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2006 Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Stage 2

Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Spain

Stage 2, Irún - Segura, 155K

4 April

Sánchez Swoops Stage and GC

Sánchez Swoops Stage and GC, photo: País Vasco

Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) took a page from the Paolo Savoldelli handbook of descending, bombing down the slopes of the Alto de Minas, bridging to the lead group and eventually out-sprinting compatriot, Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth). Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) was in the front group at the finish, but lost his GC lead due to Sánchez's heroics.

The peloton was in for a real treat today. Well, not really. The race organizers had dished up no less than twelve categorized climbs. Like yesterday's finish, today's stage finished on a descent so it's a good bet the Euskaltels would be in for the kill at the finale since they have such an intimate knowledge of these roads.

Saunier Duval-Prodir Girls, photo: País Vasco

A group of six formed the big break of the day: Israel Nuñez (Kaiku), Mads Kaggestad (Crédit Agricole), Iñaki Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Hubert Dupont, José Luis Arrieta (Ag2R) and Mikel Pradera (Illes Balears). On the category 2 Alto de Lazkaomendi (at 79K) Kaggestad's legs decided the Basque hills were a bit too much for him and he was dropped from the lead group. Dupont and Arrieta made the most of their time away from the peloton scooping up 41 mountain points and placing Dupont at the head of the mountain classification.

Heading into the category 1 Alto de Aztiria at kilometer 124, the lead group was now comprised of Arrieta, Dupont, Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom), Nuñez and Flores. On the slopes of the Aztiria, little Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was the first to try bridging to the break. With him were 2 Gerolsteiners. Surprisingly, José Angel Gomez Marchante and Rubén Lobato, both of Saunier Duval-Prodir, also left the confines of the peloton giving Saunier Duval three strong cards to play. Gomez Marchante, remember, shone in last year's Dauphiné Libéré and knows how to climb mountains. By the top of the Aztiria Gomez Marchante and Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) had cut the break's lead down to 45" and you could bet it would tumble quickly as Marchante was only seconds back of Valverde's GC lead.

Sánchez Leads Valverde, photo: País Vasco

With two climbs left, Valverde managed to rally his troops and bring back the danger man, Gomez Marchante, with 19K to the finish. On the final climb, the category 2 Alto de Minas, Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) got out of the saddle and made a break for it. The Liberty boys, though, were policing the peloton and made sure he didn't get away too far. Aitor Osa and Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) also flew the coop and joined forces with Bertagnolli on the run it to Segura. The trio opened up a solid 15" gap with about 7K to go.

Now all that was left was to negotiate the tricky descent into Segura. The trio was bombing down the tree lined descent at 67 KPH, but Sánchez proved too much and latched on to the back of the three riders. Down to 2K Valverde managed to make it into the lead group also. As evidenced yesterday, Valverde can sprint so it behooved the others to try and slip the lead group avoiding a potential run in with The Green Bullet. Sánchez and Contador had a go and it was Sánchez that got the better of his breakaway companion on the slight uphill finish.

Stay tuned to BiciRace.com for more mountain fun in stage 3 of the Vuelta al País Vasco.
- Paco

Results: 4:10'55"
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.02
4 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
10 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
11 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
12 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
13 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 0.07
17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.09
18 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-GAM 0.27
19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.11
20 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
21 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
23 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
25 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
28 Jon Bru (Spa) Kaiku
29 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
30 Igor Antón (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi
31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
33 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
34 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
35 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
36 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
37 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram 1.32
39 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.41
40 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 2.00
41 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.01
42 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
46 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2.14
48 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.09
49 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 3.16
50 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 3.22
51 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.28
52 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.52
53 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
54 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
55 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
56 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.12
57 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.37
58 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Kaiku
59 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
60 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
61 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
62 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
63 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 10.41
64 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 10.45
65 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 11.00
66 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
67 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
70 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
72 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
73 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
74 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
75 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
76 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
77 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
79 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
81 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
82 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
83 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
85 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku
86 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
87 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
88 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM
89 Jason McCartney (USA) Phonak
90 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
91 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
92 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
95 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
96 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
97 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
98 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
99 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
100 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
101 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
102 José Almagro (Spa) Relax-GAM
103 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
104 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
105 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
106 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
107 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
108 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
109 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
110 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
111 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
112 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 11.08
113 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 11.13
114 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
115 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
116 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
117 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
118 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance
119 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step
120 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
121 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.26
122 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 15.49
123 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
124 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
125 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 16.45
126 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
127 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
128 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
129 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
130 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
131 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
132 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
133 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
134 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
135 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
136 Javier Ruiz de Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku
137 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
138 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
139 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19.19
140 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
141 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
142 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
143 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
144 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
145 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
146 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
147 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
148 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
149 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
150 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Milram
151 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
152 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
153 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step
154 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
155 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
156 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
157 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
158 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
159 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile
160 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
161 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
162 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram
163 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Milram
164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
165 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Kaiku
166 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
167 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
168 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 21.30
169 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23.16
170 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital

Mountains
Alto de Gurutze - Cat. 3, K 6
1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
2 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step 2
3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1

Alto de Leaburu - Cat. 3, K 50
1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 3
2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
3 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Alto Altzo - Cat. 3, K 55
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
2 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 2
3 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1

Alto de Albatzisketa - Cat. 2, K 67
1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
2 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 4
3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
4 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Alto de Lazkaomendi - Cat. 2, K 79
1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
2 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 4
3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
4 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Alto de Olaberria - Cat. 3, K 84
1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 1

Alto de Liernia - Cat. 3, K 94
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
2 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 1

Alto Cruce de Minas - Cat. 2, K 105
1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 4
3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 2
4 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Alto de Liernia - Cat. 3, K 111
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
2 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
3 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 1

Alto de Aztiria - Cat. 1, K 124
1 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
2 Igor Antón (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 8
3 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2
6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1

Alto de Gabiria - Cat. 2, K 121
1 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-GAM 6
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
3 Igor Antón (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 2
4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1

Alto de Minas - Cat. 2, K 148
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 2
4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

GC:
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7:33'22"
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.02
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
6 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
8 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
9 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
11 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
12 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 0.07
17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.09
18 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-GAM 0.27
19 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.11
20 Jon Bru (Spa) Kaiku
21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
23 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
25 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
28 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
32 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
33 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 2.00
34 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.01
35 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
37 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
38 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.38
39 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram 3.10
40 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 3.16
41 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.28
42 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 3.50
43 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
44 Igor Antón (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi
45 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.40
47 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
48 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4.52
49 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
50 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4.53
51 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.37
52 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.48
53 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.01
54 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
55 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 7.31
56 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.16
57 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
58 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
59 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Kaiku
60 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8.24
61 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 10.41
62 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 11.00
63 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
64 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11.13
65 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
66 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
67 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
68 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.35
69 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 11.37
70 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 11.57
71 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.33
72 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 13.39
73 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
74 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
75 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
76 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
79 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
80 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
81 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
82 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
83 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
85 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
86 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
87 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
88 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM
89 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
90 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
91 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
92 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
93 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 13.47
94 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step 13.52
95 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 16.45
96 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.01
97 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
98 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
99 Jason McCartney (USA) Phonak
100 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
101 José Almagro (Spa) Relax-GAM
102 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
103 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
104 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 17.14
105 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance
106 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 17.57
107 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 18.28
108 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.24
109 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
110 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
111 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
112 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
113 Javier Ruiz de Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku
114 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 21.11
115 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.26
116 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
117 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
118 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
119 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku
120 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
121 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
123 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
124 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 21.39
125 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 21.58
126 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
127 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
128 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
129 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22.46
130 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
131 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.52
132 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24.08
133 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
134 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
135 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
136 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 25.20
137 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
138 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
139 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
140 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
141 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Milram
142 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
143 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.02
144 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 26.15
145 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 27.11
146 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
147 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
148 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
149 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 28.57
150 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 29.04
151 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29.45
152 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Milram
153 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
154 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
155 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
156 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
157 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Kaiku
158 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
159 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile
160 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.53
161 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32.27
162 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
163 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step
164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
165 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
166 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
167 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
168 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 36.24
169 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital
170 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 42.20

Points
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 41
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20
6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 20
7 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 18
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 16

Mountains
1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 27
2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21
3 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20
4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 19
5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 18
6 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 18
7 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15
8 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12
9 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-GAM 11
10 Igor Antón (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 10