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60th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005

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Stage 10 - Monday, September 5: La Vall d'En Bas (Girona)-Ordino Arcalis (Andorra), 206.3 km

First Grand Tour victory for Mancebo

Menchov holds firm

By Hernan Alvarez Macias

Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears)
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After more than 200 harsh kilometres over the Pyrenees, Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) got his prize today, winning a five-rider uphill sprint to the ski station Ordino-Arcalis. Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) finished second on the same time and Vuelta leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was third on Heras' wheel.

It was a long and exhausting stage with an early big breakaway that slowly faded on an unforgiving parcours. On the last climb, the favourites' group with Mancebo, Heras and Menchov took the race by its horns and the trio finished together, with Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step) and Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) a few seconds behind by the summit of Ordino-Arcalis.

"After so many Grand Tours, finally the victory has come," said an exultant Mancebo, reflecting on his first Grand Tour win. "It is an extraordinary year in my life; in my personal life [his daughter was born in July while he was riding the Tour de France - ed.] and in my professional life. I made a big effort to win and this victory is very important for me and for my team. This is the greatest victory in the world."

Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
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Carlos Garcia Quesada was also satisfied with his fourth place: "I'm happy because I gave it all today," said the rider post-stage. "My team-mates Eladio Jimenez and Adolfo [Garcia Quesada] also gave it their all. We are a fighting team, and at least we gave a good show for the TV audience. If we have energy, we will keep on trying to win."

Although isolated on the final climb, race leader Menchov was happy with the outcome. "In the end, things went right," said the Russian.

"At the end of the stage, I had to battle on my own, and now there's one day less, that's important. The final victory is very far; we will go day by day. We saved [the jersey], so it was a very important day." Menchov also added he didn't want to win today, as he told the other riders that he wouldn't go for the stage win.

How it unfolded

Early breakaway
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Unai Yus (Bouygues Telecom) was the day's non-starter in La Vall d'en Bas, leaving 178 riders with a long and hard journey ahead of them. Early in the stage (km 10), 10 riders made a breakaway: Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak), Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval), Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), Angel Vicioso (Liberty), David Lopez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana), David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) and Aitor Osa (Illes Balears). 29 kilometres later, their advantage was 1'20.

At the foot of the second climb, Port de Collada de Tosses, eight riders began chasing the 10 leaders: Joseba Beloki (Liberty), Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears), David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana), Benjamin Noval (Discovery Channel), Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step), Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval), Joan Horrach (Illes Balears) and Michele Scarponi (Liberty). On that mountain, the chasers and the leaders joined together, with the gap to the peloton 2'20 at km 75.

The lead group
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By the summit of the climb (km 77.7), Perdiguero was leading the race, followed by Joaquin Rodriguez, Eladio Jimenez and the rest of the leaders. The breakaway kept going and they increased their lead to 4'52 gap by km 130. Rabobank and Liberty Seguros-Würth didn't want to let the breakaway get much further ahead, so they pushed the peloton in order to reduce the time gap.

On the third big climb of the Collet de Montaup (around km 160), three riders attacked the break - Aitor Osa, David Lopez and Rik Verbrugghe, later joined by Adolfo Garcia Quesada. Pereiro and Cuesta couldn't hold the pace in the breakaway and fell behind, with the lead quartet's advantage to the peloton 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Back in the peloton, the group was splitting into smaller groups, as Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step) chased the four leaders, 2'55 behind.

The only way is up.
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On the descent (km 188/18 km to go), Aitor Osa crashed on a left-hand corner, continuing for a few metres before realising his collarbone was broken, and abandoning moments later. But Osa wasn't the only who abandoned: 2001 Vuelta winner Angel Casero (Comunidad Valenciana), Isidro Nozal (Liberty) and Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel), among others, also quit before the day's end.

Between Montaup and Ordino-Arcalis, Verbrugghe was leading the race solo as Adolfo Garcia Quesada and David Lopez dropped off the pace. By the foot of Ordino-Arcalis, Verbrugghe had a group of 10 riders less than a minute behind him, with the favourites including Roberto Heras, Denis Menchov and Francisco Mancebo around a 1'20 behind the first chase group.

Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears)
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At 9km to go, the show began with Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) recovered to rejoin Verbrugghe, the pair staying together for some minutes. With Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step) coming up to them, the Belgian was dropped, leaving Quesada and Mercado at the front with 7km to go. Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) was coming from behind but struggled to joined the two, unable to make the junction, while the groupe maillot oro kept its pace and started reducing the gap to the leaders.

Heras changed the rhythm in order to trap the leaders, but found a strong Menchov straight on his wheel, with Mancebo also showing his colours to bridge the gap. With just 3km to go, Mancebo, Menchov, Heras, Garcia Quesada and Mercado were one. More attacks came from Heras but again, Menchov was on his wheel; the Russian had a clear strategy today: to follow the Liberty rider, no matter what.

Despite Mercado and Heras' attacking, the lead quintet rode the final kilometres together. In the uphill sprint, Heras accelerated and it seemed he would win, but Mancebo came from behind, passing him in the final 10 metres, earning his first Grand Tour victory.

Stage 11 - September 6: Andorra-Aramon Cerler, 186.6 km

Tomorrow comes the second day in the Pyrenees, another exhausting stage for all the riders. Five big climbs are on the menu: the Port del Canto (Category 1, 1730 m. above sea level, km 41), Coll de Bretui (Cat. 2, 1040 m., km 83), Coll de la Creu de Perves (Cat. 2, 1350 m., km 107.3), and Coll de la Espina (Cat. 2, 1410 m., km 140.3) before finishing at the ski station of Aramon Cerler (Cat. special, 1920 m.). Three intermediate sprints are also on the cards: Sort (km 61), Castejon de Sos (km 158.8) and Cerler (km 178). Expect to see Heras on the attack. So far, however, the Russian seems well prepared for war in the mountains...

Photography

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Results

1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               5.33.49
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                
4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        0.02
5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                       0.06
6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  0.16
7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                               
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            0.21
9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                       0.28
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                  1.16
11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      1.28
13 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            2.16
14 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          
15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           2.29
16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                       
17 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       3.00
18 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                3.17
19 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3.52
20 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                  4.18
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                  
22 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                             
23 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
24 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                
25 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
26 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                  
27 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
28 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                    
29 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  
30 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                    4.28
31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                 4.34
32 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         4.52
33 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 5.33
34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          5.53
35 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                6.06
36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      6.32
37 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  7.07
38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           7.10
39 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              7.12
40 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       7.30
41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                    8.53
42 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
43 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      9.46
44 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone         10.12
45 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                     
46 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                       10.32
47 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                        10.52
48 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             12.22
49 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                
50 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                             13.59
51 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     15.58
52 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    16.51
53 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
54 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
55 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                              
56 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
57 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic              
58 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
59 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
60 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                  19.09
61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                           
62 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        20.05
63 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
64 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                         
65 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
66 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
67 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                     
68 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                       
69 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                          
70 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                  
71 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                          
72 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                      
73 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                               
74 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                       
75 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
76 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       
77 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                         
78 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   
79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             
80 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                                 
81 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                
82 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
83 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
84 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                                
85 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                            
86 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
87 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                    
88 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
89 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   
90 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                     
91 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        
92 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                    
93 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   20.39
94 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
95 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   22.24
96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       24.21
97 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                26.04
98 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       30.53
99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           
100 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
101 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                                
102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
103 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                            
104 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                  
106 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  
107 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
108 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     
109 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
110 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                           
111 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                          
112 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                
113 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
114 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                          
115 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
116 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   
117 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
118 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       
119 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
120 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
121 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
122 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     
123 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                                 
124 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
125 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                  
126 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
127 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                       
128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                        
129 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                     
130 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                          
131 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                        
132 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
133 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
134 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                                
135 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 
136 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
137 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
138 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
139 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
140 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
141 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                       
142 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                         
143 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        
144 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                         
145 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
146 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                    
147 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                    
148 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                        
149 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
150 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                       
152 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
153 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
154 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
155 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                      
156 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
157 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                              
158 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                             
159 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
160 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
161 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   31.49
162 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                32.19
163 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                  34.52
164 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                    
165 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            35.16
166 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 44.03
167 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           46.20
DNS Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  
DNF Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
DNF Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
DNF Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              
DNF Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                        
DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                  
DNF Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                        
DNF Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          
DNF Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
DNF José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
 
Points
 
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    25 pts
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  20
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              16
4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          14
5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         12
6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    10
7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              9
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                               8
9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                          7
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                     6
11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              5
12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         4
13 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                               3
14 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         2
15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              1
16 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       -5
17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   -5
18 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                -5
 
Mountains
 
Coll de Canes, km 21 - Cat 2
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     10 pts
2 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                7
3 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          5
4 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                  3
5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       2
6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1
 
Port de Collada de Tosses, km 78 - Cat 1
1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               16 pts
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     12
3 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         10
4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                               8
5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       6
6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                     4
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          3
8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             2
9 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  1
 
Collet de Montaup, km 178 - Cat 1
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              16 pts
2 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 12
3 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          10
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      8
5 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          6
6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                4
7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           3
8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                          2
9 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               1
 
E.Esquí d´Ordino-Arcalís, km 206 - Special Cat.
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    30 pts
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  25
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              20
4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          16
5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         12
6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    10
7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              8
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                               6
9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                          4
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                     3
11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              2
12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         1

Sprints
 
Campdevanol, km 42,8
1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                4 pts
2 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           2
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1
 
Andorra La Vella, km 152
1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             4 pts
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  2
3 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                1
 
Canillo, km 167,9
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                               4 pts
2 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  2
3 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1
  
Teams
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana                                                16.44.45
2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                            0.26
3 Team CSC                                                                5.39
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     7.08
5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                        7.32
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                  7.47
7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      8.26
8 Davitamon - Lotto                                                      11.21
9 Lampre - Caffita                                                       11.40
10 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               14.30
11 T- Mobile Team                                                        21.33
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                29.47
13 Credit Agricole                                                       33.27
14 Rabobank                                                              35.56
15 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                      39.21
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                      40.20
17 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                     41.20
18 Team Gerolsteiner                                                     43.58
19 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                    45.52
20 Fassa Bortolo                                                       1.00.44
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                               1.18.33
22 Domina Vacanze                                                      1.29.21
 
General classification after stage 10
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        39.57.42
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                0.47
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  1.53
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            1.57
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        3.31
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                   4.23
7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           4.27
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  4.29
9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                       5.05
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      5.14
11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           6.07
12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                      6.09
13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       6.23
14 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team      8.18
15 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                              8.50
16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                  10.10
17 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   11.15
18 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           12.01
19 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             12.43
20 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita               13.06
21 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               13.26
22 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                13.48
23 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        13.50
24 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 13.58
25 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              14.25
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             14.45
27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                15.09
28 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                 15.16
29 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                         15.17
30 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      15.54
31 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                        16.52
32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     18.09
33 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone         20.30
34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           20.51
35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         21.28
36 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                23.25
37 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   24.25
38 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             24.28
39 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                               24.39
40 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                     26.50
41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                26.51
42 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         27.02
43 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  28.32
44 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  29.17
45 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             29.51
46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 29.57
47 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                 29.58
48 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                31.25
49 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     31.38
50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    32.13
51 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                     32.36
52 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                34.50
53 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        35.26
54 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                             36.14
55 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        36.17
56 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                  36.21
57 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                          36.26
58 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                   36.33
59 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             36.54
60 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          38.12
61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                           38.25
62 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    38.27
63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            
64 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  39.16
65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   39.19
66 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               41.05
67 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  41.14
68 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  41.27
69 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     41.38
70 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 42.05
71 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     42.16
72 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 42.34
73 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            42.55
74 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                      43.26
76 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                            44.07
77 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             44.57
78 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                45.00
79 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             45.51
80 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                45.52
81 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        46.30
82 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                        47.06
83 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            48.43
84 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                48.59
85 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                         49.10
86 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   49.50
87 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                           50.16
88 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          50.45
89 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      50.50
90 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 51.32
91 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           52.01
92 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        52.34
93 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            52.48
94 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                53.36
95 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                             53.59
96 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              54.13
97 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  54.56
98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    55.40
99 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                             57.58
100 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              58.27
101 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             58.30
102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 59.01
103 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             59.14
104 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  59.35
105 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    59.43
106 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 59.53
107 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
108 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                            1.01.24
109 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         1.01.31
110 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1.01.33
111 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                         1.02.35
112 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                1.02.39
113 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            1.03.21
114 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                1.03.36
115 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     1.03.45
116 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    1.04.19
117 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1.05.04
118 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           1.05.58
119 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.06.02
120 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.07.25
121 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  1.07.42
122 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                               1.07.48
123 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.07.59
124 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                    1.08.45
125 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.08.48
126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                             1.08.53
127 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                          
128 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         1.09.35
129 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       1.10.01
130 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                1.10.21
131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 1.10.27
132 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.10.50
133 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               1.10.59
134 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              1.11.44
135 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               1.12.02
136 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                           1.12.30
137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              1.12.32
138 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                         1.12.40
139 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.12.45
140 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.12.49
141 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             1.13.37
142 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                       1.15.09
143 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                          1.15.30
144 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           1.15.58
145 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             1.16.12
146 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 1.16.27
147 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 1.17.15
148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                             1.18.05
149 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                1.18.23
150 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                1.19.47
151 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone       1.20.51
152 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1.21.23
153 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.22.02
154 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                      1.22.14
155 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            1.23.25
156 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                 1.23.51
157 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.26.24
158 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          1.26.41
159 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.29.44
160 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                   1.30.52
161 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.33.22
162 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                1.37.57
163 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                    1.39.27
164 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.41.12
165 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.45.10
166 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone         1.54.44
167 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.58.44
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        94 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              86
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   75
4 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  75
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            69
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    51
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              45
8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                    42
9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             41
10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                 40
11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         37
12 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              34
13 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       32
14 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                    28
15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         28
16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   28
17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             27
18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              26
19 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             25
20 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    25
21 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        24
22 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                20
23 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                              20
24 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      19
25 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     18
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         53 pts
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     52
3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  46
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              42
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    34
6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              34
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               27
8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          27
9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         21
10 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                15
11 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       13
12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             13
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              12
14 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                12
15 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            12
16 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         11
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   10
18 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         10
19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    10
20 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      8
21 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 7
22 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                    7
23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  6
24 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                   6
25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                    6
 
Combination classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                               7 pts
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   9
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    14
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              23
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          24
6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             31
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               37
8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         39
9 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          44
10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    46
11 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                47
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                    52
13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   53
14 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              65
15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             67
16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        68
17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             80
18 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                  89
19 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     93
20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                        94
21 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team        96
22 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                               101
23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      101
24 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   115
25 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        117
 
Teams classification
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana                                               120.04.37
2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                            0.59
3 Team CSC                                                                7.54
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 12.46
5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     14.59
6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                       15.43
7 Lampre - Caffita                                                       24.50
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    24.58
9 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                27.37
10 T- Mobile Team                                                        36.53
11 Davitamon - Lotto                                                     39.18
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                49.46
13 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                      55.53
14 Credit Agricole                                                       55.58
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                    1.01.58
16 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                   1.03.14
17 Rabobank                                                            1.11.28
18 Team Gerolsteiner                                                   1.43.01
19 Fassa Bortolo                                                       1.53.47
20 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                  2.05.38
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                               2.41.09
22 Domina Vacanze                                                      2.53.45

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