Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia 2011: Stage 2 Results

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

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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 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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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 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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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 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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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 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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Jerome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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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 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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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 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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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. (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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Duarte sets the pace ahead of Contador (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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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 (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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Fabio Duarte works for Geox-TMC teammate Denis Menchov (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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José Herrada Lopez (Caja Rural) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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Alexandre Geniez (Skil - Shimano) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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Lars Petter Nordhaug (Sky) (Image credit: Rafa Gómez)

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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. (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) Team	Result
1	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	4:46:57
2	Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC	0:00:05
3	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
4	Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC	0:00:25
5	Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:00:27
6	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano	0:00:57
7	Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling	0:01:17
8	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
9	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
10	David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC
11	Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:22
12	Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC	0:01:34
13	Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team	0:01:38
14	José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural	0:01:40
15	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural	0:01:55
16	Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
17	Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:02:00
18	Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	0:02:24
19	Jordi Simon (Spa) Spain
20	Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing
21	Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing
22	Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23	Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
24	Marcos Garcia (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:02:32
25	Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:02:34
26	Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing	0:02:44
27	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha	0:02:52
28	Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:02:54
29	Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
30	Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
31	Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling
32	Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:03:20
33	Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:03:29
34	Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:03:34
35	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:03:36
36	Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team	0:03:53
37	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
38	Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano
39	Samuel Nicolás (Spa) Spain	0:03:55
40	Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:04:18
41	Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
42	Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling	0:04:21
43	Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
44	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:04:23
45	Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	0:04:37
46	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling	0:04:52
47	Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) KTM - Murcia
48	Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC
49	Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50	David Clarke (GBr) Endura Racing	0:05:23
51	Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team	0:05:26
52	Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
53	Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing
54	Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
55	Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
56	Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard
57	Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) KTM - Murcia
58	Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) KTM - Murcia
59	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60	Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural
61	Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
62	Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:05:31
63	Rubén Fernández (Spa) Spain	0:06:32
64	Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
65	Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:06:53
66	Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural
67	Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano	0:08:04
68	Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
69	Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
70	Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano
71	Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:08:26
72	Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard
73	Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	0:08:41
74	Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
75	Pascual Orengo Lopez (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
76	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
77	Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
78	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	0:08:53
79	Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:08:56
80	Florian Bissinger (Ger) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:10:38
81	Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:11:11
82	Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:11:24
83	Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
84	Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling
85	Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo
86	Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
87	John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing
88	Alexander Serov (Rus) Russia	0:11:28
89	Alexey Markov (Rus) Russia
90	Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano
91	Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia
92	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
93	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
94	Francisco García Nicolás (Spa) Spain	0:14:29
95	Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC
96	David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
97	Eloy Teruel (Spa) Spain	0:16:59
98	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:17:35
99	Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:18:07
100	Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
101	Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
102	Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural	0:20:19
103	Jose Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:20:21
104	Rubén Reig Conejero (Spa) Caja Rural
105	Christian Pavitschitz (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:20:23
106	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural
107	Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano	0:20:27
108	Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
109	Philipp Grömer (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:23:14
110	Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:23:15
111	Lukas Ranacher (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer
112	Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113	Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114	Kiril Yatsevich (Rus) Russia	0:23:18
115	José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:29:48
116	Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russia
117	Lars Pria (Rou) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:32:36
118	Evgeny Kovalev (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNF	Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF	Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC
DNF	Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team
DNF	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
DNF	Philip Schinagl (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer
DNF	Callum Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing

Points
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	25	pts
2	Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC	20
3	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	16
4	Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC	14
5	Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	12
6	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano	10
7	Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling	9
8	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	8
9	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	7
10	David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC	6
11	Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team	5
12	Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC	4
13	Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team	3
14	José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural	2
15	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural	1

Mountain 1 - La Zarzadilla (Cat 2)
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	6	pts
2	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	4
3	Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC	2
4	Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC	1

Mountain 2 - Collado Bermejo (Cat 1)
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	10	pts
2	Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC	8
3	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	6
4	Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC	4
5	Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2
6	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	1

Sprint 1 - Archena
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano	3	pts
2	Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano	2
3	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	1

Sprint 2 - Caravaca
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	3	pts
2	José Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	2
3	Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	1

General classification after stage 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	9:13:08
2	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
3	Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
4	Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC
5	Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano
7	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	0:01:17
8	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
9	David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC
10	Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:22
11	Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC	0:01:34
12	José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural	0:01:40
13	Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling	0:01:52
14	Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team	0:01:56
15	Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	0:02:05
16	Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:02:18
17	Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:02:24
18	Jordi Simon (Spa) Spain
19	Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
20	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural	0:02:30
21	Marcos Garcia (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:02:32
22	Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing	0:02:42
23	Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing
24	Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25	Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing	0:02:44
26	Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:02:52
27	Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:02:54
28	Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling
29	Serguey Frisanov (Rus) Russia	0:03:27
30	Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:03:29
31	Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
32	Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:03:49
33	Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team	0:03:53
34	Samuel Nicolás (Spa) Spain	0:03:55
35	Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:04:04
36	Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	0:04:21
37	Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling
38	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:04:23
39	Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano	0:04:28
40	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:04:47
41	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling	0:04:50
42	Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
43	Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:04:52
44	Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Geox-TMC
45	Jaume Rovira Pous (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:04:53
46	Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:05:02
47	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:05:04
48	Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:05:10
49	Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	0:05:12
50	Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:05:26
51	David Clarke (GBr) Endura Racing	0:05:58
52	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:06:01
53	Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
54	Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) KTM - Murcia
55	Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing
56	Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard
57	Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
58	Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
59	Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
60	Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural
61	Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:06:06
62	Rubén Fernández (Spa) Spain	0:06:32
63	Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural	0:06:53
64	Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:07:03
65	Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:07:28
66	Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano	0:08:02
67	Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:08:04
68	Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:08:24
69	Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:08:33
70	Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard	0:08:39
71	Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano
72	Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:08:42
73	Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard	0:08:44
74	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	0:08:51
75	Pascual Orengo (Spa) Spain	0:09:10
76	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard	0:09:13
77	Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	0:09:16
78	Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:09:28
79	Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	0:09:52
80	Florian Bissinger (Ger) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:11:13
81	Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:11:22
82	Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:11:24
83	Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:11:29
84	Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:11:32
85	Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:11:42
86	Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:11:51
87	Alexey Markov (Rus) Russia	0:12:00
88	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team	0:12:03
89	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
90	Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russia	0:12:39
91	Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano	0:14:40
92	Francisco García Nicolás (Spa) Spain	0:14:47
93	Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC	0:15:04
94	David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
95	Alexander Serov (Rus) Russia	0:15:14
96	John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing	0:16:55
97	Eloy Teruel (Spa) Spain	0:17:31
98	Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:18:05
99	Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:18:42
100	Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural	0:20:17
101	Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano	0:20:25
102	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural	0:20:41
103	Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:20:43
104	José Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:20:56
105	Rubén Reig Conejero (Spa) Caja Rural
106	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:23:06
107	Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:23:15
108	Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
109	Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:23:38
110	Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:23:50
111	Christian Pavitschitz (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:25:54
112	Kiril Yatsevich (Rus) Russia	0:28:39
113	Philipp Grömer (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:28:45
114	Lukas Ranacher (Aut) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:31:19
115	Evgeniy Kovalev (Rus) Russia	0:34:06
116	José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia	0:35:09
117	Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russia	0:38:27
118	Lars Pria (Rou) ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:43:16

Mountains classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	15	pts
2	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	10
3	Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC	8
4	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	6
5	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	6
6	Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC	5
7	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	4
8	Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2
9	Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC	2
10	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	1

Sprint classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano	6	pts
2	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	4
3	José Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	2
4	Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano	2
5	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2
6	Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	1
7	José María Alcaraz Franco (Spa) KTM - Murcia	1

Teams classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Geox-TMC	27:41:09
2	Saur - Sojasun	0:00:52
3	Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:03:24
4	Saxo Bank Sungard	0:04:45
5	Movistar Team	0:05:08
6	Endura Racing	0:06:23
7	Sky Procycling	0:06:43
8	Caja Rural	0:07:12
9	Andalucia Caja Granada	0:10:00
10	KTM - Murcia	0:10:15
11	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:10:50
12	Skil - Shimano	0:11:03
13	Spain	0:11:06
14	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:11:33
15	Rabobank Cycling Team	0:11:38
16	Team Garmin-Cervelo	0:12:07
17	Russia	0:26:21
18	ARBÖ Gebrüder Weiss - Oberndorfer	1:04:07

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