Valverde crowned Vuelta king, Greipel wins Madrid sprint
By Susan Westemeyer published
First Grand Tour win for Valverde
Andre Greipel of Team Columbia-HTC won the final mass sprint on the roads of Madrid to close out the Vuelta a Espana with his fourth stage win, but the day belonged to Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne. The Spaniard took home his first Grand Tour win after a controversial season which saw him banned from racing in Italy.
Greipel powered to the sprint victory by two bike lengths ahead of Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Borut Bozic (Vacansoliel).
"It was three long weeks, I am really happy to win the final stage," said Greipel. "Thanks to the team - they carried me through the whole Vuelta, it is a victory for them."
"With two kilometres to go I was a bit far back, but Greg Henderson did a brilliant job taking me through to the front end of the bunch. It was a bit uphill so I waited a little longer than usual for accelerating away for the finish. Everybody in the team helped. I was just the lucky one who got to cross the line in first place."
Team Saxo Bank's Matti Breschel won the final stage in last year's edition, but was unable to repeat that performance as he was ridden into the barricades in the sprint and crashed. His teammate Jakob Fuglsang and Francisco Jose Pacheco (Contentpolis-Ampo) were also delayed by the incident.
"I was feeling really strong today so of course I am extremely disappointed with the way to leave the stage and the race. I knew the recipe from last year and I was in a clearly favourable position and now I'm just annoyed at not being able to show what I feel capable of," said Breschel.
First Grand Tour for Valverde, but could it be his last?
Valverde was well protected from mishap by his Caisse d'Epargne team, and easily finished in the main group of GC men, 10 seconds behind the sprint. The Spaniard held on to his overall lead, finishing the 2009 Vuelta a Espana with 55 seconds over Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and 1:32 ahead of Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans.
Evans rode well enough in the previous day's time trial to knock Ivan Basso (Liquigas) down to fourth, off the podium at 2:12.
Fifth went to Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo-Galicia), who had to overcome several crashes during the three-week race to hold on to his top placing. Not so lucky was Dutchman Robert Gesink (Rabobank), who fell from second to sixth place in the final week due to injuries suffered in a crash.
Valverde, who has been chasing Grand Tour success since his first podium finish at the 2003 Vuelta a Espana, was sentimental about taking home the overall win.
"The day I put on my first yellow jersey after the stage of Xorret de Catí, to climb on the podium was a great moment of emotion. From then on my dream was closer each day. I therefore never stop fighting and concentrating, not even for a while."
"To cross the finish line in Madrid with this jersey on my shoulders and know that this Vuelta is now really mine is an emotion that is impossible to describe."
"I learned a lot from the errors I made in the past, but now I showed that I am a rider able to win major three-week tours. In the future I will fight to try and win another one."
The victory crowned a tumultuous year for the 29-year old Valverede. On the plus side, he won the Klasika Primavera and the Volta a Catalunya, although he was unable to repeat his success in the Spring Classics of earlier years. He finished second on the Mont Ventoux stage of the Dauphiné Libéré, which was enough to give him the leader's jersey, and he went on to win the race for the second year in a row.
However, there was also a very large downside to his 2009 season. He has for years been dogged by rumours of involvement in Operación Puerto. Earlier this year, the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) announced that it had matched DNA samples taken from Valverde during the 2008 Giro d'Italia to blood seized in Operación Puerto, and suspended him from competition in Italy for two years.
Valverde has appealed that decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but no decision has yet been made. CONI's action not only kept him out of this year's Giro and all other Italian races, but also the Tour de France, which dipped into Italy for 83 kilometres on stage 16 to Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
The victory was Valverde's first in a Grand Tour in his eight-year career. The Vuelta is the only one in which he has been competitive, having finished second in 2006 and third in 2003 and 2004. He has five stage wins in the race, but none this year.
The Spaniard was never far from the lead in the race, and took over the gold leader's jersey on the ninth stage from Alcoy to Xorret de Cati, and never gave it up again. That stage was typical for him: he stayed easily in the favourites' group up to the end, and at the finale sprinted to catch the bonus seconds for third place.
Once he had the jersey, he dominated the rest of the race. No one came close to knocking him off the throne which he had at long last achieved.
Greipel, Moncoutie claim sprint and climber classifications
"The green jersey was very difficult to get because this was such a mountainous Vuelta, but in the build-up to the sprints I could count on a lot of support from my teammates, and that made all the difference," Greipel said.
"I had the best lead-out of all of the sprinters here, particularly thanks to my teammates Marcel Sieberg and Greg Henderson. I came to this Tour of Spain thinking I could maybe win one stage, and I came away with four and the team got five. Plus I won the points classification. That's amazing."
He wasn't the only one to win sprints, though, nor even the only German. Gerald Ciolek saved his and his Milram team's season by winning the second stage in Emmen, Netherlands. Borut Bozic of Vacansoliel and Tyler Farrar of Garmin-Slipstream each took one bunch sprint stage win.
Belgian Champion Tom Boonen of Quick Step continued his unlucky year, although he did finish second twice, before abandoning the race during the 13th stage.
Moncoutie, 34, cemented his win of the red jersey by taking the victory in stage 13, which finished atop the Sierra Nevada. He had gotten in an early escape group, and attacked out of it on the penultimate climb to solo on to his win.
The result earned him a new contract with his Cofidis team.
Whether or not Valverde will escape full-scale punishment based on the Italian investigation remains to be seen, and if he is banned world-wide, the larger question remains if he will be able to keep his Vuelta a Espana victory on his palmares.
1 | André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC | 3:11:55 |
2 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
3 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil | |
4 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis | |
5 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
6 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC | |
7 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Columbia-HTC | |
8 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | |
9 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | |
10 | Paul Voss (Ger) Milram | |
11 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
12 | Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
13 | Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
14 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
15 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | |
16 | Christian Knees (Ger) Milram | |
17 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | |
18 | David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
19 | Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
20 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream | |
21 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram | |
22 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:08 |
23 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:10 |
24 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil | |
25 | Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
26 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
27 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
28 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
29 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank | |
30 | Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
31 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC | |
32 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
33 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia | |
34 | Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
35 | José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
36 | David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
37 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | |
38 | Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
39 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | |
40 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana | |
41 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux | |
42 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | |
43 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | |
44 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | |
45 | Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
46 | Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
47 | Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
48 | David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
49 | Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis | |
50 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
51 | Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
52 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
53 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis | |
54 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Columbia-HTC | |
55 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | |
56 | Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis | |
57 | Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
58 | Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | |
59 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:16 |
60 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
61 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | |
62 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
63 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
64 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | |
65 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank | |
66 | Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
67 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis | |
68 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | |
69 | Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
70 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis | |
71 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
72 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | |
73 | Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis | |
74 | Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | |
75 | José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | |
76 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream | |
77 | Martin Velits (Svk) Milram | |
78 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana | |
79 | Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
80 | Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:00:25 |
81 | Françis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
82 | Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
83 | Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | |
84 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:27 |
85 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:28 |
86 | Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | |
87 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:00:30 |
88 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | |
89 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream | |
90 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | |
91 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:30 |
92 | Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
93 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
94 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux | |
95 | Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank | |
96 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | |
97 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | |
98 | Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
99 | Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
100 | David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
101 | Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | |
102 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis | |
103 | Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
104 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Columbia-HTC | |
105 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | |
106 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Slipstream | |
107 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | |
108 | Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC | |
109 | Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | |
110 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:00:37 |
111 | Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas | |
112 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:00:40 |
113 | Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
114 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 0:00:41 |
115 | Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram | |
116 | Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
117 | José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | |
118 | Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:00:50 |
119 | Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
120 | William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:51 |
121 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) Columbia-HTC | 0:00:53 |
122 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Columbia-HTC | |
123 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:56 |
124 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis | |
125 | Matthé Pronk (Ned) Vacansoleil | |
126 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux | |
127 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto | |
128 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre-NGC | |
129 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | 0:01:08 |
130 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil | 0:01:11 |
131 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil | |
132 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil | 0:01:15 |
133 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
134 | Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | |
135 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Saxo Bank | 0:01:22 |
136 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | |
137 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil | 0:01:22 |
138 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas | |
139 | Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo |
1 | André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC | 25 | pts |
2 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 20 | |
3 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil | 16 | |
4 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis | 14 | |
5 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | |
6 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 10 | |
7 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Columbia-HTC | 9 | |
8 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | 8 | |
9 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 7 | |
10 | Paul Voss (Ger) Milram | 6 | |
11 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 5 | |
12 | Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4 | |
13 | Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 3 | |
14 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2 | |
15 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 1 |
1 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) Columbia-HTC | 4 | pts |
2 | André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC | 2 | |
3 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Columbia-HTC | 1 |
1 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux | 4 | pts |
2 | David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 2 | |
3 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 1 |
1 | Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia |
1 | Team Milram | 9:35:45 |
2 | Silence - Lotto | 0:00:10 |
3 | Liquigas | |
4 | Team Columbia - HTC | |
5 | Contentpolis - Ampo | |
6 | Team Saxo Bank | |
7 | Rabobank | 0:00:18 |
8 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:20 |
9 | Caisse D'Epargne | |
10 | Xacobeo Galicia | |
11 | Cervelo Test Team | |
12 | Cofidis, le credit en ligne | |
13 | Française Des Jeux | 0:00:30 |
14 | Fuji - Servetto | |
15 | AG2R - La Mondiale | 0:00:32 |
16 | Astana | 0:00:36 |
17 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:00:40 |
18 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:46 |
19 | Quick Step | 0:01:00 |
20 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:06 |
21 | Andalucía - Cajasur | 0:01:09 |
22 | BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 0:02:03 |
1 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 87:22:37 |
2 | Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:00:55 |
3 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto | 0:01:32 |
4 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:12 |
5 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:04:27 |
6 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:06:40 |
7 | Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:09:08 |
8 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 0:09:11 |
9 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:11:08 |
10 | Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:11:27 |
11 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:14:24 |
12 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil | 0:15:08 |
13 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana | 0:15:10 |
14 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | 0:17:15 |
15 | Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:18:41 |
16 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:20:11 |
17 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 0:21:03 |
18 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis | 0:21:11 |
19 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | 0:23:38 |
20 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 0:24:00 |
21 | Françis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:24:36 |
22 | José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:33:19 |
23 | David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:34:48 |
24 | David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:36:49 |
25 | Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 0:37:05 |
26 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:37:14 |
27 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis | 0:46:45 |
28 | David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:48:07 |
29 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:52:58 |
30 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:53:40 |
31 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank | 0:57:07 |
32 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis | 0:58:17 |
33 | Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:58:20 |
34 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 0:59:42 |
35 | Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 1:02:34 |
36 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 1:03:49 |
37 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil | 1:05:05 |
38 | Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank | 1:06:25 |
39 | Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 1:06:31 |
40 | Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 1:06:44 |
41 | Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 1:07:51 |
42 | David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1:09:28 |
43 | Christian Knees (Ger) Milram | 1:17:16 |
44 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 1:18:47 |
45 | Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 1:19:06 |
46 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:19:18 |
47 | Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 1:21:27 |
48 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 1:22:24 |
49 | Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis | 1:22:39 |
50 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto | |
51 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1:23:45 |
52 | Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:24:17 |
53 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Slipstream | 1:26:13 |
54 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 1:27:04 |
55 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 1:28:13 |
56 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 1:28:24 |
57 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 1:29:14 |
58 | Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis | 1:30:07 |
59 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 1:32:33 |
60 | Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 1:34:35 |
61 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 1:34:53 |
62 | Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 1:35:08 |
63 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux | 1:35:17 |
64 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:36:42 |
65 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis | 1:39:22 |
66 | Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 1:41:03 |
67 | Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 1:42:14 |
68 | Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | 1:43:52 |
69 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:46:51 |
70 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 1:46:54 |
71 | Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:51:28 |
72 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | 1:51:41 |
73 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 1:52:52 |
74 | Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis | 1:54:01 |
75 | Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 1:55:32 |
76 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Saxo Bank | 1:56:22 |
77 | Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 1:59:47 |
78 | Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 1:59:54 |
79 | Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 2:01:47 |
80 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream | 2:03:28 |
81 | José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:03:32 |
82 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 2:07:41 |
83 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram | 2:08:25 |
84 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 2:08:34 |
85 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 2:09:44 |
86 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 2:10:55 |
87 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil | 2:11:21 |
88 | Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2:12:03 |
89 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis | 2:12:42 |
90 | Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram | 2:17:39 |
91 | Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas | 2:17:50 |
92 | Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:18:25 |
93 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 2:18:26 |
94 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Columbia-HTC | 2:19:46 |
95 | Martin Velits (Svk) Milram | 2:20:48 |
96 | Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:20:50 |
97 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | 2:22:26 |
98 | Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:22:57 |
99 | Paul Voss (Ger) Milram | 2:27:43 |
100 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2:27:53 |
101 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 2:28:38 |
102 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil | 2:28:48 |
103 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) Columbia-HTC | 2:28:53 |
104 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil | 2:32:05 |
105 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2:32:39 |
106 | Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 2:35:43 |
107 | André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC | 2:36:32 |
108 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank | 2:37:38 |
109 | William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 2:38:05 |
110 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | 2:39:45 |
111 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 2:40:56 |
112 | Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 2:42:38 |
113 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | 2:46:18 |
114 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:46:43 |
115 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 2:47:06 |
116 | Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 2:51:10 |
117 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux | 2:51:56 |
118 | José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 2:51:58 |
119 | Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 2:52:13 |
120 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux | 2:53:02 |
121 | Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 2:53:17 |
122 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Columbia-HTC | 2:53:44 |
123 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Columbia-HTC | 2:55:24 |
124 | Matthé Pronk (Ned) Vacansoleil | 2:57:16 |
125 | Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 2:57:50 |
126 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas | 2:58:07 |
127 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis | 2:58:10 |
128 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 3:00:24 |
129 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 3:01:15 |
130 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana | 3:06:28 |
131 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | 3:08:41 |
132 | Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream | 3:09:57 |
133 | Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 3:13:53 |
134 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Columbia-HTC | 3:16:05 |
135 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream | 3:17:50 |
136 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux | 3:18:41 |
137 | José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 3:19:05 |
138 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil | 3:19:54 |
139 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 3:29:02 |
1 | André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC | 150 | pts |
2 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 111 | |
3 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 101 | |
4 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto | 99 | |
5 | Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 89 | |
6 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil | 68 | |
7 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 68 | |
8 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 68 | |
9 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | 64 | |
10 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis | 64 | |
11 | Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 55 | |
12 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis | 54 | |
13 | David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 47 | |
14 | Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 42 | |
15 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 42 | |
16 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 42 | |
17 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 40 | |
18 | William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 39 | |
19 | Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 36 | |
20 | David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 34 | |
21 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 33 | |
22 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 30 | |
23 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 30 | |
24 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | 28 | |
25 | Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 27 | |
26 | Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 24 | |
27 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 23 | |
28 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream | 21 | |
29 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 21 | |
30 | Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 21 | |
31 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil | 20 | |
32 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | 20 | |
33 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux | 18 | |
34 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | 18 | |
35 | Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis | 16 | |
36 | Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 15 | |
37 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 14 | |
38 | Christian Knees (Ger) Milram | 13 | |
39 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil | 13 | |
40 | David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 12 | |
41 | Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 12 | |
42 | Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 12 | |
43 | Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step | 12 | |
44 | Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 11 | |
45 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 11 | |
46 | Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 11 | |
47 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank | 10 | |
48 | Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 9 | |
49 | Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux | 9 | |
50 | Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 9 | |
51 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 9 | |
52 | Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank | 8 | |
53 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Saxo Bank | 8 | |
54 | Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis | 7 | |
55 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | 7 | |
56 | Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 7 | |
57 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Columbia-HTC | 6 | |
58 | Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 6 | |
59 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana | 6 | |
60 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis | 6 | |
61 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 5 | |
62 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
63 | Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 4 | |
64 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 4 | |
65 | Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 4 | |
66 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | |
67 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 3 | |
68 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 3 | |
69 | Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis | 3 | |
70 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 3 | |
71 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Slipstream | 2 | |
72 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | 2 | |
73 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 2 | |
74 | Matthé Pronk (Ned) Vacansoleil | 2 | |
75 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram | 1 | |
76 | Françis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 1 | |
77 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia | 1 | |
78 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 1 | |
79 | Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 1 |
1 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis | 186 | pts |
2 | David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 99 | |
3 | Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 73 | |
4 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 67 | |
5 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 61 | |
6 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 60 | |
7 | Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 59 | |
8 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 58 | |
9 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil | 54 | |
10 | Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 52 | |
11 | Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis | 51 | |
12 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto | 45 | |
13 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia | 34 | |
14 | Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis | 34 | |
15 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Slipstream | 32 | |
16 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | 32 | |
17 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 32 | |
18 | David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 29 | |
19 | Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 25 | |
20 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 24 | |
21 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 22 | |
22 | Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis | 21 | |
23 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 20 | |
24 | Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 19 | |
25 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 19 | |
26 | Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 18 | |
27 | Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 17 | |
28 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil | 16 | |
29 | Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14 | |
30 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | 13 | |
31 | Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 13 | |
32 | Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 12 | |
33 | Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 12 | |
34 | Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 12 | |
35 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 11 | |
36 | Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11 | |
37 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 10 | |
38 | David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 10 | |
39 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
40 | Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 10 | |
41 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | |
42 | Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank | 9 | |
43 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 9 | |
44 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | 8 | |
45 | Paul Voss (Ger) Milram | 8 | |
46 | Françis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 7 | |
47 | Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 7 | |
48 | Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 6 | |
49 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | 6 | |
50 | Christian Knees (Ger) Milram | 6 | |
51 | Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 6 | |
52 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank | 5 | |
53 | Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 5 | |
54 | José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 5 | |
55 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 4 | |
56 | William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 4 | |
57 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
58 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 3 | |
59 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis | 3 | |
60 | Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 3 | |
61 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 3 | |
62 | Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 3 | |
63 | Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3 | |
64 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 3 | |
65 | Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
66 | Martin Velits (Svk) Milram | 3 | |
67 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil | 3 | |
68 | Matthé Pronk (Ned) Vacansoleil | 3 | |
69 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis | 2 | |
70 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis | 2 | |
71 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 | |
72 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana | 1 | |
73 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 1 | |
74 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram | 1 | |
75 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) Columbia-HTC | 1 |
1 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 7 | pts |
2 | Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 17 | |
3 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 17 | |
4 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto | 19 | |
5 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 22 | |
6 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | 29 | |
7 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis | 40 | |
8 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil | 52 | |
9 | Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 53 | |
10 | Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 58 | |
11 | David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 61 | |
12 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | 63 | |
13 | David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 66 | |
14 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-NGC | 74 | |
15 | Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 74 | |
16 | Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 79 | |
17 | David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 79 | |
18 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 93 | |
19 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 93 | |
20 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 94 | |
21 | Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 102 | |
22 | Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 104 | |
23 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | 105 | |
24 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis | 111 | |
25 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step | 112 | |
26 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 112 | |
27 | Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 115 | |
28 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia | 116 | |
29 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 122 | |
30 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | 123 | |
31 | Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis | 123 | |
32 | Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis | 123 | |
33 | Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux | 126 | |
34 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 127 | |
35 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 128 | |
36 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank | 130 | |
37 | Christian Knees (Ger) Milram | 131 | |
38 | Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank | 132 | |
39 | Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 132 | |
40 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 132 | |
41 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 136 | |
42 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil | 136 | |
43 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis | 137 | |
44 | Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis | 140 | |
45 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Slipstream | 140 | |
46 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 142 | |
47 | Françis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 143 | |
48 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana | 144 | |
49 | Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 149 | |
50 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 150 | |
51 | Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 160 | |
52 | Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 161 | |
53 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 163 | |
54 | William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 183 | |
55 | Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 195 | |
56 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | 196 | |
57 | Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur | 198 | |
58 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 205 | |
59 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 213 | |
60 | Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 219 | |
61 | Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram | 232 | |
62 | Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 232 | |
63 | Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 244 | |
64 | Paul Voss (Ger) Milram | 247 | |
65 | Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 248 | |
66 | Martin Velits (Svk) Milram | 258 | |
67 | Matthé Pronk (Ned) Vacansoleil | 266 | |
68 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil | 272 | |
69 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) Columbia-HTC | 274 | |
70 | José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 301 | |
71 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis | 306 |
1 | Xacobeo Galicia | 261:57:19 |
2 | Caisse D'Epargne | 0:23:43 |
3 | Astana | 0:31:39 |
4 | Cofidis, le credit en ligne | 0:39:37 |
5 | Fuji - Servetto | 0:52:23 |
6 | Rabobank | 0:57:35 |
7 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:04:40 |
8 | Silence - Lotto | 1:07:04 |
9 | Cervelo Test Team | 1:19:27 |
10 | Liquigas | 1:34:05 |
11 | Française Des Jeux | 1:42:50 |
12 | AG2R - La Mondiale | 2:00:05 |
13 | Team Saxo Bank | 2:40:52 |
14 | Contentpolis - Ampo | 2:44:26 |
15 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 2:47:01 |
16 | Lampre - N.G.C | 2:53:20 |
17 | Garmin - Slipstream | 3:06:47 |
18 | Andalucía - Cajasur | 3:09:09 |
19 | Quick Step | 3:44:40 |
20 | Team Milram | 3:45:36 |
21 | BBOX Bouygues Telecom | 5:01:08 |
22 | Team Columbia - HTC | 6:32:35 |

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