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88th Volta a Catalunya - ProT

Spain, May 19-25, 2008

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Stage 2 - May 21: Banyoles - La Seu d'Urgell, 191.9km

Dessel solos to queen stage win

Frenchman seizes race lead on crash-marred stage

Frenchman Cyril Dessel claimed the 'queen' stage of the Volta a Catalunya in a spectacular solo bid which also earned him the overall race lead. On the 191.9 kilometre mountainous journey from Banyoles to La Seu d'Urgell, the 33-year-old climber from the AG2R-La Mondiale made a select group of contenders from a peloton shattered by the hors categorie Alt de Pedraforca and the short, steep ramp of the Alt de Josa del Cadí. He then used the final descent from to launch his race-winning move after the two remaining riders of the day's breakaway crashed.

"For my part, I wasn't feeling too bad, a bit lukewarm, but was keeping an eye on the action in the peloton," Dessel explained of his finale. "When we approached the two leading men there were a lot of attacks including that of Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R) and the Colombian [Rigoberto] Uran [Caisse d'Epargne]. Behind, on the descent, things exploded a bit. I knew I can descend well and I decided to attack.

"I caught Uran, who couldn't hold my wheel. I then descended rapidly, taking risks to try to widen the gap. I held the advantage, and was then able to make an effort without taking risks in the last kilometers. I finished with courage and with cramps," he continued. "This victory rewards a beautiful day for the team. And for me to win a mountain stage, alone, and a ProTour event, it's beautiful and it is essential for confidence.

With the race's toughest stage out of the way, the wearer of the yellow jersey for one day in the 2006 Tour de France now has a strong prospect to win the overall classification. "Nothing is won; some very hilly stages remain, but I have confidence in the team and it will be up to me to have the legs to win," Dessel concluded.

The victory concluded a day of strong riding by the AG2R La Mondiale team, whose director Julien Jurdie was pleased. "It is foremost the satisfaction of winning in a ProTour race. But it is also the satisfaction of seeing the group work well and turn up the volume," said Jurdie. The team had Christophe Riblon in the early breakaway, and when that move came back had Efimkin to counter before Dessel descended his way to the win. "The team has never really been put in difficulty. Now, the goal is to defend the jersey," Jurdie explained. "We can be optimistic even though we know we'll face a tough battle. It would be nice to win, no Frenchman has managed to prevail in Catalonia for over 10 years."

A breakaway of Christophe Moreau (Agritubel), Christophe Riblon (AG2r), Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom), Alexandre Botcharov (Caisse d'Epargne) Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Francisco Jose Martinez (Andalucia-Caja Sur) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) gained a maximum of 6'30" on the peloton, but on the final climb only Riblon and Botcharov remained in the lead.

The pair held a 2'50" lead on a much reduced peloton, but a crash on a gravel-strewn turn took both of them down on a technical descent. As the chasing group closed in, Efimkin launched his attack and was followed by Uran, but neither could match the descending prowess of Dessel, who attacked and was able to build up a 34 second lead on a chasing group of five riders by the line: Remi Pauriol (Credit Agricole), Janez Brajkovic (Astana), Josep Jufré (Saunier Duval), Rigoberto Uran (Caisse d'Epargne) and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) and take over the general classification by 18 seconds over Pauriol.

Results

1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             5.10.30 (37.082 km/h)
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                       0.34
3 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
4 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.58
8 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux
11 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
15 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
16 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia
17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel
18 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
19 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
20 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
21 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana
22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                              1.01
23 Chris Horner (USA) Astana
24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                           1.05
25 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.51
26 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto
27 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
28 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               2.13
29 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
30 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
31 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
32 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana
33 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
34 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia
35 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
36 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
37 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas
38 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia
39 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
40 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
41 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step
42 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
43 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road
44 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
45 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step
46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto
47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
48 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
49 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
50 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
51 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
52 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
54 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux
55 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux
56 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     3.04
57 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre
59 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
60 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
61 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
62 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
63 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                4.25
64 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           4.43
65 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step
66 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
67 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              5.38
69 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                      6.29
70 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana
71 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
72 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                              7.27
73 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia
74 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
77 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              11.32
78 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel
79 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
80 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
81 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre
82 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
83 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
84 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram
85 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
86 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto
87 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                        13.53
88 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
89 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
90 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
91 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
92 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto
93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
95 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
96 Blake Caldwell (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
97 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
98 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
99 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
100 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank
101 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                  18.01
102 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas
103 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
104 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana
105 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
106 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step
107 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
108 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
109 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
110 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 24.57
111 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road
112 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
113 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
114 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road
115 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
116 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road
117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
118 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
119 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas
120 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner
121 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
122 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
123 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC
124 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner
125 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre
126 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre
128 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre
129 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre
130 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step
131 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
132 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
133 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team High Road
134 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
135 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
136 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
137 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
138 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
139 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott
140 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
141 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott
142 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto
144 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road
145 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank
146 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
147 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
148 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
149 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto
150 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
151 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
152 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
153 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  33.00
154 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
155 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                33.03
156 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
157 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram
158 Rabuñal Gonzalo (Spa) Karpin Galicia
159 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram
160 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel
161 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner
162 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
163 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner
164 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Karpin Galicia
 
Points
 
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  25 pts
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                         20
3 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   16
4 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          14
5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                12
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     10
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        9
8 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               8
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                               7
10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             6
11 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    5
12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     4
13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   3
14 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   2
15 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       1
 
Mountains
 
Alt De Coubet, cat 1 - 44.6km
1 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              16 pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                    12
3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             10
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              8
5 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               6
6 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          4
7 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       3
8 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                          2
9 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                    1
 
Alt De Castellar De N'hug, cat 1 - 90.7km
1 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              16 pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                    12
3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              10
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              8
5 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          6
6 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              4
7 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       3
8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          2
9 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1
 
Alt Dedraforca, cat HC - 123.6km
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                    30 pts
2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             25
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             20
4 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              16
5 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         12
6 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              10
7 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              8
8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               6
9 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    4
10 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   3
11 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                          2
12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       1
 
Alt De La Josa Del Cadi, cat 2 - 139.3km
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                    10 pts
2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              7
3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5
4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             3
5 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           2
6 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                    1
 
Sprints
 
Olot La Garrotxa - 29.8km
1 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               3 pts
2 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1
 
Gombren - 77.7km
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              3 pts
2 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               2
3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              1
 
Teams
 
1 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                               15.33.26
2 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                0.34
3 Astana
4 Française Des Jeux                                                 2.13
5 Silence-Lotto                                                      3.13
6 Karpin Galicia                                                     3.28
7 Team CSC
8 Bouygues Telecom
9 Credit Agricole                                                    3.55
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               4.01
11 Quick Step                                                        4.43
12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                  8.04
13 Andalucia - Cajasur                                               9.33
14 Rabobank                                                          9.57
15 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 11.08
16 Agritubel                                                        12.47
17 Gerolsteiner                                                     16.01
18 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                             17.14
19 Liquigas                                                         24.47
20 Team High Road                                                   26.15
21 Lampre                                                           37.37
22 Team Milram                                                      59.30
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             9.23.03
2 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 0.18
3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.25
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                       0.26
5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                              0.29
6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        0.30
7 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          0.44
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.47
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road
10 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
11 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 0.49
12 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
13 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                0.50
14 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  0.55
15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                0.57
16 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
17 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                         0.58
18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           1.00
19 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                           1.02
21 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.07
22 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                      1.10
23 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                           1.15
24 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                       1.18
25 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          1.41
26 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.44
27 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            1.56
28 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                              1.58
29 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     2.03
30 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              2.04
31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2.05
32 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
33 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia
34 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                     2.08
35 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30          2.09
36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
37 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                  2.11
38 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
39 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      2.12
40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                 2.13
41 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step
42 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
43 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   2.14
44 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               2.16
45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   2.18
46 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto
49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             2.22
50 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                            2.24
51 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                          2.33
52 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2.34
53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
54 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                         2.45
55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                           2.58
56 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                        3.03
57 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 3.04
58 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
59 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     3.16
60 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             3.17
61 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30            3.21
62 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                4.21
63 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         4.35
64 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                  4.37
65 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                         4.41
66 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           4.55
67 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            5.20
68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              5.51
69 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                       6.22
70 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                      6.23
71 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6.42
72 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   7.23
73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                              7.27
74 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     7.34
75 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     7.47
76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     8.40
77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         11.16
78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   11.23
79 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     11.25
80 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                  11.29
81 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          11.30
82 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              11.41
83 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   11.43
84 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                                11.44
85 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         11.48
86 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                  11.54
87 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              13.39
88 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                               13.45
89 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        13.46
90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
91 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30    13.48
92 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              13.50
93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            14.06
94 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                        14.08
95 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                 14.10
96 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30            14.11
97 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            14.15
98 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       14.34
99 Blake Caldwell (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30        14.39
100 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                         15.15
101 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    17.54
102 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas
103 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                              17.55
104 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                     17.58
105 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           18.07
106 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                   18.11
107 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30      18.16
108 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                  18.30
109 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              18.48
110 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              24.26
111 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                               24.45
112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road
113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 24.50
114 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                        24.53
115 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott
116 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           24.54
117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
118 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                  24.55
119 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              24.56
120 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
121 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  24.57
122 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           24.59
123 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur        25.00
124 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
125 Thomas Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30     25.01
126 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 25.02
127 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre
128 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                25.04
129 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team High Road                             25.06
130 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road                                25.08
131 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road                              25.09
132 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               25.10
133 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                 25.11
134 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank
135 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              25.12
136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
137 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  25.15
138 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  25.21
139 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                25.23
140 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 25.34
141 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
142 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                 25.35
143 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           25.36
144 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                   25.50
145 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             25.57
146 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur         26.02
147 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                        26.08
148 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott
149 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        26.09
150 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                     26.27
151 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                             26.38
152 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                26.44
153 Rabuñal Gonzalo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            32.55
154 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  32.56
155 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                      32.59
156 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                    33.03
157 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                  33.07
158 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                33.21
159 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                              33.43
160 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                34.04
161 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          34.11
162 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                              34.15
163 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                34.19
164 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          37.53
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   50 pts
2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               26
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  25
4 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   25
5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                         20
6 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                 20
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                                  20
8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                    17
9 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  16
10 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         14
11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      14
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                14
13 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     14
14 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                               12
15 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  12
16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  12
17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                    11
18 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    10
19 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                      10
20 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
21 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                            8
22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                              7
23 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                     7
24 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       6
25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             6
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                    64 pts
2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             46
3 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              42
4 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              37
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             36
6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             33
7 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                              30
8 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         22
9 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   15
10 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                       14
11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            7
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                         6 pts
2 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               5
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              4
4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              3
5 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    3
6 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              1
 
Local riders classification
 
1 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
2 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel
3 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
4 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
 
Teams classification
 
1 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                               28.10.55
2 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                0.25
3 Astana                                                             0.26
4 Française Des Jeux                                                 2.06
5 Karpin Galicia                                                     3.08
6 Bouygues Telecom                                                   3.15
7 Silence-Lotto                                                      3.20
8 Credit Agricole                                                    3.23
9 Team CSC                                                           3.24
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               3.46
11 Quick Step                                                        4.39
12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                  7.58
13 Rabobank                                                          9.48
14 Andalucia - Cajasur
15 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 10.46
16 Agritubel                                                        12.52
17 Gerolsteiner                                                     15.58
18 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                             17.13
19 Liquigas                                                         24.37
20 Team High Road                                                   25.48
21 Lampre                                                           37.39
22 Team Milram                                                      59.21

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