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18th Challenge Volta a Mallorca - 1.1 (x5)
Spain, February 8-12, 2009
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Stage 1 - February 8: Trofeo Mallorca, 116km
Katusha kicks on in Spain
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Team Katusha kicked off the Challenge de Mallorca in style, with a punchy one-two finish in the first stage. Having taken the Russian squad's first win in the Down Under Classic last month, McEwen was led out by Gert Steegmans in the closing metres, but his Belgian teammate and close ally stayed ahead of him to secure the win.
Steegmans and the rest of the Katusha crew had worked hard to bring back the day's break, and with Mallorca being a sprinters' event, the finish was always going to be fought out by the quick men. This was the case, with José Rojas and Graeme Brown two of the other sprinters contesting the stage victory. They took third and fourth respectively.
"My teammates did some great work today - to neutralise the breakaway and launch the sprint," said Steegmans. "In the final metres I started [the sprint] with McEwen on my wheel. When Robbie was close to me he saw that we were first and second and he rejoiced with me. We are a very good group and we are much in agreement."
With another win to the team, directeur sportif Orlando Maini was obviously pleased. "We did great work the whole stage, together with Rabobank and Colombia, to get the breakaway under control," he said. "This success is the right reward for our work. I want to thank all the team."
Photography
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- Oscar Pereiro is ready to start the season.
- The bunch rides past the boats in the harbour of Palma de Mallorca.
- The peloton whizzes by the church.
- Steegmans gives the thumbs up as he wins the race ahead of his teammate, Robbie McEwen, who unclipped.
- Steegmans waves from the podium
Images by Franklin Tello/www.franklintellophoto.com
- Team Katusha's bikes
- Xacobeo Galicia's bikes
- Robbie McEwen (Katusha)
- Robbie McEwen (Katusha)
- Mallorcan Antonio Colom (Katusha)
- Joan Horrach (Katusha)
- Serguei Ivanov (Katusha)
- Mallorcan Olympic and World Champion Joan Llaneras
- Bombardier Kuota Team
- Orbea Continental Team
- Plowman Craven Madison Team
- Andalucía Cajasur Team
- Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Ivan Raña (Triathlon World and European Champion).
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Ivan Raña (Triathlon World and European Champion).
- Mallorcans Antonio Colom (Katusha) and Joan Llaneras at the start.
- The peloton during the second lap of the 116 km day.
- The first breakaway of the day.
- All teams were well represented during the first day of the Challenge.
- Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) leads the peloton on a windy stretch.
- The Xacobeo Galicia team was very active in breakaway attempts all day.
- La Seu the only Cathedral by the water serves as the backdrop to this first stage.
- The peloton goes by this Cathedral by the sea which dates back to 1230.
- The breakaway of the day finally formed along the 16km circuit of Palma de Mallorca city.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) looking fit and comfortable on his first race of the season in Mallorca.
- The ProTour teams start to reel in the breakaway after they left them just over a minute.
- Spanish Champion Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and his Caisse d'Epargne team lead by Oscar Pereiro.
- Rabobank starting to come to the front on the last lap.
- Team Katusha makes it clear that they want to win this first stage of the Challenge a Mallorca.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) comes to the front to prepare the sprint.
- Steegmans and McEwen (Katusha) take the double for Team Katusha in Mallorca.
- Gert Steegmans (Katusha) looking tired after taking his first win of the season in Mallorca.
- Robbie McEwen (Katusha)
- José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne), the best Spanish rider for the first day of the Challenge a Mallorca.
- Robbie McEwen (Katusha) is happy to take second place for the day in Mallorca.
Results
1 Geert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 2.35.42 (44.7km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 3 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 5 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7 José Fco Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 8 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - High Road 11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 12 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 13 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 15 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 16 Enrique Mata (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 17 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 18 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 19 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 20 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 21 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 22 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 23 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Orbea 24 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 25 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 26 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 28 Rui Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 30 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus 32 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 33 Sylvian Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 34 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus 35 Edvald Boasson (Nor) Team Columbia - High Road 36 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 37 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus 39 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 40 Ricardo García (Spa) Orbea 41 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Andoni Blazquez (Spa) Orbea 43 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 44 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 46 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 Javier Etxarri (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 48 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 49 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 50 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 51 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 53 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 54 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 55 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Rafael Valls (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 57 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 58 Eneko Echeverz (Spa) Orbea 59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 60 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus 61 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 62 Andrés Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Lars Jun (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 64 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 65 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 66 Emmanuel Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Indeland 67 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 69 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 70 Juan Fco Mourón (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 71 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road 72 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 73 Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 74 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 75 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 76 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 77 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 78 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 79 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 80 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - High Road 81 Jarno Gmelich (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 82 Stephen Adams (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 83 Íñigo Landaluce (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 85 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 87 Jon Mozley (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 89 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 91 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 92 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 93 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 94 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 96 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 97 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 98 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 99 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.13 100 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.15 101 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 102 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 103 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 104 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 105 Fco David Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 106 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Aitor Pérez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 108 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 109 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 110 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 111 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 112 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 113 Esteban Plaza (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 114 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 116 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 117 Marlon Pérez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 118 Thomas Murray (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 119 José Carlos Valdez (Mex) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 120 Jean- Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 121 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 122 Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 123 Anthony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 124 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 125 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 126 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 127 Eriz Ruiz (Spa) Orbea 128 Diego Gallego (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 129 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road 130 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 131 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 132 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Orbea 133 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 134 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 135 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 136 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 137 Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 138 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 139 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 140 José A López (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 141 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 142 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 143 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 144 Héctor Espasandín (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 145 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 146 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 147 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 148 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 149 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 150 Bas Stamsnijder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 151 Pedro Jose Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 152 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 153 Raúl Santamarta (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 0.26 154 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.30 155 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 0.33 156 Andrés A Antuña (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 0.36 157 Oliver Johr (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 158 Jakob Massen (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 159 Ross Creber (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 160 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 161 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.43 162 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 163 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 164 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 165 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 166 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 167 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 168 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 169 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 170 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 171 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 172 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 173 Rene Obst (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 174 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 175 Jeroen Janssen (Ned) Plowman Craven - Madison 176 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 177 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.46 178 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.03 179 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 1.08 180 Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 1.48 181 Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 4.25 ABN Iván Raña (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia ABN Mikel Ilundain (Spa) Orbea ABN Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea ABN Joseba Larralde (Spa) Orbea ABN Rafael Serrano (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO Sprints Lap 2 1 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 3 pts 2 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 2 3 Juan Fco Mourón (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Lap 6 1 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3 pts 2 Pedro Jose Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 3 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 1 Special sprint Lap 4 1 Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 3 pts 2 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 2 3 Pedro Jose Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1 Lap 8 1 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3 pts 2 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 2 3 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 1 Teams 1 Cofidis 7.47.06 2 Team Katusha 3 Team Kuota - Indeland 4 Caisse d'Epargne 5 Rabobank 6 Quick Step 7 Contentpolis - AMPO 8 Elk Haus 9 Team Columbia - High Road 10 Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 11 Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 12 Orbea 13 Xacobeo Galicia 14 Team Milram 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 17 Liquigas 18 Plowman Craven - Madison 19 Andalucia Cajasur 0.15 General classification after stage 1 1 Geert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 2.35.42 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 3 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 5 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7 José Fco Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 8 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - High Road 11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 12 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 13 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 15 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 16 Enrique Mata (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 17 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 18 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 19 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 20 Joachim Tolles (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 21 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 22 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 23 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Orbea 24 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 25 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 26 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 28 Rui Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 30 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus 32 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 33 Sylvian Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 34 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus 35 Edvald Boasson (Nor) Team Columbia - High Road 36 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 37 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus 39 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 40 Ricardo García (Spa) Orbea 41 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Andoni Blazquez (Spa) Orbea 43 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 44 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 46 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 Javier Etxarri (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 48 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 49 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 50 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 51 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 53 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 54 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 55 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Rafael Valls (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 57 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 58 Eneko Echeverz (Spa) Orbea 59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 60 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus 61 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 62 Andrés Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Lars Jun (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 64 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 65 Tim Klessa (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 66 Emmanuel Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Indeland 67 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 69 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 70 Juan Fco Mourón (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 71 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road 72 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 73 Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 74 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 75 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 76 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 77 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 78 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 79 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 80 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - High Road 81 Jarno Gmelich (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 82 Stephen Adams (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 83 Íñigo Landaluce (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 85 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 87 Jon Mozley (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 89 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 91 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 92 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 93 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 94 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 96 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 97 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 98 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 99 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.13 100 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.15 101 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 102 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 103 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 104 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 105 Fco David Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 106 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Aitor Pérez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 108 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 109 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 110 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 111 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 112 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 113 Esteban Plaza (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 114 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 116 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 117 Marlon Pérez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 118 Thomas Murray (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 119 José Carlos Valdez (Mex) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 120 Jean- Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 121 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 122 Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 123 Anthony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 124 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 125 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 126 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 127 Eriz Ruiz (Spa) Orbea 128 Diego Gallego (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 129 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road 130 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 131 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 132 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Orbea 133 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 134 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 135 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 136 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 137 Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 138 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 139 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 140 José A López (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 141 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 142 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 143 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 144 Héctor Espasandín (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 145 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 146 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 147 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 148 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 149 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 150 Bas Stamsnijder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 151 Pedro Jose Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 152 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 153 Raúl Santamarta (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 0.26 154 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.30 155 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 0.33 156 Andrés A Antuña (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 0.36 157 Oliver Johr (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 158 Jakob Massen (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 159 Ross Creber (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 160 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 161 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.43 162 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 163 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 164 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 165 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 166 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 167 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 168 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 169 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 170 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 171 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 172 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 173 Rene Obst (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 174 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 175 Jeroen Janssen (Ned) Plowman Craven - Madison 176 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 177 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.46 178 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.03 179 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 1.08 180 Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 1.48 181 Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 4.25 Sprints classification 1 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3 pts 2 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 3 3 Pedro Jose Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 2 4 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 2 5 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 1 6 Juan Fco Mourón (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Special sprints classification 1 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 4 pts 2 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3 3 Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 3 4 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 1 5 Pedro Jose Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1 Teams classification 1 Cofidis 7.47.06 2 Team Katusha 3 Team Kuota - Indeland 4 Caisse d'Epargne 5 Rabobank 6 Quick Step 7 Contentpolis - AMPO 8 Elk Haus 9 Team Columbia - High Road 10 Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 11 Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 12 Orbea 13 Xacobeo Galicia 14 Team Milram 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 17 Liquigas 18 Plowman Craven - Madison 19 Andalucia Cajasur 0.15
