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61st Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 17 - September 13: Adra - Granada, 167 km

Vinokourov and Danielson combine to unseat Valverde

Change in race leadership as American wins the stage

By Shane Stokes in Granada

Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel)
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Triumph from adversity. For both Alexandre Vinokourov and Tom Danielson, today's stage of the Vuelta a España brought happiness after some strong disappointments this summer. Vinokourov was aiming to win this year's Tour de France but repercussions from the Operación Puerto investigation saw several riders excluded on the eve of the race. As a consequence the Astana team were left without the required numbers and had to withdraw from the Tour.

As for Danielson, he came to the race hoping to fight it out for the final victory or, at least, a podium placing, but suffered inexplicably in the early mountains and dropped down the general classification. For both of them, today brought pleasure after pain; Vino bounced back to seize the maillot oro of race leadership in a thrilling finish, while Danielson's long-distance break saw him salvage his Vuelta and win the stage.

"This is the first time I have worn a leader's jersey in a Grand Tour," said a quietly satisfied Vinokourov, who had a stormer of a race and ended the day nine seconds clear overall of a deposed Alejandro Valverde. "There is a special emotion because of that, but it will be even stronger if I reach Madrid in the gold jersey."

The stage was marked by two first category climbs and some undulating terrain in between the two peaks, but was on paper less difficult than yesterday's demanding leg to Calar Alto. Yet it proved far more decisive in terms of the overall classification. Sparring between Valverde's Caisse d'Epargne team and Vinokourov's Astana squad was followed by attacks from other riders, and a group of six then went clear on the first of these two ascents.

Danielson, Sergio Paulinho (Astana), Lars Bak (Team CSC), Stéphane Goubert (AG2R), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), and Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) opened up a maximum lead of 4'30, and then the American surged clear alone on the second climb, which crested 20 kilometres from the end. Vinokourov followed an earlier attack by Kashechkin and managed to shake off Valverde, and while the race leader was able to rejoin on the descent, a persistent – and impressive – Vino jumped clear again, bridged up to Danielson, and pulled out a substantial 1'39 gap by the finish. That plus the time bonus was enough to see him move into the overall lead, with Valverde dropping to second and Sastre remaining third.

"My confidence wasn't badly affected by not being able to get a gap yesterday," the Kazakhstani said, when asked if he had been disheartened by stage 16. "It was a special day after the rest day and Valverde was very strong. But today is a different day, the course was one to attack on and it suited my specialities. I knew that I could make a difference and I gave my all until the end.

"I had good legs but I was a little surprised in the end that I could make up so much time in the final fifteen kilometres. Today I wish to thank my team, who worked very well. All of the them did a lot of work, especially Kashechkin who made many attacks to break up the rhythm. My motivation is very good now, my team is working strongly and I will do what I can to win."

Vinokourov was asked if it was his strength or the tactics of the race which made the difference. "I think the strategy of the race and the team was important, but once I got the gap it was about being strong," he answered. "I was able to work with Kash and Marchante when I was clear. Valverde got back but I had the strength to be able to get away on my own again. I still only have a small lead so will see how tomorrow goes, in terms of getting more time. But even if I don't, I think I can make a decisive difference in the time trial."

Stage winner Danielson has taken some good victories as a professional, winning races such as the Tour de Georgia and Tour de Langkawi. However he said that today's success was something more. "First of all, this race has the title of a Grand Tour so that obviously makes it very special. But the biggest and most special part of today is that in one race I have been able to recover from the lowest I have been in my cycling career and, with the help of my wife and my team, been able to come back, fight back and deliver at the finish."

Prior to the start he told Cyclingnews that after trying unsuccessfully yesterday, he didn't think that he would be able to get clear in a long-range breakaway. Yet that is what happened today.

"This whole race has been a surprise for me," he said, when asked about this. "It has been a surprise in the beginning, why I was so bad, then it was a surprise when I couldn't go in the breakaway. Basically the best way to describe today was a slugfest. No-one let anyone go anywhere because it was just one punch from Astana, another punch from Caisse d'Epargne. I was just in the middle of it, trying to take advantage of every situation and obviously it was a really, really hard stage. It reminded me a lot of last year when Roberto [Heras] attacked on the second last climb before the finish and dropped Menchov on the descent. Then he had his team-mates wait for him and drive it from there.

"You could see that something like that was happening with Astana. To be honest with you, my priority was to work for Egoi [Martinez] in the beginning to make sure he won the KOM. So I bridged across to his breakaway and then pulled for him for three kilometres all the way to the top. He won the KOM which was icing on the cake and then, as you could see, Kashechkin and Astana just went crazy and I got in the middle of all that.

"A breakaway went then. Egoi is very good at the breakaway and he said ‘Tom, Tom, this is your opportunity.' I took it. I didn't care if it was going to get caught…I have been very, very frustrated in this race and have had to be mentally strong to come back from all the disappointments that I have had from the beginning. Every pull that I took was brushing the dirt off my shoulder, and the finish line was where I brushed it all off. It was a great experience."

Once they had joined up, Vinokourov and Danielson chose to work together, with the latter then taking the stage uncontested. Although a time bonus was up for grabs, it appeared that Vino judged that Danielson's collaboration was worth more in terms of potential gain than if he had had to set the pace alone. The Discovery Channel rider was asked at the press conference if a deal had been done.

"For a while he was chasing me and not gaining much ground," he answered. "I was basically going the same speed. My directeurs thought it might be better if we waited a little bit, then we worked together for the advantage at the end.

"Obviously he is a great champion and he didn't sprint me for the win. I pulled a lot and he pulled a lot, too. We didn't exactly talk about the situation but, like I said, he is a great champion."

Previous race leader Valverde and third placed Carlos Sastre arrived in a group together at the finish, losing 1'39. The maillot oro had to do much of the chasing but couldn't make any impression on the two up front, conceding a lot of time.

He was clearly disappointed at the end, although he was still able to smile and wave to his fans when being presented with the white jersey as the leader of the combined classification. "For sure right now I feel a little bit tired after the effort that I have just made," he said. "We will see how I recover this night. Tomorrow it will be necessary to start fighting again and we do not have any intention of throwing in the towel. All my team-mates did their best to help me and I know that tomorrow all of them will be present to start fighting again.

"We knew that the stage of today would be a hard and difficult one. In the final part of the climb of the Monachil, I accelerated but the same time I caught the group with the Kazakh riders, Vinokourov saw me and he attacked again immediately. It was consequently very difficult to join him once more, and also because nobody collaborated.

"I thought that Marchante was going to ride with me but by the time he decided to do it, it was very little and too late. Now Vinokourov, who could count on Danielson's collaboration, is the leader of the race. He is closest to the final victory. So tomorrow, it will be necessary to attack to recover some time."

With a time trial yet to come, the advantage appears to have swung – for now – in Vinokourov's favour. If he can hold of the inevitable counter attack by his chief rival tomorrow, then he will be confident heading into the final time trial. While he only gained eight seconds on Valverde in the last race against the clock in Cuenca, on past form it is difficult to envisage the Spaniard actually turning the tables and beating Vino. Of course, anything is possible in a three week stage race but, for now, Vinokourov has the upper hand.

He was asked at the post-race press conference if his non-participation in the Tour fuelled his motivation here. "It is true that I could not do the Tour de France this year," he answered "It is a big pity for me. I really like doing three week Tours, and I have shown I can do well in them. But winning the Vuelta would be something special. Also, my 33rd birthday is on Saturday…if I can do it, it would be a good present to arrive in Madrid with the jersey."

How it unfolded

Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel)
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The 17th stage finished in Granada, a well known city because of its famous Alhambra. The Alhambra is an Arab big building built before the XIII century at the top of a hill in the heart of Granada. It was thought to be for military purposes, but it became a royal Arab residence. Granada is one of the three most visited cities in Spain and among the most visited in the world due to this marvelous architectural work.

The stage began with a fast tempo. There were many attacks from km 0. Even the GC leader Alejandro Valverde and the favourites’ group were part of an early breakaway (km 32) on the Alto de Albondón. That attack didn't succeed and further up the climb, 13 riders made a break: Tom Danielson (Discovery), Egoi Martinez (Discovery), Sergio Paulinho (Astana), David Arroyo (Illes Balears), Serguei Yakovlev (Astana), Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Lars Bak (CSC), Stephane Goubert (AG2R), Dimitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), David Millar (Saunier Duval), Kurt Arvesen (CSC) and Scott Davis (T-Mobile). Later on, Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) joined the lead group. The stage was already exploding on the first climb.

Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
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Martinez took the points at the summit ahead of Caucchioli, which brought him level with the Italian in the mountains classification and gave him the jersey. On the descent, Valverde, together with Carlos Sastre (CSC), Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and others joined the lead group and formed a small bunch. But in front, Bak, Paulinho, Danielson, Leblacher, Goubert and Fofonov continued with their escape and led the race by just over a minute at km 60.

This six rider breakaway was the good one, as the Valverde group was consolidating behind. The leaders were able to keep distance over the 40 rider bunch, where Caisse d'Epargne had five riders protecting the leader. At the first intermediate sprint in Durcal (km 100), Danielson crossed first with Sergio Paulinho and Eric Leblacher on his wheel. Later on, at the second intermediate sprint in Monachil (km 130.2), Leblacher got the maximum bonus seconds with Goubert in second place and Danielson in third.

Carlos Sastre (Team CSC)
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On the ascent of the Alto de Monachil (summit at km 139.4), all hell broke loose. With a good two minutes on the chasers, Danielson quickly dropped his breakaway companions while Kashechkin (Astana) and Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) attacked the Valverde group, which quickly reduced in size to a handful of riders. Kashechkin and Marchante put 20 seconds into the gold jersey, allowing Vinokourov a free ride as Valverde and Sastre had to chase. Then, with two kilometres to the summit, Vino put in a powerful attack to leave Valverde and Sastre in the dust. He crossed the gap incredibly fast, and the trio caught Paulinho and Goubert near the top, but they didn't last long.

Danielson still had a good 45 seconds over the top of the Monachil but now he had two Astana riders and Marchante chasing him. Valverde hadn't given up, and accelerated to close the gap to Vino and co. while hitting 80 km/h on the descent. But the Astana rider was sure of his strength strengths and was able to get a new small gap at 18 km to go, which just kept increasing as Valverde had no help from Kashechkin and Marchante. With 9 km to go, Vino was descending like a demon, 13 seconds behind Danielson. Valverde was 45 seconds behind the American and Sastre at 1’06. Then, Vinokourov caught Danielson with 5 km to the finish and things started to look worse for Valverde.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears)
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The American and the Kazakhstani cooperated with each other in the final kilometres to maximise the advantage over Valverde, whose trio was caught by Sastre, Sanchez, Paulinho, Goubert, Piepoli and Perez. Sanchez wasted no time and attacked for third position, holding off the rest and improving his GC position to eighth.

But up front, it was all Vinokourov and Danielson, who finished with a 1'39 advantage over Valverde - enough to give Vinokourov the gold jersey. Danielson was rewarded for his efforts with a fine stage win, with Sanchez third at 1'10. The leader's name is now Alexandre, and not Alejandro.

Stage 18 – September 14: Granada-Sierra de la Pandera, 153.1 km

This is a mountainous stage with two hard climbs at the end. The first climb is Alto de las Encebras (Cat. 3 – 1,130 m. above sea level – km 45.6). The other two mountains are very near the end: Alto de los Villares (Cat. 2 – 1,180 m. – km 140.4) and Sierra de la Pandera (Cat. special – 1,840 m. – km 153.1 – finish line). This should be the key stage in this Vuelta a España. Valverde and Sastre will play their probable last cards in order to reduce the distance to Vinokourov, who will do his utmost to attack.

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Results

1 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           4.09.55 (40.02 km/h)
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                     
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.10
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    1.39
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                               
6 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
7 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                          
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         
12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               2.29
13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
14 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                        2.40
15 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
17 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      4.43
20 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
22 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
23 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                             
24 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
25 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
26 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                     
28 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
29 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       
31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
32 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
33 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
34 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                    
35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 6.21
36 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            7.50
37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               8.20
38 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                10.42
39 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
40 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
41 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
42 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
43 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
44 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                 12.29
45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              
46 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
47 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             
48 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
49 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        
50 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                               
51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   
52 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
53 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                             
54 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                        
55 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                              
56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                          
60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                   
61 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                          
62 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                           
63 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
64 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
65 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                           
66 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        
67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
68 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
69 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
70 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              14.36
71 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              17.02
72 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
73 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                      18.31
74 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears       21.02
75 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
76 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                24.07
77 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                             
78 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
80 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                             
81 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
82 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                            
83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
84 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                              
85 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
86 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                        
87 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             
88 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
89 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                           
90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
91 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
92 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
94 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                         
95 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
97 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                            
98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
99 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
100 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
101 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
102 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
104 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                          
105 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           
107 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
108 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                            
109 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            
110 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
111 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
112 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
113 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      
114 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            
115 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
116 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
117 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     
118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          
119 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     
120 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
121 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                       
122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
123 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                  
124 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
125 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
126 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
127 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
128 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
129 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
130 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
131 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
132 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      
133 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                           
134 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                           
135 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
136 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
137 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
DNF Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         
DNF Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
DNF Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
DNF Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
 
Points
 
1 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                25 pts
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   20
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   16
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      14
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             12
6 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   10
7 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                         9
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   8
9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     7
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              6
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                        5
12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  4
13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  3
14 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           2
15 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       1
16 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                           -5
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      -5
18 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          -5
19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   -5
20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 -5
21 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    -5
22 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       -5
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Albondón - Cat. 1, km 37
1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   16 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  12
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      10
4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 8
5 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        6
6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       4
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          3
8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    2
9 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   1
 
Alto de Lanjarón - Cat. 3, km 79
1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   6 pts
2 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    4
3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         2
4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 1
 
Alto de Monachil - Cat. 1, km 139
1 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                16 pts
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      12
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   10
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     8
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   6
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              4
7 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    3
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         2
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    1
 
Sprints
 
Dúrcal, km 100
1 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 4 pts
2 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         2
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   1
 
Monachil, km 130.2 
1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   4 pts
2 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    2
3 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                             12.33.03
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     1.40
3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                       3.51
4 Team CSC                                                               5.44
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    7.18
6 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                        7.47
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                12.29
8 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               16.34
9 Lampre - Fondital                                                     18.37
10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                     19.45
11 Relax - GAM                                                          25.06
12 Credit Agricole                                                      28.01
13 T- Mobile Team                                                       34.29
14 Française des Jeux                                                   38.01
15 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               49.39
16 Davitamon - Lotto                                                    49.49
17 Rabobank                                                             52.56
18 Team Milram                                                          57.25
19 Liquigas                                                                  
20 Gerolsteiner                                                       1.09.03
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                          
 
General classification ater stage 17
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                             67.29.41
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                0.09
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           1.51
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    2.14
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  4.32
6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              6.07
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                6.33
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 7.25
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  7.49
10 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     9.04
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               9.18
12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               11.44
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          13.24
14 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                    13.59
15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                14.03
16 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   15.20
17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                        16.55
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    18.05
19 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               19.01
20 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  22.29
21 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             24.13
22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   25.15
23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             32.11
24 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              32.19
25 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       34.28
26 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                    35.18
27 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           36.18
28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   37.12
29 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                37.14
30 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        38.54
31 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          41.44
32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              44.10
33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               44.21
34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    46.38
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              46.45
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            46.52
37 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              49.28
38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                51.10
39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                     52.21
40 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        56.54
41 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     58.04
42 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  58.16
43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.00.42
44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                     1.03.36
45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 1.05.07
46 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              1.05.29
47 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            1.12.51
48 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 1.13.31
49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            1.14.24
50 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               1.14.38
51 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            1.16.56
52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   1.18.39
53 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.19.11
54 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               1.19.41
55 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            1.21.10
56 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                             1.21.15
57 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1.21.35
58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    1.21.58
59 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                               1.23.02
60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              1.23.29
61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.23.39
62 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                       1.23.48
63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       1.26.21
64 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   1.26.33
65 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      1.26.46
66 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.27.08
67 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.27.57
68 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                     1.29.36
69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.29.49
70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                 1.30.28
71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    1.33.26
72 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                   1.33.54
73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.34.06
74 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1.34.44
75 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.35.15
76 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  1.36.23
77 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               1.36.59
78 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  1.37.48
79 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 1.39.34
80 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.40.10
81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.42.15
82 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      1.42.19
83 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.43.03
84 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.43.53
85 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       1.44.08
86 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              1.44.55
87 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                1.46.49
88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1.47.54
89 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               1.50.02
90 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    1.50.03
91 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.51.30
92 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            1.51.57
93 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.52.04
94 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.52.50
95 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                               1.56.24
96 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.57.50
97 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              2.00.05
98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         2.00.49
99 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    2.00.52
100 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.02.31
101 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2.03.03
102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          2.04.59
103 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    2.08.53
104 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             2.09.27
105 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          2.10.08
106 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               2.10.32
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             2.10.34
108 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              2.11.40
109 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     2.12.50
110 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2.13.40
111 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       2.14.53
112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     2.14.55
113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    2.14.59
114 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   2.17.03
115 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         2.17.12
116 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  2.17.19
117 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              2.17.22
118 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                           2.17.40
119 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    2.18.50
120 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     2.18.58
121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               2.19.37
122 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    2.20.10
123 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    2.20.13
124 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   2.20.22
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           2.20.39
126 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               2.21.58
127 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      2.23.18
128 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              2.24.15
129 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 2.25.06
130 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2.25.21
131 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         2.30.44
132 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 2.30.47
133 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                2.31.58
134 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        2.32.53
135 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                               2.35.56
136 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              2.43.26
137 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                2.52.02
138 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               2.53.32
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      169 pts
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                  118
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 117
4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        89
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            82
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             79
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             78
8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                77
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   74
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     67
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               54
12 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   52
13 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                51
14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           44
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 41
16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                37
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       33
18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 33
19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  32
20 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 29
21 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  29
22 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      27
23 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       27
24 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 26
25 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       25
26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             22
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 21
28 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    21
29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             20
30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    17
31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   17
32 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       16
33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                         16
34 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      15
35 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        14
36 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     13
37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 12
38 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  12
39 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  11
40 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    11
41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                   10
42 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                           10
43 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                      9
44 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                            9
45 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             8
46 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            8
47 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     8
48 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                           8
49 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                          8
50 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                            8
51 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    8
52 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               8
53 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          8
54 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 8
55 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         7
56 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         7
57 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                   7
58 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                          7
59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    7
60 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  6
61 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    6
62 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           6
63 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  6
64 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      6
65 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    6
66 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6
67 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                     5
68 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               4
69 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        4
70 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       4
71 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                4
72 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       3
73 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         3
74 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 3
75 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     3
76 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    2
77 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           2
79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                       2
80 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1
81 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    1
82 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     1
83 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  117 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 117
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  81
4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        70
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             60
6 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       57
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   57
8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      54
9 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        53
10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           41
11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   40
12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               38
13 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           36
14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                33
15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        28
16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  24
18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 23
19 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    23
20 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 21
21 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       21
22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       20
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 19
24 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        18
25 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                  18
26 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      16
27 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                        15
28 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           14
29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 13
30 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      12
31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                   11
32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      11
33 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 10
34 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   9
35 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                           9
36 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    8
37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  8
38 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                    7
39 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            6
40 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6
41 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                      6
42 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       6
43 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                6
44 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         6
45 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       5
46 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      5
47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    4
48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          4
49 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             4
50 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     4
51 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              3
52 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   3
53 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           3
54 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          3
55 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    3
56 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2
57 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                           1
58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  1
59 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     1
60 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   8 pts
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   10
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             15
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      22
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    28
6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                29
7 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   32
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   34
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  40
10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           41
11 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      44
12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       53
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                53
14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       54
15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 58
16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       59
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 74
18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   87
19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               87
20 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        91
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             93
22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                    104
23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 105
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     106
25 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 110
26 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                112
27 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                117
28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  120
29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                121
30 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                     134
31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                       135
32 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     136
33 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                 138
34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        139
35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         140
36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                   142
37 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                     143
38 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  143
39 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                         149
40 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          154
41 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    157
42 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   165
43 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           179
44 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                       189
45 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       195
46 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        197
47 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   221
48 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                  235
49 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             242
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                201.59.16
2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                      15.27
3 Astana                                                                15.56
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   28.37
5 Team CSC                                                              51.43
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              1.12.55
7 Lampre - Fondital                                                   1.15.34
8 Relax - GAM                                                         1.48.41
9 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                     1.48.55
10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                   2.00.15
11 Credit Agricole                                                    2.16.08
12 Rabobank                                                           2.42.28
13 Liquigas                                                           3.05.02
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  3.15.23
15 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            3.38.55
16 T- Mobile Team                                                     3.47.53
17 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             3.49.24
18 Française des Jeux                                                 3.54.38
19 Gerolsteiner                                                       4.24.58
20 Team Milram                                                        4.49.51
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                   5.06.43


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