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2006 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stage 1

Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Spain

Stage 1, Irún - Irún, 130K

3 April

The Green Bullet 1, Peloton 0

Valverde gets Podium Time, photo: País Vasco

Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) used his climbing and sprinting prowess to good effect today in the opening stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco by narrowly out-sprinting fellow Spaniard, Oscar Freire (Rabobank). The finish was oh so close and it took a few minutes before the Green Bullet knew that victory, and GC overall, was his.

175 riders took to the start line in Irún around midday. While the rest of the country was on siesta, the pro peloton was being dragged over seemingly every hill of the Basque Country.

Predictably, the aggressions were high from the gun. If there's one thing Spaniards love it's racing on home soil. Five or so minutes into the day's affairs a group of 16 went clear, but were reeled in shortly. Alessandro Vanotti (Milram), Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom) flew the coop at kilometer 23, and managed to quickly garner a 55" advantage. By the first climb of the day (category 3 Alto de Gurutze) their lead had swelled to 1'10". By kilometer 88 they were up to 6'.

Euskadi Podium Girls al País Vasco, photo: País Vasco

The peloton evidently decided enough was enough, Liquigas and Rabobank went to the head of the line to bring back the trio. With 33K to go the break hit the steep slopes of the category 1, Alto de Erlaitz. Vanotti's efforts caught up with him as he was dropped by Fédrigo and Etxebarria. Thanks to some pacemaking by Boogerd, their lead had now been reduced to 2'30". The Killer, Danilo Di Luca, thought this was still too much and went clear. Di Luca quickly eased up and was usurped by Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis). Chavanel, however, was having trouble bridging to the lead duo and found himself in no man's land.

The break's number was called as José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was setting an infernal pace on the lower slopes of the category 1 Alto de Jaizkibel. Chavanel was quickly dispatched. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) picked up where his teammate left off, and tagged on to the back of Gomez Marchante. The duo opened up a quick gap which Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) tried to close, but couldn't.

Alejandro Valverde was the next to go, but was quickly marked by Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros-Würth). Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) also took a dig, but was again marked by the Phonak-led chase. Attacks were going right and left. This is Spanish racing at its best folks. Sánchez exploited his knowledge of the windy Basque Country road and managed to slip the peloton, but not by much. He'd have his work cut out for him if he planned on staying away for the remaining five kilometers. At about 3K Sánchez was done for as the navy blue of Liberty Seguros came hammering past him.

Freire and Valverde in Tight Finish, photo: País Vasco

The Caisse d'Epargne and Rabobank boys quickly went to the fore hoping to set something up for their leaders Valverde and Freire. Boogerd, and his big mouthful of teeth, were policing the front of the line. With less than a half a kilometer Valverde was in the money spot on Freire's wheel. Freire went for it and appeared to nip Valverde on the line. But just like a top sprinter Valverde threw his bike and with that effort beat Freire by the narrowest of margins. Enhorabuena Valverde!!!
- Paco

Results: 3:22'27"
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
4 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
6 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
8 Jon Bru (Spa) Kaiku
9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
18 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
29 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
32 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
34 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-GAM
35 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
38 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
39 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
40 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
44 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
45 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
46 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
48 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
49 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
51 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.24
52 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.57
53 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33
55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram 1.38
56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 2.39
57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
58 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
59 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
60 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
61 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
62 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
63 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
65 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
67 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
68 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
69 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
70 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
72 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
73 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
75 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
76 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
79 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
81 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
83 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
84 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
85 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
86 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
87 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
88 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Kaiku
89 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
90 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
91 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
93 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM
94 Javier Ruiz de Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku
95 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
96 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step
98 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
99 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Milram 6.01
100 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
101 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
102 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
103Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
104 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
105 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
106 José Almagro (Spa) Relax-GAM
107 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
108 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
109 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
110 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
111 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
112 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance
113 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
114 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak
115 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
116 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
117 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.43
118 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
119 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.57
120 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6.01
121 ??Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak
122 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
123 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
124 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.43
125 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.57
127 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 9.45
128 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Milram 10.26
129 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
130 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
131 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
133 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
134 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
135 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
136 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
137 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Kaiku
138 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku
139 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
140 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
141 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku
142 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
143 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
144 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
145 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
146 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
147 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile
148 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
149 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
150 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
151 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
152 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
154 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
155 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
156 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 13.08
157 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
158 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
159 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
160 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
161 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Kaiku
162 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
163 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
165 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
166 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
167 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step
168 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
169 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
170 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital
171 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
172 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
173 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
174 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
175 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 20.50

Mountains
Alto de Gurutze - Cat. 3, K 25
1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 3
2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
3 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Alto de Xoxoka - Cat. 2, K 79
1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 6
2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
3 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
4 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1

Alto de Gurutze - Cat. 3, K 57
1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 3
2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
3 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Alto de Erlaiz - Cat. 1, K 87
1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8
3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 6
4 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-GAM 4
5 Jon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 2
6 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 1

Alto de Jaizkibel - Cat. 1, K 118
1 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 6
4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

GC:
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3:22'27"
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
4 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
6 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
8 Jon Bru (Spa) Kaiku
9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
18 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
29 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
32 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
34 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-GAM
35 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
38 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
39 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
40 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
44 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
45 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
46 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
48 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
49 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
51 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.24
52 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.57
53 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33
55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram 1.38
56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 2.39
57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
58 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
59 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
60 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
61 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
62 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
63 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
65 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
67 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
68 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
69 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
70 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
72 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
73 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
75 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
76 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
79 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
81 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
83 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
84 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
85 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
86 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
87 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
88 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Kaiku
89 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
90 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
91 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
93 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM
94 Javier Ruiz de Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku
95 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
96 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step
98 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
99 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Milram 6.01
100 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
101 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
102 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
103 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
104 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
105 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
106 José Almagro (Spa) Relax-GAM
107 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
108 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
109 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
110 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
111 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
112 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance
113 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
114 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak
115 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
116 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
117 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.43
118 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
119 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.57
120 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6.01
121 ??Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak
122 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
123 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
124 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.43
125 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.57
127 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 9.45
128 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Milram 10.26
129 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
130 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
131 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
133 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
134 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
135 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
136 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
137 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Kaiku
138 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku
139 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
140 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
141 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku
142 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
143 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
144 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
145 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
146 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
147 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile
148 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
149 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
150 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
151 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
152 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
154 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
155 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
156 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 13.08
157 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
158 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
159 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
160 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
161 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Kaiku
162 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
163 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
165 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
166 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
167 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step
168 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
169 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
170 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital
171 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
172 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
173 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
174 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
175 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 20.50