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61st Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 12 - September 7: Aranda de Duero - Guadalajara, 169.3 km

Salzburg calling: Paolini nabs stage win

First and third for Italians, no change in the overall

By Shane Stokes in Guadalajara, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez

Luca Paolini (Liquigas)
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As much as this Vuelta is about the fight for the general classification, it also seems to be a battle for confirmation of good form and a high ranking place on the Italian team for the world championships later this month.

On day two Quick.Step's Paolo Bettini staked his claim to be numero uno with an unexpected sprint win ahead of riders such as Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Luca Paolini (Liquigas) and Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto). Then three days later Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) underlined his candidature with a mountain-top win at the Estación de Esquí La Covatilla. Now, today, it was the turn of Paolini, bronze medalist in Verona two years ago, to show that he also deserves a big place on the squadra azzura.

"This is a very special victory for me," the 29 year old stated after the podium ceremony. "It is my first stage win in a big Tour and comes at a very important time in the season, with the world championships coming up. It is good to get ProTour points and is overall a very important win to get."

Paolini had infiltrated a twelve man breakaway which went clear after 78 kilometres, building a maximum lead of 11'30. After the attacking started close to the line, he went with four kilometres remaining and soloed in five seconds ahead of Bart Dockx (Davitamon Lotto) and Bettini. Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) were a further three seconds back, with the rest of the break coming in in dribs and drabs behind. The peloton were a full 15'04 down.

"There were some very fast riders there such as Bettini, Eisel and Nazon and so I didn't want to wait for them to make their move," he stated, when asked about his tactics near the end. "I decided to go early and it worked out well for me.

"There are other stages which suit me in this Vuelta but I want to be careful not to force my legs too much, and therefore arrive at the world championships tired."

Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
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Dockx was second and said afterwards that while the day was an encouraging one for the team, that he was frustrated by the fact that he seemed to be marked by Bettini in the final kilometres. "There was one third category climb today and we had Horner in the breakaway. But the peloton were chasing and chasing, Cofidis and Lampre, and they caught them. Then I attacked and I got 12, 13 guys with me.

"There were a lot of attacks in the last kilometres and then Paolini went away. I went after him but I couldn't catch him with Bettini sitting on my wheel. They are friends, and I think they spoke together before the finish. Bettini wouldn't ride, and I got second.

"There is only one place that is important and that is first. I am a little bit disappointed because I had really prepared for this race today. But in the end I have to make do with second."

His directeur sportif Mark Sergeant said that he was pleased by the Davitamon-Lotto riders' efforts, even if they didn't get the win. "The team did well today – Chris [Horner] was in the first breakaway and then we had guys in the second. In recent days the riders couldn't get into good break but they did it today and rode well. Bjorn is not 100 percent…this finish would have been good for him. Bart was good, but he was unlucky to have been caught between two friends. Anyway, we will keep on trying and see what happens."

If Dockx was frustrated, Magnus Bäckstedt (Liquigas) seemed even more so. He came home as part of the main bunch but had been up the road early on with Horner and six others, trying to chase a stage win.

"The day kind of sucked, in the end. I made it into a breakaway but it didn't get going. I don't know why Milram and Lampre went to the front and brought that back. I could understand if they put themselves up there riding and trying to bring things in for a sprint, but if you close it down like that with everything that they had, all that is going to happen in the end is that another group goes and they have no-one in there either! And that is what happened.

Valverde, Kashechkin and Sastre
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"It is unfortunate for me. I felt good. But this year seems to be like that all the time. Any break I get into early on seems to be brought back after 25 kilometres; then a new one goes and I am obviously not in that one. But I will keep trying. I am just going to take things day by day, see how I feel each morning and take it [attacking versus staying in the bunch] from there."

Caisse d'Epargne rider Arroyo made it into the move and in doing so, once again took pressure off his team and forced others to chase. He had started the stage 14'09 back and once the gap went out to 11'30, the Astana team of Alexandre Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin had to ride in order to protect their positions. In the end he gained 8'46 and moved up 14 places to 13th overall.

However his day was not without incident, as he told Onda Cero radio: "At first, the mission was simply to get in the breakaway and that's what I did. I crashed at a roundabout at some point of the race…the ground was wet and I lost control of the bike. It took me a bit of time to recover from that."

For ongoing race leader Alejandro Valverde and the rest of the general classification riders, it was a day to stay out of trouble. The first individual time trial beckons in two day's time; the clock is ticking for the next big part of this Vuelta, and it seems that keeping powder dry and legs fresh is the big goal until then.

How it unfolded

The peloton
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Guadalajara is a city founded by the Arabs in the eighth century. Its name comes from the Arabic word that can be written as "Wad-al-Hayara", which means river of stones. In ,1085 the city was conquered by the Christians who fought for years against the Arabs for its control until 1212. That year, in the battle of Navas de Tolosa, the Christians finally took control of the city. In last year's Vuelta, it was the start city of the last time trial between Guadalajara and Alcala de Henares where Ruben Plaza won. Roberto Heras was second and later disqualified for failing the doping test that day.

All the 163 riders who finished the stage in Burgos yesterday took the start today. There were many attacks at the start of the stage but none was successful. On the only climb of the day, the Alto de Santibañez de Ayllon (1,430 m. above sea level – km 66.4), the peloton was together with yesterday's winner Egoi Martinez taking the points ahead of mountains leader Pietro Caucchioli. But soon after (km 78), 11 riders got a breakaway going that proved to be the right one: Vladimir Gusev (Discovery), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Luca Paolini (Liquigas), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel), Bart Dockx (Davitamon), Kevin Hulsmans (Quick Step), Bernhard Eisel (Française des Jeux), Bjorn Leukemans (Davitamon), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Ian McLeod (Française des Jeux) and Jean Patrick Nazon (AG2R).

Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner)
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David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) bridged up to this group at km 85. Gradually, the difference between the leaders and the peloton grew. The 12 riders led by 9'53 at km 119 and by 11'40 at km 128. Up until this point, Caisse d'Epargne had been riding a steady tempo because it had the best placed rider on GC in the break. That forced Astana to come to the front to protect its GC riders, and the gap started to come down again. But the dozen in front were not going to be caught.

Gerolsteiner experienced several abandons during today's stage: Markus Fothen, Sven Montgomery and Andrea Moletta all quit the race.

At the second intermediate sprint in Yunquera de Henares (km 153), Nazon was first followed by Hulsmans and McLeod. The attacks started at 13 km to go when Eisel went with Paolini on his wheel. But then Hulsmans came to the front and kept the pace high enough to discourage any further attacks until 6 km to go.

Astana
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Haussler started the attacking at that point, but wasn't good enough to get clear, and when Luca Paolini played his card with 4 km to go, he was gone. The Italian got a small gap and the rest didn't react immediately, enabling Paolini to ride away. Dockx and Bettini chased Paolini, but with Bettini not working with the Belgian, it was nothing doing. Paolini was unstoppable, and the Liquigas rider crossed the line, celebrating by kissing his wedding ring. Bart Dockx ended up second together with Paolo Bettini third.

Stage 13 – September 8: Guadalajara-Cuenca, 180 km

Stage 13 should be a good one for men not well positioned on the GC, as it finishes in Cuenca, a place where a successful breakaway is possible. The stage will have three climbs: Alto de la Tendilla (Cat. 3 – 1,050 metres above sea level – km 31), Alto de Corcoles (Cat. 3 – 1,000 m. – km 60.2) and Alto del Castillo (Cat. 3 – 1,120 m. – km 167.2). Alto del Castillo could be a key part of the stage for the riders who want to win tomorrow. Valverde and the rest of the top riders should have a calm day.

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Results

1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                         3.35.07 (47.22 km/h)
2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       0.05
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                0.08
5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                          
6 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    0.17
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                0.22
8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.33
10 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 0.39
11 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                   0.57
12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            2.09
13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 8.54
14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
16 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                         
17 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
18 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                       
24 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              
25 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                    
26 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
27 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
29 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                              
30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                          
31 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
32 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
33 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     
34 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
35 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
36 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
37 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       
38 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                             
39 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                
40 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
41 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
42 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
43 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
45 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
46 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
48 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                            
50 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
51 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
52 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         
53 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
54 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
57 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
58 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      
59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             
60 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
62 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                     
64 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              
66 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
67 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
68 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
69 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
70 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
71 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
72 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             
73 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                     
74 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
75 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                            
76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
77 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                          
78 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
79 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
80 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
81 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
82 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        
83 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
84 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                   
85 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
86 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
88 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                           
89 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            
90 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
91 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          
92 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
93 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                           
94 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
95 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
96 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                      
97 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
98 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
99 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                       
100 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
101 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     
102 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  
103 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                   
104 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
105 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  
106 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
107 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
108 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
109 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            
110 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                          
112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                            
113 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                             
114 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
115 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
116 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
117 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                              
118 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
119 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
120 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                           
121 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
122 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
123 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
124 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
125 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
126 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           
127 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
128 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
129 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
130 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
131 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
132 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  
133 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
134 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
135 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                           
136 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
137 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                   9.27
139 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                        9.38
140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                   9.43
141 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
142 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                     10.16
143 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                             10.17
144 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   10.34
145 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                       
146 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             10.39
147 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           
148 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         
149 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
150 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          
151 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
152 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       
153 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                         
154 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
155 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                10.58
156 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       8.54
157 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
158 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                       11.47
159 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          14.58
DNF Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
DNF Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
DNF Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNF Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
 
Points
 
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              25 pts
2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         20
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                16
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  14
5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        12
6 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      10
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                   9
8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  8
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      7
10 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    6
11 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      5
12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               4
13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    3
14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       2
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Santibáñez de Ayllón - Cat. 3, km 66
1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    6 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   4
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 2
4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        1
 
Sprints
 
Ayllón, km 44.8
1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                           4 pts
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          2
3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       1
 
Yunquera de Henares, km 153
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  4 pts
2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                2
3 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  10.54.59
2 Française des Jeux                                                     0.35
3 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                1.30
4 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                       8.18
5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                         
6 Liquigas                                                               8.20
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    8.27
8 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                        8.32
9 Gerolsteiner                                                           8.43
10 Lampre - Fondital                                                    17.04
11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                          
12 Astana                                                                    
13 Team Milram                                                               
14 Relax - GAM                                                               
15 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                    
16 Team CSC                                                                  
17 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                    
18 Credit Agricole                                                           
19 Rabobank                                                                  
20 T- Mobile Team                                                            
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                     17.14
 
General classification after stage 12
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            49.38.46
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    0.27
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           0.44
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.56
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                 1.38
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               2.05
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                2.28
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          2.31
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  3.02
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     3.42
11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 3.59
12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 5.18
13 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     5.23
14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                5.33
15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     6.11
16 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             6.20
17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               6.36
18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                           7.16
19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                7.36
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
21 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       7.59
22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                8.06
23 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     8.34
24 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    8.48
25 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    9.05
26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  10.32
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              10.44
28 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             13.55
29 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       14.27
30 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                    16.18
31 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                     17.34
32 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   18.01
33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           18.04
34 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     18.36
35 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          23.04
36 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                23.35
37 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       24.13
38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            25.27
39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              25.28
40 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              25.41
41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           26.20
42 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        27.56
43 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        27.57
44 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        30.16
45 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                       30.48
46 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   31.40
47 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              32.32
48 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               33.10
49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              33.21
50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  33.42
51 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     34.21
52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              34.43
53 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        34.58
54 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   35.00
55 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                35.30
56 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              36.20
57 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 37.20
58 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                              38.36
59 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   39.25
60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                40.15
61 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                       40.18
62 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              40.56
63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              42.39
64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 43.37
65 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                 47.30
66 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        48.57
67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      50.18
68 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                   50.33
69 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 51.05
70 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      53.24
71 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              53.34
72 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                         53.47
73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         55.38
74 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               56.22
75 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  56.34
76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           56.57
77 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               57.36
78 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                58.11
79 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                     58.37
80 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.00.08
81 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  1.00.12
82 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.00.14
83 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               1.00.37
84 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.01.23
85 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.02.08
86 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1.02.49
87 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               1.02.52
88 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 1.03.23
89 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.04.45
90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.05.28
91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   1.05.45
92 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       1.05.55
93 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   1.05.59
94 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.06.23
95 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.06.33
96 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                             1.06.50
97 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                               1.07.09
98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.07.43
99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.08.31
100 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   1.08.49
101 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           1.08.51
102 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              1.08.57
103 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.09.28
104 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  1.10.03
105 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.10.16
106 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 1.10.33
107 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      1.10.40
108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                           1.11.28
109 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1.12.40
110 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             1.13.30
111 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.14.06
112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.14.16
113 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.14.35
114 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   1.15.07
115 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               1.15.30
116 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.15.46
117 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     1.15.49
118 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          1.16.19
119 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     1.16.41
120 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.16.57
121 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.18.42
122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             1.18.53
123 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          1.19.09
124 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.19.35
125 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                           1.19.43
126 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.19.45
127 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.21.14
128 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.21.33
129 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1.21.48
130 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  1.22.01
131 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     1.22.11
132 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    1.23.12
133 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.23.37
134 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    1.24.04
135 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     1.24.08
136 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.25.21
137 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               1.26.29
138 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.27.45
139 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.27.51
140 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      1.28.33
141 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   1.28.45
142 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               1.28.47
143 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   1.29.25
144 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  1.30.05
145 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.30.14
146 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    1.30.19
147 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             1.31.03
148 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.31.26
149 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1.31.56
150 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           1.32.10
151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.32.57
152 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.33.41
153 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                1.33.54
154 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.36.11
155 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                               1.37.47
156 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                1.38.37
157 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              1.52.43
158 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                1.54.30
159 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               1.55.47
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      135 pts
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        79
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             71
4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              65
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   60
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  59
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                58
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            48
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             46
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   42
11 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                41
12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     40
13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   38
14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                 37
15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                37
16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           35
17 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  29
18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 28
19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  27
20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       26
21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      26
22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 24
23 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    21
24 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 21
25 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        20
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  77 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        70
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   65
4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        52
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  42
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             42
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            40
8 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            36
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 33
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     32
11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   32
12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        28
13 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      27
14 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    23
16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                  20
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 19
18 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        18
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      16
20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       16
21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 15
22 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       15
23 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 14
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           14
25 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      12
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  12 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             18
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      24
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    25
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   26
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 30
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            31
8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   41
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  46
10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       46
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       50
12 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   53
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 66
14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  71
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   78
16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        79
17 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       80
18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 81
19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               95
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            100
21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     100
22 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              103
23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 107
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     108
25 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     113
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                148.21.06
2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                      10.11
3 Astana                                                                15.35
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   19.27
5 Lampre - Fondital                                                     27.47
6 Team CSC                                                              45.41
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                52.17
8 Rabobank                                                            1.00.55
9 Relax - GAM                                                         1.02.13
10 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    1.13.48
11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                   1.18.21
12 Credit Agricole                                                    1.28.30
13 Liquigas                                                           1.38.37
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  1.44.56
15 Gerolsteiner                                                       2.00.59
16 Française des Jeux                                                 2.03.53
17 T- Mobile Team                                                     2.10.26
18 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             2.12.26
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            2.26.10
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                   2.50.40
21 Team Milram                                                        3.04.07

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