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Menchov, Coppel vie for second

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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) meets the press in Murica

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) meets the press in Murica (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard)

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) and Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC) go head to head

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) and Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC) go head to head (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) attacks on the final climb

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) attacks on the final climb (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) takes his first win since his protracted doping controversy

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) takes his first win since his protracted doping controversy (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) wins stage 2

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) wins stage 2 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) heads to the stage podium

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) heads to the stage podium (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador is interviewed after taking the win in Murcia

Alberto Contador is interviewed after taking the win in Murcia (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador emphasizes his new team, Saxo Bank Sungard, on the podium in Murcia

Alberto Contador emphasizes his new team, Saxo Bank Sungard, on the podium in Murcia (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Jerome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun)

Jerome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Race leader Michael Matthews fights to stay with the race

Race leader Michael Matthews fights to stay with the race (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Geox-TMC push the pace heading to the final climb

Geox-TMC push the pace heading to the final climb (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Menchov had his Geox-TMC team at his disposal

Menchov had his Geox-TMC team at his disposal (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Saxo Bank Sungard setting up the race for Contador

Saxo Bank Sungard setting up the race for Contador (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Mauricio Soler (Movistar) on the attack before crashing out on the final descent.

Mauricio Soler (Movistar) on the attack before crashing out on the final descent. (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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The attacks were plentiful, but Geox-TMC made sure none stayed clear.

The attacks were plentiful, but Geox-TMC made sure none stayed clear. (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Duarte sets the pace ahead of Contador

Duarte sets the pace ahead of Contador (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alberto Contador showed good form on stage 2

Alberto Contador showed good form on stage 2 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Wout Poels (Vacansoleil) couldn't hold the wheels of the lead group

Wout Poels (Vacansoleil) couldn't hold the wheels of the lead group (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Fabio Duarte works for Geox-TMC teammate Denis Menchov

Fabio Duarte works for Geox-TMC teammate Denis Menchov (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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José Herrada Lopez (Caja Rural)

José Herrada Lopez (Caja Rural) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Alexandre Geniez (Skil - Shimano)

Alexandre Geniez (Skil - Shimano) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Lars Petter Nordhaug (Sky)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Sky) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Contador leads Menchov, Coppel and Poels

Contador leads Menchov, Coppel and Poels (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)
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Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC) sets the pace in the lead group.

Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC) sets the pace in the lead group. (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) took his first victory since his return to competitive action on stage two of the Vuelta a Murcia, a race he now leads overall. The Spaniard returned a positive test for Clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France but was cleared of wrongdoing by his national federation last month and was allowed to race.

The key moment of a testing stage came on the final climb of the Alto del Collado Bermejo, whose summit came just 8km from the line. Under impetus from Geox-TMC, which impressed in its support of Denis Menchov, the bunch was broken up on the first category climb and eventually a five-man group formed at the head of affairs, containing the Geox pair of Menchov and Fabio Duarte, Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM), the impressive French youngster Jerome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) and Contador.

A kilometre from the summit, Contador spotted his opportunity and danced clear of his companions. Although Menchov and Coppel battled gamely to keep Contador in the sights, the controversial Spaniard had enough in the tank to hold his slender advantage all the way to the finish line at the Centro de Interpretación de Sierra Espuña and take the win five seconds ahead of Menchov and Coppel. Duarte and Poels lost contact over the top of the climb and rolled in almost half a minute down.

Contador, who may yet face a protracted legal battle to avoid sanction and keep racing, now leads Menchov and Coppel by 5 seconds ahead of Sunday’s final time trial. In spite of a disappointing performance in the Volta ao Algarve’s concluding time trial, the Spaniard appears well-placed to take overall honours.

David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervélo) was among the day’s main attackers. In the company of Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank), he succeeded in bridging across to an earlier escape by Jose Luis Roldan (Andalucia Caja Granada) and Johannes Frohlinger (Skil-Shimano) but the quartet were shut down by the Euskaltel-Euskadi-led bunch 50km from home.

Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun) and Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) were the next to try their luck, but they were soon brought to heel by Geox, and the scene was set for Menchov and Contador’s duel.

Full Results

#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard4:46:57
2Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC0:00:05
3Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
4Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC0:00:25
5Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:00:27
6Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano0:00:57
7Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling0:01:17
8Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
9Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
10David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC
11Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team0:01:22
12Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC0:01:34
13Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team0:01:38
14José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural0:01:40
15Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural0:01:55
16Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
17Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:02:00
18Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:02:24
19Jordi Simon (Spa) Spain
20Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing
21Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing
22Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
24Marcos Garcia (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:02:32
25Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:02:34
26Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing0:02:44
27Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha0:02:52
28Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:02:54
29Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
30Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
31Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling
32Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:03:20
33Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada0:03:29
34Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:03:34
35Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:03:36
36Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team0:03:53
37Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
38Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano
39Samuel Nicolás (Spa) Spain0:03:55
40Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:04:18
41Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
42Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling0:04:21
43Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
44Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:04:23
45Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard0:04:37
46Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling0:04:52
47Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) KTM - Murcia
48Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC
49Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50David Clarke (GBr) Endura Racing0:05:23
51Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team0:05:26
52Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
53Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing
54Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
55Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
56Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard
57Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) KTM - Murcia
58Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) KTM - Murcia
59Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural
61Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
62Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:05:31
63Rubén Fernández (Spa) Spain0:06:32
64Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
65Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:06:53
66Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural
67Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano0:08:04
68Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
69Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
70Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano
71Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling0:08:26
72Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard
73Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:08:41
74Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
75Pascual Orengo Lopez (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
76Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
77Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
78Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:08:53
79Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada0:08:56
80Florian Bissinger (Ger) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:10:38
81Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:11:11
82Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team0:11:24
83Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
84Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling
85Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo
86Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
87John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing
88Alexander Serov (Rus) Russia0:11:28
89Alexey Markov (Rus) Russia
90Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano
91Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia
92Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
93Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
94Francisco García Nicolás (Spa) Spain0:14:29
95Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC
96David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
97Eloy Teruel (Spa) Spain0:16:59
98Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:17:35
99Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:18:07
100Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
101Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
102Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural0:20:19
103Jose Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada0:20:21
104Rubén Reig Conejero (Spa) Caja Rural
105Christian Pavitschitz (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:20:23
106Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural
107Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:20:27
108Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
109Philipp Grömer (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:23:14
110Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team0:23:15
111Lukas Ranacher (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer
112Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114Kiril Yatsevich (Rus) Russia0:23:18
115José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:29:48
116Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russia
117Lars Pria (Rou) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:32:36
118Evgeny Kovalev (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNFRubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
DNFJuan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC
DNFJuan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team
DNFMikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNFCarlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
DNFPhilip Schinagl (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer
DNFCallum Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing

Points
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard25pts
2Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC20
3Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun16
4Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC14
5Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team12
6Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano10
7Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling9
8Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun8
9Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun7
10David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC6
11Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team5
12Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC4
13Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team3
14José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural2
15Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural1

Mountain 1 - La Zarzadilla (Cat 2)
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun6pts
2Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi4
3Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC2
4Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC1

Mountain 2 - Collado Bermejo (Cat 1)
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard10pts
2Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC8
3Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun6
4Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC4
5Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team2
6Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun1

Sprint 1 - Archena
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano3pts
2Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano2
3Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano1

Sprint 2 - Caravaca
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano3pts
2José Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada2
3Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi1

General classification after stage 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard9:13:08
2Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
3Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
4Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC
5Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano
7Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:01:17
8Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
9David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC
10Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team0:01:22
11Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC0:01:34
12José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural0:01:40
13Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling0:01:52
14Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team0:01:56
15Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard0:02:05
16Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:02:18
17Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:02:24
18Jordi Simon (Spa) Spain
19Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
20Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural0:02:30
21Marcos Garcia (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:02:32
22Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing0:02:42
23Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing
24Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing0:02:44
26Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:02:52
27Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada0:02:54
28Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling
29Serguey Frisanov (Rus) Russia0:03:27
30Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:03:29
31Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
32Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:03:49
33Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team0:03:53
34Samuel Nicolás (Spa) Spain0:03:55
35Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada0:04:04
36Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:04:21
37Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling
38Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:04:23
39Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:04:28
40Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:04:47
41Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling0:04:50
42Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
43Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:04:52
44Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC
45Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:04:53
46Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:05:02
47Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:05:04
48Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:05:10
49Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard0:05:12
50Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:05:26
51David Clarke (GBr) Endura Racing0:05:58
52Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:06:01
53Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
54Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) KTM - Murcia
55Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing
56Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard
57Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
58Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
59Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
60Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural
61Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:06:06
62Rubén Fernández (Spa) Spain0:06:32
63Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural0:06:53
64Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:07:03
65Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:07:28
66Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano0:08:02
67Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling0:08:04
68Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling0:08:24
69Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:08:33
70Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard0:08:39
71Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano
72Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada0:08:42
73Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard0:08:44
74Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:08:51
75Pascual Orengo (Spa) Spain0:09:10
76Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard0:09:13
77Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:09:16
78Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada0:09:28
79Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun0:09:52
80Florian Bissinger (Ger) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:11:13
81Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team0:11:22
82Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling0:11:24
83Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:11:29
84Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:11:32
85Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo0:11:42
86Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:11:51
87Alexey Markov (Rus) Russia0:12:00
88Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team0:12:03
89Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
90Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia0:12:39
91Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano0:14:40
92Francisco García Nicolás (Spa) Spain0:14:47
93Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC0:15:04
94David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
95Alexander Serov (Rus) Russia0:15:14
96John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing0:16:55
97Eloy Teruel (Spa) Spain0:17:31
98Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:18:05
99Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:18:42
100Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural0:20:17
101Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano0:20:25
102Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural0:20:41
103Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team0:20:43
104José Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada0:20:56
105Rubén Reig Conejero (Spa) Caja Rural
106Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:23:06
107Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:23:15
108Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
109Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:23:38
110Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:23:50
111Christian Pavitschitz (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:25:54
112Kiril Yatsevich (Rus) Russia0:28:39
113Philipp Grömer (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:28:45
114Lukas Ranacher (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:31:19
115Evgeniy Kovalev (Rus) Russia0:34:06
116José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia0:35:09
117Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russia0:38:27
118Lars Pria (Rou) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer0:43:16

Mountains classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun15pts
2Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard10
3Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC8
4Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun6
5Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team6
6Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC5
7Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi4
8Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team2
9Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC2
10Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun1

Sprint classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano6pts
2Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano4
3José Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada2
4Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano2
5Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team2
6Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi1
7José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia1

Teams classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Geox-TMC27:41:09
2Saur - Sojasun0:00:52
3Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:03:24
4Saxo Bank Sungard0:04:45
5Movistar Team0:05:08
6Endura Racing0:06:23
7Sky Procycling0:06:43
8Caja Rural0:07:12
9Andalucia Caja Granada0:10:00
10KTM - Murcia0:10:15
11UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:10:50
12Skil - Shimano0:11:03
13Spain0:11:06
14Euskaltel-Euskadi0:11:33
15Rabobank Cycling Team0:11:38
16Team Garmin-Cervelo0:12:07
17Russia0:26:21
18ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer1:04:07

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