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16.09.2007/ Euskatel's Samuel Sanchez won stage 15 of the Vuelta Espana. Sanchez outsprinted his fellow escapee Manuel Beltran (Liquigas). Denis Menchov defended his overall lead.

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Samuel Sanchez took the 15 stage (picture: © Unipublic)

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The 15th stage from Villacarrillo - Granada over 201 kilometer was a mountaín stage were the race favourites were involved in a great battle. It was a stage that was marked by the ascent and descent of the Monachil, a climb that once again served to establish differences between the racers. The day had its breakaway of the day, a breakaway that included such major racers as Damiano Cunego. Nevertheless, Manuel Beltrán was the strongest racer going up Monachil and managed to catch and move ahead of the Italian rider. Samuel Sánchez would do so as well on the downhill slope. The lead wound up in the hands of a pair of racers who understood each other perfectly: Samuel Sánchez and Manuel Beltran collaborated until the finale when the Euskatel-Euskadi racer's burst of speed proved decisive. Behind them, Carlos Barredo and Igor Anton earned a 20 second advantage over the favourites group, where Denis Menchov and the other major contenders in the overall standings were riding. Sastre gave it his best shot on the mountain and managed to leave behind all his rivals...expect Menchov, which meant almost all the main contenders regrouped in a single bunch once again. The big winner of the day was Samuel Sánchez, now in fifth place in the overall standings.

Samuel Sanchez said: "I didn’t use up all my energy going up Monachil. I could have climbed it faster, but we already saw in 2006 that the downhill slope is highly technical at the beginning but above all demands a lot of power during the final kilometers. And if you get there without having anything left in reserve, there’s not a thing you can do." Samuel Sánchez passed by Cunego and caught up to Beltrán during that descent: "Maybe it was due to that decision of mine. I caught Cunego, I saw it was going well, and I took off. I managed to get a few metres advantage on him and then it was just a question of chasing Beltrán. The two of us understood each other and I was able to gamble on the sprint with him, but if I hadn't saved that little extra climbing the mountain, everything would have come out differently."

Denis Menchov was able to defend his lead: "We all know the Vuelta isn't as hard in 2007 as it has been other years, but we knew above all else that it was going to be tough in its early stages. You had to be in top shape right from the very start. The key was to be very strong in that first week. Right now I’m able to control the Vuelta without too much trouble, but there' still a week to go and you have to be sensible”."Menchov has no doubt about what will be the decisive stage: "I’m sure the most complicated day of racing left is the day of Abantos. There will be a lot of attacks during that stage and I'll have to respond to all of them."

Carlos Sastre (CSC) was on the attack again today: "Carlos made his move, but the attack probably came a tiny bit too late to have any major effect. The climb was really tough, but riders like Evans managed to fight themselves back and after that there were no challenges left on the route to attempt again. The team backed Carlos up nicely and hopefully they'll get the opportunity to do so again soon. But unlucky for us there aren't that many tough stages left in this race," explained CSC sports director Kim Andersen after the stage.

Discovery Channel's Jurgen Van Goolen is the main newcomer to the top spots of the Vuelta standings. The Discovery Channel rider has become leader in the mountain classification, although he only holds a three point lead over Denis Menchov, who also continues on top of the combined and, logically, the general classification. Nothing new to report among the top four places in the battle for the golden jersey: Menchov, Efimkin, Evans and Sastre. But there is a change after that: Samuel Sánchez has moved into fifth place ahead of Ezequiel Mosquera. The points classification is turning into more of a duel among Italian riders every day: Paolo Bettini, Daniele Bennati and Alessandro Petacchi hold the top three spots although it's sure to be Bennati and Petacchi fighting it out in the final week to be on the awards platform in Madrid. As for the teams, it’s become clear that Euskatel is the only formation on the same level as Caisse d’Epargne. The riders managed by Madariaga were the best on the 15th stage, but Caisse d’Epargne holds on to a lead of over 15 minutes.

Results
 
Stage 15
 
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        4.45.59 (42.3 km/h)
2 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                         
3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        0.24
4 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
5 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    0.41
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          
10 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       
11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        
13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1.09
14 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
15 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              
17 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               2.30
18 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  2.32
19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
20 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
21 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                 
22 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
24 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
25 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
26 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       
28 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  
29 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
30 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
31 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              4.01
32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
33 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                              4.32
34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      
35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            
36 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       
37 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                     
38 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
39 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
40 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                    
41 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
42 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
43 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                          
44 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                  
45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              
48 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              
49 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      
50 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          
51 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 
52 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            4.43
53 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   6.48
54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
56 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                              8.08
57 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                          
58 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
59 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               9.00
60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          
61 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                 
62 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                     
63 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
64 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
65 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
66 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
67 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
69 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     10.31
70 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                              
71 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                  11.35
72 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              
73 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
74 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                     14.41
75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
76 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     
77 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                 
78 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                        
79 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                      
80 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
81 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        
82 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
83 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
84 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                              
85 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
86 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
87 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                17.11
88 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
89 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     22.15
90 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
91 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
92 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                   
93 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
94 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
95 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                   
97 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                             
98 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                      
99 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              
100 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                    
101 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
102 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                
103 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                      
104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  
105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                               
106 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                
107 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
108 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
109 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
110 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                            
111 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
112 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
114 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
115 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
116 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                
117 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  
118 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                     
119 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
120 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
121 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                     
122 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
123 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
124 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
125 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
126 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 
128 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
129 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 
130 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                         
131 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
132 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
133 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
134 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                              
135 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
136 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
137 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
138 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
139 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
140 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
141 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
142 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                 
143 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         
144 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        
145 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
146 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   
147 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
148 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                          
149 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
151 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
153 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   23.42
154 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                           
155 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
                                       
DNS Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux  
                           
DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                               
DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team
 
General Classification after stage 15
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   62.32.27
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 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           4.01
6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      4.35
7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      5.15
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            6.17
9 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        6.22
10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              7.41
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           8.19
12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            9.04
13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   9.34
14 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   11.02
15 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           12.08
16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       13.06
17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  13.35
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         15.51
19 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        16.59
20 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              17.55
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   18.06
22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               18.33
23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              20.08
24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                20.19
25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           20.35
26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                             22.34
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        23.02
28 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 23.46
29 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                              24.03
30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              24.42
31 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             25.56
32 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                25.59
33 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         27.04
34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                  28.02
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              30.33
36 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          31.23
37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              31.49
38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                  33.02
39 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 34.20
40 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      35.13
41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             35.49
42 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                      36.52
43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             37.09
44 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   37.35
45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                          37.50
46 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           41.32
47 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        41.33
48 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      42.03
49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                         43.12
50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           44.31
51 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              46.03
52 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                             49.36
53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   50.04
54 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    50.17
55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                             50.39
56 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         51.25
57 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             51.28
58 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           53.51
59 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                54.27
60 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             55.24
61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                           55.48
62 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    55.52
63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                 55.55
64 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         56.28
65 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  56.43
66 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     56.58
67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                 57.11
68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        58.26
69 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  58.27
70 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         58.45
71 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                             59.22
72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                              1.01.44
73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.03.02
74 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        1.03.48
75 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     1.03.59
76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1.04.09
77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   1.05.39
78 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    1.05.50
79 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.05.53
80 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1.06.58
81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        1.07.02
82 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                               1.07.26
83 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                           1.08.56
84 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    1.09.11
85 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                1.10.28
86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                       1.12.11
87 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         1.15.33
88 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                1.16.19
89 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                   1.17.14
90 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.18.01
91 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.18.49
92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            1.19.43
93 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1.19.57
94 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.20.22
95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                           1.20.44
96 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  1.22.10
97 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         1.22.16
98 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                        1.23.41
99 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.23.44
100 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                               1.23.50
101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.24.50
102 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.25.13
103 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                          1.25.40
104 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               1.27.39
105 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         1.28.11
106 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    1.28.33
107 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               1.29.01
108 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             1.29.26
109 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        1.30.33
110 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    1.31.06
111 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          1.32.12
112 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                       1.32.43
113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            1.33.13
114 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                          1.34.47
115 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.35.12
116 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         1.35.53
117 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        1.36.03
118 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                   1.36.59
119 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                               1.37.12
120 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  1.38.50
121 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   1.40.00
122 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.40.07
123 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     1.40.23
124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                            1.42.00
125 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1.42.15
126 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                     1.43.39
127 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                           1.45.06
128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                         1.45.11
129 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            1.45.53
130 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    1.45.56
131 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         1.47.33
132 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                               1.47.42
133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                     1.48.13
134 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       1.48.47
135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         1.49.10
136 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.49.43
137 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 1.50.13
138 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
139 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur             1.52.44
140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                            1.53.42
141 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                              1.55.42
142 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                            1.55.48
143 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.55.52
144 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           1.58.15
145 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                1.59.06
146 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1.59.18
147 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                           2.03.19
148 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2.03.22
149 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               2.03.30
150 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                      2.06.33
151 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                          2.06.55
152 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                  2.07.39
153 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                               2.08.05
154 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                            2.09.35
155 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                 2.15.27

Points Classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          101 points
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              94
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                90
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         87
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         81
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 70
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             63
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  60
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              51
10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           51
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           46
12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              44
13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       43
14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        41
15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                39
16 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   37
17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                     37
18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     37
19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                37
20 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            36
21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   36
22 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       34
23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             32
24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   32
25 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    28
26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 25
27 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     24
28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                23
29 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  23
30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            20
31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                20
32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     19
33 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   19
34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         18
35 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                             18
36 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      16
37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             15
38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            15
39 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              14
40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     14
41 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            14
42 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                13
43 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              13
44 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        12
45 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                10
46 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                10
47 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   10
48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              9
49 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 9
50 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                 9
51 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                         9
52 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           9
53 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           9
54 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         8
55 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            8
56 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   8
57 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     8
58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 8
59 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        8
60 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                   8
61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               7
62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           7
63 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            7
64 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      6
65 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      6
66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                  6
67 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               5
68 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  5
69 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              5
70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               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 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              2
77 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       2
78 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        2
79 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2
80 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               2
81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                      2
82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2
83 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
84 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1
85 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                          1
86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             1
87 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      1
88 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        1
89 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  1
 
Mountain Classification
 
1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           78 points
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         75
3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              45
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         44
5 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              38
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  37
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             36
8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                        35
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     31
10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     31
11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       28
12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        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 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     18
18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     18
19 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      16
20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              16
21 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                15
22 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   12
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              12
24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     12
25 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 11
26 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      11
27 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        11
28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 9
29 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   9
30 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  8
31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                 8
32 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               8
33 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           8
34 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   8
35 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  7
36 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                 7
37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 7
38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    7
39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          6
40 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               6
41 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                   6
42 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        6
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             6
44 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             6
45 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                6
46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            6
47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            4
48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            4
49 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
50 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               3
51 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       3
52 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                  3
53 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          3
54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              2
55 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                    2
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  2
57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      2
58 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 2
59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 2
60 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      2
61 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
62 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                2
64 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1
65 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              1
66 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1
67 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
68 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                       1
 
Combination Classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          7 points
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              14
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  17
4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             19
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         22
6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                        28
7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        39
8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      49
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              50
10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                66
11 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      69
12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              74
13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          79
14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     81
15 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         82
16 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   87
17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     87
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            99
19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                99
20 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  103
21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   105
22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 107
23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            110
24 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            110
25 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                118
26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               120
27 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          121
28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             121
29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             126
30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  126
31 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           128
32 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                               134
33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                141
34 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    143
35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       143
36 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           146
37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            148
38 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     156
39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          158
40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               165
41 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               177
42 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                            186
43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                186
44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      188
45 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    194
46 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 194
47 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      198
48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    201
49 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             209
50 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         210
51 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             216
52 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                       223
53 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          251
54 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              254
55 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      269
 
Team Classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                              187.39.22
2 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                 16.38
3 Team CSC                                                          20.54
4 Liquigas                                                          22.23
5 AG2r Prévoyance                                                   23.00
6 Predictor-Lotto                                                   31.39
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                              36.31
8 Karpin Galicia                                                    37.11
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              45.50
10 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  50.19
11 Gerolsteiner                                                     53.13
12 Discovery Channel                                              1.00.35
13 Relax-Gam                                                      1.08.50
14 Rabobank                                                       1.13.47
15 Crédit Agricole                                                1.20.15
16 Andalucia-Cayasur                                              1.41.26
17 Lampre-Fondital                                                1.56.15
18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                  2.13.06
19 Française des Jeux                                             2.22.14
20 Bouygues Telecom                                               2.37.36
21 Team Milram                                                    3.37.49

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