Matthews strikes again in Murcia sprint
By Cycling News
Under 23 world champion beats Downing and Appollonio
Under 23 world road race champion Michael Matthews (Rabobank) won the first stage of the Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia, confirming yet again that he has the speed and tenacity to win sprints in his first season as a professional.
Matthews was given an excellent lead-out by the Rabobank team, which chased down the break of the day and a late three-rider attack. Rabobank also had Theo Bos in its roster for the Spanish race but Matthews won it, beating Team Sky’s Russell Downing and Davide Appollonio.
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) finished safely in the main peloton in 14th place.
The 178.7km hilly stage was characterised by a six-rider break that formed after just five kilometres. With the Spanish weather wet and cloudy, the peloton was happy to them hang out front for most of the stage.
Carlos Verona (Spain), Pablo Lechuga (Andalucía-Caja Granada), Laurent Mangel (Saur Sojasun), Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano), Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) and José María Alcaraz (KTM-Murcia) opened a 5:50 gap after just 28km but that was as far as they got, as Rabobank, Team Sky and Saxo Bank-SunGard rode tempo to keep them under control.
Mangel was the first to the top of the three climbs during the stage and so secured the climber’s jersey, while Timmer won the intermediate sprint after 130km.
However the peloton closed them down and caught everyone except Mangel on the last climb and fast finale. And even Mangel was swept up with 10 kilometres to go as the sprinters’ teams prepared for a fast finish.
Rafael Valls (Geox-TMC), Francisco Pérez (Movistar) and Chris Jones (UnitedHealthcare) tried a late attack with three kilometres to go but they were also pulled back, with Valls the last to be caught inside the final kilometre.
Rabobank and Team Sky then took over but the Dutch ProTeam struck again, taking their eleventh win of the 2011 season.
1 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:26:09 |
2 | Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
3 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
4 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural | |
5 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
6 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
7 | Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
8 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
9 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
10 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
11 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
12 | Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:02 |
13 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
14 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
15 | Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | |
16 | Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
17 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
18 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
19 | Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team | |
20 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
21 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC | |
22 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
23 | Jordi Simon (Spa) Spain | |
24 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
25 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
26 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
27 | Samuel Nicolás (Spa) Spain | |
28 | Rubén Fernández (Spa) Spain | |
29 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
30 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
31 | David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
32 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
33 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural | |
34 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
35 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
36 | Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
37 | Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
38 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
39 | Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
40 | Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
41 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
42 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
43 | Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural | |
44 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:00:10 |
45 | Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:18 |
46 | Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:00:20 |
47 | Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | |
48 | Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing | |
49 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
50 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing | |
51 | Francisco García Nicolás (Spa) Spain | |
52 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
53 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
54 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
55 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
56 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
57 | Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
58 | Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
59 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:29 |
60 | Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:00:31 |
61 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
62 | Pascual Orengo Lopez (Spa) Spain | |
63 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC | |
64 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
65 | Eloy Teruel (Spa) Spain | 0:00:34 |
66 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
67 | Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
68 | Alexey Markov (Rus) Russia | |
69 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
70 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Spain | |
71 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:00:37 |
72 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural | |
73 | Jose Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
74 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
75 | Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
76 | Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
77 | Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
78 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
79 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
80 | Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team | |
81 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
82 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
83 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | |
84 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
85 | Serguey Frisanov (Rus) Russia | |
86 | Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
87 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
88 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team | |
89 | David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
90 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
91 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
92 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
93 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
94 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | |
95 | Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
96 | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
97 | David Clarke (GBr) Endura Racing | |
98 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
99 | Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural | |
100 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
101 | Rubén Reig Conejero (Spa) Caja Rural | |
102 | Florian Bissinger (Ger) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | |
103 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
104 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:01:13 |
105 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
106 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
107 | Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia | |
108 | Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:01:30 |
109 | Evgeniy Kovalev (Rus) Russia | 0:01:32 |
110 | Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) KTM - Murcia | 0:01:39 |
111 | Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 0:02:12 |
112 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 0:03:14 |
113 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Russia | 0:03:48 |
114 | Kiril Yatsevich (Rus) Russia | 0:05:23 |
115 | José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
116 | Philip Schinagl (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 0:05:33 |
117 | Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
118 | John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing | |
119 | Philipp Grömer (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | |
120 | Christian Pavitschitz (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | |
121 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
122 | Lukas Ranacher (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 0:08:06 |
123 | Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russia | 0:08:41 |
124 | Callum Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing | |
125 | Lars Pria (Rou) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 0:10:42 |
1 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 25 | pts |
2 | Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling | 20 | |
3 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | 16 | |
4 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural | 14 | |
5 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 12 | |
6 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 10 | |
7 | Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 9 | |
8 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 8 | |
9 | Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural | 7 | |
10 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC | 6 | |
11 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 5 | |
12 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 4 | |
13 | Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 | |
14 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
15 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1 |
1 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 3 | pts |
2 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
3 | José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia | 1 |
1 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 3 | pts |
2 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
3 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Spain | 1 |
1 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 3 | pts |
2 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
3 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Spain | 1 |
1 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 3 | pts |
2 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
3 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Spain | 1 |
1 | Skil - Shimano | 13:18:27 |
2 | Sky Procycling | 0:00:02 |
3 | Caja Rural | |
4 | Geox-TMC | 0:00:04 |
5 | Saur - Sojasun | |
6 | Saxo Bank Sungard | |
7 | Rabobank Cycling Team | |
8 | Movistar Team | 0:00:06 |
9 | Spain | |
10 | KTM - Murcia | 0:00:24 |
11 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
12 | Endura Racing | 0:00:42 |
13 | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
14 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:00:47 |
15 | Andalucia Caja Granada | 0:01:10 |
16 | Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:01:11 |
17 | Russia | 0:02:24 |
18 | ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 0:11:43 |
1 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:26:09 |
2 | Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
3 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
4 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural | |
5 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
6 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
7 | Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
8 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
9 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
10 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
11 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
12 | Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:02 |
13 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
14 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
15 | Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | |
16 | Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
17 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
18 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
19 | Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team | |
20 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
21 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC | |
22 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
23 | Jordi Simon (Spa) Spain | |
24 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
25 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
26 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
27 | Samuel Nicolás (Spa) Spain | |
28 | Rubén Fernández (Spa) Spain | |
29 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
30 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
31 | David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
32 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
33 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural | |
34 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
35 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
36 | Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
37 | Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
38 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
39 | Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
40 | Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
41 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
42 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
43 | Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural | |
44 | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:00:10 |
45 | Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:18 |
46 | Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:00:20 |
47 | Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | |
48 | Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing | |
49 | Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
50 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing | |
51 | Francisco García Nicolás (Spa) Spain | |
52 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
53 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
54 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
55 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
56 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
57 | Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
58 | Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
59 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:29 |
60 | Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:00:31 |
61 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
62 | Pascual Orengo Lopez (Spa) Spain | |
63 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC | |
64 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
65 | Eloy Teruel (Spa) Spain | 0:00:34 |
66 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
67 | Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
68 | Alexey Markov (Rus) Russia | |
69 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
70 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Spain | |
71 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:00:37 |
72 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural | |
73 | Jose Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
74 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC | |
75 | Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
76 | Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
77 | Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
78 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
79 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
80 | Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team | |
81 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
82 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
83 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | |
84 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
85 | Serguey Frisanov (Rus) Russia | |
86 | Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
87 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
88 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team | |
89 | David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
90 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
91 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
92 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
93 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
94 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | |
95 | Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
96 | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
97 | David Clarke (GBr) Endura Racing | |
98 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
99 | Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural | |
100 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
101 | Rubén Reig Conejero (Spa) Caja Rural | |
102 | Florian Bissinger (Ger) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | |
103 | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
104 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:01:13 |
105 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
106 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
107 | Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia | |
108 | Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:01:30 |
109 | Evgeniy Kovalev (Rus) Russia | 0:01:32 |
110 | Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) KTM - Murcia | 0:01:39 |
111 | Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 0:02:12 |
112 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 0:03:14 |
113 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Russia | 0:03:48 |
114 | Kiril Yatsevich (Rus) Russia | 0:05:23 |
115 | José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia | |
116 | Philip Schinagl (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 0:05:33 |
117 | Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
118 | John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing | |
119 | Philipp Grömer (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | |
120 | Christian Pavitschitz (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | |
121 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
122 | Lukas Ranacher (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 0:08:06 |
123 | Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russia | 0:08:41 |
124 | Callum Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing | |
125 | Lars Pria (Rou) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 0:10:42 |
1 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 25 | pts |
2 | Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling | 20 | |
3 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | 16 | |
4 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural | 14 | |
5 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 12 | |
6 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 10 | |
7 | Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 9 | |
8 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 8 | |
9 | Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural | 7 | |
10 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC | 6 | |
11 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 5 | |
12 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 4 | |
13 | Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 | |
14 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
15 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1 |
1 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 3 | pts |
2 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
3 | José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia | 1 |
1 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 9 | pts |
2 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 6 | |
3 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Spain | 3 |
1 | Skil - Shimano | 13:18:27 |
2 | Sky Procycling | 0:00:02 |
3 | Caja Rural | |
4 | Geox-TMC | 0:00:04 |
5 | Saur - Sojasun | |
6 | Saxo Bank Sungard | |
7 | Rabobank Cycling Team | |
8 | Movistar Team | 0:00:06 |
9 | Spain | |
10 | KTM - Murcia | 0:00:24 |
11 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
12 | Endura Racing | 0:00:42 |
13 | Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
14 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 0:00:47 |
15 | Andalucia Caja Granada | 0:01:10 |
16 | Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:01:11 |
17 | Russia | 0:02:24 |
18 | ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 0:11:43 |
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