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14.09.2007/ T-Mobile's Andreas Klier won todays 13th stage of the Vuelta Espana. The stage went from Hellin to Torre-Pacheco. Klier outsprinted his breakaway companion Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner).

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Andreas Klier takes stage 13 after a long break... (picture: © Unipublic)

Picture gallery: Vuelta Espana ,stage 13, Hellin - Torre-Pacheco (2 pages)

German rider Andreas Klier (T-Mobile team) won the 13th stage of the Vuelta, a day of racing that started in Hellín (Albacete region) and finished in Torre Pacheco (Murcia). Klier outsprinted Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner) in the final stretch of a day marked by the terrible weather conditions to overcome. The racers witnessed how the rain made the 176 kilometres of the stage a very difficult race. The breakaway of the day was the work of the aforementioned Klier, Stamsnijder and Jeremy Roy (FD Jeux). They rode together up to the final kilometres, Roy was dropped after Klier attacked out of the breakaway group.

Behind them, the main pack lived through a nerve-wracking day, with several spills and an attack by the Caisse d’Epargne team which tried to surprise their rivals with the “abanicos” (fan formation riding). The stage was very exiting in the final kilometres, although ultimately there were no time differences among the favourites. Ezequiel Mosquera had a flat tire and lost 40 seconds, but since it was within the final three kilometres he didn’t lose ground in the overall classification on a day when all the favourites had to spend a lot of energy.

Andreas Klier, winner of the 13th stage of the Vuelta, thought that Jeremy Roy of the Française des Jeux team was going to pose more of a threat than Gerolsteiner's Tom Stamsnijder, in part due to the rivalry between the T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner riders. Klier, who is wearing an amulet around his neck his son gave him to wish him luck in the Vuelta, stated that the victory won't make him forget the "frustrating" season he's endured following a serious crash in which he suffered several fractured bones. Klier also said: "The bad weather didn’t bother me that much, since I personally like days like this. The victory, yes, it does serve to motivate me in looking ahead to next season and especially thinking of the classic spring races. the Tour of Flanders will be my main goal."

Galician rider Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin-Galicia) said the 13th stage of the Vuelta was a horrendous day for him: "It’s one of those days you don’t forget. We had to ride through genuine rivers and avoid a whole lot of spills on a roadway that was more like a skating rink than a road surface to ride on... Then Caisse d’Epargne sprung an attack and caught me in a bad position. When I managed to get in and thought things were calming down, I got a flat tire and it was time to be nervous again. It’s been a crazy day". Ezequiel Mosquera added: "The problem in Murcia is that it hardly ever rains. That’s why it’s very dangerous for the riders on a day when it does rain because the road surface isn't clean and it becomes quite dangerous. When the big spill of the day happened, it was practically impossible to keep riding without falling, but cycling is like that."

According to Rabobank sports director Erik Breukink his team had no trouble to defend Denis Menchov's golden jersey: "There were three riders far behind in the classification who went on the attack, perfect. It was a rather chaotic day because of all the crashes and flat tires. In the finale, while the pack was gradually breaking up into bits, it was not a problem for Denis to maintain his position in the front, mainly because we had been continuously riding in the front ranks. After the split-up, he still had some teammates around him. So, we were not taken by surprise."

"It was heavy weather. Fortunately, it improved a little bit during the finale," was Erik Breukink's observation. The numerous crashes were a logical result of this. "Joost Posthuma fell on the asphalt once, but he was quick to get back on his bike. He was also the only one involved in a crash, so the damage was relatively minimal."

The stage which finished in Torre Pacheco didn’t result in any major upheavals in the overall standings of the Vuelta, although the closeness of the standings is increasingly the dominant note of the great national race. In the battle for the gold jersey, and despite the superior showing that Menchov has shown to this point, you have to remember that the Rabobank rider only has a two-minute edge over Caisse d'Epargne's Vladimir  Efimkin and fewer than three over Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), not to mention Carlos Sastre (CSC). In the fight in the overall points classification, Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) continues as leader, but Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) and his teammate Erik Zabel are increasingly involved in the struggle for this jersey. The duel will most likely not be resolved until Madrid. In the king of the mountains classification, only one point separates Denis Menchov, the leader, from the contender, Serafín Martínez, in second place. Menchov enjoys a much more comfortable lead in the combination classification.

Results
 
Stage 13
 
1 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               4.01.52 (43.8 km/h)
2 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 0.01
3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                0.24
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            4.03
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                 
6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   
7 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                  
8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                       
9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         
13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    
14 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
15 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                  
16 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                 
17 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                        
18 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                               
19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          
20 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         
23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      
26 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
27 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  
28 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       
29 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                  
31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       
32 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
33 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
34 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      
35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
36 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       
37 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  
38 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      
39 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
41 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
42 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  
43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
44 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
45 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
46 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
47 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                        
48 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
49 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
51 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
52 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                             
54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                              
55 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                      
56 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        
57 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              
58 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
59 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
60 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              
61 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
62 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
63 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
64 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
65 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
68 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
69 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              
70 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      
71 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
72 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
73 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
74 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
75 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                  
76 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
77 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                              
78 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
79 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
80 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
81 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 
82 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        
83 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                              4.46
84 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             5.02
85 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  
86 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
87 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                
88 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
89 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            
90 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
91 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
92 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
93 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
94 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
95 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
96 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
97 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                      
98 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        
99 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
100 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                          
101 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
102 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
103 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                
104 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    
105 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              
106 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                            
107 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   
108 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
109 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         
110 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              
111 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
112 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
113 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
114 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
115 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
116 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     
117 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   
118 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
119 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
120 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             
121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                    
122 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  
123 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
124 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                
125 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                        
126 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
127 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   
128 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     
129 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       
130 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     
131 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                         
132 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        
133 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
134 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             
135 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       
136 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
137 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
138 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
139 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
140 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
141 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        
142 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                         
143 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         
144 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
145 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                
146 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       
147 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
148 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
149 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
151 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                     
152 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    
153 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     
154 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                  
155 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
156 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
157 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                               5.17
158 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                   5.20
159 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      5.34
160 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                        5.43
161 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           5.47
162 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
163 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 6.39
164 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          8.54
165 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             10.49
166 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                         11.50

DNS Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             
DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
 
General Classification after stage 13
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   52.14.21
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                      4.35
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           4.42
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            5.49
8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      5.56
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            6.28
10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       6.39
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            7.13
12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              7.58
13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   9.34
14 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               9.39
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          9.44
16 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   11.02
17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           11.40
18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  11.44
19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       12.38
20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   14.15
21 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        15.08
22 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              16.06
23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              16.17
24 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           16.44
25 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               18.05
26 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                18.28
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        19.11
28 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 21.55
29 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                              22.12
30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              22.51
31 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         23.13
32 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             24.05
33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                  24.11
34 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                25.33
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              26.42
36 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      26.54
37 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          27.32
38 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              28.29
39 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    28.43
40 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                             29.58
41 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                         31.15
42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                  31.23
43 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                    
44 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             31.58
45 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 32.08
46 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                      33.01
47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                          33.38
48 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             33.50
49 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                           33.53
50 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           34.05
51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    34.18
52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   35.44
53 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        36.52
54 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         37.25
55 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              37.44
56 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      38.12
57 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           38.24
58 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                40.27
59 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   41.45
60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                             42.20
61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             42.33
62 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         42.35
63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     42.58
64 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              44.08
65 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                             44.51
66 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         44.59
67 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     45.24
68 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                 48.52
69 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        48.57
70 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                         49.59
71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         50.06
72 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                             51.03
73 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                     51.39
74 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        51.53
75 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                 52.04
76 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  52.20
77 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  52.31
78 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          52.33
79 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                          53.02
80 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 53.26
81 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           53.51
82 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  54.24
83 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                54.29
84 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 54.43
85 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                             54.56
86 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       55.40
87 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        56.17
88 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        57.15
89 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             57.23
90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                  58.14
91 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         58.23
92 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      58.48
93 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.00.49
94 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    1.01.44
95 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    1.01.59
96 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.03.01
97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                           1.03.45
98 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                1.06.05
99 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.06.06
100 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               1.06.16
101 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    1.06.59
102 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               1.07.17
103 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  1.07.24
104 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             1.07.31
105 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                 1.08.10
106 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                               1.09.29
107 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    1.09.32
108 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        1.09.36
109 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                       1.09.37
110 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          1.10.38
111 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.10.46
112 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.10.50
113 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                       1.11.09
114 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        1.11.22
115 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            1.11.39
116 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.12.46
117 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                       1.13.30
118 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         1.14.19
119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        1.14.29
120 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                   1.14.47
121 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                               1.15.00
122 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                          1.15.32
123 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        1.16.33
124 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  1.17.16
125 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   1.18.26
126 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                            1.18.31
127 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.18.33
128 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     1.18.49
129 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                     1.19.50
130 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 1.20.09
131 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.21.26
132 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            1.22.58
133 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                         1.23.16
134 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                           1.23.32
135 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    1.24.12
136 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         1.25.21
137 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                               1.26.08
138 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                     1.26.18
139 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       1.27.13
140 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         1.27.16
141 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                          1.27.20
142 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.28.01
143 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1.28.24
144 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                       1.28.30
145 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur             1.30.37
146 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                            1.30.47
147 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.32.35
148 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                              1.33.30
149 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                            1.33.36
150 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.34.18
151 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           1.35.37
152 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1.37.13
153 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                1.37.22
154 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                 1.40.02
155 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                           1.40.24
156 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.40.35
157 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           1.41.48
158 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  1.44.44
159 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                      1.44.59
160 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                               1.45.10
161 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                          1.45.21
162 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                            1.46.40
163 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                 1.52.26
164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                           1.54.49
165 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       1.55.31
166 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         2.01.42

Points Classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          101 points
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              89
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                88
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         81
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         80
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 66
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  52
8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            52
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            45
10 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                               45
11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              44
12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             42
13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                39
14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            38
15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                     37
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        36
17 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   33
18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             32
19 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   32
20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                 31
21 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       30
22 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    28
23 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   28
24 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 25
25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   25
26 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     24
27 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       23
28 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     23
29 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  23
30 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                21
31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                20
32 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                 18
33 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                             18
34 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             17
35 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             15
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            15
37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              14
38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     14
39 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            14
40 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          14
41 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        12
42 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                10
43 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      10
44 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   10
45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              9
46 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 9
47 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             9
48 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                 9
49 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                         9
50 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              8
51 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         8
52 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            8
53 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                    8
54 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     8
55 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        8
56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 8
57 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                   8
58 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        7
59 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   7
60 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      6
61 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      6
62 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      6
63 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                  6
64 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               5
65 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               5
66 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  5
67 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              5
68 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               4
69 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           4
70 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                 4
71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             4
72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        4
73 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                     3
74 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      3
75 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                3
76 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          2
77 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        2
78 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       2
79 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               2
80 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2
81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                      2
82 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               2
83 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2
84 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           2
85 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      1
87 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             1
88 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      1
89 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                          1
90 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        1
91 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1
92 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                     1
93 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  1
 
Mountain Classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         71 points
2 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        70
3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           62
4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              44
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         38
6 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              38
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  35
8 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      31
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     30
10 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       28
11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        26
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            26
13 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             24
14 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     21
15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                              20
16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             20
17 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       19
18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     18
19 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                15
20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              12
21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     12
22 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 11
23 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        11
24 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                 10
25 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      10
26 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       8
27 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   8
28 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               8
29 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   8
30 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 7
31 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    7
32 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           7
33 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          6
34 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               6
35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                   6
36 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        6
37 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 6
38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             6
39 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                6
40 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            6
41 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              6
42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  5
43 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                 5
44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      5
45 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  4
46 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
47 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               4
48 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    4
49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               3
50 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       3
51 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                  3
52 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          3
53 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              2
54 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                    2
55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  2
56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      2
57 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      2
58 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 2
59 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
60 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1
62 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1
63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              1
64 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
65 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1
66 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                       1

Combination Classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          7 points
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  17
3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              18
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         25
5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             32
6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        36
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              43
8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                        52
9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      59
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              68
11 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                 70
12 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     77
13 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      85
14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            89
15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          91
16 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                95
17 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   99
18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            105
19 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   108
20 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            110
21 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 111
22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        119
23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             131
24 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                133
25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       135
26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                137
27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           139
28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  139
29 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    152
30 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     162
31 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            165
32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      170
33 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               171
34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    172
35 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    172
36 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                176
37 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      178
38 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 190
39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    193
40 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                               200
41 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  202
42 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             207
43 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      214
44 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             221
45 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       222
46 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             224
47 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            240
48 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          251
49 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         259
50 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      271
 
Team Classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                              157.01.06
2 Predictor-Lotto                                                    7.55
3 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                  8.58
4 Team CSC                                                          10.27
5 Liquigas                                                          10.35
6 AG2r Prévoyance                                                   12.03
7 Karpin Galicia                                                    18.14
8 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   20.12
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              20.15
10 Quickstep-Innergetic                                             24.19
11 Discovery Channel                                                30.45
12 Gerolsteiner                                                     33.17
13 Rabobank                                                         34.20
14 Relax-Gam                                                        41.30
15 Crédit Agricole                                                  52.08
16 Française des Jeux                                             1.11.07
17 Andalucia-Cayasur                                              1.15.26
18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                  1.18.52
19 Lampre-Fondital                                                1.25.28
20 Bouygues Telecom                                               1.35.57
21 Team Milram                                                    2.24.39

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