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Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 9, Lloret de Mar - Lloret de Mar TT, 47.0K

4 September

Menchov Repeats First Etapa

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) ripped along the Costa Brava to take back the leader's golden jersey from Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth). Menchov won the stage 9 TT and put in 49" to the Spaniard, and now is 37" up on the GC. Tomorrow the race hits the mountains and it will be chance for the climbers to retaliate.

The beach side town of Lloret de Mar hosted the start and finish of today's 47K TT. The race contained one climb, at 21.4K, the cat 3. Alto de Tossa. This gave the climbers a chance at not losing too much time to the TT specialists. But it was a TT man who set the early best time, Uwe Peschel (Gerolsteiner). Uwe is a maniac on the time machine and came home at 1.02'33".

Uwe's time fell when Rubén Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) came home a 1'30" faster. Not a bad result for a rider on a non-ProTour team. Plaza's time stuck all day, at least until Menchov came home. Plaza was left with a nice 2nd place on the day, and moved from 28th to 10th on the GC.

Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) put in a superb ride, moving from 11th to 5th on the GC. Now Disco needs to wake up and give Tom some support. Hopefully the Americano can battle any stress that comes with knowing he is in 5th and the real mountains are on tomorrow's horizon.

It was going to be a tough day for Heras to keep his Gold jersey. He is not the best TT man on the block, but he held his own today, finishing only 49" back on Menchov. The Rabo-Russian did a repeat of the opening TT, took the win and the GC lead. Menchov will have to rely on his skills in the high mountains, the team support at Rabobank will not be that great. Both Heras and Menchov should be complemented on their great rides today.

Other riders of note: Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) rode a mediocre ride, but lost around a minute to the GC lead. Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) now will have to look for stage wins, he slid down the GC ladder with his time, 4'47" behind in today's finish.

Read The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap for Stage 9, DD Wishes Upon a CSC Star.

Results:
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1:00'54", 47.29 K/h
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.09
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 0.39
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.41
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.59
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.16
7 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 1.36
8 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.39
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 1.45
10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 1.47
11 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.53
12 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.55
13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.00
14 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.02
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.12
16 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.24
17 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 2.33
18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 2.41
19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2.52
20 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.57
21 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
22 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.01
23 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 3.02
24 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 3.03
25 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step 3.08
26 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.11
27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 3.16
28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 3.21
29 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.28
30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 3.32
31 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.41
32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 3.46
33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.00
34 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 4.09
35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 4.18
36 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.24
37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4.25
38 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 4.27
39 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 4.29
40 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.34
41 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
42 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.40
43 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.41
44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 4.42
45 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.45
46 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.46
47 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.47
48 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 4.50
49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 4.59
50 Angel Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
51 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 5.00
52 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 5.02
53 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 5.03
54 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
55 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 5.04
56 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.07
58 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.08
59 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
60 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.09
61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile
62 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.12
63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
64 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 5.17
65 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
66 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.18
67 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 5.19
68 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.22
69 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
70 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 5.24
71 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 5.25
72 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 5.26
73 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
74 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 5.31
75 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
76 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.32
77 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
78 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.33
79 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.34
80 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 5.35
81 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.36
82 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 5.42
83 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
84 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5.50
85 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.53
86 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 5.54
87 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
88 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.00
89 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.01
90 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 6.05
91 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 6.12
92 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.14
93 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.16
94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 6.19
95 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.22
96 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.24
97 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 6.28
98 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 6.29
99 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 6.32
100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 6.35
101 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.37
102 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.38
103 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
104 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.43
105 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.48
106 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
107 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.52
108 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 6.53
109 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
110 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
112 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.57
113 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.58
114 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 7.02
115 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
116 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.08
117 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.09
118 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
119 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.12
120 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 7.16
121 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 7.19
122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.21
123 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.22
124 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.23
125 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.28
126 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7.36
127 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 7.37
128 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.43
129 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.44
130 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.45
131 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
132 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.46
133 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
134 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 7.49
135 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.50
136 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7.51
137 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
138 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
139 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.57
140 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.03
141 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 8.04
142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.07
143 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 8.08
144 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
145 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.11
146 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8.12
147 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
148 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 8.13
149 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.18
150 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 8.21
151 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 8.23
152 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
153 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8.25
154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 8.30
155 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.31
156 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8.35
157 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.39
158 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 8.44
159 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8.58
160 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9.00
161 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
162 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.01
163 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9.06
164 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 9.18
165 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.19
166 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.26
167 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.28
168 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
169 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 9.30
170 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.34
171 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 9.39
172 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9.50
173 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.00
174 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
175 Fredy González (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.06
176 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 10.08
177 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10.46
178 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 11.25
179 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 12.38
DNS Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears

Points
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 16
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 10
7 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 9
8 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 7
10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 6
11 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 5
12 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4
13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
14 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1

Mountains
Alto de Tossa - Cat. 3, K 21
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2
4 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1

Teams
1 Team CSC 3:07'11"
2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.06
3 Phonak 0.39
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.27
5 Discovery Channel 1.32
6 Illes Balears 4.13
7 Quick-Step 4.52
8 Rabobank 4.57
9 T-Mobile 6.53
10 Bouygues Telecom 8.18
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.27
12 Lampre-Caffita 9.18
13 Davitamon-Lotto 9.55
14 Cofidis 10.04
15 Française Des Jeux 10.16
16 Domina Vacanze 10.29
17 Gerolsteiner 11.09
18 Relax Fuenlabrada 11.43
19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.17
20 Crédit Agricole 12.47
21 Liquigas-Bianchi 14.33
22 Fassa Bortolo 14.37

GC:
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 34:23'53"
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.47
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.36
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.53
5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 3.07
6 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.23
7 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.29
8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 3.38
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.46
10 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.11
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.13
12 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4.32
13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 4.59
14 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.31
15 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5.40
16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 5.41
17 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 5.49
18 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.02
19 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 6.45
20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.46
21 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.47
22 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.51
23 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 7.00
24 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.37
25 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 7.41
26 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 7.43
27 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.05
28 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8.24
29 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 8.29
30 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.58
31 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 9.08
32 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.52
33 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 9.53
34 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 10.07
35 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step 10.11
36 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 10.18
37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 10.21
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10.27
39 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 10.35
40 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 10.58
41 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 10.59
42 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 11.20
43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.33
44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 11.37
45 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.41
46 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears
47 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 11.42
48 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12.26
49 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12.31
50 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 12.34
51 Angel Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12.37
52 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 14.04
53 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 14.07
54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.32
55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 15.12
56 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.19
57 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 15.21
58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.32
59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.35
60 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 15.37
61 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 16.12
62 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.49
63 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16.55
64 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 17.12
65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.29
66 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 18.20
67 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 18.22
68 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 18.56
69 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.57
70 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.39
71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 21.00
72 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 21.22
73 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
74 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.55
75 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.00
76 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.25
77 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 22.43
78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.50
79 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 24.02
80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 24.17
81 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 24.38
82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 24.47
83 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.46
84 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.18
85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.56
86 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 27.05
87 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 27.55
88 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28.08
89 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 28.21
90 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 28.50
91 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.11
92 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 29.16
93 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.32
94 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 30.11
95 Fredy González (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 30.31
96 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30.38
97 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30.40
98 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
99 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 31.42
100 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 31.46
101 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.52
102 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
103 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.56
104 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.19
105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.28
106 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 32.29
107 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.52
108 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 33.26
109 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34.08
110 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.11
111 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 34.51
112 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 35.05
113 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 35.09
114 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 36.14
115 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.32
116 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 36.49
117 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 36.55
118 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.56
119 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 37.04
120 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 37.06
121 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 37.43
122 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.55
123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 38.00
124 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
125 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 38.22
126 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38.25
127 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 38.42
128 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.03
129 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 39.08
130 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.14
131 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 39.28
132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39.30
133 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 39.48
134 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 40.00
135 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 40.51
136 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 41.09
137 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.34
138 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 41.37
139 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.39
140 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.47
141 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.52
142 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 41.56
143 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.44
144 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43.31
145 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 43.36
146 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 44.16
147 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 44.37
148 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 45.05
149 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45.19
150 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45.34
151 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 46.22
152 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46.29
153 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 47.12
154 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 47.30
155 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 48.40
156 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48.54
157 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 49.45
158 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 49.58
159 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 50.16
160 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50.22
161 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 50.30
162 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.09
163 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 51.21
164 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 52.32
165 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 52.47
166 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52.58
167 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.05
168 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54.08
169 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 55.48
170 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 59.59
171 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.00.27
172 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.02.29
173 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 1.03.05
174 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 1.08.04
175 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 1.08.34
176 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.10.19
177 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.21
178 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.27.51
179 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.37.43

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 94
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 70
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 69
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 55
6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 42
7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 40
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 37
9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 35
10 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32
11 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32
12 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 29
13 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28
14 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 28
15 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 26
16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 26
17 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 25
18 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 24
19 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24
20 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 23
21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 23
22 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 22
23 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 20
24 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 20
25 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19

Mountains
1 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32
2 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22
4 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21
5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 15
6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 13
7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 12
8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11
9 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11
10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 10
11 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
12 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7
14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 7
15 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7
16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 7
17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6
18 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 6
19 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5
20 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5
21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 4
22 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4
23 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4
24 Fredy González (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4
25 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4

Combination
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 24
4 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28
5 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 39
6 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 40
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 41
8 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42
9 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 51
11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 54
12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 62
13 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 82
14 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 85
15 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93
16 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 93
17 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 105
18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 123
19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137
20 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 156
21 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 158
22 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 161
23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 163
24 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 172
25 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 202

Teams
1 Comunidad Valenciana 103:19'52"
2 Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.33
3 Team CSC 2.15
4 Phonak 4.59
5 Discovery Channel 6.33
6 Illes Balears 8.11
7 Quick-Step 13.07
8 Lampre-Caffita 13.10
9 T-Mobile 15.20
10 Cofidis 16.32
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.50
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.59
13 Bouygues Telecom 21.38
14 Relax Fuenlabrada 21.54
15 Crédit Agricole 22.31
16 Davitamon-Lotto 27.57
17 Rabobank 35.32
18 Fassa Bortolo 53.03
19 Gerolsteiner 59.03
20 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.19.46
21 Française Des Jeux 1.22.36
22 Domina Vacanze 1.24.24

Intermediate time checks
K 10.8
1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14.07
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.05
3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.07
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.14
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 0.18
6 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.28
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.31
8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.33
9 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.34
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.35
11 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.38
12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 0.39
13 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.41
14 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.42
15 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 0.46
16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 0.47
17 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48
18 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
19 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.50
20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.51

K 21.4
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 31.14
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.01
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.20
4 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.27
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 0.29
6 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.53
7 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.55
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.58
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 1.03
10 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.08
12 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.11
13 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 1.13
14 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.19
15 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.23
16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.25
17 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1.30
18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 1.31
19 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.32
20 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.33

K 35.6
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 45.00
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.09
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.24
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 0.40
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.18
7 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 1.21
9 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.25
10 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 1.27
11 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33
12 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.34
13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.35
14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.44
15 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.49
16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 1.50
17 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.57
18 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.59
19 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.01
20 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2.06