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49th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT

Spain, April 6-11, 2009

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Stage 4 - April 9: Eibar - Güeñes, 161km

Albasini wins after long breakaway

By Monika Prell in Güeñes

Michael Albasini (Columbia-Highroad)
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Michael Albasini from Team Columbia-Highroad has won the fourth stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco, covering 161 kilometres from Eibar to Güeñes. The 28-year-old Swiss rider out-sprinted his two breakaway companions, the Belgian Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Silence-Lotto) and American Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream). Alberto Contador (Astana) finished in the peloton 1:25 later and remains the leader of the race.

"I am very content with my performance," said Albasini after the finish. "Everybody knew that today someone would win from a breakaway group and I had the luck to enter the right one. I knew that I could win a possible sprint as I am faster than my breakaway companions. The team has fulfilled its objectives, now we just want to try to win the time trial on Saturday with Michael Rogers.

"I love this race, the Basque fans are the best ones, they always cheer you," continued Albasini. "Yesterday I reached the finish 20 minutes after the winner but the fans still applauded."

How it unfolded

Alberto Contador (Astana)
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On a splendid, sunny day with temperatures approaching 29 degrees Celsius, the remaining 153 riders started stage four in Eibar. Just after the start, Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) and Björn Schröder (Team Milram) attacked, but were brought back by the peloton one kilometre later.

The third category Alto de Areitio, the first mountain of the day, was reached first by the Estonian Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), ahead of the Spaniards David de la Fuente (Fuji-Servetto) and the leader of the mountain classification, Euskaltel - Euskadi's Aitor Hernández.

The breakaway group of the day was formed at kilometer six of the stage. It consisted of Albasini, Van Den Broeck, Vande Velde, Philip Deignan (Cervélo TestTeam), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale) and Ricardo Serrano (Fuji-Servetto).

At the summit of the first category Alto de Urkiola, after 29 kilometres of racing, the advantage of the break was at 58 seconds ahead of Euskaltel - Euskadi's Samuel Sánchez and Rein Taaramae, who passed the summit 30 seconds ahead of the peloton.

The mountain classification of the Alto de Urkiola was won by Vande Velde ahead of Van Den Broeck, Albasini and Deignan. Serrano and Arrieta were dropped from the break and absorbed by the peloton during the climb.

On the descent of the Urkiola, two chase groups were formed, but soon they joined each other. Dario de Cataldo (Quick Step) was able to escape and tried to reach the quartet in front.

At kilometer 37, on the descent, Astana riders Daniel Navarro and Chris Horner crashed. Navarro was able to continue riding but Horner was brought to the hospital in Galdakao with a possible fracture of the scapula.

Jurgen Van Den Broeck and Christian Vande Velde
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The favourites were not willing to attack or to chase the four-man break down, as none of the escapees were threats on general classification. As a result, at the third mountain of the day, the second category Alto de Bikoitz Gaine, the break's advantage ballooned to 7:10 over the peloton.

At the Alto de Garate, after 87.5 kilometers of racing, the quartet in front reached its largest advantage. Deignan, Vande Velde and Van Den Broeck crossed the summit 3:00 ahead of Cataldo and 7:31 in front of the peloton. At this time, Astana began to work in order to reduce the gap.

Deignan crossed the next two categorized climbs first, the third category Alto de San Cosme and third category Alto de Humarán, in addition to winning the three intermediate sprints in Sopuerta, Zalla and Sodupe.

The final mountain of the day, the third category Alto de Beci, was won by Van den Broeck ahead of Albasini and Vande Velde. Deignan was dropped from the break on the climb to the Alto de Beci summit, leaving the remaining trio to fight for a stage victory in Güeñes.

Tomorrow's fifth stage from Güeñes to Zalla covers 169 kilometers and seven mountains, one of the first, two of the second and four of the third category. It is likely another break of riders not an overall threat will succeed, as the favourites will wait for the time trial on Saturday.

Photography

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Results

1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad     3.59.42  (40.3 km/h)
2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream            
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                           1.25
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                               
6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                    
7 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           
8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                          
9 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                     
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
11 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   
12 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                               
13 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO              
14 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       
15 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                  
16 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   
17 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                       
18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                             
19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           
20 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
21 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom              
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                            
23 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                           
24 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis                             
25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                    
26 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad        
27 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   
28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                           
29 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad                
30 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                 
31 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            
32 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                            
33 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
34 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
35 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram                     
36 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
37 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
38 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
39 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha                  
40 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                         
41 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad            
42 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux              
43 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                            
44 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom              
45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
46 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto                      
47 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad             
48 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas                               
49 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                       
50 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                  
51 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                      
52 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       
53 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                        
54 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                    
55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                   
56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                         
57 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       
58 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                              
59 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha                      
60 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto                    
61 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana                              
62 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                              
63 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
64 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                               
65 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                             
66 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                 
67 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                            
68 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  
69 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                           
70 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                     
71 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
72 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
73 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 
74 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank                    
75 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
76 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                  
77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                      
78 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                
79 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana                      
80 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                    
81 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                      
82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                           
83 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                           
84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                             
85 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
86 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
87 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                      
88 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam                   
89 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
90 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto                         
91 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
92 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                 
93 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                         
94 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                        
95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad              
96 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad             
97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                            
98 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                            
99 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad             
100 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                      
101 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 
102 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO           
103 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                 
104 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                     
105 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                            
106 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                          
107 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                 
108 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                           
109 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
110 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
111 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank                         
112 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
113 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha                         
114 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                
115 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        
116 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                
117 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                 
118 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne                  
119 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank                        
120 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                 
121 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            
122 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                     
123 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
124 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale             1.53
125 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     
126 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO        
127 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                      
128 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne           
129 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram                    1.56
130 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                
131 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                           
132 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                              
133 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                     
134 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                          
135 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                             
136 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                     2.10
137 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto               2.35
138 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                3.09
139 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            7.01
 
Points
 
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad          25 pts
2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                20
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream          16
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                             14
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                             12
6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                  10
7 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                          9
8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                         8
9 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                    7
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 6
11 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  5
12 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                              4
13 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO             3
14 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                      2
15 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                 1
 
Sprints
 
Sopuerta (km. 121)
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           3 pts
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           2
3 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                     1
 
Zalla (km. 133.5)
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           3 pts
2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 2
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           1
 
Sodpue (km. 156.2)
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           3 pts
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           2
3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Areitio (Cat. 3) km. 4.8
1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                               3 pts
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                    2
3 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1
 
Alto de Urkiola (Cat. 1) km. 29
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream          10 pts
2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 8
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           6
4 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                     4
5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  2
6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                               1
 
Alto de Bikoitzgaine (Cat. 2) km. 65
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           6 pts
2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 4
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           2
4 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                     1
 
Alto de Garate (Cat. 3) km. 87.5
1 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                     3 pts
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           2
3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 1
 
Alto de San Cosme (Cat. 3) km. 102.4
1 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                     3 pts
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           2
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           1
 
Alto de Humaran (Cat. 3) km. 111.6
1 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                     3 pts
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           2
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           1
 
Alto de Beci (Cat. 3) km. 128
1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 3 pts
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           2
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           1
 
Teams
 
1 Silence-Lotto                                      12.01.56
2 Team Columbia - Highroad                                   
3 Garmin - Slipstream                                        
4 Team Milram                                            1.25
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        
6 Lampre - N.G.C                                             
7 Team Saxo Bank                                             
8 Liquigas                                                   
9 Fuji-Servetto                                              
10 Rabobank                                                  
11 Team Katusha                                              
12 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                     
13 Quick Step                                                
14 Française Des Jeux                                        
15 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                               
16 Astana                                                    
17 Contentpolis - AMPO                                       
18 AG2R La Mondiale                                          
19 Cervelo TestTeam                                          
20 Caisse d'Epargne                                          
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                      16.00.16
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               0.08
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                            
4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha                       
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   0.27
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                           0.32
7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne           0.35
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                         0.54
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                             
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
11 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                     1.11
13 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
14 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad             
15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                           
16 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                        
18 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto                1.34
19 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   1.36
20 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                             1.51
21 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale               1.53
22 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                               
23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                1.55
24 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               2.07
25 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                         2.21
26 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                     2.38
27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                        2.57
28 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   3.09
29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                3.22
30 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                         
31 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   3.31
32 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  3.37
33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                   3.58
34 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom              
35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad            
36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                4.20
37 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux             4.27
38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                      
39 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                        4.30
40 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad    5.05
41 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                     
42 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                             
43 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank                          
44 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad         5.14
45 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  5.25
46 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO        6.10
47 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO          7.31
48 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto              9.26
49 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 9.58
50 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad        10.18
51 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana                         10.52
52 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                          11.01
53 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana                 11.03
54 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                11.37
55 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.              11.48
56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                         
57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                      
58 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha                          
59 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto            11.52
60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                     12.33
61 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                      12.37
62 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                         12.41
63 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO    14.17
64 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream             14.18
65 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                            
66 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram                    15.29
67 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                  15.36
68 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                           
69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                      
70 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO             
71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam                   
72 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha             15.38
73 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream             16.48
74 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam            17.28
75 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream      17.31
76 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream            18.11
77 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram                18.14
78 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   18.56
79 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom           19.20
80 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne              19.25
81 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                        19.45
82 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                19.55
83 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad      20.01
84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                       20.02
85 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas                               
86 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad         20.55
87 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam              21.15
88 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank                    21.26
89 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom          21.30
90 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom            21.34
91 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                          22.22
92 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale             22.44
93 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   
94 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux              
95 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                       
96 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                  23.12
97 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne       23.15
98 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  24.06
99 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                 24.10
100 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO           
101 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 
102 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
103 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 24.14
104 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
105 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
106 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         24.24
107 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale            25.34
108 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto                   25.46
109 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                        26.32
110 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                        27.10
111 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad               
112 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis                            
113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
114 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                     27.31
115 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto              27.58
116 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            28.14
117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                    28.36
118 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                        28.40
119 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                        
120 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
121 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                          
122 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank                   
123 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                          
124 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream           29.20
125 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.            29.40
126 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   
127 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                          29.44
128 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                      30.11
129 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam            30.17
130 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.             30.32
131 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                      30.37
132 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                30.43
133 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                           31.12
134 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                     32.41
135 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         33.15
136 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                33.22
137 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            34.16
138 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                35.15
139 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO           40.13
 
Points classification
 
1 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             46 pts
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 42
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad          39
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                             30
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                            28
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                          26
7 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                25
8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                        23
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                20
10 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                             20
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                          20
12 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                            20
13 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                  19
14 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream         16
15 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha                    16
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                    16
17 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                 15
18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                          14
19 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                12
20 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                 12
21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                            10
22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                  10
23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad            9
24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                         9
25 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                         9
26 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                              9
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                           8
28 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                          7
29 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto                   7
30 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                       6
31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     6
32 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                            4
33 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                      3
34 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO             3
35 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                      2
36 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                  1
37 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                 1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad           9 pts
2 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            9
3 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                  6
4 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                 6
5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom                5
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                  5
7 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           5
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 4
9 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                            4
10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                       3
11 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                              3
12 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                3
13 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha                 2
14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                             2
15 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              2
16 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                    1
17 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                1
18 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                34 pts
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                              31
3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom               24
4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream          21
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                16
6 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO           15
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                 14
8 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                    14
9 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad          14
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                    12
11 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            12
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                           11
13 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                             9
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                          8
15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                   8
16 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                7
17 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                6
18 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 6
19 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha                     5
20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram                        5
21 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                           5
22 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana                       4
23 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 4
24 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                 4
25 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             3
26 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                3
27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   2
28 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    2
29 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                 2
30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                             1
31 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1
32 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1
33 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                   48.03.28
2 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    0.46
3 Liquigas                                               0.59
4 Team Saxo Bank                                         2.02
5 Silence-Lotto                                          3.17
6 Team Columbia - Highroad                               5.24
7 Quick Step                                             5.58
8 Rabobank                                               6.30
9 Astana                                                 7.57
10 Fuji-Servetto                                        11.42
11 Team Katusha                                         11.59
12 Lampre - N.G.C                                       14.40
13 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne                          14.47
14 AG2R La Mondiale                                     20.44
15 Contentpolis - AMPO                                  21.03
16 Team Milram                                          22.07
17 Française Des Jeux                                   25.25
18 Cervelo TestTeam                                     25.27
19 Garmin - Slipstream                                  40.12
20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                40.18 

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