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Vuelta Espana: Efimkin conquers Covadonga and takes over general lead

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04.09.2007/ Caisse d'Epargne's Vladimir Efimkin conquered the summit of Los Lagos de Covadonga and is the new overall leader of the Vuelta.

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Efimkin conquered Lagos de Covadonga (picture: © Unipublic)

Picture gallery: Vuelta Espana ,stage 4, Langreo - Lagos de Covadonga (3 pages)

The Russian rider was the only survivor of a breakaway group of almost 40 riders, who began the uphill climb to the Asturian peak with a lead of just over two minutes and held on to cross the finish line with a 1.06 minute advantage over a chasing group with Carlos Sastre (CSC), Stijn  Devolder (Discovery Channel) and Dennis Menchov (Rabobank).

This stage, the first opportunity for the climbers to show their skills, was marked by that 40-man breakaway which included major riders like Belgian Stijn Devolder. His presence forced Caisse d’Epargne to come from behind in a chase that was taken over by CSC in the final kilometres. The teammates of Carlos Sastre were obviously preparing the race so that the Ávila-born rider could finish off the performance. His attack caught such riders as Gómez Marchante (Saunier Duval) and later Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) short. Only Menchov and, to a lesser extent, Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) were able to follow Sastre, not to mention Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) who had his sights set on winning the stage.

Nevertheless, Efimkin never flagged and took both the victory and the gold jersey. Piepoli was second and Devolder, who was caught in the last few metres, finished third in a stage which allowed us to see the first notable differences in elapsed times: Evans is fine, but some 20 seconds back and Pereiro and Marchante both gave up almost a full minute. Sastre and Menchov, not to mention Efimkin, look the strongest.

Efimkin gave a rather curious press conference since he began to speak even before the first question was asked: "Before anything else, I want to say this victory is not only my victory, but also of my team and my family. I wouldn’t be here without them. In addition, I want to say I would like it very much if my team would sign my brother Alexander because he’s very talented. He's better than I am and is going to have more success in the future than I will myself." After that opening declaration of principles, the Russian rider was confident about his chances: "Win the Vuelta? I’m not ruling anything out. In the 2005 Tour of Portugal, it looked like I wasn’t going to win and I pulled it off. I have that experience under my belt and the best thing is to take it one day at a time. I’m not going to worry about anything more than to seeing how I feel each day and trying to give everything I have to hold on to the gold jersey, but yes, I would say right now that I’m not ruling it out." In regard to his performance so far in 2007, Efimkin says: "I fractured my collarbone in the Tirreno-Adriático and had to have two operations. I couldn’t come back until the Euskal Bizikleta, but I won a stage there and was the leader in Switzerland. Did I lose it ?  Yes, but now I’m much better prepared and more confident of my chances than I was at the Tour of Switzerland."

Caisse d'Epargne is leading the team classification and has a tactical advantage with Pereiro and Karpets in close distance to raceleader and teammate Efimkin: "The stage came out very well for us. We have Efimkin as the leader and then Karpets and myself in good position. The team responded well and I expect we’ll make a good showing in the Zaragoza time trail and the two Pyrenees stages," Oscar Pereiro explained.

Rabobank's sports director Erik Breukink wanted to put the impact of Efimkins victory into perspective. "Nothing has been decided yet; the differences were small. But, it is a good sign that Denis was one of the better riders today. Whether it is negative that Efimkin won a minute? He is a good cyclist, but he is not one of the favorites. It should not be a problem, although some riders might spring a surprise on you. He is not a good time trial rider though." Breukink was content with the fact that Stijn Devolder was captured during the final phase of the stage. "There were some strong riders in the lead group. You know that many of them will be hunted down in the end, but still."

Breukink also recapitulated on the start of the race. "It was a very odd series of events of course with that lead group of more than thirty men, but fortunately more teams encountered the same problems: being represented, but having no candidate for the victory. It was not very worrisome, because the favorites were all positioned close to each other. Nevertheless, we did have to pull out some stops in order to minimize the lead on the foot of the climb." On the team: "Everyone performed reasonably well. We did some lead work and Denis was kept out of the wind. I am more than satisfied about the first four days."

Results

Stage 4

1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                        4.39.56 (39.67 km/h)
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     1.06
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               1.28
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          1.33
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     1.36
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              1.49
11 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              1.50
12 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           1.54
13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                    1.57
14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 2.18
16 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          2.23
17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2.29
18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             2.30
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      2.32
20 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                              2.49
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          2.57
22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                          3.02
23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             3.05
24 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             3.09
25 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   3.11
26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    3.33
27 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       3.51
29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  4.10
30 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                
31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   4.15
32 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 4.47
33 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             4.58
34 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              5.01
35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           5.03
36 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                5.06
37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             5.10
38 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                           5.11
39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                             5.14
40 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  5.16
41 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      5.29
42 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        5.46
44 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           6.02
45 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              6.08
46 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            6.21
47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
49 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
50 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
51 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             
52 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                        6.24
53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              6.54
54 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   6.56
55 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       7.01
56 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         7.12
57 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                7.21
58 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  7.46
59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                          7.48
60 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
61 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
62 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                      7.52
63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    
64 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  8.11
65 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         8.13
66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                             9.03
67 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      9.07
68 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        9.16
69 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  9.18
70 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       9.20
71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      
72 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               9.22
73 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  9.23
74 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     
76 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
78 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
79 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
80 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
81 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
82 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
83 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            9.28
84 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                              9.52
85 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             
86 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         10.22
87 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           11.18
88 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                     12.38
89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             13.34
90 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
91 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
92 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
93 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
94 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                
95 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           13.37
96 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        
97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                            13.42
98 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     13.50
99 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
100 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                15.08
101 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   15.17
102 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    15.23
103 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  15.53
104 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           17.19
105 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    17.45
106 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur              17.50
107 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       17.59
108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    18.03
109 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
110 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
111 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                               
112 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       
113 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
114 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    
115 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
116 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
117 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
118 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      
119 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   
120 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
121 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                
122 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
123 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    
124 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                      
125 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            
126 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
127 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        
128 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
129 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  
130 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
131 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                
132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
133 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
134 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                           
135 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
136 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                    
137 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
138 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
139 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
140 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
141 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
142 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 
143 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
144 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      
145 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
146 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       
147 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
148 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
149 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                 
150 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                
151 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              
152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                   
153 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
154 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                       
155 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
156 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
157 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                               
158 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               
159 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
160 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                   
161 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
162 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
163 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
164 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
165 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
166 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
167 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
168 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
169 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
170 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
171 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    
172 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
173 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     
174 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
175 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
176 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
177 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     21.35
178 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                             22.00
179 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                         23.34
180 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    24.56
181 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       25.55
182 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  26.44
183 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             28.04
184 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          29.45
185 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                           34.13
186 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     36.24

DNS Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team

General Classification after stage 4
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                       16.02.50
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      1.06
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               1.28
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          1.33
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     1.36
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              1.49
11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           1.54
12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                    1.57
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              2.18
15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    
16 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          2.23
17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2.29
18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             2.30
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      2.32
20 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                              2.49
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          2.57
22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                          3.02
23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             3.05
24 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   3.11
25 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               3.33
26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             3.37
28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       3.51
29 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             4.10
30 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
31 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 4.47
32 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   4.49
33 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             4.58
34 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              5.01
35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           5.03
36 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                5.06
37 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                           5.11
38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                             5.14
39 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  5.16
40 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        5.29
41 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         
42 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        5.46
43 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           6.02
44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             6.14
45 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          6.21
46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           
47 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
48 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
49 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    6.49
50 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                        6.52
51 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   6.56
52 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         7.12
53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
54 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                7.21
55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           7.48
56 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                 7.52
57 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         8.13
58 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              8.16
59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                             
60 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                      8.20
61 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  8.39
62 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  9.10
63 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       9.20
64 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               9.22
65 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              9.23
66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     
68 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   9.38
69 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              9.51
70 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
71 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  9.57
72 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
73 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
74 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       10.05
75 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             10.27
76 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           11.45
77 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           11.52
78 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      12.32
79 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                            12.41
80 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                 12.56
81 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                        13.34
82 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                    13.37
83 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     14.08
84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                            14.16
85 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                 14.38
86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
87 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
88 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                         14.54
89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             14.58
90 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                             15.23
91 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             
92 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         15.53
93 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     15.57
94 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             16.04
95 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                     16.16
96 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                            17.12
97 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        17.28
98 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     17.45
99 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            17.53
100 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              18.03
101 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       
102 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
103 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
104 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
105 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
106 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
107 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
108 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
109 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
110 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                            18.21
111 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
112 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       18.31
113 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    
114 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                           
115 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       18.33
116 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                 18.34
117 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                  18.37
118 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                               
119 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
120 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    
121 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
122 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
123 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 
125 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
126 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                               
127 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         18.52
128 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 19.05
129 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                           19.07
130 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            
131 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
132 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          19.08
133 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          19.34
134 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                19.58
135 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        20.07
136 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       20.11
137 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    20.20
138 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              20.22
139 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                20.39
140 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   20.48
141 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  21.24
142 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                           21.41
143 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
144 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur              23.21
145 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            23.34
146 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                
147 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
148 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   
149 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                       
150 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                 
151 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      
152 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
153 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
154 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
155 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
156 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
157 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
158 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       
159 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
160 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
161 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
162 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     23.43
163 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    24.56
164 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        26.19
165 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              
166 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
167 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                   
168 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
169 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                
170 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        
171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                    
172 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
173 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
174 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                   
175 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                             27.31
176 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                  27.53
177 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        28.22
178 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      29.03
179 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  32.15
180 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       34.11
181 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             36.20
182 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                         36.32
183 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          38.21
184 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     41.55
185 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                           42.29
186 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          48.31

Points Classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   65 points
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          45
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                30
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             27
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  26
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             25
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              22
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        22
9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       20
10 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  20
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                              19
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       17
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                17
14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            16
15 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              16
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          13
17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             12
18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            12
19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       10
20 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             9
21 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           9
22 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             8
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            8
24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    8
25 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            8
26 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       7
27 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       7
28 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   7
29 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 7
30 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     6
31 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     6
32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     6
33 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             6
34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 6
35 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            6
36 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     6
37 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              5
38 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 5
39 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            5
40 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   5
41 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                 5
42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              4
43 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  4
44 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                4
45 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       3
46 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             3
47 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             3
48 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    3
49 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         2
50 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   2
51 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   2
52 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     2
53 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2
54 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      1
55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
56 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1
57 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 1
58 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  1
Mountains Classification
 
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       35 points
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             30
3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       25
4 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     21
5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             20
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        16
7 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     15
8 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          14
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              12
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       10
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 8
12 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   7
13 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         6
14 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              6
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            6
16 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           6
17 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             6
18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    5
19 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 5
20 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       4
21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 4
22 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             4
23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 3
24 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  3
25 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                              2
26 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   2
27 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     2
28 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         2
29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              1
30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                1
31 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1
32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       1
33 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                      1
 
Combination Classification
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              9 points
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       18
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        20
4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             24
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              30
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 31
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        32
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            46
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       56
10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   57
11 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                67
12 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                73
13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             82
14 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  90
15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         91
16 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    96
17 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   138
18 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   146
19 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                           160
20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 174
21 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            178
22 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     203
23 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           227
24 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         230
 
Team Classification
 
1 Caisse D'Epargne                                              48.13.24
2 Liquigas                                                          1.10
3 Team CSC                                                          3.16
4 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                            3.22
5 Predictor - Lotto                                                 3.33
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               3.38
7 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                  3.47
8 AG2R Prevoyance                                                   5.06
9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                6.24
10 Rabobank                                                         7.44
11 Karpin - Galicia                                                11.34
12 Quick Step - Innergetic                                         12.14
13 Relax - GAM                                                     12.20
14 Gerolsteiner                                                    13.36
15 Credit Agricole                                                 14.37
16 T- Mobile Team                                                  18.18
17 Française Des Jeux                                              21.05
18 Lampre - Fondital                                               21.52
19 Andalucía - Cajasur                                             22.17
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                35.28
21 Team Milram                                                     48.15

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