French cyclist David Moncoutié (Cofidis), nailed a nice win in the second stage of the Tour of Basque Country. It was a cloudy day from Zarautz to La Lejana (166km), but the sun shined on Moncoutié.
The true battle was in the last 8K on the final climb, which had sections of 12%. It was the Dutch, Pieter Weening (Rabobank), that launched the big attack, 7K to the line. There were small attempts to answer the attack but it was Moncoutié and Osa that gave the chase to close it down.
Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole) and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) gave chase a little late but almost closed it down, arriving 3 seconds back. Then came in Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffita) finished at 6 seconds back. Weening had faded out of the picture fast.
As in the first stage, a small group got away early on. Andoni Aranaga (Kaiku), Bingen Fernández (Cofidis) and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi). The three Basque escapees gained up to 4 minutes of advantage, always under the control of the strong Liquigas-Bianchi, for their man Danilo Di Luca. In the end the move of the three Basques was brought back.
Due to a nice second place, Aitor Osa (Illes Balears), is now the new leader. Osa, "the bear", makes a nice Basque leader for the Basque fans. Tomorrow, the third stage, take the racers from Ortuella to Gasteiz, the Basque Government's capital. It will be the longest stage at 176K and taking in three high passes.
Results: 3:52'56", 42K/hr
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 0.01
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.03
4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.06
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.08
8 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.13
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.15
11 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
12 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18
16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.19
17 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.21
18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
19 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
20 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
21 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears
22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
25 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
26 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.26
27 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 0.31
28 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
29 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
30 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
31 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.35
32 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
33 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
34 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
35 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 0.38
36 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.40
37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
39 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.43
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
41 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.45
42 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
43 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
44 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
46 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
47 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
48 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
50 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 1.01
51 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.08
52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.10
53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.14
54 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.24
55 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.25
56 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
58 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.32
59 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.36
60 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40
61 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.48
62 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.52
63 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.54
64 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.00
65 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.11
66 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.17
68 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 2.21
69 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.23
70 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 2.39
71 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 3.08
72 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step
73 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.37
74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 4.09
75 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
76 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.15
77 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
78 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
79 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
80 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
81 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.33
83 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
84 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
86 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
87 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
88 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
89 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku
90 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
91 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
92 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
95 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
96 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.44
98 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 6.17
99 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.30
100 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
101 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
102 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
103 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.43
104 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
105 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
106 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
107 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
108 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
109 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
110 José Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana
111 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
112 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
113 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
114 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8.46
115 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
116 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
117 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.48
118 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
119 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
120 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
121 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
122 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
123 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 8.53
124 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
125 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
126 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.09
127 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.10
128 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 9.12
129 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.32
130 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.21
131 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.23
132 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 11.11
133 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.19
134 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 11.52
135 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 11.54
136 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 14.05
137 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku
138 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
139 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
140 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku
141 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku
142 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.09
143 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 19.58
144 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.03
145 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20.08
146 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
147 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
148 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
149 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
150 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak
151 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
152 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
153 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
154 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
155 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
156 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
157 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
158 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux
159 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
160 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
161 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
162 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears
163 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
164 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
165 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
166 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
167 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
168 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
169 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick-Step
170 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
171 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
172 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
173 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
174 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 20.16
175 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20.18
176 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
177 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.23
178 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.28
179 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20.34
Points
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 25
2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 20
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16
4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10
Mountains
Alto de Itziar - Cat. 3
1 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 3
2 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2
3 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1
Alto de Areitio - Cat. 3
1 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 3
2 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 2
3 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1
Alto de Arboleda - Cat. 2
1 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 6
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4
3 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
4 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1
Alto de Cobaron - Cat. 3
1 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 3
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2
3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 1
Ade la Lejana - Cat.2
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 3
2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 2
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1
4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
Metas Volantes
Bilbao - 96 K
1 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 3
2 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 2
3 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 1
Muskiz - 147 K
1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3
2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
3 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1
Muebles Paraiso y Virgen Lorea - 157 K
1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3
2 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2
3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
GC:
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 7.03.48
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.02
3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.05
6 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.07
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
8 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.12
9 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 0.14
10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
11 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
13 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.17
14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.18
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears 0.20
16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
18 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
19 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
20 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
22 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
23 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.25
25 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 0.30
26 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
27 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
29 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.34
30 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.35
32 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 0.37
33 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.39
34 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.41
35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.42
36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.44
37 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
38 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.55
39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00
40 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
41 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03
42 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.05
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
44 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
45 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
46 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
47 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.09
49 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 1.21
50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.28
51 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.34
52 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.35
53 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.44
54 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 1.45
55 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
57 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.51
58 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.52
59 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.00
60 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.06
61 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2.08
62 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.14
63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.37
64 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 2.41
65 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
66 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.43
67 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 2.59
68 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 3.18
69 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.25
70 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 3.28
71 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.57
72 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 4.08
73 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.29
74 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.35
75 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 5.29
76 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.32
77 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 5.53
78 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
79 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku
80 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
81 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
82 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
83 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
84 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
85 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
86 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
87 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
88 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
89 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
90 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.01
91 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
92 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.04
93 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 7.19
94 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.50
95 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
96 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
97 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8.38
98 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.42
99 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 8.45
100 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.47
101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 9.03
102 José Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana
103 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
104 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
105 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
106 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
107 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
108 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9.06
109 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
110 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
111 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.08
112 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
113 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9.13
114 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
115 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
116 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.29
117 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 9.32
118 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.52
119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.57
120 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.14
121 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 10.19
122 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.41
123 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 11.17
124 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.29
125 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.39
126 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.59
127 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 12.10
128 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 12.37
129 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.46
130 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 13.45
131 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 13.50
132 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14.25
133 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku
134 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku
135 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.29
136 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14.41
137 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 14.43
138 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.51
139 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 16.41
140 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 16.54
141 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 17.25
142 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 19.07
143 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.23
144 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.28
145 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
146 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
147 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
148 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
149 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
150 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20.54
151 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.22
152 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
153 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.24
154 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 21.30
155 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 21.54
156 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
157 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
158 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.57
159 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
160 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
161 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak
162 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears
163 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
164 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
165 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23.12
166 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 24.07
167 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 25.00
168 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.10
169 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux
170 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
171 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick-Step
172 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
173 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
174 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
175 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.20
176 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 27.10
177 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
178 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 27.20
179 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 28.01
Points
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 37
2 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 25
3 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 25
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 22
5 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 20
Mountains
1 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 12
2 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9
3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 8
4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 6
5 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6
6 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6
Metas Volantes
1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 13
2 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3
4 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 3
5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2