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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 17 - September 13: Adra - Granada, 167 km
Vinokourov and Danielson combine to unseat Valverde
Change in race leadership as American wins the stage
By Shane Stokes in Granada
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Triumph from adversity. For both Alexandre Vinokourov and Tom Danielson, today's stage of the Vuelta a España brought happiness after some strong disappointments this summer. Vinokourov was aiming to win this year's Tour de France but repercussions from the Operación Puerto investigation saw several riders excluded on the eve of the race. As a consequence the Astana team were left without the required numbers and had to withdraw from the Tour.
As for Danielson, he came to the race hoping to fight it out for the final victory or, at least, a podium placing, but suffered inexplicably in the early mountains and dropped down the general classification. For both of them, today brought pleasure after pain; Vino bounced back to seize the maillot oro of race leadership in a thrilling finish, while Danielson's long-distance break saw him salvage his Vuelta and win the stage.
"This is the first time I have worn a leader's jersey in a Grand Tour," said a quietly satisfied Vinokourov, who had a stormer of a race and ended the day nine seconds clear overall of a deposed Alejandro Valverde. "There is a special emotion because of that, but it will be even stronger if I reach Madrid in the gold jersey."
The stage was marked by two first category climbs and some undulating terrain in between the two peaks, but was on paper less difficult than yesterday's demanding leg to Calar Alto. Yet it proved far more decisive in terms of the overall classification. Sparring between Valverde's Caisse d'Epargne team and Vinokourov's Astana squad was followed by attacks from other riders, and a group of six then went clear on the first of these two ascents.
Danielson, Sergio Paulinho (Astana), Lars Bak (Team CSC), Stéphane Goubert (AG2R), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), and Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) opened up a maximum lead of 4'30, and then the American surged clear alone on the second climb, which crested 20 kilometres from the end. Vinokourov followed an earlier attack by Kashechkin and managed to shake off Valverde, and while the race leader was able to rejoin on the descent, a persistent – and impressive – Vino jumped clear again, bridged up to Danielson, and pulled out a substantial 1'39 gap by the finish. That plus the time bonus was enough to see him move into the overall lead, with Valverde dropping to second and Sastre remaining third.
"My confidence wasn't badly affected by not being able to get a gap yesterday," the Kazakhstani said, when asked if he had been disheartened by stage 16. "It was a special day after the rest day and Valverde was very strong. But today is a different day, the course was one to attack on and it suited my specialities. I knew that I could make a difference and I gave my all until the end.
"I had good legs but I was a little surprised in the end that I could make up so much time in the final fifteen kilometres. Today I wish to thank my team, who worked very well. All of the them did a lot of work, especially Kashechkin who made many attacks to break up the rhythm. My motivation is very good now, my team is working strongly and I will do what I can to win."
Vinokourov was asked if it was his strength or the tactics of the race which made the difference. "I think the strategy of the race and the team was important, but once I got the gap it was about being strong," he answered. "I was able to work with Kash and Marchante when I was clear. Valverde got back but I had the strength to be able to get away on my own again. I still only have a small lead so will see how tomorrow goes, in terms of getting more time. But even if I don't, I think I can make a decisive difference in the time trial."
Stage winner Danielson has taken some good victories as a professional, winning races such as the Tour de Georgia and Tour de Langkawi. However he said that today's success was something more. "First of all, this race has the title of a Grand Tour so that obviously makes it very special. But the biggest and most special part of today is that in one race I have been able to recover from the lowest I have been in my cycling career and, with the help of my wife and my team, been able to come back, fight back and deliver at the finish."
Prior to the start he told Cyclingnews that after trying unsuccessfully yesterday, he didn't think that he would be able to get clear in a long-range breakaway. Yet that is what happened today.
"This whole race has been a surprise for me," he said, when asked about this. "It has been a surprise in the beginning, why I was so bad, then it was a surprise when I couldn't go in the breakaway. Basically the best way to describe today was a slugfest. No-one let anyone go anywhere because it was just one punch from Astana, another punch from Caisse d'Epargne. I was just in the middle of it, trying to take advantage of every situation and obviously it was a really, really hard stage. It reminded me a lot of last year when Roberto [Heras] attacked on the second last climb before the finish and dropped Menchov on the descent. Then he had his team-mates wait for him and drive it from there.
"You could see that something like that was happening with Astana. To be honest with you, my priority was to work for Egoi [Martinez] in the beginning to make sure he won the KOM. So I bridged across to his breakaway and then pulled for him for three kilometres all the way to the top. He won the KOM which was icing on the cake and then, as you could see, Kashechkin and Astana just went crazy and I got in the middle of all that.
"A breakaway went then. Egoi is very good at the breakaway and he said ‘Tom, Tom, this is your opportunity.' I took it. I didn't care if it was going to get caught…I have been very, very frustrated in this race and have had to be mentally strong to come back from all the disappointments that I have had from the beginning. Every pull that I took was brushing the dirt off my shoulder, and the finish line was where I brushed it all off. It was a great experience."
Once they had joined up, Vinokourov and Danielson chose to work together, with the latter then taking the stage uncontested. Although a time bonus was up for grabs, it appeared that Vino judged that Danielson's collaboration was worth more in terms of potential gain than if he had had to set the pace alone. The Discovery Channel rider was asked at the press conference if a deal had been done.
"For a while he was chasing me and not gaining much ground," he answered. "I was basically going the same speed. My directeurs thought it might be better if we waited a little bit, then we worked together for the advantage at the end.
"Obviously he is a great champion and he didn't sprint me for the win. I pulled a lot and he pulled a lot, too. We didn't exactly talk about the situation but, like I said, he is a great champion."
Previous race leader Valverde and third placed Carlos Sastre arrived in a group together at the finish, losing 1'39. The maillot oro had to do much of the chasing but couldn't make any impression on the two up front, conceding a lot of time.
He was clearly disappointed at the end, although he was still able to smile and wave to his fans when being presented with the white jersey as the leader of the combined classification. "For sure right now I feel a little bit tired after the effort that I have just made," he said. "We will see how I recover this night. Tomorrow it will be necessary to start fighting again and we do not have any intention of throwing in the towel. All my team-mates did their best to help me and I know that tomorrow all of them will be present to start fighting again.
"We knew that the stage of today would be a hard and difficult one. In the final part of the climb of the Monachil, I accelerated but the same time I caught the group with the Kazakh riders, Vinokourov saw me and he attacked again immediately. It was consequently very difficult to join him once more, and also because nobody collaborated.
"I thought that Marchante was going to ride with me but by the time he decided to do it, it was very little and too late. Now Vinokourov, who could count on Danielson's collaboration, is the leader of the race. He is closest to the final victory. So tomorrow, it will be necessary to attack to recover some time."
With a time trial yet to come, the advantage appears to have swung – for now – in Vinokourov's favour. If he can hold of the inevitable counter attack by his chief rival tomorrow, then he will be confident heading into the final time trial. While he only gained eight seconds on Valverde in the last race against the clock in Cuenca, on past form it is difficult to envisage the Spaniard actually turning the tables and beating Vino. Of course, anything is possible in a three week stage race but, for now, Vinokourov has the upper hand.
He was asked at the post-race press conference if his non-participation in the Tour fuelled his motivation here. "It is true that I could not do the Tour de France this year," he answered "It is a big pity for me. I really like doing three week Tours, and I have shown I can do well in them. But winning the Vuelta would be something special. Also, my 33rd birthday is on Saturday…if I can do it, it would be a good present to arrive in Madrid with the jersey."
How it unfolded
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The 17th stage finished in Granada, a well known city because of its famous Alhambra. The Alhambra is an Arab big building built before the XIII century at the top of a hill in the heart of Granada. It was thought to be for military purposes, but it became a royal Arab residence. Granada is one of the three most visited cities in Spain and among the most visited in the world due to this marvelous architectural work.
The stage began with a fast tempo. There were many attacks from km 0. Even the GC leader Alejandro Valverde and the favourites’ group were part of an early breakaway (km 32) on the Alto de Albondón. That attack didn't succeed and further up the climb, 13 riders made a break: Tom Danielson (Discovery), Egoi Martinez (Discovery), Sergio Paulinho (Astana), David Arroyo (Illes Balears), Serguei Yakovlev (Astana), Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Lars Bak (CSC), Stephane Goubert (AG2R), Dimitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), David Millar (Saunier Duval), Kurt Arvesen (CSC) and Scott Davis (T-Mobile). Later on, Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) joined the lead group. The stage was already exploding on the first climb.
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Martinez took the points at the summit ahead of Caucchioli, which brought him level with the Italian in the mountains classification and gave him the jersey. On the descent, Valverde, together with Carlos Sastre (CSC), Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and others joined the lead group and formed a small bunch. But in front, Bak, Paulinho, Danielson, Leblacher, Goubert and Fofonov continued with their escape and led the race by just over a minute at km 60.
This six rider breakaway was the good one, as the Valverde group was consolidating behind. The leaders were able to keep distance over the 40 rider bunch, where Caisse d'Epargne had five riders protecting the leader. At the first intermediate sprint in Durcal (km 100), Danielson crossed first with Sergio Paulinho and Eric Leblacher on his wheel. Later on, at the second intermediate sprint in Monachil (km 130.2), Leblacher got the maximum bonus seconds with Goubert in second place and Danielson in third.
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On the ascent of the Alto de Monachil (summit at km 139.4), all hell broke loose. With a good two minutes on the chasers, Danielson quickly dropped his breakaway companions while Kashechkin (Astana) and Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) attacked the Valverde group, which quickly reduced in size to a handful of riders. Kashechkin and Marchante put 20 seconds into the gold jersey, allowing Vinokourov a free ride as Valverde and Sastre had to chase. Then, with two kilometres to the summit, Vino put in a powerful attack to leave Valverde and Sastre in the dust. He crossed the gap incredibly fast, and the trio caught Paulinho and Goubert near the top, but they didn't last long.
Danielson still had a good 45 seconds over the top of the Monachil but now he had two Astana riders and Marchante chasing him. Valverde hadn't given up, and accelerated to close the gap to Vino and co. while hitting 80 km/h on the descent. But the Astana rider was sure of his strength strengths and was able to get a new small gap at 18 km to go, which just kept increasing as Valverde had no help from Kashechkin and Marchante. With 9 km to go, Vino was descending like a demon, 13 seconds behind Danielson. Valverde was 45 seconds behind the American and Sastre at 1’06. Then, Vinokourov caught Danielson with 5 km to the finish and things started to look worse for Valverde.
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The American and the Kazakhstani cooperated with each other in the final kilometres to maximise the advantage over Valverde, whose trio was caught by Sastre, Sanchez, Paulinho, Goubert, Piepoli and Perez. Sanchez wasted no time and attacked for third position, holding off the rest and improving his GC position to eighth.
But up front, it was all Vinokourov and Danielson, who finished with a 1'39 advantage over Valverde - enough to give Vinokourov the gold jersey. Danielson was rewarded for his efforts with a fine stage win, with Sanchez third at 1'10. The leader's name is now Alexandre, and not Alejandro.
Stage 18 – September 14: Granada-Sierra de la Pandera, 153.1 km
This is a mountainous stage with two hard climbs at the end. The first climb is Alto de las Encebras (Cat. 3 – 1,130 m. above sea level – km 45.6). The other two mountains are very near the end: Alto de los Villares (Cat. 2 – 1,180 m. – km 140.4) and Sierra de la Pandera (Cat. special – 1,840 m. – km 153.1 – finish line). This should be the key stage in this Vuelta a España. Valverde and Sastre will play their probable last cards in order to reduce the distance to Vinokourov, who will do his utmost to attack.
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- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) beats Alexandre Vinokourov to win stage 17
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) beats Alexandre Vinokourov to win stage 17
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) goes for it on the final climb of the Puerto de Monachil.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) riding out of his skin on Stage 17.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) leads team-mate Alexandre Vinokourov and José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- Behind them, Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) sense the urgency.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) attempt to bridge to the group containing Vinokourov.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) was an emphatic winner in Granada.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) is beside himself.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) makes the most of the moment.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) can't believe it.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) does believe it!
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) is equally delighted, as he now assumes the race leadership.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) kisses his maillot oro.
- Fans cheer on eventual stage winner Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel).
- Stéphane Goubert (AG2R Prevoyance) rides with Sergio Paulinho (Astana Team).
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finished 10th on the stage.
- Luis Pérez (Cofidis) finished seventh today.
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) has been riding exceptionally well throughout the Vuelta.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) en route to third place on the stage.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) doing his best on the final climb.
- Groups behind the leaders try to contain their losses
- A little push never hurt anyone.
- Pop.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) wasn't at his best today, losing 12'29.
- Flags flying high at the top of the climb.
- A group forge their way up the climb.
- Here comes Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) and co.
- Ahhhh - the summit.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) crosses the summit.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) couldn't do much for his team leader today.
- The autobus en route to Granada.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) doing a great job for his leader Alexandre Vinokourov.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) is growing stronger as the days go on.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) in panic mode.
- The only way is up on the Alto de Monachil
- Riders struggle up the final climb.
- Once you pop, you want to stop.
- A pair of Euskaltel-Euskadi riders make their way up the climb.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) wants it to end.
- Spectators packed the crest of the Alto de Monachil.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) comes into Granada to take third place.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) sprints for fourth.
Results
1 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.09.55 (40.02 km/h) 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 1.39 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.29 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 2.40 15 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.43 20 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 22 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 24 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 26 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 28 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 29 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.21 36 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 7.50 37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.20 38 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.42 39 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 40 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 41 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 44 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 12.29 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 46 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 47 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 48 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 50 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 52 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 54 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 55 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 61 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 62 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 63 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 66 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 68 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 69 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14.36 71 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.02 72 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 18.31 74 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.02 75 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 76 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 24.07 77 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 78 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 81 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 85 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 87 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 88 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 91 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 94 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 95 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 102 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 104 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 105 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 107 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 108 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 109 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 110 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 111 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 112 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 113 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 114 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 115 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 116 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 117 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 119 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 120 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 121 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 124 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 125 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 126 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 129 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 130 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 133 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 134 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 135 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 136 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 137 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank DNF Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic Points 1 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 20 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 14 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 6 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10 7 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 5 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 2 15 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 16 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank -5 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears -5 18 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears -5 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears -5 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -5 21 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -5 22 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam -5 Mountains Alto de Albondón - Cat. 1, km 37 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 12 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 10 4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 5 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4 7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3 8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 9 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Alto de Lanjarón - Cat. 3, km 79 1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 2 4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Alto de Monachil - Cat. 1, km 139 1 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 pts 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 12 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 10 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4 7 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 2 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Dúrcal, km 100 1 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 pts 2 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 2 3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Monachil, km 130.2 1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 3 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Astana 12.33.03 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40 3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 3.51 4 Team CSC 5.44 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.18 6 Ag2r Prevoyance 7.47 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.29 8 Quick Step - Innergetic 16.34 9 Lampre - Fondital 18.37 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 19.45 11 Relax - GAM 25.06 12 Credit Agricole 28.01 13 T- Mobile Team 34.29 14 Française des Jeux 38.01 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 49.39 16 Davitamon - Lotto 49.49 17 Rabobank 52.56 18 Team Milram 57.25 19 Liquigas 20 Gerolsteiner 1.09.03 21 Bouygues Telecom General classification ater stage 17 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 67.29.41 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.09 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.51 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 2.14 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.32 6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.07 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.33 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.25 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.49 10 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.04 11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.18 12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.44 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.24 14 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 13.59 15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 14.03 16 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.20 17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 16.55 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.05 19 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.01 20 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 22.29 21 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 24.13 22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.15 23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.11 24 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.19 25 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 34.28 26 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 35.18 27 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 36.18 28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 37.12 29 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 37.14 30 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 38.54 31 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 41.44 32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 44.10 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 44.21 34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.38 35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.45 36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 46.52 37 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 49.28 38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 51.10 39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 52.21 40 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 56.54 41 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 58.04 42 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 58.16 43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.00.42 44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 1.03.36 45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.05.07 46 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.05.29 47 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.12.51 48 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.13.31 49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.14.24 50 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.14.38 51 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.16.56 52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.18.39 53 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19.11 54 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.19.41 55 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21.10 56 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.21.15 57 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.21.35 58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.21.58 59 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.23.02 60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.23.29 61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.23.39 62 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 1.23.48 63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.26.21 64 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.26.33 65 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.26.46 66 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.27.08 67 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.27.57 68 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.29.36 69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.49 70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.30.28 71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.33.26 72 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.33.54 73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.06 74 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.34.44 75 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35.15 76 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.36.23 77 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.36.59 78 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.37.48 79 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.39.34 80 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40.10 81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42.15 82 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.42.19 83 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.43.03 84 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.43.53 85 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.44.08 86 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.44.55 87 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.46.49 88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.47.54 89 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.50.02 90 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.50.03 91 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.51.30 92 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.51.57 93 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.52.04 94 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.52.50 95 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.56.24 96 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.57.50 97 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.00.05 98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.00.49 99 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 2.00.52 100 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.02.31 101 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.03.03 102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.04.59 103 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.08.53 104 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.09.27 105 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.10.08 106 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 2.10.32 107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.10.34 108 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.11.40 109 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.12.50 110 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.13.40 111 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.14.53 112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.14.55 113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.14.59 114 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.17.03 115 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.17.12 116 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.17.19 117 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.17.22 118 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.17.40 119 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.18.50 120 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 2.18.58 121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.19.37 122 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.20.10 123 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.20.13 124 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.20.22 125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.20.39 126 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2.21.58 127 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.23.18 128 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.24.15 129 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.25.06 130 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.25.21 131 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.30.44 132 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.30.47 133 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.31.58 134 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.32.53 135 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2.35.56 136 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.43.26 137 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.52.02 138 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.53.32 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 169 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 118 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 117 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 82 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 79 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 78 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 67 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 12 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 13 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 51 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 44 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 33 18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 20 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 21 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 22 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 23 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27 24 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 25 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 28 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 21 29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 17 31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 32 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 16 34 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 15 35 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 14 36 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 38 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12 39 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 40 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 10 42 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 10 43 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 9 44 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 9 45 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 46 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 47 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 48 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 8 49 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 8 50 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 8 51 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 52 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 53 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 8 54 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 55 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 56 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 7 57 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 7 58 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 7 59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 60 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 61 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 62 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 6 63 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 64 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 6 65 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 66 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 67 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5 68 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 69 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 70 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 4 71 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 72 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 73 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 74 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 75 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 76 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2 77 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 80 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 81 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 82 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 83 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 117 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 117 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 81 4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 60 6 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 57 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 54 9 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 41 11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 13 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 36 14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 28 16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 19 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 23 20 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 21 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 21 22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 20 23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 24 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 25 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 18 26 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 27 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 15 28 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 30 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 12 31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 11 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 33 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 34 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 9 35 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 9 36 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 38 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 7 39 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 40 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 41 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 6 42 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 43 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 44 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 45 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 5 46 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 49 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 50 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 51 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 52 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 53 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 54 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 3 55 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 3 56 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 57 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 1 58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 59 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 60 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 10 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 22 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 7 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 41 11 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 53 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 54 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 58 16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 59 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 87 19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 87 20 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 91 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 104 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 105 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 106 25 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 110 26 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 27 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 120 29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 121 30 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 134 31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 135 32 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 136 33 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 138 34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 139 35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 140 36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 142 37 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 143 38 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 143 39 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 149 40 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 154 41 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 42 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 165 43 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 179 44 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 189 45 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 195 46 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 197 47 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 221 48 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 235 49 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 242 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 201.59.16 2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 15.27 3 Astana 15.56 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.37 5 Team CSC 51.43 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.12.55 7 Lampre - Fondital 1.15.34 8 Relax - GAM 1.48.41 9 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.48.55 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 2.00.15 11 Credit Agricole 2.16.08 12 Rabobank 2.42.28 13 Liquigas 3.05.02 14 Davitamon - Lotto 3.15.23 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.38.55 16 T- Mobile Team 3.47.53 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.49.24 18 Française des Jeux 3.54.38 19 Gerolsteiner 4.24.58 20 Team Milram 4.49.51 21 Bouygues Telecom 5.06.43