Home

Recently on Cyclingnews.com


Bayern Rundfahrt
Photo ©: Schaaf

62nd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 1-23, 2007

Main Page    Results   Overall standings    Stage Details       Live report    Previous Stage  Next Stage

Stage 7 - September 7: Calahorra - Zaragoza, 176.3km

Zabel wins a crash-marred finish

By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez

Erik Zabel is all smiles.
Photo ©: Sirotti
(Click for larger image)

The Grand Old Man of German cycling can still do it--Erik Zabel (Team Milram) won the sprint in the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España ahead of Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) and Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic). It wasn't a mass sprint though, as a crash about two kilometres before the finish blocked the way for all but about 12 riders. There were no changes in the overall classification.

"Petacchi was the only one of us involved in the crash two kilometres before the finish, fortunately," the 37-year-old Zabel said. "There were five riders in front, including Marco Velo, who of course waited for us. Then Alberto Ongarato closed the gap, so I could move all the way up and take the sprint."

The stage was marked by an escape of two riders from two Spanish non-ProTour teams. Raul Garcia de Mateo (Relax-Gam) and Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia-Caja Sur) got away shortly after the race's flying start. They build up a lead of over nine minutes.

With 30 kilometres to go, the day's first mass crash slowed the peloton's chase. Bert Roesems (Predictor-Lotto) had to be taken off in an ambulance due to a hip injury.

The onrushing peloton gobbled up the two escapees about seven kilometres before the finish, and the sprinters' teams moved to the front to set things up for their fast men. But a combination of the curving road and the heavy winds caused another mass crash with two kilometres to go, which totally blocked the road. Those behind the crash included such big names as Alessandro Petacchi, Daniele Bennati and triple stage winner Oscar Freire. They were stuck and unable to play a part in the day's outcome.

Tomorrow's time trial runs 52.2 kilometres from Denominación de Origen Cariñena to Saragossa. It is downhill all the way, dropping from 560 metres to 210 metres. The exceptionally long time trial is expected to bring another major shake-up in the overall standings.

How it unfolded

The first settlement where Saragossa currently is situated was supposed to be in 24 B.C. In the VIIIth century, the city became a Muslim centre called Medina Albaida Sarakosta. In 1118, the city was retaken by Christians and designated the capital of the Aragon kingdom.

Allan Davis of Discovery Channel (centre)
Photo ©: Sirotti
(Click for larger image)

After only three kilometres, two riders, Raul Garcia de Mateo (Relax Gam) and Jesus Rosendo (Andalucia Caja Sur), got rid of the big bunch. The peloton allowed the two-man break to proceed after figuring they could be easily caught at the end. Garcia de Mateo and Rosendo increased their advantage to a maximum of eight minutes, at kilometre 49. In the first intermediate sprint in Cervera del Rio Alhama, at kilometre 55, the leaders were nine minutes and 17 seconds ahead of the peloton. That was the largest gap the duo could accomplish for the day. Again today, it was Milram and Lampre were the most active teams in steadily reducing the gap.

Later on, Alberto Fernandez de la Puebla (Saunier Duval-Prodir) abandoned the race. The Spaniard suffered a crash in Luarca, in stage 3, that forced him to get stitches in his chin. Additionally, he had problems in some of his teeth. He started the race, but the pain was too much and he quit the Tour of Spain today. On the category 3 Puerto de Lanzas Agudas (at kilometre 103), the gap to the two front riders was six minutes and 50 seconds.

There was a massive crash at kilometre 145, 31 kilometres from the finish. Many riders fell to the ground and the one who suffered the most was Bert Roesems (Predictor-Lotto), who took a hard hit to his hip. He quit the race in the ambulance. The rest of the crash victims were able to carry on.

The duo knew their adventure would end. The peloton swallowed them with less than seven kilometres to go after a 167-kilometre breakaway. Then, the Milram team took command of the race as usual. Alessandro Petacchi had won in Saragossa before, while Erik Zabel was a second choice for this outfit. In contrast, Oscar Freire (Rabobank) decided not to fight for the front positions in order to contest the bunch sprint as he tried to avoid crashes.

The peloton's pace was fast with 70-km/h peaks. Lampre, T-Mobile and Quick.Step-Innergetic also wanted to win here. In the last two kilometres, there was another massive crash. This cut didn't involve the top sprinters who had started the bunch sprint. Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) led the final sprint into the centre but Zabel's last effort coming from the far left was good enough to give the experienced German the stage win over the Australian. World champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) arrived in third place.

Photography

For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here

Images by AFP Photo

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Results

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                 3.52.05 (45.578 km/h) 
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           
7 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
9 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               
11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 
12 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
13 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
15 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
16 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
17 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
18 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
21 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                 
22 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
23 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      
24 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    
25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                     
26 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
28 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      
29 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
30 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                      
31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
32 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                
33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       
34 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                               
35 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
36 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
38 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
39 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
40 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
41 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                
42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                          
43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             
44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
45 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                               
46 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                
48 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
49 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                               
50 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            
51 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    
52 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
53 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
54 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
55 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
56 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                             
58 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   
59 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
60 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
61 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      
62 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                             
63 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            
64 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
65 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
66 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
67 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
68 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
69 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
70 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            
71 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              
72 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
74 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
75 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         
76 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               
77 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                
78 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                
79 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                   
81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                            
82 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
84 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
85 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                
86 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            
87 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
88 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
89 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
90 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                            
91 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   
92 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                
93 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        
94 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
95 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
96 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        
97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
98 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 
100 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
101 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     
102 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
103 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      
104 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                          
105 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
106 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
107 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
108 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
109 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  
110 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                         
111 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
112 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
113 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                              
114 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 
115 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                
116 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
117 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
118 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
119 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                          
120 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
121 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                              
122 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
123 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                           
124 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
125 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
126 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                   
127 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    
128 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  
129 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
130 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
131 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
132 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
134 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               
135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
136 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
137 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
138 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
139 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
140 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                       
141 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
142 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                       
143 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
144 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
145 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                              
146 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                              
147 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
148 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
149 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
150 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
151 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 
152 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                    
153 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                
154 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                   
155 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   
156 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
157 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
158 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
159 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         
160 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 
161 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           
162 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           
163 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
164 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
165 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           
166 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
167 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
168 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
169 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
170 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                  
171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   
172 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
173 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
174 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
175 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
176 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               
177 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
178 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             
179 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
180 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
181 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
DNF Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
DNF Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir       
 
Points
 
Cervera del Río Alhama - km 50
1 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            4 pts
2 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      2
3 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                   1
 
 
Pozuelo de Aragón - km 124
1 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            4 pts
2 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      2
3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              1
 
Zaragoza - km 176.3
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      25 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              20
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        16
4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         14
5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   12
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         10
7 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          9
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           8
9 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           7
10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                              6
11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                5
12 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 4
13 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                           3
14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 2
15 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de Lanzas Agudas (cat 3) - km 96
1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      6 pts
2 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            4
3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      2
4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1
 
Teams
 
1 Française des Jeux                                          11.36.15
2 AG2r Prévoyance                                                     
3 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                
4 Liquigas                                                            
5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                     
6 Karpin Galicia                                                      
7 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                       
8 Team Milram                                                         
9 Discovery Channel                                                   
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                  
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                               
12 Rabobank                                                           
13 Caisse d'Epargne                                                   
14 Andalucía-Cajasur                                                  
15 Crédit Agricole                                                    
16 Team CSC                                                           
17 Relax-Gam                                                          
18 Gerolsteiner                                                       
19 Predictor-Lotto                                                    
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                   
21 Lampre-Fondital                                                    
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                     28.26.56
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    1.06
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             1.28
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        1.33
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   1.36
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                            1.49
11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                         1.54
12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                  1.57
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                            2.18
15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   
16 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir        2.23
17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2.29
18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           2.30
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    2.32
20 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                            2.49
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                        2.57
22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                        3.02
23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           3.05
24 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 3.11
25 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  3.33
26 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     3.51
28 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                           4.10
29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
30 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               4.47
31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 4.49
32 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           4.58
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            5.01
34 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         5.03
35 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                              5.06
36 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                         5.11
37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                5.16
38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      5.29
39 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        
40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      5.46
41 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6.02
42 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           6.14
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      6.21
44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
46 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  6.49
47 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       7.12
48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
49 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                              7.21
50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         7.48
51 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                               7.52
52 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       8.13
53 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                    8.20
54 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            9.11
55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     9.20
56 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             9.22
57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                9.23
58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                 9.38
59 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                9.57
60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
61 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                           10.27
62 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        10.52
63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                          11.12
64 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         11.52
65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    12.32
66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                          12.41
67 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               12.56
68 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                      13.34
69 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   14.08
70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                       14.14
71 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                          14.16
72 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               14.37
73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic               14.38
74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           14.58
75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   16.01
76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                  16.02
77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          16.37
78 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                17.01
79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           17.12
80 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      17.28
81 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  18.03
82 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  
83 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
84 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
86 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                             18.21
87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                               18.31
88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  18.33
89 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
90 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                          18.37
91 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                      20.00
92 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        20.02
93 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             20.22
94 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                               20.53
95 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    21.28
96 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                       21.51
97 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   21.55
98 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       21.58
99 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      22.33
100 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             23.20
101 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                             23.34
102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
103 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         24.01
104 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                24.35
105 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                  24.58
106 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                         25.54
107 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                  26.18
108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          26.19
109 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 26.46
110 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       27.19
111 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                             27.24
112 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                              27.26
113 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          27.51
114 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    28.33
115 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    29.03
116 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        29.18
117 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           29.32
118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      
119 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
120 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
121 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                30.06
122 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              30.08
123 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
124 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                    30.13
125 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       30.57
126 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       31.18
127 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                      31.39
128 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                  32.17
129 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                      32.27
130 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                          32.56
131 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        33.26
132 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    34.53
133 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  35.18
134 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            35.36
135 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    35.39
136 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          35.54
137 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     36.04
138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                           36.07
139 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                              36.10
140 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
141 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                
142 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
143 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                              
144 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                               36.32
145 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                   36.34
146 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                         36.40
147 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                           
148 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        36.41
149 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               37.33
150 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                        38.24
151 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                         39.14
152 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              39.35
153 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                           39.36
154 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                    39.50
155 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          40.49
156 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                          41.07
157 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
158 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           
159 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
160 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             41.30
161 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                42.02
162 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   42.11
163 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      43.52
164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               
165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
166 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               
167 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   
168 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                  
169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                             44.12
170 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                46.21
171 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur            46.42
172 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 48.19
173 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                49.48
174 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         52.49
175 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                     53.27
176 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           53.53
177 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                        55.54
178 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                       58.11
179 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                       1.00.02
180 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    1.03.18
181 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.06.04
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                115 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        77
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      59
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              50
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           47
6 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         43
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         37
8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            34
9 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                 32
10 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            28
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               26
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                            26
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          26
14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          25
15 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  24
16 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                              21
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    20
18 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          18
19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     17
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                              17
21 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          16
22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         16
23 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         15
24 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                13
25 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              13
26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           12
27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                12
28 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                          11
29 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                11
30 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          10
31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     10
32 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                             10
33 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                           9
34 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         9
35 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  8
36 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               8
37 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 8
38 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     7
39 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     7
40 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                              7
41 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                           7
42 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  7
43 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   6
44 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   6
45 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   6
46 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   6
47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                               6
48 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          6
49 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   6
50 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                6
51 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            5
52 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               5
53 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          5
54 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      4
55 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      4
56 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            4
57 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                4
58 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     4
59 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                     3
60 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           3
61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              3
62 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  3
63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                  3
64 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     2
65 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    2
66 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         2
67 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2
68 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                   2
69 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    1
70 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1
71 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
72 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   1
73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                   1
74 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                          1
75 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1
76 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             1
77 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             1
78 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     46 pts
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           30
3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   29
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     29
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      26
6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        24
7 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   21
8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                            20
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           20
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     16
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           12
12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          12
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     10
14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   10
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               8
16 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                8
17 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                           8
18 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               7
19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 7
20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       6
21 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            6
22 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     6
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6
24 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                6
25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6
26 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6
27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  5
28 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   5
29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               5
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                   5
31 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     4
32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               4
33 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          4
34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                               3
35 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                    3
36 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                       3
37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           2
38 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                 2
39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                   2
40 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   2
41 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                       2
42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            1
43 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              1
44 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1
45 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              1
46 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
47 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                    1
48 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           17 pts
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     27
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      31
4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           35
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            41
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               42
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      47
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          53
9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               74
10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 77
11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    79
12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          88
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              91
14 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                96
15 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              98
16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      103
17 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              107
18 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        108
19 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          109
20 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 114
21 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               132
22 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   133
23 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                    135
24 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 150
25 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  157
26 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 163
27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 169
28 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                         171
29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                 176
30 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          196
31 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   208
32 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       210
33 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         235
34 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   252
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                            85.25.42
2 Liquigas                                                        1.10
3 Team CSC                                                        3.16
4 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            3.22
5 Predictor-Lotto                                                 3.33
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               3.38
7 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 3.47
8 AG2r Prévoyance                                                 5.06
9 Discovery Channel                                               6.24
10 Rabobank                                                       7.44
11 Karpin Galicia                                                11.34
12 Quickstep-Innergetic                                          12.14
13 Gerolsteiner                                                  13.36
14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                 18.18
15 Relax-Gam                                                          
16 Française des Jeux                                            21.05
17 Lampre-Fondital                                               21.52
18 Andalucía-Cajasur                                             22.17
19 Crédit Agricole                                               32.10
20 Bouygues Telecom                                              47.33
21 Team Milram                                                   54.13

Back to top