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45th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - PT
Spain, April 4-8, 2005
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Stage 5a - April 8: Altsasu - Oñati, 93 km
Voigt finally comes good
Di Luca puts the hurts on Osa
By Martin Hardie
Nine point three kilometres of time trialling in the cold and rain, around the ancient university city of Oñati, will decide who gets to keep the big floppy txapela hat as winner of this year's Vuelta al Pais Vasco after this morning's short, but gripping final road stage.
CSC's powerhouse, Jens Voigt, who dominated so much of last year's race, finally had his day today when he attacked after ten kilometres and stayed away virtually untouched for the next 83 to finish solo at the monastery on top of the Alto de Arantzazu. Voigt crossed the line, happy, arms briefly raised and finally able to get some respite from the 5 degree cold and the constant rain that was his only companion during his ordeal on the cold wet run down from Navarra into Guipuzkoa. In between, he had to pass through the ancient university city of Oñati, through the town of Bergara and up onto the range that separates Guipuzkoa from Bizkaia, before heading back down again before the final long drag up to the finish. His main obstacles along with the finishing climb the Cat. 2 ascents of the Alto de Aztiria and the Asentzio.
Behind Voigt's solo effort, two other games were being played out. Firstly the duel between the two 'little' teams of the race, the one excluded from the ProTour, the Vicente Belda directed Comunidad Valenciana, and the young, Basque milkmen of Kaiku. Their players David Latasa and Andoni Aranaga respectively had to decide which of them was going to take home the mountains prize. The second, the fight for the overall lead, is not by any means an affair closed off to its two current main players, but it was between them that this morning's event was focused. Danilo Di Luca started out this morning two seconds behind race leader Aitor Osa, but he completed this stage one second ahead of the chasing Baleares Basque. Di Luca trails Osa by just one second, with only this afternoon's time trial now available to separate them.
They are not the only contenders. Nine point three kilometres isn't a lot, but again the course isn't all that flat, it has a nice cuesta to climb in the middle and to sap the strength, and along with the day's wet and slippery roads, nothing will be a formality. Cast your eye over those within twenty seconds of the two: Rebellin, Halgand, Cunego, Menchov, Boogerd, Perdiguero, Serrano,Zaballa, Frigo, Contador, Valverde, Rogers, McGee, Julich, Etxebarria, Rubiera, Beltran or Moncoutié, not to name them all, and it's plain to see that one of them could put in an inspired ride to win the GC.
So there are two main options this afternoon: An Osa-Di Luca duel, or a ride that in the slippery Basque spring that is of such power and determination that it could bring one of that group who sit, just off the pace to the fore.
How it unfolded
The stage was only 93 km, but it was always going to be a hotly contested, nervous stage. Today with the continual rain and the temperature at 5 degrees, Jens Voigt decided to take advantage of his circumstances (he was over 12 minutes down), and the weather, to head off on a solo exploit either to try and upset the Baleares cool, on behalf of teammate Julich, or to salvage some personal glory for himself. He was initially accompanied by the perennial attacker of Cofidis, Luis Perez, rugged up to the ears and rain protected and the Guipuzkoan, Euskaltel's Gorka Gonzalez. But only for a while. Voigt managed to get rid of them but then others tried to follow. Latasa and Aranaga looking to finish off their mountains jersey duel chased, the two after yesterday were separated by a mere point. At first it was Eladio Jimenez who was around to help Latasa in his quest, and after Voigt crested the day's first climb, the Cat. 2 Alto de Aztiria, it was Latasa and Jimenez who stole the minor points from Aranaga.
By the time Voigt was heading through Bergara and about to start the trip towards Angiozar and onto the narrow steep Alto de Asentzio, he had a minute or so buffer over what was now a group of Latasa/Blanco and Aranaga/Palomares. A Valencia/Kaiku tag team match had been set up in the rain, cold and fog. The two non-ProTour teams decided it would be a battle to the death for the mountains prize. The rain was not making the constant climbing and descending easy for either the solo Voigt, the chasing tag team match, or the peloton three minutes behind the German.
At the point where you start to feel the climb to Asentzio commencing, the Valencians put a few metres into the milkmen and it looked like soon their years of experience might cut short the young Kaiku effort. Latasa and Blanco again took the minor mountain points, and headed across the ridge to Kampazar (that bar at the top must have been inviting) and the fast wide and for the most part straight main road descent back towards the next encounter. The Valencian effort had by this stage put an end to the milkmen's attempt to deliver their biggest prize in their short careers so far. Voigt down low, using all the four lanes of the new Kampazar descent, was making the most of his freedom holding a gap of 3'30 over the peloton, and over 2 minutes over Latasa and Blanco with only about 20 kilometres left to the summit and finish of Arantzazu.
The race was not over as Lampre decided, using the wide road which would not last for long, that it was time to drive the peloton in a real pursuit. They swept up Aranaga and soon, with only about 15 km to go, Gerolsteiner were also doing their share of pacemaking. With 10 km to go Voigt was still low on the drops seeking to repeat his stage win of last year, the two Valencians, still in between at 2'30 or so and the peloton, looking to drive to the climb to set up a battle and unseat the Baleares lead of Osa. Cunego, Di Luca and Rebellin obviously still fancying their chances in the overall, seemingly seeking to use the steepest ramps of over 11 to 13% that fall in the first 3 kilometres of the 8 kilometre ascent to the monastery at Arantzazu.
Voigt climbed these ramps, seated! on the tops, doing a perfect impersonation of Ullrich. Blanco behind was alone, Latasa after chatting with Vicente, now sure of the mountains prize, had sat up. Voigt didn't look like he was going to get caught at any point. He had, as Blanco commenced the climb, over two minutes on the Valencian rider. But behind things were about to start. As soon as the main group hit the steep ramps, Cunego and Di Luca jumped. They quickly made some space, but it was only Di Luca who could sustain the effort. Ahead Voigt was already going through the large Ikurina waving crowd that marked the end of the 13% section and from where on in the climb leveled to a gentler 5 or so percent.
Di Luca had already built himself a 7 second gap, and quickly dragged it out to 10, them 12 and then a bit more. In the bunch no one seemed to know who was meant to chase over this the hardest section of the climb. It was the man for all seasons, the sprinting, climbing, winning Baleares, super-domestique Alejandro Valverde, who took control and the initiative of pulling the head of the peloton. Di Luca, however, was still holding his gap. By now Voigt was only 2 km away from safety. Blanco stuck somewhere in between, obscured by both the weather and the tense situation behind. Then Di Luca only had 2 km to go, the peloton still not within reaching him, was it all going to fall apart for Osa?
Di Luca had a kilometre left as Voigt crossed the line ahead, a quick salute and surely not the podium, please first a warm shower in the bus. At last for the big German some respite and a win. Di Luca was working hard, the day grey, the road shining with the rain and his face like the others showing the pain of the climb and the conditions. The bunch had one kilometre to go and Aitor Osa who had been shepherded by Valverde till now, jumped and chased. This was his last ditch effort to save his chances. Blanco rolled in, while Di Luca was still fighting to keep away, but finally on his heels was Osa. One second apart.
Hasta pronto. Bets please...
Results
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2.23.24 2 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.15 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.34 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.35 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.38 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 19 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.43 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.45 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.47 26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 28 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.55 29 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.58 32 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 34 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.17 35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.23 36 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 39 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 41 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 44 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.27 46 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.28 47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.08 48 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.15 49 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.35 50 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 51 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 3.41 52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.00 53 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 4.11 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 55 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 57 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.00 58 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 59 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 60 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 61 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 63 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 64 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 66 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 67 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 68 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 74 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 76 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 77 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 79 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 82 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 83 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 84 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.21 86 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.43 87 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 88 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.07 89 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.46 90 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 91 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 6.47 92 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 93 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.05 94 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7.58 95 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.14 96 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 9.43 97 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 99 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 100 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 101 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 104 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 105 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.47 106 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.52 107 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 108 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 109 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 110 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 112 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 115 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 116 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 117 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 118 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 119 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step 120 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.35 121 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.54 122 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 123 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 124 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 125 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.55 126 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 127 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 128 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.48 129 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 130 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 131 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17.35 132 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 18.33 133 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 135 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 18.34 136 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 137 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 18.37 138 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.35 Points 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 pts 2 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 6 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 14 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains Alto De Aztiria - Cat. 2 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 3 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 4 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 1 Alto De Asentzio - Cat. 2 1 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 4 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 1 Alto De Arantzazu - Cat. 2 1 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Metas Volantes Segura, 22 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Bergara, 56 km 1 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 2 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Zaldibia, 84 km 1 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 7.14.18 2 Rabobank 1.04 3 Discovery Chanel Pro Cycling Team 1.11 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.33 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 T- Mobile Team 2.13 7 Davitamon - Lotto 2.18 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.45 9 Fassa Bortolo 4.06 10 Liquigas - Bianchi 4.13 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.30 12 Lampre - Caffita 4.55 13 Quick Step 14 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 4.56 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.40 16 Domina Vacanze 6.26 17 Credit Agricole 8.13 18 Team Gerolsteiner 11.24 General classification after stage 5a 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18.00.00 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.01 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.05 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.08 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.10 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 7 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.17 8 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.20 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.21 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 0.23 14 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.28 19 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.32 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.38 21 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.40 22 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.44 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.45 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.52 25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.53 26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.00 27 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02 28 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.12 29 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.18 30 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.35 32 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.37 33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.47 34 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.48 35 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.49 36 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.59 37 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.26 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 39 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2.40 40 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 2.48 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.09 42 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 3.27 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3.41 44 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 45 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.55 46 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.59 47 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.04 48 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.09 49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.25 50 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.29 51 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.30 52 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.45 53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.59 54 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.08 55 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.06 56 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.36 57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 7.48 58 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.03 59 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.17 60 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.29 61 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.47 62 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.52 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 9.13 64 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 9.18 65 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 66 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.33 67 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.22 68 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10.35 69 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10.44 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.04 71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.13 72 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11.20 73 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.34 74 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 11.41 75 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.00 76 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 12.28 77 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.39 78 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 13.46 79 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.56 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.22 81 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 14.23 82 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.28 83 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 14.31 84 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.32 85 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.55 86 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15.18 87 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15.31 88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15.46 89 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.00 90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.21 91 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.21 92 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 17.25 93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.57 94 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18.21 95 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 18.59 96 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19.08 97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.23 98 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 19.47 99 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 20.40 100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 21.11 101 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.22 102 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 23.47 103 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23.55 104 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 24.21 105 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.02 106 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.34 107 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 27.27 108 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 27.33 109 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28.08 110 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 28.50 111 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.54 112 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 28.58 113 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 30.00 114 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.42 115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 31.20 116 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 33.09 117 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33.57 118 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 34.25 119 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 35.20 120 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 35.32 121 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 35.58 122 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 36.10 123 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step 37.19 124 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.28 125 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 38.23 126 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.39 127 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 39.01 128 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 39.58 129 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.10 130 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40.42 131 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 43.19 132 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45.12 133 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45.35 134 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 47.23 135 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 50.15 136 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51.36 137 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 53.13 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 85 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 66 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 38 6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 8 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 20 12 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 13 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20 14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 19 15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19 16 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 18 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 12 20 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 23 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 25 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6 27 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 28 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 5 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4 32 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 33 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 34 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 35 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Mountains classification 1 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 pts 2 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 24 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18 4 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 12 5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 6 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 7 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 8 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9 10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 11 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 13 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5 15 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 4 16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 3 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 18 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 21 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 22 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 25 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 26 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1 29 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 30 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1 31 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 33 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 35 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 13 pts 2 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 4 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 9 5 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 6 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3 8 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 9 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 10 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 11 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 12 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 3 13 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 2 14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 16 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 17 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 18 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 20 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 21 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 22 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1 24 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 54.01.09 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.20 3 Discovery Chanel Pro Cycling Team 0.37 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.53 5 T- Mobile Team 3.01 6 Fassa Bortolo 3.53 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.12 8 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 4.37 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.13 10 Davitamon - Lotto 5.21 11 Team CSC 5.30 12 Lampre - Caffita 8.22 13 Quick Step 8.55 14 Credit Agricole 9.00 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.49 16 Liquigas - Bianchi 16.41 17 Domina Vacanze 25.43 18 Team Gerolsteiner 25.48
