                   35.40
8 Credit Agricole                                                          44.53
9 Silence-Lotto                                                            49.00
10 AG2R La Mondiale                                                        50.17
11 Gerolsteiner                                                            59.38
12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                      1.02.09
13 Française Des Jeux                                                    1.11.22
14 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                   1.16.06
15 Quick Step                                                            1.18.34
16 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                1.19.50
17 Team Milram                                                           2.06.52
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                      2.35.14
19 Liquigas                                                              3.04.12

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