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Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 15, Motilla del Palancar - Factoría Ford (Almussafes), 182K

10 September

Förster Takes The Win

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

An exciting win for Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner). The German beat out the bunch during the tricky finish at the end of Vuelta a España stage 15. Förster managed to avoid a near crash to sneak around and steal the win. Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) remained in the points jersey and finished fourth on the stage. The top five general classification riders remained the same, with Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) keeping the gold jersey another day.

A bunch sprint awaited the riders at the end of stage 15. The stage was 182k from Motilla del Palancar to the Ford factory (Almussafes). The riders started early and in warm weather, around 21°, while the finish promised to be hotter.

Though not an overly exciting day, the stage promised a sprint finish. But before the sprint would arrive, it was a day for failed escapes. From the start of the stage, several riders attempted to escape, only to be pulled in. Raul García de Mateo (Relax-GAM), William Walker (Rabobank), and Thierry Marichal (Cofidis) attacked early on, but Milram and Caisse d'Epargne were having none of that and the group was pulled back. De Mateo tried again, this time with Kevin Van Impe (Quick-Step), but again it wasn't to be.

Eventually another Relax rider gave it a go and at 7k into the stage, Jorge García (Relax-GAM) and Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) took off. This time the escape worked. At 41k into the stage, the two riders had a six minute and 30 second lead on the peloton. The two escapees wavered above six minutes until about 67k, where they finally settled on a gap of just under that six minute mark.

There was a sprint point with 99k to go, García went over first, followed by Carlström. The peloton, with Quick-Step working hard, followed without much chase. It was José Antonio Garrido (Quick-Step) who took third in the sprint, by virtue of being on the front of the pack.

With 87k left to go, Carlström called it a day and slid back to 1'28" behind García. Carlström was eventually caught by the peloton, leaving the Relax rider to go it completely alone, which he did. At one point he had a gap of over six minutes on the peloton. The time hovered between five and six minutes until 54k to go, which was when the peloton decided to get things moving.

48k to go and García's gap was under four minutes. He wouldn't stay away from another escape turned stage win, but he'd live to fight another day. As the Relax rider passed the second sprint point, Quick-Step and Milram worked on the front. With 19k to go, García gave up on his break, while back in the peloton a few Lampre-Fondital riders picked up the pace.

With 15k left, García was caught by the peloton. Crédit Agricole, riding for points leader Hushovd, moved to the front, working with Milram, Lampre, and Quick-Step. It was shaping up to be a big sprinter's finish with all the teams working well together. Barring any incidents, it looked like the team with the strongest sprinter would win.

At 4k to go, a few riders got mixed up and ended up on the wrong side of the barrier, but luckily no one was hurt and all finished. And then the race was on. Lampre was working hard, but it was Milram who pushed their train. With Erik Zabel (Milram) working for him, would it be Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)? Or had Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) set himself up to take the win?

In the end, it was none of those things. Two Lampre riders boxed Petacchi in, almost causing him to crash against the barriers. Förster took advantage of the confusion to ride around and steal the win. Hushovd was close behind, but he too, was boxed in. The Australian Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) took second place, followed by one of the two Lampre riders, Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital).

Förster made up for a lackluster season with a great sprint victory. Valverde finished safely and remains in gold for another day. Tomorrow the riders have a rest day before the 145k mountain stage 16 between Almería and the Astronomical Observatory of Calar Alto.
- Sarah

Results: 4'24"55
1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná
8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis
9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram
13 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
15 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
16 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
17 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
18 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
20 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
23 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
24 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná
25 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
26 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
28 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
29 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
30 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
31 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
33 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
34 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná
35 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
36 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
37 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
38 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
39 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
40 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná
41 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
42 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
43 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
44 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
46 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
48 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 0.11
49 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.12
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
51 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 0.17
52 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
53 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
54 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
56 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
57 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná
58 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
60 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 0.21
62 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 0.25
63 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel
66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
67 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
69 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
70 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
71 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
72 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 0.29
73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
75 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
76 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 0.33
77 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM
78 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
79 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
80 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
81 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM
82 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
83 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná
84 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
85 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
86 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná
87 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
88 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
89 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step
90 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
91 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
92 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
94 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
95 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
96 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
97 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
99 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
101 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
102 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
103 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
104 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
106 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram
107 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
108 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
109 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
110 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
111 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
112 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM
113 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
114 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
115 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
116 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
117 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
118 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
119 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
120 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
121 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
122 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
123 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
124 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.52
125 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.53
126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
127 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 0.57
128 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.58
129 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
130 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
131 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
133 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
134 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
135 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom
136 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
137 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
139 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 1.04
140 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.08
141 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.25
142 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step
143 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.41
145 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
146 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.41
147 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
148 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
149 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM
150 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.45
151 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
152 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
153 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 2.31
154 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 2.32
155 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.48
DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
DNS Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

GC:
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58.48.23
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 0.48
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.25
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 1.38
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.23
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 3.49
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.29
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.48
9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 5.03
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 7.15
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.41
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7.46
13 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 7.56
14 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 8.21
15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 9.30
16 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 9.42
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.10
19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.15
20 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.38
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 13.33
22 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.48
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 13.50
24 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 14.12
25 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 15.45
26 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 17.23
27 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.31
28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22.05
29 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 22.27
30 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 22.28
31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 24.13
32 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 25.14
33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 26.26
34 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 27.33
35 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 27.38
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 28.47
37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 29.42
38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 31.11
39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32.01
40 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 32.17
41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 32.20
42 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.28
43 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 35.45
44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.47
45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 38.31
46 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.56
47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 40.03
48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 40.38
49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 42.23
50 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.52
51 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 43.20
52 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 43.23
53 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.53
54 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 46.28
55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 47.02
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 47.17
57 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47.23
58 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 48.04
59 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 48.25
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49.34
61 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 50.38
62 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 54.03
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 55.55
64 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 57.55
65 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 58.37
66 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 59.30
67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.00.28
68 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.34
69 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01.15
70 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.01.27
71 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.01.31
72 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.03.23
73 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.44
74 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.05.11
75 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.05.50
76 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.07.46
77 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.08.04
78 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 1.08.20
79 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09.03
80 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.09.04
81 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 1.09.24
82 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.09.49
83 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.16
84 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.23
85 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.11.46
86 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.11.51
87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 1.11.53
88 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.12.37
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.12.58
90 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.13.23
91 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.13.26
92 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.51
93 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.30
94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.14.50
95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.15.01
96 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.15.10
97 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.15.40
98 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.16.26
99 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.16.29
100 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.17.00
101 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 1.19.03
102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.19.47
103 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.20.02
104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.20.49
105 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1.22.13
106 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.34
107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 1.23.02
108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.23.18
109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.24.10
110 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
111 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.25.00
112 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 1.25.27
113 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25.32
114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.25.37
115 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.27.08
116 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 1.27.52
117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27.59
118 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 1.29.00
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1.29.06
120 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.29.26
121 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.30.14
122 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.31.08
123 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.31.11
124 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1.31.27
125 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.31.29
126 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.31.33
127 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.33.37
128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.33.46
129 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.34.40
130 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1.35.24
131 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 1.35.40
132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.36.11
133 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.36.44
134 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.36.56
135 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.37.22
136 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 1.37.26
137 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 1.38.12
138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.39.05
139 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.39.52
140 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.40.39
141 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.41.09
142 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.41.36
143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.41.55
144 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.43.34
145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 1.43.47
146 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.44.21
147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.44.44
148 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.47.18
149 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 1.48.32
150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 1.48.51
151 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.49.27
152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.50.26
153 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 1.52.30
154 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.01.54
155 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 2.08.36
156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.10.06

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 169
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 89
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 82
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 82

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 50

Combine
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18
3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 21
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 22
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28