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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT
France, June 8-15, 2008
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Stage 3 - June 11: Saint-Paul-en-Jarez (ITT), 31km
Valverde surprises in time trial
By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez
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Spaniard Alejandro Valverde powered to the win in the 31 kilometre stage three time trial, putting in a stunning performance to beat Levi Leipheimer (Astana). Valverde exceled in the difficult and rainy time trial, taking 19 seconds out of the American, who slipped in ahead of Silence Lotto's Cadel Evans, who took no risks in the slippery conditions, by one slim second.
The ride pulled Valverde into the lead in the overall classification, where he now sits 23 seconds ahead of Leipheimer. The morning's leader, Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), who excels only in shorter tests, gave up his goal to do well when he saw how hilly and technical the course was.
"That was a too hard course for a normal time trial," the Norwegian commented after crossing the line with the 98th time. "I didn't even try to go fast. Now it's gonna be four days of training in the mountains and I hope the weather will be better than today."
The rainy conditions in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez affected a few riders. A crash prevented the young French hope for time trials Jérôme Coppel (Française des Jeux) from getting the result he expected. Milram's Andriy Grivko also went down but still collected a valuable top ten (8th) and now lays in sixth place overall.
With his significant win, Valverde took charge of this year's event. "It was a very, very hard course," the Spaniard said. "Our directeur sportif Yvon Ledanois went to see it yesterday and described it as hard but when I saw it this morning, it appeared to be even harder. The rain made it slippery and very complicated."
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Valverde was very focused but didn't expect to go so well. "I'm a little bit surprised, considering the quality of the riders I beat out," he commented. "The first 20 kilometers were an uphill time trial, which is my speciality. The downhill was very technical and it was more to my advantage that to a pure time triallist."
It looked like Leipheimer wasn't comfortable in the corners in the second part of the race, but he actually lost more time to Valverde on the climb, as he was 36 seconds behind at the first check point and only 19 seconds behind at the end. From 28 seconds after the climb, Evans also reduced his deficit a little bit to 20 seconds.
The Australian was happy with his ride. "I didn't do this time trial at the maximum," he explained. "I climbed at my maximum but I took no risk in the downhill. It would have been a pity to crash with three weeks to go before the Tour de France. The form is there."
Valverde also had the Tour in mind. "What I did today in this time trial is mentally positive and important for the Tour de France, it increases my confidence," the Caisse d'Epargne rider said. "I cannot compare with last year's time trials. At the Dauphiné I lost a bit more than one minute on (Alexandre) Vinokourov on a flatter course than today. The time trial of the Tour de France in Albi doesn't count as a reference because that was a very bad day for, everything went wrong that day."
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Questioned about whether he improved his time trialling or he became the number one because of cycling getting rid of some cheats, Valverde answered: "No matter what some riders did, whether they cheated or not, I've turned the page about the past. I improve my time trial every year, it comes with the age and the motivation. I found the right form with racing less, mostly with one day races like when I was an amateur, also with the training camp up the Sierra Nevada. Last year my results were good but affected by all the pressure of the rumors concerning the Operación Puerto. That's totally behind me now. Becoming a father has also made me more calm."
Valverde is now in contention for the overall win at the Dauphiné. Leipheimer and Evans are his main rivals. "Now we have the yellow jersey and we'll defend it 'til the end," Valverde warned. "The coming stages are the ones that suit me the best. I'm not worried about keeping my good form till the Tour de France."
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- The Green Bullet – Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), 28, on his way to winning the time trial and taking over the leader's jersey from Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole).
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) takes the overall lead after his winning time trial.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Michael Rogers isn't quite in form after suffering from mononucleosis this spring.
- Milram's Grivko crashed but still took 8th.
- A typical French fan at the Dauphiné
- Cadel Evans took no risks on the slippery descent.
- Thor Hushovd crossed the line with a large deficit, losing the yellow by minutes.
- Valverde chats before the ceremony with directeur sportif Yvon Ledanois
- Valverde seemed quite happy with his surprise win in the time trial.
- The Spaniard took the stage win in the time trial.
- Valverde steps onto the podium to take the yellow jersey after stage three.
- … and took over yellow.
- The Green Bullet stayed green after winning the time trial.
- Oh yeah, and polka dots too!
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) came in tenth over two minutes behind Valverde.
- George Hincapie (High Road) winner of stage two, put in a solid 16th place time trial.
- Levi Leipheimer lost time on the climb but made up some on the technical descent.
- Valverde was helped by the big climb in the first part of the time trial.
- Not noted as a good time trialist in the past Valverde seems to have figured the discipline out.
- Valverde pulls on the yellow jersey after taking the overall lead from Thor Hushovd.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Cadel Evans gets ready to warm up for the time trial.
- Hincapie during the time trial
- Hushovd finished the time trial not so much concerned about his overall situation.
- Leipheimer warming up good as he went on to storm to second place for the stage and GC.
- Valverde gets rolling and is heading to the start ramp.
- The new maillot jaune, Alejandro Valverde.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44.59.78 (41.349 km/h) 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.19 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.20 4 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.01 6 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1.05 7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 1.35 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.47 9 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.06 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.08 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.08 12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.10 13 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 2.11 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2.20 15 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 2.26 16 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 2.32 17 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.34 18 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2.35 19 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.36 20 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.43 21 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 2.45 22 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.45 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.45 24 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.47 25 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 26 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2.52 27 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.53 28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.54 29 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.58 30 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 2.58 31 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.59 32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3.01 33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.04 34 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 3.05 35 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.06 36 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 3.06 37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.06 38 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 3.08 39 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.08 40 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 3.08 41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.09 42 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.09 43 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.09 44 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 3.18 45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 3.19 46 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.20 47 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.20 48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.24 49 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.26 50 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.27 51 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 3.27 52 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3.27 53 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3.29 54 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 3.30 55 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 3.31 56 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3.31 57 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 3.36 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.37 59 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 3.37 60 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 3.39 61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.44 62 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.45 63 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 3.47 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.50 65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.52 66 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3.53 67 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 3.54 68 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 3.56 69 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.00 70 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.00 71 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.03 72 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.05 73 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.05 74 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.08 75 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 4.11 76 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 4.12 77 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.12 78 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 4.13 79 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 4.13 80 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 4.20 81 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 4.23 82 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 4.23 83 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 4.27 84 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.29 85 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 4.31 86 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 4.31 87 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.32 88 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 4.33 89 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.36 90 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 4.38 91 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 4.39 92 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.42 93 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4.44 94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.47 95 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 4.53 96 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.54 97 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 4.55 98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.56 99 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.58 100 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4.59 101 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.01 102 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 5.05 103 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.05 104 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.06 105 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 5.06 106 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 5.08 107 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 5.22 108 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.24 109 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 5.24 110 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 5.25 111 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 5.32 112 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.35 113 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.37 114 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.40 115 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 5.42 116 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 5.42 117 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 5.43 118 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 5.49 119 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 5.50 120 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 5.59 121 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 5.59 122 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 6.07 123 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 6.07 124 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6.08 125 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6.09 126 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.10 127 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.13 128 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 6.14 129 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 6.15 130 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 6.15 131 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 6.21 132 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 6.26 133 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.26 134 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 6.28 135 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.33 136 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.33 137 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.37 138 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 6.48 139 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 7.19 140 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.46 141 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.26 DNS Chris Horner (USA) Astana DNS André Greipel (Ger) High Road Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 30 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 25 4 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 16 6 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 11 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9 9 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2 15 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 1 General classification after stage 3 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.10.19 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.23 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.37 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.17 5 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.20 6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.08 7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2.10 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.28 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2.39 11 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 2.44 12 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 2.47 13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.48 14 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.59 15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 3.00 17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 3.09 18 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.12 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 3.14 21 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.19 22 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 3.21 23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 24 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 3.23 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.26 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 3.31 27 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.39 28 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.40 30 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.41 32 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 3.44 33 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 3.45 34 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 3.49 35 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 3.53 36 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.54 37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.55 38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.56 39 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 3.57 40 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.01 41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 42 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4.03 43 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 4.04 44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.07 45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 4.08 46 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 4.09 47 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4.10 48 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.13 49 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 4.14 50 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.17 51 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 4.21 52 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.22 53 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 4.23 54 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.24 55 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 56 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4.25 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.29 58 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.34 59 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.35 60 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 4.36 61 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.38 62 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 4.41 64 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 4.45 65 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.48 66 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.49 67 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.55 68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 4.56 69 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.57 70 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 4.59 71 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.00 72 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5.01 73 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 5.02 74 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.08 75 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 76 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 5.13 77 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 5.14 78 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.26 80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 5.32 82 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.33 83 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 84 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.37 85 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.40 87 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 88 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 5.53 89 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.57 90 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.58 91 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 92 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.59 93 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 6.00 94 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.05 95 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.06 96 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 6.09 97 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.11 98 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 99 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.15 100 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 6.22 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6.23 102 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 6.31 103 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 104 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 6.33 105 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 6.34 106 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 6.42 107 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 6.44 108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6.46 109 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6.49 110 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6.53 111 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 6.55 112 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 6.56 113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.03 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 7.06 115 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7.08 116 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 7.16 117 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 7.23 118 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 7.24 119 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.30 120 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 7.32 121 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.48 123 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 8.03 124 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 8.04 125 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.14 126 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 8.18 127 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.34 128 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 9.35 129 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.58 130 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.59 131 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.08 132 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 10.16 133 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 11.16 134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 11.49 135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 12.05 136 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 12.30 137 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 13.39 138 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14.37 139 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.03 140 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 16.45 141 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.31 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 105 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 83 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 76 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 57 5 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 40 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 36 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 8 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 25 10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 24 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 16 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 18 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 11 19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 21 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9 22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 9 23 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 24 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 8 25 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 8 26 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7 27 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 28 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 7 29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 30 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 31 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 33 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 5 34 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 35 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 36 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 37 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 2 38 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 1 39 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 40 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 41 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 pts 2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 6 3 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5 4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 1 6 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 7 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
