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Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 9, A Fonsagrada - Alto de La Cobertoria, 207.4K

3 September

A Kazakh Crush - Vino Doubles, Valverde Gold

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

24 hours after winning a sprint stage, Alexandre Vinokourov took the Vuelta a España's toughest mountain stage. A Kazakh two-headed beast, Vino and his Astaná teammate, Andrey Kashechkin, attacked from a select group on the Alto de la Cobertoria with six kilometers left to race. Only Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) had the grit to follow, closing in on Kash, but unable to stomp out Vino. For his efforts, the Murciano will trade in his white ProTour jersey for the gold race leader's jersey. Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel), previous GC leader, exploded on the day's final climb.

Hoochy hot mamma, the Vuelta a España organizers, Unipublic, granted us with a hum-dinger of a stage today: five categorized climbs that served as the main course to the final category 1 whopper, the Alto de la Cobertoria. The Cobertoria was not as long as stage 7's Alto de El Morredero but with five leg-burning beasts beforehand anything could happen.

The climbs: Alto de Miñide (Cat. 3), Puerto de Connio (1), Puerto de Rañadoiro (1), Puerto de Cerredo (3), Alto de San Lorenzo (HC) and the final Alto de la Cobertoria (1), 9K, 1,170m in elevation, averaging 8.5% gradient.

Attacks were going from the gun on this stage. Riders were desperate to get free to form the day's escape. After the first climb of Miñide, a definite group of 15 took shape. Igor Antón and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi), David Arroyo, Joan Horrach and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Carlos Barredo (Astaná), Mauricio Ardila Cano and Pieter Weening (Rabobank), José Miguel Elías and Ángel Vallejo (Relax-GAM), Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), Lars Bak (Team CSC), Egoi Martínez (Discovery Channel), Dario Cioni (Liquigas), and Ángel Gómez Gómez (Saunier Duval-Prodir).

Our friend, Pietro Caucchioli was on a mountain point spree today. Il Veronese was firing off his guns on every Alto and Puerto of the day, going over number one on the first four climbs. It was a move that would put him in the mountain leader's orange jersey by the end of the day, and enable him to possibly take the final overall by Madrid. Bravo Pietro!

The group maintained a steady gap over the Connio and Rañadoiro, by the feed zone having 2'42" over the relatively calm peloton. The boys, with race leader Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel), were going "easy", saving their artilleries for the day's run up the Cobertoria.

Thirty kilometers to go and the escape group had gone to pieces. Three of the 15 were off the front (Arroyo, Martínez and Antón), through the intermediate sprint in San Martín de Teverga, -29K, they held 45" over the hungry peloton.

Shortly after, -23K, they had sat up, making way for a Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) attack. Yes, Il Grillo Livornese was on the hunt in a terrain that was not his own. Bettini maintained a gap over the thinning gruppo until -6K. Vinokourov attacked from behind, closing to Bettini and setting up for a Kazakh party on the Alto de la Cobertoria.

Kash quickly joined his mentor and compatriot, and the duo set about destroying the competition. The remnants were Brajkovic, Beltrán, Devolder, Danielson, Karpets, Valverde, Di Luca, Gomez Marchante, Goubert, Paulinho, Sastre, Piepoli, Sánchez, Marzoli and Szmyd. And with -4K, Kash was in the virtual gold jersey. 22 year-old Brajkovic was blown off the back and his jersey was available for the taking.

Valverde saw the Vuelta overall going up the road and decided to take over control of the chase; the Spaniard drove the front of a group that now only contained Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas), Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) and José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir). The White Bullet tried several times to drop the dead weight but could not get free, but then, with 1000 meters left to race, he was able to break free.

Valverde made tempo to the Kazakh duo; Vino sensed danger and rode free from his protégé. Valverde caught Kash, securing the maillot oro, but could not close on Vino.

An amazing and out of control Vinokourov got that mountain win that was stolen from him two days prior, scored a Vuelta twofer (after yesterday's sprint coup) and impressed the Kazakhstan prime minister, Daniyal Akhmetov, who is in Spain to check on his state sponsored team.

Valverde, well he has moved into the race leadership on the eve of the rest day. With 27 seconds over Kash and 44 over Sastre this race is still very close. Stay tuned.

Results: 5:50'43", 35.48 K/h
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.16
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 0.21
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.43
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.46
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2.14
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.38
15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 2.40
16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.59
17 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.03
18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 3.17
19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.31
20 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 3.44
21 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 4.20
23 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.23
24 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.35
25 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 5.58
26 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 6.58
27 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9.13
28 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 9.49
29 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
30 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM
32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná
35 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
36 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10.07
37 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.05
39 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.46
40 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 13.25
41 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
42 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel
44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
45 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
46 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná
47 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 13.35
48 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 14.16
49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 15.16
50 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
51 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 15.47
52 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 16.42
53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.57
54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 21.08
55 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
56 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
58 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
59 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
62 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
63 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
64 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
65 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
66 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM
67 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
68 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
69 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
70 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
71 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
72 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 23.00
73 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.12
74 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
76 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM
77 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
79 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
80 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
81 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
82 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
83 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
85 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis
86 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
87 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
88 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
89 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
90 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 27.15
92 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná
93 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29.45
94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
96 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
98 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
99 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná
100 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
101 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
103 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
104 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
105 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
106 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
108 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
109 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
110 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
111 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná
112 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
113 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
115 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step
116 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
117 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
118 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
119 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
120 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
121 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
122 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
123 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
125 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
126 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
127 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
128 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
129 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
130 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
131 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step
132 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
133 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
134 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
135 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
136 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
137 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
138 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
139 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
140 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 31.23
141 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 32.35
142 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
143 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
144 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.37
145 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
146 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
147 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
148 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
149 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom
150 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32.48
151 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.34
152 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 36.56
153 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
154 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.08
155 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.21
156 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
157 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 37.37
158 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 38.01
159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 38.08
161 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
162 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 38.16
163 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38.40
164 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38.42
165 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 38.52
166 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step
167 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.59
168 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 39.09
169 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 39.26
170 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram
171 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram
DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
DNF Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNF André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile
DNF Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile

GC:
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36:41'31"
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 0.27
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.44
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.56
5 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 1.38
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2.05
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.21
8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.28
9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.59
10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 5.18
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.33
12 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 6.11
13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 6.20
14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 6.36
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.50
16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 7.16
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.36
18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 7.56
19 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 7.59
20 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.48
21 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.17
22 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13.55
23 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.09
24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 14.21
25 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 14.27
26 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 16.18
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 17.34
28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.01
29 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.33
30 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 20.34
31 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 23.00
32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 23.04
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 23.17
34 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 23.35
35 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 24.13
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 25.28
37 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 26.20
38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 27.56
39 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 27.57
40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 29.33
41 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 30.48
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.32
43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 33.10
44 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 33.12
45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 33.21
46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 33.42
47 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 34.03
48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 34.24
49 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 34.58
50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.00
51 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 35.01
52 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 35.30
53 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 35.44
54 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37.08
55 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.20
56 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.31
57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 38.30
58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 39.01
59 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 39.11
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.25
61 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40.54
62 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 42.39
63 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 43.37
64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 44.02
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.10
66 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 46.27
67 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 47.30
68 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48.49
69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48.57
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 50.18
71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 51.05
72 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 53.47
73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 55.38
74 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.47
75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 56.22
76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 56.57
77 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57.15
78 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 57.20
79 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57.36
80 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 58.11
81 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 59.42
82 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59.49
83 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.00.08
84 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.14
85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.17
86 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 1.00.37
87 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 1.02.08
88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.49
89 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.02.52
90 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.04.45
91 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.05.28
92 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.05.45
93 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.05.55
94 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.33
95 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.06.50
96 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.07.14
97 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.33
98 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.07.41
99 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07.55
100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.08.57
101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.10.07
102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.10.16
103 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.10.37
104 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.10.40
105 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.53
106 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.11.50
107 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.04
108 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 1.12.13
109 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 1.12.40
110 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.51
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1.12.59
112 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.13.30
113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.13.35
114 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.13.36
115 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 1.13.45
116 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.12
117 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.32
118 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.00
119 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
120 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1.15.46
121 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.15.57
122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.16.17
123 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 1.16.19
124 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.18.34
125 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.18.40
126 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1.18.42
127 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
128 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.18.43
129 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.18.53
130 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 1.19.35
131 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.45
132 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 1.19.58
133 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.19.59
134 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 1.20.46
135 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.20.55
136 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.21.55
137 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.22.01
138 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.09
139 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.11
140 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.22.20
141 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.21
142 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 1.22.42
143 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1.22.47
144 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.23.17
145 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.21
146 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.25.22
147 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.25.24
148 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.25.50
149 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.26.06
150 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.25
151 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.27.18
152 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 1.27.30
153 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.51
154 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.28.33
155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.28.44
156 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
157 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1.29.15
158 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 1.29.56
159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.30.09
160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.30.29
161 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.30.36
162 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 1.30.49
163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 1.31.48
164 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.35.04
165 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35.05
166 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 1.35.41
167 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.42.02
168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.42.39
169 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.45.08
170 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.48.08
171 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 1.51.33

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 111
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 71
3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 60
4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 59

Mountains
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 73
2 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 70
3 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 42

Combination
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 21
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 22
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23