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61st Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 19 - September 15: Jaén - Ciudad Real, 205.3 km

Arrieta breaks the drought

No change in GC in advance of time trial

By Shane Stokes in a car hurtling towards Madrid, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez

Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R)
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On a day when maillot oro Alexandre Vinokourov and closest challenger Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) declared an unofficial truce, AG2R Prévoyance rider José Luis Arrieta proved quickest of a long distance breakaway group to take his best career result. The 35 year old Spaniard previously won the opening leg of the Vuelta Asturias back in 2002 and has also placed third and fourth on stages of the Tour of Spain.

"This day is very special for me," he said. "But this year I have really enjoyed every time I have been on the bike, it is a pleasure to be a professional.

"I was away today with my friend José Vicente Garcia Acosta, who I train with. He is very good person to be with in a break. This week I kept a bit of energy to get into a move, saying to myself that Friday was the only chance to do it. It has worked out very well."

Arrieta went clear as part of an eight man escape 48 kilometres into the undulating stage, being joined by Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), Aketza Peña (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne), Lars Bak (Team CSC), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), David Loosli (Lampre-Fondital) and Pieter Mertens (Davitamon-Lotto). They built a maximum lead of 12'04 and still had over 11 minutes of this by the time they fought it out for the win in Ciudad Real.

Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R)
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Bak was the most aggressive in the final ten kilometres, attacking first at eight kilometres to go and then after his recapture, going again after the kite. But he was caught and Arrieta then beat Fofonov and Loosli in the gallop.

"There were many attacks in the final run into the line," he stated. "I stayed on the wheels and then went for it with 200 metres to go."

His friend Garcia Acosta was disappointed but philosophical after the finish. "Maybe I attacked too early, but I had to try," he said. "I must acknowledge that after all the work done for the team since the beginning of the Vuelta, I missed some strength in the final part of the stage. Today was the last opportunity to go with a breakaway and try to win. Getting the victory was not possible, but my personal balance, like that of all the team, is positive.

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
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"I am very satisfied with how we rode the Vuelta because we always gave the best, every day, and at the end, even if we do not finish in Madrid with the yellow jersey, there is nothing to reproach us for. This one is my tenth Vuelta and I hope that others will follow!"

The top end of the general classification remained unchanged after the stage, with Vinokourov maintaining his 53 second lead over Valverde. Fellow Astana rider Andrey Kashechkin is third, 2'06 back, while CSC's Carlos Sastre has 45 seconds to make up if he is to nab a podium place. José Angel Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) round out the top six and may swap placings if the American has his best TT legs on.

How it unfolded

Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel)
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Ciudad Real was founded in 1255 by the king Alfonso X el Sabio. It was called originally Villa Real, which means royal village. In 1420, the king Juan II gave the village the title of city and now the town started being called Ciudad Real. It is the capital of the region of Castilla La Mancha, and it was the first time the Vuelta visited here in 32 years.

The 135 riders who finished yesterday in La Pandera took the start today in Jaén. It was a fairly steady start, with 37.5 km covered in the first hour. Shortly afterwards, Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) got involved in an eight man break but that was chased down. Then, after 48 km, eight riders succeeded in opening a gap at km 48: Lars Bak (CSC), Vladimir Gusev (Discovery), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R), Aketza Peña (Euskaltel), David Loosli (Lampre), Pieter Mertens (Davitamon) and Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears).

With Bak the best placed on GC at over 40 minutes down, this break was given permission to go by the peloton. Astana didn't have to work, and neither did Credit Agricole nor Caisse d'Epargne. On the Alto del Parque Natural de Andújar (Cat. 2, km 75), Loosli crossed the summit first ahead of Arrieta and Bak and the break already had 3'03 lead. On the Alto de Sierra Madrona (km 103), the lead had increased to 9'38, and Mertens, Peña and Loosli crossed the summit in that order.

Aketza Peña (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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On the Alto del Tamaral (km 117), the final climb of the day - and in the Vuelta, in fact - it was again Mertens ahead of Fofonov and Peña. That meant that Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel) had effectively secured the mountains jersey, provided he finishes in Madrid. On the descent, the leaders increased their gap up to 11 minutes.

Later on, the peloton started to reduced the distance, but the breakaway was still 9’32 ahead of the peloton at km 136 and looking to stay clear. Many of the sprinters like Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) or Robbie McEwen (Davitamon) were out of the race, and no-one else had the firepower to chase. The gap went up to as much as 12'04 as a result.

At the second intermediate sprint in Puertollano (km 161.2 – 44 km to go), Fofonov got the maximum bonus seconds ahead of Gusev and Bak. The eight leaders rode 10’51 ahead of the bunch at that point.

Astana
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The kilometres passed and the leaders stayed together, with no-one willing to be the first to attack. Eventually, the strong Garcia Acosta went with 11 km to go, and the endgame started in the break. Lars Bak attacked several times, getting clear at 8 km to go, with Fofonov, Arrieta and Loosli in pursuit. The Dane looked good for a while, but started to blow at 4 km out and was caught at 2.5 km to go.

These four riders fought it out with each other for the win in the last 2,000 metres. Bak attacked inside the final kilometre, but didn't quite have the gas for a winning move, and Loosli, Arrieta and Fofonov clawed their way back on. Finally, Arrieta launched his sprint and was able to hold off the rest to win his first grand tour stage ever and only his second pro win after 14 seasons.

Stage 20 – September 16: Rivas Futura-Rivas Vaciamadrid, individual time trial, 27.5 km

Stage 20 will be an individual time trial near the capital city of Madrid. It’s a 27.5 km long test over quite a difficult parcours, with winding roads, bends and roundabouts. Alexandre Vinokourov shouldn't have problems maintaining his gap over Valverde and the others. The Spaniard will have to give it all if he wants to recover the leader's jersey. It could be another opportunity for David Millar to win a stage, but the tall Scot might be saving himself for the World Championship next week.

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Results

1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              5.30.14 (37.3 km/h)
2 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                       
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      0.02
4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                          0.09
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 0.30
6 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
7 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
8 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            11.16
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                         
11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
12 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
14 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                         
15 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                     
17 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                              
18 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
19 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
20 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           
21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                       
23 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
24 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
25 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                    
26 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
28 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                        
29 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                               
30 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
31 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
32 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                            
33 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
34 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
35 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
36 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                          
37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            
38 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                              
39 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
41 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                        
42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               
43 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                             
44 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
45 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
46 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
47 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                          
48 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
49 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
50 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                            
51 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                               
52 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                           
53 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                               
54 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                              
55 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       
56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                      
57 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                    
58 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                      
59 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
60 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
62 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
63 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                             
64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
65 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                       
66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
67 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
68 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                           
69 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
70 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                        
71 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
72 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                       
73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
74 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
75 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       
76 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                             
77 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
78 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
79 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
80 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
81 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                        
82 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
83 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                              
85 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                        
86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
87 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                           
88 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       
89 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
91 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                      
92 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
94 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
95 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
96 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
97 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
98 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  
99 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
100 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                           
101 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
102 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   
104 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
105 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                             
106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                        
107 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
109 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                           
110 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                             
111 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                        
112 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
113 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
114 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
115 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    
116 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         
117 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
118 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
119 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                               
120 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                              
121 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                         
122 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
123 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
124 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                    
125 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                           
126 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
127 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
129 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                   
130 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
131 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
132 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                            
133 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              12.08
134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  12.40
135 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
 
Points
 
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                   25 pts
2 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                     20
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                        16
4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            14
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   12
6 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      10
7 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            9
8 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        8
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                7
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        6
11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     5
12 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    4
13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                      3
14 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        2
15 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    1
16 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                     -5
 
Mountains
 
Alto del Parque Natural de Andújar - Cat. 2, km 75
1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                        10 pts
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                    7
3 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             5
4 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        3
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    2
6 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            1
 
Alto de Sierra Madrona - Cat. 3, km 103
1 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       6 pts
2 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        4
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                         2
4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                    1
 
Alto del Tamaral - Cat. 3, km 117
1 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       6 pts
2 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                      4
3 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        2
4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             1
 
Sprints
 
Las Viñas de Peñallana, km 50
1 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             4 pts
2 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            2
3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                    1
 
Puertollano, km 161,2
1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                      4 pts
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    2
3 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             1
 
Teams
 
1 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                     16.53.14
2 Lampre - Fondital                                                       0.02
3 Team CSC                                                                0.09
4 Credit Agricole                                                         0.10
5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      0.30
6 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                            
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                         
8 Davitamon - Lotto                                                           
9 Astana                                                                 11.16
10 Relax - GAM                                                                
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                           
12 Team Milram                                                                
13 Française des Jeux                                                         
14 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                           
15 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                     
16 Rabobank                                                                   
17 Liquigas                                                                   
18 T- Mobile Team                                                             
19 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                     
20 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                    
21 Gerolsteiner                                                               
 
General classification after stage 19
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                              77.08.38
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 0.53
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     2.06
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            2.51
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   5.06
6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               7.05
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  8.23
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 8.28
9 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                      10.04
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 10.06
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               11.04
12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                13.16
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           14.11
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 15.44
15 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    16.07
16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     17.16
17 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                20.33
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     24.34
19 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                   25.36
20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              26.58
21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                        28.53
22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    29.15
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               33.59
24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            39.06
25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     39.16
26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 41.21
27 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                         44.03
28 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                           44.09
29 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    45.32
30 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                47.09
31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 48.06
32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              48.55
33 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                               52.14
34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     52.52
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               53.09
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                               57.37
37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         59.02
38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.01.32
39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.04.10
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
41 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               1.10.35
42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                    1.14.43
43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1.16.19
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             1.20.05
45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1.21.54
46 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                              1.25.41
47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    1.27.09
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  1.27.29
49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                1.27.52
50 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  1.28.18
51 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                1.31.30
52 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.33.19
53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                1.34.59
54 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    1.35.03
55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     1.35.22
56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               1.36.41
57 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       1.36.43
58 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                    1.37.30
59 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.37.57
60 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.39.06
61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.40.26
62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        1.41.08
63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                  1.41.28
64 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                      1.42.48
65 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.42.57
66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.43.20
67 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             1.44.49
68 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                       1.45.26
69 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                        1.46.10
70 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.46.23
71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.46.36
72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     1.48.13
73 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.49.30
74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          1.50.19
75 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                1.55.31
76 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               1.58.07
77 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   1.58.45
78 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                1.59.31
79 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.59.47
80 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   2.00.10
81 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  2.01.56
82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 2.02.14
83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2.04.37
84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             2.05.09
85 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         2.05.20
86 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            2.06.15
87 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        2.06.30
88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2.10.16
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                2.11.26
90 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                2.12.24
91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     2.12.25
92 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                2.14.26
93 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               2.16.08
94 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                2.16.41
95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          2.17.33
96 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               2.19.18
97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                2.20.12
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                     2.23.14
99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                      2.23.55
100 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                2.25.23
101 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         2.25.25
102 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                              2.26.11
103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           2.27.21
104 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   2.28.04
105 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    2.31.45
106 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           2.32.30
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              2.32.56
108 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                      2.33.07
109 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                            2.34.27
110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               2.34.30
111 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                      2.35.12
112 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                             2.36.02
113 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               2.36.39
114 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        2.37.15
115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                     2.37.21
116 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                    2.39.25
117 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          2.39.34
118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                       2.40.05
119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2.41.10
120 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     2.41.12
121 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                      2.41.20
122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                2.41.59
123 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                     2.42.32
124 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                    2.42.44
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                            2.43.01
126 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                2.44.20
127 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  2.47.28
128 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                2.51.01
129 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          2.53.06
130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  2.53.09
131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.54.20
132 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         2.55.15
133 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                               3.05.48
134 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                 3.14.24
135 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                3.17.18
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       175 pts
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   138
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  131
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                       92
5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         89
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              84
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    83
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                             82
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              79
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    68
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                62
12 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 51
13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  42
14 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       37
15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   37
16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 37
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  35
18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  35
19 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                        34
20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                        33
21 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    32
22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              32
23 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       31
24 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  29
25 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              29
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   129 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  117
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   98
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                       84
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                    82
6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         70
7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        67
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              63
9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     60
10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        58
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                44
12 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            36
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 33
14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   32
15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         28
16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  26
17 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                        25
18 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       24
19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  23
20 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     23
21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  21
22 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  21
23 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                        20
24 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         18
25 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                   18
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                     8 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    8
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                       11
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              18
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     24
6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 28
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    28
8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    28
9 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        36
10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  40
11 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                        45
12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                        59
13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  60
14 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        61
15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  61
16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 61
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              62
18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    80
19 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           86
20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    89
21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         89
22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      104
23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  105
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      108
25 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 109
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 230.49.37
2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                       15.44
3 Astana                                                                 26.07
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    30.01
5 Team CSC                                                               53.38
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               1.37.41
7 Lampre - Fondital                                                    1.38.00
8 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                      1.56.58
9 Relax - GAM                                                          2.09.51
10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                    2.16.19
11 Credit Agricole                                                     2.48.53
12 Rabobank                                                            3.19.45
13 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   3.41.09
14 Liquigas                                                            3.54.06
15 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             4.28.07
16 Française des Jeux                                                  4.41.07
17 T- Mobile Team                                                      4.45.24
18 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              4.53.08
19 Gerolsteiner                                                        5.03.51
20 Team Milram                                                         5.41.15
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                    6.08.11

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