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2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 13

Vuelta a España, France

Stage 13, Guadalajara - Cuenca, 180K

8 September

Sánchez Holds in Cuenca

Samuel Sánchez wins stage 13, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won Vuelta a España stage 13 after running clear on the decent of the final climb. The 28 year-old Spaniard stayed ahead of a GC storm; Valverde and Vinokourov went toe to toe to gain bonus seconds, with the Maillot Oro Spaniard taking eight extra seconds by finishing third behind Thor Hushovd. The battle will turn bloodier tomorrow, when the boys will dust off their crono machines for the 33.2K individual test in Cuenca.

Today, the day before tomorrow's demanding time trial, presented the peloton with a challenging parcours of three cat. 3 climbs, Alto de la Tendilla, Alto de Córcoles and Alto del Castillo, the final coming just 13K before the finish in Cuenca.

The Tendilla, at 31K, fractured the peloton and produced the day's major escape. After the top, a group of around thirty men were free, this gruppo continued to refine itself until, at the second climb of the day, Córcoles, at 60K, five riders pushed off the front.

Rebellin leads the escape, photo: © Unipublic

Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Lars Bak (Team CSC), Frédéric Bessy (Cofidis) and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) were given some space, by -100K, shortly before the feed zone, they had five minutes on the chase. Upon reaching Priego, the home town of Luis Ocaña and intermediate sprint point, the boys enjoyed a 7'38" lead. It looked like the escape could go the distance, and that maybe Tin-Tin Rebellin would get his revenge for his stage 10 near miss.

Quick-Step and Milram started to contribute to the chase work and by -60K the escape's gap was down under five minutes. By -40K the gap was right around three minutes. Now, with the cat. 3 Alto del Castillo still to come, it looked unlikely that our five escapees would survive. And, with 20K to go, Astaná amassing at the front, the escape was swallowed. The calm day before tomorrow's crono was about to get ugly.

The peloton chase, photo: © Unipublic

CSC joined Astaná at the front to show support for Sastre, but soon after The Killer launched. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) made a move through the old town streets of Cuenca. This sent the peloton scrambling all over the road while the GC favorites were trying to mark their rivals.

Di Luca was followed by Bettini but both were overthrown by Luis Pérez (Cofidis), who put in a scorcher of a move. Pérez hit hard and it took the muscle of Valverde's long-haired henchman, Karpets, to reel him back. The catch was immediately followed by a Sam Sánchez flyer.

The peloton, photo: © Unipublic

There was 7K of mostly downhill to go. Sanchez held only a small margin and behind there were a group of hard-hitters forming. Vinos, Kash, Valverde, Di Luca, Bettini, Sastre, Hesjedal ... were all behind the lone Euskaltel warrior. Their un-cooperated efforts were not going to pull back a determined Sánchez as he headed through the city of the "Casas Colgantes". At -1000m the Spaniard had 10 seconds, which was enough.

The sprint for second was something else; Alexander Vinokourov (Astaná) was hitting the gas hard. The Kazakh was going for the bonus seconds to gain ground on Valverde. The Maillot Oro Spaniard was having none of it, marking Vino and taking third for eight extra seconds, while big bad Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) cruised past for second.

Results: 4:03'43"
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 12 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 20 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 21 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 25 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 26 José Angel Gomez Marchante 27 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 28 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) 31 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 33 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 34 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 36 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 38 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 40 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 42 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 43 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 44 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 45 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 46 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 47 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 48 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 49 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 50 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 52 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 53 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 55 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 56 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 57 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 60 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 61 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 62 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 63 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 64 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 65 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 67 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 68 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 69 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 70 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 72 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 73 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 74 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 75 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 76 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 77 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 78 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 79 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 82 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 83 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 84 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 85 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 86 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 87 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 88 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 90 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 91 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse 93 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) 94 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 96 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 98 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 99 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 100 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 101 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 102 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 103 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 105 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 107 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 108 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 109 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 112 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 113 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 114 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 115 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 116 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 117 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 118 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 119 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 120 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 121 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 123 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 124 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 125 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 126 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 127 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 128 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 129 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 130 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 131 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 132 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse 134 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 135 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 137 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 138 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 139 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 140 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 141 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 142 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 145 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 146 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 147 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 148 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 149 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 150 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 151 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 152 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 153 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 154 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 155 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 157 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 158 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step DNS Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Saunier Duval-Prodir

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.21
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.36
0.41
1.06

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

1.51

2.16

d'Epargne-Illes Balears
Saunier Duval-Prodir

4.14
4.41

7.21

d'Epargne-Illes Balears
d'Epargne-Illes Balears
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
9.05

GC:
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53:42'21"
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 0.35
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.52
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04
5 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 1.46
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2.13
7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.36
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.39
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.10
10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.07
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 4.56
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.21
13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 6.07
14 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 6.19
16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 6.28
17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 6.44
18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 7.24
19 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 7.44
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
21 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 8.07
22 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.35
23 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.56
24 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 10.19
25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 10.40
26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 12.43
27 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.23
28 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 15.09
29 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 17.32
30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 18.48
31 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.15
32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 19.18
33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 21.56
34 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 24.18
35 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 25.34
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 25.45
37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 26.05
38 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 26.06
39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 27.27
40 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.40
41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 28.19
42 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 29.11
43 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 30.24
44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 32.02
45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 34.24
46 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.56
47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 35.25
48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 36.42
49 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 36.57
50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37.24
51 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 38.30
52 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 39.09
53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39.19
54 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39.50
55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 41.11
56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 41.29
57 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 41.50
58 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 42.17
59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 42.55
60 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 44.39
61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 44.51
62 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.33
63 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46.54
64 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 49.29
65 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 51.52
66 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 52.17
67 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 55.22
68 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 55.23
69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 55.46
70 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 56.11
71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56.26
72 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 57.36
73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.33
74 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.35
75 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.00.10
76 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.31
77 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 1.02.36
78 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.02.38
79 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.41
80 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.03.19
81 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.04.06
82 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 1.04.32
83 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.04.57
84 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05.13
85 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 1.06.10
86 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.41
87 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.06.59
88 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.07.09
89 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.07.41
90 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.07.50
91 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.07.54
92 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.22
93 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.59
94 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.09.08
95 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.42
96 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.10.17
97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.41
98 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.11.21
99 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.11.39
100 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.12.02
101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.12.15
102 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.13.04
103 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 1.14.39
104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.15.12
105 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.15.57
106 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.16.00
107 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.16.05
108 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 1.17.06
109 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1.17.45
110 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 1.18.02
111 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.18.41
112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.18.57
113 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.19.21
114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.24
115 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 1.21.59
116 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22.09
117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.22.43
118 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 1.22.59
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1.23.27
120 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.23.42
121 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.23.47
122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 1.23.48
123 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.24.10
124 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.01
125 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1.26.11
126 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.26.23
127 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.26.32
128 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.27.00
129 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.28.56
130 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.28.59
131 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.30.27
132 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.30.44
133 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 1.30.46
134 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.31.18
135 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.31.49
136 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.32.25
137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1.33.17
138 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 1.33.21
139 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 1.33.36
140 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.34.34
141 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
142 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.36.02
143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37.04
144 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.37.43
145 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.37.48
146 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 1.38.32
147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.38.55
148 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.39.18
149 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.40.26
150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 1.41.09
151 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.41.10
152 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 1.43.07
153 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.45.24
154 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.46.06
155 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 1.47.00
156 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.55.07
157 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 2.01.59
158 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.03.16

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 155
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84
3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 79
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 79
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75

Mountains
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 81
2 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 70
3 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 67
4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48

Combination
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 27
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 27
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28