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46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - PT
Spain, April 3-8, 2006
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Stage 2 - April 4: Irún - Segura, 155 Km
Sanchez takes command
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In the difficult second stage of the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, local rider Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) did the double and won both the stage and the leader's jersey. Sanchez beat Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) and (at a two second gap) race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) in a 17 rider sprint. The time gap between second and third and the lack of bonuses meant that Sanchez, Contador and Valverde are also the top three on GC.
How it unfolded
Stage 2 was run over a very lumpy 155 km course between Irún and Segura, with 12 categorised climbs of varying difficulty. he stage started shortly after 1 pm with 175 riders enjoying the warm, 24 degree conditions. The climbing began almost immediately, with the Cat. 3 Alto de Gurutze coming after just 6 km. Unai Etxebarria was first over to bolster his lead in the mountains classification, with Remmert Wielinga (Quick.Step) and Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros) next. The attacking began and after 24 km, Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) decided to abandon.
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After approximately 35 km, a group of six riders got a gap: Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole), Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues), Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel), Jose Luis Arrieta and Hubert Dupont (AG2R), and Israel Nuñez (Kaiku). The group built up a lead of 1'10 after 41 km, and continued to press their advantage over the Alto de Leaburu, where Nuñez was first ahead of Isasi and Dupont. Caisse d'Epargne was setting tempo in the peloton, and the first hour was covered at 42.4 km/h.
After 58 km, the six had 3'49 over the bunch as they continued to tackle the cat. 2 and cat. 3 climbs that marked this stage. On the steep Alto de Lazkomendi (Cat. 2, km 79), Kaggestad couldn't follow any more and the Norwegian was forced to ride solo off the back of the other five. Dupont was first over the top, ahead of Nuñez and Arrieta.
The second hour saw 38 km covered as the gap hovered just above the three minute mark. Juan José Oroz (Kaiku) became the first Basque rider to abandon after 70 km, then Addy Engels (Quick.Step) after 82 km and Oliver Zaugg (Saunier Duval) at km 95. Kaggestad was absorbed back into the peloton at the top of the Alto de Liernia (km 94), where the rest of the break was still 3'06 in front.
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The Alto de Minas saw the pace pick up a little behind the break, and the gap start to come down. At the summit of the of the cat. 2 climb, it was down to 2'22. Dupont was again first, and had been collected a lot of the points. Over the Alto de Liernia again, and Le Boulanger was dropped from the break, leaving four in front. on the tough Alto de Aztiria (km 124), Caisse d'Epargne put the pressure on and cut the gap back to 1'13, before Saunier Duval's Angel Gomez Marchante tried a solo counter attack, passing the breakaway and crossing the summit first. He gained a maximum lead of half a minute before he was recaptured at km 136.
Saunier Duval tried again to break the rhythm of Caisse d'Epargne in the Alto de Gabiria, but it was Xavier Tondo (Relax-Gam) to the top first ahead of Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier) and Igor Anton (Euskaltel). Then it was onto the final climb of the day, the Alto de Minas (km 148), where the attacks increased in intensity. Bertagnolli (Cofidis), Osa and Contador (Liberty) managed to gain an advantage over the Saunier Duval led favourites' group, with 17 seconds at the top. But it wasn't to last, and they were neutralised.
On the run into the finish, Contador and Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) got a small gap over the rest of the survivors, holding it to the end where Sanchez was faster than Contador. Valverde won the sprint for third at 2 seconds, but it wasn't enough to keep the lead.
Tomorrow's third stage is between Segura and Lerín over 170 km, and despite a cat. 1 climb near the start, it should be suitable for the sprinters.
Photography
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- Samuel Sanchez (Euskatel-Euskadi) wins stage 2 into Segura
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) takes on fluids during stage 2
- The first group pass through the Basque spring countryside - looking every bit the oil painting!
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskatel-Euskadi) grabbed a good win in stage 2
- Ruben Lobato (l) and Angel Gomez Marchante ride together during stage 2
- Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) takes a drink during the warm stage
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) grabs a bag of goodies during the stage
Results
1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.10.55 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.02 4 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 11 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 0.07 17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.09 18 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.27 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.11 20 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 23 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 25 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 28 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 29 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 30 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 34 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.32 39 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.41 40 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.00 41 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.01 42 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.14 48 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.09 49 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 3.16 50 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.22 51 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.28 52 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.52 53 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 54 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 55 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 56 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.12 57 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.37 58 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 59 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 60 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 61 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 62 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 63 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.41 64 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 10.45 65 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.00 66 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 67 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 70 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 76 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 82 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 85 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 87 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 88 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 89 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 92 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 95 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 96 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 97 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 99 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 100 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 101 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam 103 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 104 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 105 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 106 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 108 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 110 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 111 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 112 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 11.08 113 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 11.13 114 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 115 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 116 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 117 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 118 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 119 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 120 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 121 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.26 122 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.49 123 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 124 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 125 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 16.45 126 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 127 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 128 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 129 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 130 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 131 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 132 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 135 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 137 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 138 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 139 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.19 140 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 141 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 142 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 144 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 145 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 146 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 147 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 148 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 150 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 151 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 152 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 153 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 154 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 155 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 156 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 157 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 158 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 159 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 160 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 161 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 162 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 163 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 165 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 166 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 167 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 168 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 21.30 169 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 23.16 170 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital Points 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 4 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 10 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 6 11 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 12 M. 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Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains Alto de Gurutze - Cat. 3, km 6 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Alto de Leaburu - Cat. 3, km 50 1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 3 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Alto Altzo - Cat. 3, km 55 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 2 3 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Alto de Albatzisketa - Cat. 2, km 67 1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 4 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2 4 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Alto de Lazkaomendi - Cat. 2, km 79 1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 4 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2 4 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Alto de Olaberria - Cat. 3, km 84 1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2 3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 1 Alto de Liernia - Cat. 3, km 94 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 1 Alto Cruce de Minas - Cat. 2, km 105 1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 4 3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 2 4 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Alto de Liernia - Cat. 3, km 111 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 1 Alto de Aztiria - Cat. 1, km 124 1 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 pts 2 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 8 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 Alto de Gabiria - Cat. 2, km 121 1 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 6 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 2 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Alto de Minas - Cat. 2, km 148 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Metas volantes Alegia, km 58 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 1 Segura, km 116 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 2 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Legazpi, km 128 1 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 12.33.58 2 T- Mobile Team 0.07 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.09 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09 5 Lampre - Fondital 1.11 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.01 8 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 4.28 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.52 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 6.51 11 Kaiku 8.51 12 Gerolsteiner 11.00 13 Credit Agricole 12.09 14 Davitamon - Lotto 13.17 15 Team Milram 13.19 16 Relax Fuenlabrada 13.36 17 Rabobank 14.41 18 AG2R Prevoyance 14.57 19 Team CSC 15.26 20 Bouygues Telecom 21.58 21 Liquigas 22 Francaise Des Jeux 22.48 General classification after stage 2 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.33.22 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.02 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 M. 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Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 12 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 0.07 17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.09 18 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.27 19 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.11 20 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 23 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 25 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 28 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 32 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.00 34 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.01 35 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 37 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.38 39 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 3.10 40 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 3.16 41 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.28 42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.50 43 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 44 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 45 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.40 47 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 48 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4.52 49 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 50 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.53 51 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.37 52 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.48 53 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.01 54 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 55 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.31 56 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.16 57 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 58 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 59 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 60 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.24 61 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.41 62 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 11.00 63 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 64 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11.13 65 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 66 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 67 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 68 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.35 69 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.37 70 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 11.57 71 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.33 72 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 13.39 73 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 74 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 76 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 79 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 82 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 83 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 87 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 88 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 89 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 90 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 92 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 93 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 13.47 94 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.52 95 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 16.45 96 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.01 97 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 100 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 101 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam 102 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 103 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 104 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17.14 105 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 106 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 17.57 107 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.28 108 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.24 109 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 111 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 112 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 114 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 21.11 115 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.26 116 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 117 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 118 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 119 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 120 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 121 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 124 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21.39 125 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 21.58 126 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 128 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 129 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22.46 130 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 131 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.52 132 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24.08 133 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 134 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 136 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.20 137 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 138 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 139 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 140 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 142 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 143 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.02 144 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 26.15 145 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 27.11 146 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 149 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 28.57 150 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 29.04 151 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29.45 152 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 153 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 154 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 155 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 156 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 157 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 158 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 159 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 160 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.53 161 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.27 162 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 165 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 166 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 167 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 168 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 36.24 169 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 170 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 42.20 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 41 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 20 7 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10 12 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 14 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 8 15 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 6 16 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 6 17 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 19 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 20 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 21 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains classification 1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 27 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 3 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 19 5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 18 6 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 18 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 8 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 9 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 10 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 10 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 12 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 17 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 19 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 20 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 2 21 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 22 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 1 23 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 24 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 25 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 6 3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 5 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 3 6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 7 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 8 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 10 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 22.41.19 2 T- Mobile Team 0.07 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.09 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09 5 Lampre - Fondital 1.11 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.01 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.50 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.52 9 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 10 Kaiku 11.30 11 Gerolsteiner 13.39 12 Rabobank 14.41 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 14.48 14 Davitamon - Lotto 15.56 15 Credit Agricole 17.27 16 Team Milram 17.36 17 AG2R Prevoyance 18.33 18 Relax Fuenlabrada 18.54 19 Team CSC 20.44 20 Liquigas 21.58 21 Bouygues Telecom 27.16 22 Francaise Des Jeux 30.45
