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48th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT

Spain, April 7-12, 2008

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Stage 4 - April 10: Viana - Vitoria - Gasteiz, 171km

High Road on a roll with Kirchen's second win

By Monika Prell in Vitoria

Luxemburger Kim Kirchen (High Road), 29, wins stage four of the 48th País Vasco
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Team High Road added another one-two finish to its results page, this time in the fourth stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco where Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen took the bunch sprint ahead of his rapidly improving young Italian team-mate, Morris Possoni. Kirchen sprinted to victory in Vitoria after a mountainous 171 kilometer stage, just seconds after catching the day-long break which included Possoni, who held on to take second ahead of points classification leader David Herrero (Karpin Galicia). It was stage win number two for the 29 year-old after his triumph in stage two, and the second one-two finish for High Road in a week after the Hel van het Mergelland.

Overall leader Alberto Contador maintained his slim three second lead over Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia). The main breakaway of the day, with Possoni, Australian champion Matthew Lloyd (Silence Lotto) and Basque rider Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel – Euskadi) was caught with just 50 metres to the line, and mixed in with the bunch gallop with Possoni coming second, Lloyd fifth and Txurruka in seventh.

Kirchen explained that it wasn't his first choice to pass his own team-mate to take the win, but with the speed of the bunch he had no choice. "Today it was a pretty fast stage, and we had a fairly young boy in the breakaway group. He could have won, but at the end I had to pass him because we were going too fast and anybody else could have won; happily it was me." He was happy with the team-work on such a hard stage. "I had a good team that worked for me, and so I could win. I would like to dedicate this victory to the young rider I passed, he was in the break yesterday, and in the break again today. I am sorry for him, but I think that a victory is too important to let other teams win."

The young Amets Txurruka was very disappointed in the finish. "What a pity that they chased us down at only some meters to go. You always hope that you could win, even if we knew that it was very difficult. Really, it is a pity. We gave everything. We [Euskaltel – Euskadi] are trying every day, and today it was my turn. I tried and I really was able to select the right breakaway group," admitted the Basque.

How it unfolded

Viana, 11:45 pm. The first buses of the teams appeared and attracted the attention of the public to the 146 remaining riders. The leaders of the different classifications and their team-mates had the good luck that after a rainy night the sun decided to appear and to illuminate the picturesque town of Viana. One hour later, the peloton started the fourth and perhaps most difficult stage of this year's edition.

The route lead them today through the famous vineyards of the Rioja Alavesa, the mountains of Alava and the little villages of the neighbour regions Burgos and Castilla y León. The first difficulty of the day, the Alto de Herrera, a mountain of the first category, awaited the riders after just 57 kilometers.

The racing was hot from the gun, with a break of four hitting out straight away: Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Iban Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) and Alejandro Paleo (Karpin Galicia). They were caught and quickly countered by Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux), Xabier Zandio Echaide (Caisse d'Epargne), Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and Daniele Righi (Lampre) at kilometre give.

Tom Stubbe (Française des Jeux) and Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank) bridged across to the leaders, but held a tenuous gap on the peloton. Stubbe attacked solo at kilometre ten, while the rest of the breakaway decided to head back to the comfort of the bunch. Several riders came across to Stubbe, and while not all made the ultimate breakaway, a group of five settled in for the long haul up front: Txurruka, Possoni, the Australian champion Matthew Lloyd (Silence Lotto) and Liquigas rider Dario Cataldo from Italy.

The peloton let them go, but when the advantage climbed to three minutes and twenty seconds, Saunier Duval reacted and began to work. The fans on the Alto de Herrera saw Possoni crossing the summit in the first position, ahead of Txurruka, Lloyd, Cataldo and Stubbe. During the descent, it began to rain and four riders crashed down in the peloton, amongst them the world champion Paolo Bettini. The Italian continued, but dropped out later in the stage.

The quintet in front reached a maximum lead of four minutes before encountering a strong crosswind. The summit of the next difficulty of the day, the Alto de Zaldiaran (category two) was reached first by Txurruka, ahead of Possoni and Cataldo. Then, the peloton passed through Vitoria, the Basque capital, for the first time before heading out for another lap of 67 kilometers. The diminutive Basque rider took the intermediate sprint at the line ahead of the Belgian and the Italian.

During the last 58 kilometers, the peloton had to climb over three mountains, two of the third category where Txurruka and Lloyd hit the top first, while Cataldo lost contact on the second at kilometre 144 while the break enjoyed just over one minute's lead. With ten kilometers before the finish line, the leaders hit the Alto de Zaldiaran (2nd category), reached first by Lloyd ahead of Txurruka and Possoni where Stubbe was the next to drop off the pace and head back to the peloton which was hot on the heels of the leaders, just 35 seconds behind.

The five struggled with all their remaining strength, but to no avail: the peloton chased them down at 50 meters to go, and Kim Kirchen overtook his team-mate Possoni who finished second. Third was, once again, the Basque David Herrero from Karpin Galicia.

Tomorrow's fifth stage will be the "key stage", as Alberto Contador and Mikel Astarloza suppose. From Vitoria to Orio over 162 kilometers with four mountains, three of the second and one of the third category. The last chance for everybody to reach a stage victory before the final time trial in Orio on Saturday and to make time in the general classification for those who will not be able to count on their abilities as time trialists.

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Results

1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                   4.17.33 (39.84 km/h)
2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                       
3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                           
5 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                       
6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
7 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                           
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                              
12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                       
13 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                            
14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
16 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                    
17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              
18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                        
19 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                     
20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                    
21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                           
22 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
23 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road                                       
24 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre                                           
25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale                               
26 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                            
27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                  
30 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
31 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
32 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                    
33 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                
34 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            
35 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                      
36 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
37 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                
38 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                    
39 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                     
40 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                       
41 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                   
43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                             
44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             
45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
46 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
47 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
48 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                            
49 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                
51 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
52 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
53 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
55 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  
56 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                           
58 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
59 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                             
60 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           
61 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                      
62 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                              
63 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
64 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
65 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
66 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                          
67 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road                                  
68 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                  
71 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
72 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                            
74 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                       
75 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
76 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
77 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
78 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                           
79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             
80 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      
81 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
82 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
83 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott               
84 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
85 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
86 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                     
87 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
89 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
90 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                          
91 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
92 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                               
93 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
94 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
95 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
96 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                            
97 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
98 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
99 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                     
100 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             
101 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                     
102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
103 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                              
104 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                               
105 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                             
106 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
107 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                           
108 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
109 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
110 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                          0.25
111 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana                         0.34
112 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             0.53
113 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          1.21
114 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                    
115 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
116 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
117 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
118 John Devine (USA) Team High Road                                        
119 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         
120 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                          
121 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 3.02
122 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                         
123 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
124 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                            
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                            
126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                     
127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            6.15
128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                              
129 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                             
130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        
131 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                                            
132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
133 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              7.18
135 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                           
136 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
137 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                    
 
Points
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                        25 pts
2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     20
3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             16
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         14
5 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     12
6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       10
7 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 9
8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            8
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     7
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                          6
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                             5
12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                      4
13 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                           3
14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       2
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1
16 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  -5
17 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                        -5
 
Sprints
 
Vitoria-Gasteiz - km. 104
1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 3 pts
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      2
3 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                                             1
 
Treviño - km. 126
1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      3 pts
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      2
3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      1
 
Treviño - km. 152
1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      3 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 2
3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de la Herrera (Cat. 1), km. 54
1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     10 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 8
3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      6
4 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                                             4
5 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      2
6 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                              1
 
Alto de Zaldiaran (Cat. 2), km. 88
1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 6 pts
2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      4
3 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                                             2
4 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      1
 
Alto de Vitoria (Cat. 3), km. 113
1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 3 pts
2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      2
3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      1
 
Alto de San Martin (Cat. 3), km. 144
1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      3 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 2
3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      1
 
Alto de Zaldiaran (Cat. 2), km. 161
1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      6 pts
2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 4
3 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      2
4 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      1
 
Teams
 
1 Team High Road                                                    12.52.39
2 Gerolsteiner                                                              
3 Karpin Galicia                                                            
4 Silence-Lotto                                                             
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                       
6 Team Milram                                                               
7 Bouygues Telecom                                                          
8 Lampre                                                                    
9 Quick Step                                                                
10 Team CSC                                                                 
11 Credit Agricole                                                          
12 Liquigas                                                                 
13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                         
14 Française Des Jeux                                                       
15 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                         
16 Astana                                                                   
17 Caisse d'Epargne                                                         
18 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                      
19 Rabobank                                                                 
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                             16.32.01
2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         0.03
3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           0.08
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                               
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                          
6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                            
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                         
8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
9 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre                                            
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
11 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                    
12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                              
14 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  
15 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                    
16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
18 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
19 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
20 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             
22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             
23 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott               
24 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
25 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                   0.15
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              
27 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            
28 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
29 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
30 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                             
31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
33 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                       
34 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                      
35 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                               
36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                       0.29
37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                    
38 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
39 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                       
40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                     
41 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                           
42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                   
43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.48
44 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
45 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                           1.01
46 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.07
47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                  
48 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                
49 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
51 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                            
52 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
53 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                           
54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
56 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
57 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale                           1.16
58 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                            1.19
59 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                            
60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            1.59
62 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                             
63 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           
64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
65 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
66 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
67 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                            
68 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
69 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
70 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                              
71 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                         2.22
72 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana                          2.33
73 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                       2.40
74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             2.51
75 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             3.10
76 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   3.44
77 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                            
78 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                4.23
79 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          4.55
80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                                  
81 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    5.32
82 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                6.00
83 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    6.08
84 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                 6.20
85 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                               
86 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  6.40
87 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
88 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road                              6.42
89 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         6.53
90 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                  7.09
91 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road                                   7.15
92 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
93 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              
94 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                            8.01
95 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               8.07
96 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                  9.00
97 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                  9.37
98 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           9.39
99 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      9.41
100 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                9.43
101 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             9.59
103 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                       10.02
104 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                                       10.30
105 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    11.32
106 John Devine (USA) Team High Road                                        
107 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        11.50
108 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   12.16
109 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         12.25
110 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      12.33
111 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
112 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         13.15
113 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                           13.50
114 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         13.55
115 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                      13.57
116 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                        14.28
117 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                    14.29
118 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                15.03
119 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                              16.37
120 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              16.45
121 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                      16.52
122 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                17.40
123 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                               17.42
124 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               17.55
125 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            18.20
126 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                               18.32
127 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                    18.39
128 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                            20.15
129 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                   20.24
130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   21.44
131 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             21.56
132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                23.26
133 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
134 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                       25.29
135 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    29.33
136 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   35.48
137 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale                            36.51
 
Points classification
 
1 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             73 pts
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                        57
3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                             40
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         26
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                   25
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  23
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale                              22
8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           20
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      20
10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           20
11 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                    20
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         16
13 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                     14
14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      14
15 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             12
16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    12
17 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                              10
18 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                         10
19 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                9
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                       8
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  8
22 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  8
23 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           8
24 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    7
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                 7
26 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                7
27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     6
28 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   6
29 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            6
30 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   5
31 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre                                          3
32 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             3
33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                           3
34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       2
35 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road                                      2
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                         15 pts
2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     14
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          8
4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       6
5 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 5
6 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                              5
7 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      4
8 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      4
9 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              2
10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     2
11 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                                            1
12 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                    1
13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                          1
14 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1
15 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                               1
16 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       1
17 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      36 pts
2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     33
3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                24
4 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   22
5 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             17
6 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                         16
7 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     15
8 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                             10
9 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      7
10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         7
11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           6
12 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                   6
13 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                                            6
14 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                     6
15 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  6
16 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         5
17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  4
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                             2
19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      1
20 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  1
21 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                             1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Saunier Duval-Scott                                               49.36.27
2 Rabobank                                                                  
3 Lampre                                                                0.07
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                          
5 Team High Road                                                        0.14
6 Team CSC                                                                  
7 Karpin Galicia                                                        0.16
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                                      0.28
9 Astana                                                                0.34
10 Gerolsteiner                                                         0.40
11 Quick Step                                                           1.13
12 Team Milram                                                          1.20
13 Silence-Lotto                                                            
14 Credit Agricole                                                      1.39
15 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  1.51
16 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                     1.58
17 Liquigas                                                             3.09
18 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                     4.10
19 Française Des Jeux                                                   7.21

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