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09.09.2007/ Italian rider Leonardo Piepoli won todays 9th stage of the Vuelta Espana. Rabobank's Denis Menchov came in second and took over the overall lead from Stijn Devolder.

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Pieploi took the stage, Menchov the golden jersey... (picture: © Unipublic)

Picture gallery: Vuelta Espana ,stage 9, Huesca - Estación de esquí Cerler (2 pages)

The ninth stage, which started in Huesca and finished at the summit of Cerler, has served to confirm that Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) wasn’t going to be able to hold up in the high mountains. The Belgian rider fell back on the first sustained climbs of a peak which also took a big toll on Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne). The process of natural selection arrived a little over six kilometres from the finish line, when two pairs of riders formed in the lead: Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval). A few meters behind them were Carlos Sastre (CSC) and the Galician rider Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia), who finally wound up losing 16 seconds. Other favourites, such as Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) and Samuel Sánchez (Euskatel), crossed the finish line a little over one minute back.

In the stage on Sunday afternoon, the Rabo's and the Discovery Channel team controlled a thirteen-men escape. Rabobank riders Pedro Horrillo and Theo Eltink worked hard for their captain. But Menchov's key dometique was Mauricio Ardila.  Ardila was riding in the front ranks for a long time on the final climb, and he indicated that De Volder was experiencing difficulties. After the first steep kilometer, teammates from Carlos Sastre, who lot of time during yesterdays time trial, picked up the pace. The result was that De Volder, who was riding in the wheels of his favorites, immediately had to give up his position. The Belgian saw his competitor again at the finish a little later, after he had covered the final eleven kilometers five minutes slower than Piepoli and Menchov.

The duo was part of an elite group which had already been formed after one kilometer of climbing. An acceleration, first by Menchov and later on by Piepoli, forced the favorites to give up their position in the front. The Russian and the Italian established a good co-operation during the remaining five kilometers. Both riders were then rewarded at the finish. A stage victory for veteran Piepoli (36) and the leader’s jersey for Menchov. The Rabo team hopes that Menchov can at least consolidate this in the king stage on Monday. "A lot will depend on the strength of our team," acknowledged Rabobank sports director Adri Van Houwelingen. "Are we strong enough to control the race? That is what we are going to see right now. The danger comes from the second line. We need to be on the alert for that."

Menchov did not sprint against Piepoli and it looked like they made a deal. Piepoli said: "An agreement with Menchov? It’s more a question of logic. Menchov wants to win the Vuelta and at this stage of the race it’s better for Denis to be making friends than enemies. In addition, we happen to be friends." Piepoli was very emphatic as well: "The overall? I’m very old to be getting mixed up in the fight for the overall. The thing for me has to be winning stages. That’s what I’ve done in the last few years and it’s gone pretty well for me. For example, I was able to win at Cerler and that's very important. So I prefer to keep on with that way of racing."

Denis Menchov was happy with his golden jersey: "I couldn’t ask anything more of the stage. To say you enjoy a climb like Cerler, well, you never enjoy it, but yes, I felt very good. I earned the gold jersey and above all the way the race shapes up from now on is very favourable for my chances. For that reason, I can't say more."  Menchov also added: "I have the confidence of knowing my team is strong as well. That also makes me much calmer about the rest of the Vuelta, although in reality I think that it’s also important to say this and be sure that we’re all thinking about it: There is still a lot of racing ahead."

"We've definitely managed to make up for the disappointing time trial yesterday and it did wonders for the morale. The team worked hard to deliver Carlos perfectly for the finale. He just needed that little bit extra to win, but he did show that he's still in the running for a top spot. A lot can happen yet and tomorrow's stage is another tough one, where hopefully we'll get the chance to advance some more," said CSC sports director Kim Andersen after the stage.

Results

Stage 9

1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 4.28.21
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        
3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    0.17
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
5 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  0.51
6 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  1.03
7 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             
10 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                
12 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             1.28
13 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              1.44
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            
15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
16 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                            2.04
17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             
18 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                
19 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       2.08
20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  3.17
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
23 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
24 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    
25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
26 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                
27 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                             
28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          3.25
29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
30 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
32 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       3.50
33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             4.03
34 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                          
35 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               4.11
36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
37 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                        
38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        4.24
39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                          
40 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                 4.43
41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      4.58
42 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
43 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        
44 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        5.06
45 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 5.49
46 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  
47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
48 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
49 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             6.39
50 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
51 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
52 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                               
53 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   
54 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               
55 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
56 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        
57 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            
58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                            8.58
59 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
60 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                               
61 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
62 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    
63 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
64 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
65 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
66 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
67 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
68 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
70 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
71 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
72 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
73 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        
74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                   
75 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   
76 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                
77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
78 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  
79 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           
80 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                               
81 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
82 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
83 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
84 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    10.13
85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          11.19
86 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       11.53
87 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
89 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       
90 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
91 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
92 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
93 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      
94 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      
95 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       
96 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
97 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                            
98 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                               
99 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       
100 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                               
101 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              
102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     14.53
103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
104 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                  
105 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
106 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                              
107 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
108 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
109 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
110 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         
111 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
113 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
114 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               
115 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                           
116 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
117 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
118 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                           
119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                   
120 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                     
121 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                       
122 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
123 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             
124 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      
125 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      
126 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
127 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                
128 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     
129 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
130 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             
131 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   
132 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
133 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                
134 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                   
135 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
136 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    
137 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
138 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
139 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
140 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   
141 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
142 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                              
143 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           
144 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 
145 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
146 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
147 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
148 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                          
149 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
150 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
151 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
152 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
153 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           
154 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                
155 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
156 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 
157 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
158 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
159 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           
160 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           
161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                
162 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                              
163 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
164 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
165 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                           16.05
166 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
167 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        
168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
169 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                            16.07
170 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                18.55
171 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                 21.08
172 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                
173 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
174 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
175 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         21.10

DNF Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                            
DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
                                  
DNF Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir

General Classification after stage 9
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                 33.54.46
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          2.01
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                              2.27
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     3.02
5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    4.02
6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          4.28
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         4.42
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          4.58
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           5.07
10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     5.19
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        5.55
12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                   5.56
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   6.06
14 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            7.51
15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  8.25
16 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             8.58
17 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 9.01
18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          9.03
19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      9.15
20 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             10.07
21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                            10.08
22 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                10.53
23 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      11.22
24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                            12.31
25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 12.38
26 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir        12.40
27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         12.43
28 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  12.53
29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           13.24
30 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    13.47
31 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                         14.13
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      14.26
33 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            14.34
34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       15.15
35 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  15.24
36 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            15.34
37 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                              15.39
38 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       16.12
39 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            16.18
40 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                              16.23
41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                    16.48
42 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               17.38
43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                18.13
44 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                               19.43
45 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                           19.50
46 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           20.43
47 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            21.07
48 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           21.15
49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                               21.50
50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                        22.11
51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                           22.27
52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      22.39
53 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                23.11
54 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         24.32
55 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       24.39
56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                               
57 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                       24.54
58 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         25.08
59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            25.36
60 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              25.46
61 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        25.51
62 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                26.14
63 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         26.16
64 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      27.08
65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                27.37
66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                 27.46
67 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    28.10
68 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             28.46
69 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                29.05
70 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     29.48
71 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    29.56
72 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        30.26
73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                              30.57
74 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   31.37
75 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       31.52
76 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                
77 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                           32.09
78 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                               32.11
79 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    32.35
80 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   33.16
81 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              34.00
82 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                           34.36
83 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   35.00
84 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                           35.19
85 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           35.24
86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                     35.30
87 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            35.32
88 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          35.33
89 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                       35.41
90 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       35.44
91 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               35.49
92 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      36.31
93 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                36.53
94 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 37.59
95 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                        38.23
96 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            38.31
97 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                38.38
98 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         38.39
99 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        39.00
100 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             39.41
101 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                               39.57
102 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    40.07
103 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                             40.09
104 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     40.59
105 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                     41.10
106 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        41.27
107 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            41.45
108 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       41.56
109 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                 42.40
110 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                          43.14
111 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      43.31
112 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                   43.50
113 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     43.55
114 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                          44.03
115 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  44.25
116 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                       44.28
117 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      44.29
118 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               44.35
119 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                              44.43
120 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                       45.02
121 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        45.04
122 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                   45.38
123 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   46.31
124 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         46.42
125 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                    47.41
126 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                 48.17
127 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     48.54
128 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  48.55
129 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          49.24
130 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        49.33
131 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           50.34
132 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                           52.33
133 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         53.06
134 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         53.13
135 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   53.36
136 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            53.49
137 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                            54.23
138 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                               54.27
139 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    55.03
140 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             55.27
141 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             55.41
142 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                55.47
143 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     56.08
144 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 56.44
145 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                       57.14
146 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               57.19
147 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                         57.57
148 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                               57.58
149 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                          58.11
150 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                            58.12
151 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              58.43
152 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        59.04
153 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                59.09
154 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                           59.19
155 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                       59.57
156 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                   1.00.00
157 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur           1.00.04
158 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             1.00.30
159 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                          1.00.35
160 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.00.59
161 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        1.01.41
162 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                     1.01.54
163 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.02.43
164 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                            1.03.56
165 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                         1.06.35
166 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  1.07.11
167 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia               1.07.47
168 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                1.10.35
169 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                    1.13.30
170 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          1.15.27
171 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                        1.17.11
172 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.18.02
173 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       1.19.04
174 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur               1.19.09
175 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       1.19.38

Points Classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 115 points
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         77
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       59
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       51
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               50
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            47
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      45
8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          43
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          37
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            34
11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           32
12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           32
13 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                 32
14 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  28
15 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             28
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               27
17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                26
18 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             26
19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           26
20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      24
21 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   24
22 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     23
23 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               21
24 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                              20
25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   18
26 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           18
27 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           17
28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 16
29 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   16
30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          15
31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            14
32 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          14
33 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          13
34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              13
35 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 13
36 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               13
37 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               12
38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   12
39 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                           11
40 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    10
41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 10
42 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      9
43 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           9
44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                       9
45 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               9
46 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                            8
47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          8
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      8
49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   8
50 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  8
51 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      7
52 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 7
53 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                               7
54 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    6
55 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    6
56 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    6
57 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            6
58 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                6
59 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                            6
60 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               6
61 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             5
62 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             5
63 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                5
64 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 5
65 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             4
66 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       4
67 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       4
68 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         4
69 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      4
70 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            3
71 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   3
72 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      2
73 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     2
74 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             2
75 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2
76 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        2
77 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    2
78 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         2
79 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        1
80 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               1
81 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1
82 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    1
83 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    1
84 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1
85 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           1
86 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              1
87 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1
88 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                   1


 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      67 points
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      59
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       41
4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            34
5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    29
6 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       26
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       26
8 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         24
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      24
10 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           23
11 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   21
12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                            20
13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           20
14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   15
15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                12
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            12
17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   12
18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               10
19 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    10
20 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     8
21 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                8
22 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             8
23 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            8
24 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 8
25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  7
26 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         7
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        6
28 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             6
29 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      6
30 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           6
31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           6
32 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 6
33 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              6
34 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6
35 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            6
36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                5
37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   5
38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    5
39 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                4
40 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           4
41 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      3
42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             3
43 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                3
44 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                     3
45 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                        3
46 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            2
47 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  2
48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    2
49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    2
50 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                               2
51 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        2
52 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1
53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      1
54 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               1
55 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               1
56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                            1
57 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     1
 
Combination Classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        8 points
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            17
3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      22
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       31
5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            31
6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      36
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                37
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             56
9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    60
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          70
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          72
12 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               74
13 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    75
14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   77
15 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                     95
16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        95
17 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                 97
18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               100
19 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               104
20 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          106
21 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         110
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          111
23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      116
24 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           122
25 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              123
26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              125
27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                126
28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 135
29 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    136
30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                     146
31 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    152
32 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  156
33 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  163
34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  179
35 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                          182
36 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                  186
37 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   186
38 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           202
39 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           210
40 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    219
41 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          234
42 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        236
43 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       270
44 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    272

 
Team Classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                            101.56.18
2 Team CSC                                                         8.14
3 Predictor-Lotto                                                  9.16
4 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                9.42
5 Liquigas                                                        11.15
6 AG2r Prévoyance                                                 12.48
7 Rabobank                                                        13.31
8 Karpin Galicia                                                  15.00
9 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 18.29
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                           18.46
11 Quickstep-Innergetic                                           21.30
12 Discovery Channel                                              22.28
13 Gerolsteiner                                                   30.25
14 Relax-Gam                                                      33.58
15 Andalucia-Cayasur                                              39.37
16 Française des Jeux                                             43.41
17 Crédit Agricole                                                44.10
18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                  45.48
19 Lampre-Fondital                                                57.52
20 Bouygues Telecom                                             1.14.02
21 Team Milram                                                  1.36.28

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