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Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 8, Ponferrada - Lugo, 181.6K

2 September

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Alexander Vinokourov today made amends for the defeat he suffered 24 hours prior by convincingly taking the 8th stage of the Vuelta a España. Today's parcours took the peloton into the lush northwest region of Galicia. The final kilometer was a steep one, which proved to be a perfect launch pad for the feisty Kazakh. Left in his wake were Ruggero Marzoli (Lampre-Fondital) and Uros Murn (Phonak).

Escapes in the earlier part of the day were few and far between, primarily due to the 53 Kph speed that the peloton was traveling. Kevin Van Impe (Quick-Step) finally managed to slip away after 68 kilometers.

Van Impe is the nephew of Belgian climbing ace, Lucien Van Impe, so in theory at least his chances of staying away over the day's climbs seemed good. Theory and reality are two very different things though. Van Impe's efforts saw him maximize his lead at 5'42" over the third category Alto de Ares, but the flat roads that followed made it tough for him to widen his advantage.

Van Impe's Spanish holiday was cut short with about 10K to go. But hey, he lasted over 100 kilometers solo, which is more than can be said of some riders.

The stage was now set for a big showdown. Into the final kilometer they went. The sprint guns were there, but the ferocity of Vino's pull in the finale was enough to thwart even the strongest.

"I felt bad I missed out the previous day by so little," said a vindicated Vino after the win. "Today I saw there was a little climb close to the finish and seized the opportunity."

The young Brajkovic maintains his scant five second lead over Valverde on the general classification. Look for things to change drastically tomorrow, though, as the peloton will find itself in the very hilly Asturias region. On the menu are three category 1 climbs and an hors catégorie beast for good measure. BiciRace.com is predicting some big time fireworks from the young Murciano, Alejandro Valverde.

"It's the toughest single day of this year's race," added Valverde.

Stay tuned for all the details. Hasta mañana!
- Paco

Results: 4:02'11", 44.84 K/h
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná
2 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.01
3 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
9 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
16 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
17 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM
18 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
19 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
20 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
23 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
24 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
28 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
29 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná
30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
33 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
34 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
35 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
36 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital
38 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
39 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
40 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
41 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
42 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
43 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná
44 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
45 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
46 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
47 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
48 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
49 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná
50 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel
51 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
52 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
53 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
54 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
55 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
56 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná
57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
58 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
59 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
60 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
61 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
62 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
64 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
65 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 0.19
66 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM
67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.21
68 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
69 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
70 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
71 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.25
72 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
73 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
74 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
75 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.30
76 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
77 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
78 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
79 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
80 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
81 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
82 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
83 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 0.34
84 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 0.37
85 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.40
86 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 0.44
87 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
88 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.49
89 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
90 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM
91 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
92 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
93 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
94 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
97 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1.08
99 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
100 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná
101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis
103 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
104 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
105 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
106 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
107 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
109 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
110 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
111 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
112 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná
113 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21
115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.26
116 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
117 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.29
118 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.32
119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 1.49
121 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.51
122 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 1.59
123 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 2.01
124 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
125 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
126 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
127 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
128 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
129 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
130 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
131 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
132 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
133 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
134 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
135 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.06
136 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 2.10
137 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
138 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2.14
139 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 2.17
140 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.24
141 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.29
142 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
143 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
144 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
145 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná
146 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
147 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná
148 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
149 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
150 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
151 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
152 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
153 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
154 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
155 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
156 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58
157 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
158 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.06
159 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.13
160 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
161 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
162 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.44
163 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile
164 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
165 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.28
166 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
167 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.30
168 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
169 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
170 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
171 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
172 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
173 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram
174 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
175 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
176 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
177 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom
178 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
179 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step
DNF Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

GC:
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 30:50'39"
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.05
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.10
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.22
5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 0.23
6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.51
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.05
8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 1.37
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 1.47
10 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 2.07
11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37
12 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 3.05
13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 3.13
14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33
15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 3.40
16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 4.15
17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.21
18 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 4.24
19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4.29
20 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 4.31
21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.38
22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4.41
23 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 4.48
24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.11
25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.59
26 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.08
27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.09
28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 7.18
29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 7.39
30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 7.54
31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8.34
32 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 9.35
33 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 9.49
34 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 10.19
35 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10.20
36 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 10.29
37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.21
38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.33
39 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 12.39
40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.42
41 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 13.04
42 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel
43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 13.24
44 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 13.49
45 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.30
46 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 14.33
47 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.51
48 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.07
49 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 16.15
50 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.29
51 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.32
52 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16.51
53 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 18.02
54 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 18.14
55 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 18.17
56 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.26
57 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19.13
58 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.32
59 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 19.52
60 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 20.26
61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 20.42
62 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 21.40
63 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23.23
64 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23.52
65 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 24.34
66 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 25.03
67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 25.14
68 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 25.50
69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 27.21
70 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 27.44
71 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.34
72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 29.35
73 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 30.06
74 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30.13
75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 30.19
76 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 30.20
77 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 30.21
78 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30.32
79 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 30.41
80 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 30.57
81 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.33
82 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 32.36
83 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.13
84 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 33.16
85 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34.11
86 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 34.34
87 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 35.09
88 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 36.00
89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 36.05
90 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36.16
91 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 36.21
92 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 37.12
93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.57
94 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 38.05
95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.21
96 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39.22
97 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 39.36
98 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 39.41
99 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 39.44
100 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 39.52
101 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 40.40
102 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 41.01
103 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 41.04
104 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41.07
105 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.51
106 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.52
107 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 42.37
108 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 43.15
109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 43.23
110 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 43.54
111 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 44.00
112 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 44.09
113 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 44.13
114 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 44.29
115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 44.46
116 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 44.50
117 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44.56
118 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.34
119 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 46.21
120 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 46.41
121 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 47.32
122 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 47.51
123 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 48.55
124 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.57
125 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
126 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 48.58
127 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 49.04
128 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 49.06
129 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 49.07
131 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 49.08
132 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 49.16
133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49.17
134 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.41
135 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 49.43
136 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 49.45
137 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 49.49
138 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 49.59
139 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 50.02
140 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50.09
141 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 50.16
142 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 50.22
143 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 50.23
144 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 50.31
145 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50.39
146 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram
147 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 51.08
148 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 51.10
149 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 51.19
150 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 51.57
151 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.00
152 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 52.03
153 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 52.06
154 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52.17
155 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 52.19
156 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 52.30
157 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 52.31
158 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 52.44
159 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52.45
160 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.54
161 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 52.58
162 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 53.11
163 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.13
164 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 53.31
165 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 53.40
166 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53.41
167 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 55.45
168 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 55.58
169 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56.05
170 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 56.21
171 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 58.19
172 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58.52
173 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.08
174 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.01.26
175 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.03.31
176 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10.00
177 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.11.09
178 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 1.12.33
179 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.15.32

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 111
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 71
3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 48
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 47

Mountains
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 33
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 30
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 29
4 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 28
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26

Combination
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 12
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 22
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 27