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Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 10, Avilés - Museo de Altamira (Santillana del Mar), 199.3K

5 September

The One That Got Away - Sergio Paulinho

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Sergio Paulinho (Astaná) flew free from his escape companions to snatch Vuelta a España stage 10. Following yesterday's rest day, The 26 year-old Portuguese formed part of the Vuelta's first successful escape group in the wee kilometers of the stage, a 199K affair finishing in Museo de Altamira. Paulinho's move, initiated in the final 800 meters, was almost closed by Veronese Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner). Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) arrived with the peloton, four minutes back, and kept his Golden jersey for another day.

Today's stage, after last weekend massacre and yesterday's rest day, was one for the escape. The 61st Vuelta had not seen an escape succeed since the race started over one week ago, but today, 199K from Avilés to Museo de Altamira, was going to be the day. The riders had to navigate a testing parcours, including the Cat. 3 Alto del Mirador de Cildad coming at 12 kilometers remaining.

The escape started to form at 26K from Avilés. The move swelled up to 24 but dropped riders made downsized the gruppo to 15. Just prior to the end of the first hour of racing, at 46K, we had the following 15 riders in the fuga: Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Sergio Paulinho (Astaná), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Fondital), Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), Dario Cioni (Liquigas), Nicki Sørensen (Team CSC), Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), David Millar and Francisco José Ventoso (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Sébastien Minard (Cofidis), Sébastien Joly (Française Des Jeux), Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) and San Sebastián winner, Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom).

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), looking ever so smart in his Maillot Oro, was relaxed in the gruppo with his teammates, they had Karpets. The Russian, highest placed riders in the move, 6'50" back on GC, meant that Caisse d'Epargne did not have to do any of the chasing. Bravo.

Team CSC took up the pace making behind. With the escaping having eight minutes by the feed zone in Ribadesella, the Danish CSC squadra were forced to reduce the gap. Their leader, Carlos Sastre (third in GC at 44"), was in danger of losing the Vuelta a España. By the intermediate sprint in Llanes, -77K, the Danish boys had whittled the gap down to a manageable seven minutes.

The group of 15, nearing the end of the stage, was starting to look at each other for hungry eyes. Hostilities were opened with the day's only categorized climb, the cat. 3 climb Alto del Mirador de Cildad. Topping out at 260m, the Mirador was going to be a place for a rider like Basque Iban Mayo to make his move.

Mayo fired off an orange Euskaltel-Euskadi missile near the top. His attack was dangerous and heavily marked, prompting counter-attacks from Sébastien Joly and then Evgeni Petrov. Petrov's move had the muscle, and also gave us a glimpse at the strong men in the move. Tin-Tin Rebellin jumped across along with Russian Vladimir Karpets and eventual stage winner, Sergio Paulinho.

Tin-Tin topped the Mirador first, but shortly after the small move was gobbled and we had our 15 back together. Millar tried his hand, but mostly the Scot seemed to be working for sprint danger man, Francisco José Ventoso. If Ventoso was to win the Saunier Duval-Prodir duo would have to cover a series of attacks that were sure to be launched.

In the final four kilometers the stage was being played out as the escape exploded. Italian-based Cioni gave a surge that was quickly marked by Karpets and Rebellin. Ventoso was trying to follow the moves, and he obviously sensed the power of Rebellin; the Spaniard latched immediately on to Tin-Tin's Specialized machine. Gusev countered Cioni's failed move, but was marked by Petrov and again Rebellin.

The escapees were approaching the ultimo chilometro and Portuguese Paulinho sensed the weakening legs of his day-long companions. With a burst at -800 meters he was on his way to victory. Karpets, with Florencio and Rebellin in tow, dug deep to try to close the gap. It was very close for Paulinho; every meter seemed two meters long. Finally, with 75 meters to go, looking over his shoulder, the Astaná man saw that sweet victory was his. The win by Paulinho marked the third victory in a row for the squadra, a party which started on Saturday with Vinokourov sprint victory in Lugo.

Results: 4:33'44", 43.68 K/h
1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.02
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.06
5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.07
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
11 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.11
13 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.51
14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.29
15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.47
16 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 3.54
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
19 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
22 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
23 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
24 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM
25 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
26 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel
28 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
30 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
31 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
32 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná
33 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
34 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná
35 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
37 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
39 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
40 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
41 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
43 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital
46 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM
47 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM
48 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná
49 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
50 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step
52 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
53 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
54 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
56 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
57 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
58 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
59 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
61 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
62 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
63 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
64 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná
65 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
66 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
68 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná
69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
70 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
71 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
72 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
73 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
74 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
75 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
76 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
77 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
79 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
80 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
81 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis
83 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
84 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
85 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
86 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
87 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
88 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
89 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
90 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
91 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
92 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
93 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
94 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
96 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
97 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
98 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
99 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM
100 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
101 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
102 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
103 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
104 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
105 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
107 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
109 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná
110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
112 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
113 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
114 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná
115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
116 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
117 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
119 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
120 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.41
121 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
122 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
123 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step
124 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
125 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 5.01
126 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
127 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step
128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram
129 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 5.11
131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
132 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
133 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná
134 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
135 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
136 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram
138 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
139 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
140 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram
141 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
142 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
143 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
145 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
146 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
147 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
148 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.23
149 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
150 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
151 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.28
152 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5.47
153 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.51
154 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 8.34
155 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 10.16
156 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10.35
157 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.26
158 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.29
159 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
160 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
161 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
162 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.33
163 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
164 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom
165 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
166 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
167 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 11.38
168 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.40
DNF Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
DNS Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner

GC:
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 41:19'09"
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 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.02
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 3.42
11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.59
12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 5.18
13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.33
14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 6.11
15 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 6.20
16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 6.36
17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 7.16
18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.36
19 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 7.59
20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.34
21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.48
22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 10.32
23 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13.55
24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.09
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 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 19.30
30 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.33
31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 20.34
32 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 23.00
33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 23.04
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 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 30.07
42 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 30.16
43 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 30.48
44 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31.40
45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.32
46 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 32.36
47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 33.10
48 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 33.21
49 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 33.42
50 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 34.24
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 34.43
52 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 34.58
53 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.00
54 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 35.30
55 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.20
56 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37.03
57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37.08
58 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.20
59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 39.01
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.25
61 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 40.15
62 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 40.18
63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 42.39
64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 43.37
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.27
66 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 47.30
67 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 47.34
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 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 56.22
75 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.34
76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 56.57
77 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57.36
78 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 58.11
79 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58.32
80 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 58.37
81 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 59.42
82 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.00.08
83 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.14
84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.17
85 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 1.00.37
86 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 1.02.08
87 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.49
88 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.02.52
89 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.04.45
90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.05.28
91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.05.45
92 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.05.55
93 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.33
94 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.06.50
95 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.07.21
96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.33
97 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.07.41
98 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07.55
99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.08.31
100 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.51
101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.08.57
102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.10.07
103 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.10.16
104 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.33
105 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.10.37
106 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.10.40
107 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.53
108 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 1.12.40
109 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.13.30
110 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 1.13.45
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1.14.16
112 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.00
113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
114 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.15.04
115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.15.29
116 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
117 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1.15.46
118 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.15.57
119 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.16.17
120 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 1.16.19
121 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 1.18.35
122 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1.18.42
123 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.18.53
125 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.19.29
126 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 1.19.35
127 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.43
128 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.45
129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.20.00
130 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.20.03
131 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 1.21.15
132 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 1.21.33
133 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.22.01
134 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.11
135 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.21
136 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.56
137 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.23.12
138 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 1.23.29
139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.23.37
140 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1.24.04
141 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.24.46
142 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.21
143 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.41
144 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.27.43
145 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.27.47
146 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.51
147 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.28.33
148 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.28.34
149 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.28.45
150 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 1.28.47
151 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.29.31
152 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.30.04
153 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1.30.32
154 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 1.31.03
155 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.31.26
156 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 1.31.56
157 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.32.10
158 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32.57
159 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 1.33.05
160 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.33.41
161 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.04
162 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.36.11
163 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 1.36.58
164 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37.40
165 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.38.04
166 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.52.43
167 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 1.52.50
168 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.55.47

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 111
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 71
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 60
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 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23
5 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 23