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46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - PT

Spain, April 3-8, 2006

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Stage 5 - April 7: Vitoria- Gasteiz - Zalla, 178 Km

Voeckler beats Voigt in two up

Thomas Voeckler (R) beats Jens Voigt to win the fifth stage.
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Gutsy French rider Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) has scored his first victory of 2006 by beating German hard man Jens Voigt (CSC) in a two man sprint at the end of stage 5 of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The pair attacked the leading breakaway with 20 km to go, having been away for almost all of the tough, 178 km stage between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Zalla. Juan Jose Cobo (Saunier Duval) finished third. And after coming under some pressure during the stage, Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) kept the leader's jersey with just one stage to go: a 24 km time trial.

How it unfolded

The penultimate stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco started at 12:40 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, with 157 riders signing on: Leukemans (Davitamon) and George (Relax) did not. The weather was a little cooler, with temperatures of 12 degrees Celsius greeting the riders. The first attack of the day was the one that stuck, initiated by eventual winner Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues), who was joined by Charles Wegelius (Liquigas), Benoît Poilvet and Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Gustavo César (Kaiku), Jens Voigt (CSC), Juan Jose Cobo (Saunier Duval), Constantino Zaballa (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Andriy Grivko (Milram) and Remy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux).=

The start
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After 14 km, the 10 man break had 1'30 over the peloton, where Euskaltel was settling into a controlling tempo. The break was a little dangerous for the race leader Samuel Sanchez, and after 28 km, a gap of 4'41 gave Grivko the virtual lead in the race. That grew to 5'49 at the foot of the cat. 1 Alto de Orduña (km 49), a 6.5 km climb averaging 8.5%. Over the summit of the climb, it was Cobo first ahead of Zaballa, Voigt and Caucchioli, with the peloton at 5'30. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) abandoned the race at this point.

Euskaltel allowed the break even more time: 6'11 after 67 km, which put Grivko in yellow by more than two minutes. The orange brigade was not being helped by any other team, even Liberty Seguros, which didn't have a rider up front. At km 100, the gap was still 5'20 but the final part of the stage feature numerous cat. 3 climbs, and the leader's team was able to increase its tempo to draw the break back.

Phonak began to help in the final 40 km, as did Gerolsteiner, and that saw the lead come down rapidly and Sanchez was safe. Remy Di Gregorio was one of the first to be dropped from the break, which also lost Zaballa. On the Alto de Avellaneda with 20 km to go, Voigt, Voeckler and Cobo dropped their breakaway companions and headed for the finish, with 3'20 still in hand over the peloton. Behind, Lampre and Saunier Duval tried to stir things up, but were closely marked by Euskaltel.

Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel)
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With 3 km to go, Voigt launched an attack that dropped Cobo, but he couldn't shake Voeckler. The pair time trialled to the finish and in their two man sprint to the line, it was Voeckler who got the better of Voigt, with a photofinish required to separate the pair.

Tomorrow's final stage is a 24 km time trial around Zalla, and with 15 riders within 47 seconds of Sanchez, the victory could go to any one of them.

Photography

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Results

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            4.18.42
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            0.12
4 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                            0.34
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  
6 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                          
7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                      0.36
8 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 2.11
9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                2.31
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
11 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                             
12 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                             
13 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                        
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                         
15 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                   
16 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
18 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
19 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           
20 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                               
21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
22 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
23 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
24 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
26 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                      
29 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                       
30 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
31 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
32 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                                
33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                       
34 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      
35 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
36 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
37 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
38 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       
39 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
40 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       
41 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
42 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            
43 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                     
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                               
45 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
47 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
48 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
49 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
51 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
52 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
53 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
54 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
55 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                               
56 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                
57 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            
58 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                             
59 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
60 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                    
61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
62 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        
63 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             3.13
64 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    3.33
65 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 3.36
66 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
67 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
68 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
69 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
70 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        
71 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
72 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
73 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       
74 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                                     
75 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
76 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
77 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku                                    
79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
80 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku                                                
81 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
82 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
83 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                         
84 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                    
85 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
86 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
87 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                              
88 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         
89 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
90 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           
92 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
93 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
94 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
95 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                       
96 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                
97 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
98 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
99 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
100 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
102 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
103 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      
104 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
105 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
106 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
107 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
108 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        3.45
109 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
110 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               5.51
111 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
112 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                     9.04
113 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku                                      10.24
114 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
115 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                              11.00
116 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
117 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        
118 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
119 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
120 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
121 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
122 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
123 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                
124 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi                                     
125 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
126 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                      
127 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
128 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                   
129 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
130 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
131 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
132 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
133 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
134 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      11.06
135 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
136 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              15.41
137 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram                                        
138 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
139 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                    
140 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                        
141 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
142 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
143 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
144 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   
145 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                               
146 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
147 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
148 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
149 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
150 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
151 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
152 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
154 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  15.47
155 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               20.46
156 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
 
Points
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 25 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              20
3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              16
4 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                              14
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                12
6 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                        10
7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         9
8 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    8
9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   7
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                6
11 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                            5
12 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                            4
13 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                       3
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                        2
15 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Orduña - Cat. 1, km 61
 
1 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              10 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                8
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               6
4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 4
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         2
6 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1
 
Alto de San Cosme - Cat. 3, km 116
 
1 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               3 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               1
 
Alto de Humaran - Cat. 3, km 125
 
1 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               3 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                2
3 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                         1
 
Alto de Beci  - Cat. 3, km 141
 
1 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               3 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 2
3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         1
 
Alto de Avellaneda  - Cat. 3, km 158
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               3 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2
3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               1
 
Alto de Beci  - Cat. 3, km 141
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               3 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2
3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               1
 
Metas volantes
 
Grodexola, km 107
 
1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         3 pts
2 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                         2
3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                1
 
Balmaseda, km 147
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               3 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2
3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                1
 
Zalla, km 153
 
1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         3 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               2
3 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    1
 
Teams
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           13.01.20
2 Credit Agricole                                                      0.02
3 Liquigas                                                             0.22
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                     0.53
5 Team CSC                                                                 
6 Team Milram                                                          1.26
7 Kaiku                                                                1.27
8 Lampre - Fondital                                                    2.19
9 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                             
10 T- Mobile Team                                                          
11 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                        
12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                        
13 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                  
14 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      
15 Rabobank                                                                
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 3.01
17 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             3.24
18 AG2R Prevoyance                                                         
19 Davitamon - Lotto                                                       
20 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                   4.29
21 Gerolsteiner                                                            
22 Francaise Des Jeux                                                      
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           19.58.54
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   0.02
4 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
6 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 0.08
7 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
8 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                0.09
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              0.10
10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
11 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   0.19
13 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                         0.20
14 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               0.25
15 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        0.47
16 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.25
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.31
18 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
19 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  1.34
20 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                      
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                     
22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   1.37
23 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     1.50
25 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1.52
26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             2.23
27 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                                 2.24
28 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               2.31
29 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                           2.42
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            2.48
31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           2.56
32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              3.15
33 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                         3.24
34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4.07
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             4.21
36 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                         5.12
37 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            5.22
38 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                            5.40
39 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                5.43
40 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                      6.07
41 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                          6.16
42 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   6.49
43 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   7.11
44 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              7.38
45 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               7.40
46 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             8.02
47 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            8.54
48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                9.00
49 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   9.09
50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                            9.17
51 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            10.10
52 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       10.40
53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                11.26
54 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                      11.27
55 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  11.49
56 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                            11.50
57 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                          12.30
58 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  13.05
59 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             13.40
60 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             13.47
61 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             13.59
62 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               14.20
63 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      14.37
64 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        14.40
65 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                   14.53
66 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                          15.15
67 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                               15.25
68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  15.58
69 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          16.02
70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               16.32
71 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           17.03
72 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          17.05
73 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             17.25
74 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                    17.32
75 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            18.41
76 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     18.44
77 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       19.58
78 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  20.21
79 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                    21.33
80 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                              21.34
81 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      21.38
82 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       22.24
83 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            22.39
84 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                      23.07
85 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku                                           23.08
86 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  24.32
87 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                  25.13
88 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      25.23
89 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                          26.00
90 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            26.12
91 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku                               26.20
92 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          26.43
93 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                  26.54
94 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                
95 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           28.00
96 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            28.05
97 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 28.34
98 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                   29.41
99 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              29.44
100 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                              29.59
101 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                   30.26
102 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               30.40
103 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi                                31.05
104 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        31.08
105 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               31.35
106 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           31.50
107 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      32.15
108 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           32.20
109 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                    32.59
110 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             33.04
111 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   33.05
112 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             33.11
113 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             33.41
114 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram                               33.45
115 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           34.19
116 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  34.36
117 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   34.49
118 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                          35.39
119 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          36.21
120 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                36.37
121 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                36.38
122 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           37.18
123 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                      38.07
124 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   
125 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  39.13
126 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          39.37
127 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku                                      39.40
128 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          40.12
129 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         42.28
130 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    44.20
131 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                   45.00
132 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                   45.11
133 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  45.43
134 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        45.52
135 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                         47.53
136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                    47.59
137 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       49.02
138 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  49.09
139 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      50.38
140 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            50.53
141 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                50.59
142 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                          53.13
143 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                              54.24
144 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              55.38
145 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              57.08
146 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                              58.25
147 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           58.50
148 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.02.09
149 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram                                 1.03.12
150 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.03.17
151 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
152 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.05.54
153 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                1.09.37
154 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           1.12.58
155 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                      1.18.27
156 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                             1.28.21
 
Points classification
 
1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 70 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                64
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     56
4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                            45
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      36
6 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   26
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  26
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 25
9 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            23
10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  21
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             20
12 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                           19
13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                        16
14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     16
15 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             16
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                       15
17 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                             14
18 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              13
19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               12
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     12
21 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    12
22 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 12
23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                               12
24 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                           11
25 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                11
26 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                                   10
27 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       10
28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                        9
29 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   8
30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  7
31 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  5
32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         5
33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                               4
34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      4
35 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                       3
36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                      1
37 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                    1
38 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1
39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    29 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              25
3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                22
4 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                21
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  20
6 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                   18
7 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                               18
8 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                      16
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              13
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                12
11 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              12
12 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               12
13 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          11
14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                           10
15 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi                                    10
16 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 9
17 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        8
18 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                        8
19 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    7
20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   6
21 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                  6
22 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     6
23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                6
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                6
25 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                   6
26 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                6
27 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 5
28 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      5
29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                              4
30 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            4
31 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                               4
32 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 4
33 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    4
34 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                        3
35 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     2
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            2
37 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      2
38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      2
40 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                        2
41 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           2
42 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                                    2
43 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     2
44 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                            1
45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                             1
46 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                1
47 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 1
48 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          1
49 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1
50 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1
51 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   1
 
Metas volantes classification
 
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                11 pts
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 9
3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         6
4 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 6
5 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 6
6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                6
7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               5
8 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       5
9 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  5
10 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    4
11 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         3
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram                                    3
13 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  3
14 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                        3
15 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                               3
16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2
17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      2
18 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                             2
19 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   2
20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    2
21 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                   2
22 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   1
23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1
24 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      1
25 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 1
26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                1
27 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           59.56.33
2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                         1.56
3 T- Mobile Team                                                       2.15
4 Lampre - Fondital                                                    3.28
5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   4.44
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  4.59
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               6.48
8 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                     6.51
9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                     7.55
10 Kaiku                                                              12.53
11 Rabobank                                                           17.16
12 Gerolsteiner                                                       18.45
13 Credit Agricole                                                    20.54
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  21.07
15 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            21.49
16 Team Milram                                                        22.29
17 Liquigas                                                           22.47
18 AG2R Prevoyance                                                    23.04
19 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                  24.05
20 Team CSC                                                           24.13
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                   30.00
22 Francaise Des Jeux                                                 37.18