BiciRace.com :: Vuelta a España

2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 16

Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 16, Almería - Calar Alto, 145K

12 September

Antón Rides GC Wave

Young Igor Antón wins stage 16, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) surfed the GC wave to top Vuelta a España stage 16. While the favorites were launching hostilities the 23 year-old Basque rode clear to top the Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto solo. Behind, Alexander Vinokourov, Carlos Sastre and Alejandro Valverde battled for the classification, with Sastre looking the weakest. Maillot Oro, Spaniard Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears, not only weathered the GC storm but outsprinted Vino to gain 12 bonus seconds. The biggest casualty of the stage was Andrey Kashechkin; the Kazakh slipped from second to fourth overall.

Today's Vuelta stage put the riders firmly back into the mountains with a 145K run from Almería to Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto. En route were two category 1 climbs before the final humdinger hors catégorie Calar Alto. The climbs: Alto de Velefique (with 88K to go), Alto de Calar Alto (-57K) and the Alto de Calar Alto again, but on a different side, for the mountain finish.

Pietro Caucchioli, photo: © Unipublic

Before the top of the Velefique, the day's escape was formed. Over the top Egoi Martínez (Discovery Channel) nabbed maximum points, which he would also claim on the second climb of the day, edging closer to the mountain leader's orange jersey held by Italian Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), second on both climbs.

Caucchioli leads the escape, photo: © Unipublic

The lead group: Pietro Caucchioli (ITA/Crédit Agricole), Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/Crédit Agricole), Sébastien Joly (FRA/Française des Jeux), Alessandro Spezialetti (ITA/Liquigas), Iñigo Chaurreau (ESP/Ag2r), Oscar Pereiro (ESP/Caisse d'Epargne), Mauricio Ardila Cano (COL/Rabobank), José Antonio Redondo (ESP/Astaná), Sébastien Minard (FRA/Cofidis), Kurt-Asle Arvesen (DAN/CSC), Daniel Becke (ALL/Milram) and Iñigo Landaluze (ESP/Euskaltel). They had 3'40" over the peloton on the Velefique and 5'40" on the Calar Alto.

The peloton, photo: © Unipublic

After the long descent of the Calar Alto, the riders faced an immediate turn upwards for the 2nd, but different, climb of Calar Alto. With dark skies overhead, Becke and Redondo broke free of their companions. The two worked in unison before Redondo continued on solo.

With the hostilities ready to fire, it was going to require some super legs to withstand the 21K 6.4% climb. It was the pacemaking of Valverde's Caisse d'Epargne boys to keep the gap in check that put an end to the other escapees. With -11K, Redondo only had 2'04" over the chase, which was now being aided by CSC for Sastre.

Making the day that much harder, or beautiful, was the heavy downpour that started. Riders were soaked and slogging through some of the stiffest gradients the Vuelta had to offer. CSC faded fast and left Sastre on his own, while the race was turned over to the hands of Euskaltel and Disco. The two teams thinned down the gruppo until only the favorites were left standing, minus Kash.

Redondo works for Vinokourov, photo: © Unipublic

Andrey Kashechkin (Astaná) was gapped off with around six kilometers remaining, while ahead Redondo was just about to get snatched by the closing gruppo. Once caught the 21 year-old Spaniard turned himself inside-out to work for his Astaná mate, Vino.

Sastre & Di Luca, photo: © Unipublic

After a small last-ditch attack by Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), Vino countered to blow Sastre out the back door. Valverde and Redondo kept pace, the latter coming forward to keep the tempo high enough to discourage Sastre. Non-GC threat Antón was there amongst the GC big-boys, and like a seasoned pro, he read the race perfectly.

Antón attacks, photo: © Unipublic

Around -3200m Antón went free, smartly leaving behind the GC contenders who, although would like to win a stage, were more concerned with the golden jersey. Under continued torrential rain, Vino kept launching attacks to weaken Valverde but the Spaniard was having none of it. The GC leader kept tight on Vino's wheel while Sastre, Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) clawed their way back into the picture.

Antón, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Antón had about 40" with one kilometer to go, and it was to be enough to ensure the second year pro to claim his first win. Behind there was a slight calm before the burst to the finish line and the bonus seconds on offer. Valverde, looking slightly tattered, was able to use his bullet-like speed to take second (12" bonus) ahead of Vino (8" bonus). Sánchez nabbed fourth while Sastre and Danielson rolled in 28" later.

Valverde has shown to be a top performer, and with only one mountaintop stage to come, he will be hard to dismantle. But don't forget the Spaniard's main rival: Vino, now in second at 1'42". The Kazakh terror, who is able to sprint to victory on the Champs-Élysées and control the Mont Ventoux, will not let Valverde have any peace before the finish Sunday in Madrid.

Results: 4:29'42", 32.26 K/h
1 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse 3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 9 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 11 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 14 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 16 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 18 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 20 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) 23 José Angel Gomez Marchante 24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 25 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 26 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 28 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 29 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 30 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 31 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 32 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 33 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 34 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 35 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 36 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 37 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 41 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 42 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 43 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 44 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 45 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 48 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 50 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 52 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 54 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 55 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 56 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 57 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 58 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse 59 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse 60 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 62 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 64 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 66 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 67 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 68 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 70 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 71 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 73 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 75 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) 77 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 79 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 80 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 81 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 83 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 84 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 85 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 86 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 87 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 88 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 89 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 90 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 92 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 94 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 95 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 97 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 98 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 99 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 100 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 101 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 102 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 104 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 105 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 106 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 107 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 108 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 109 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 110 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 111 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 112 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 113 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 114 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 116 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 117 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 119 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 120 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 121 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 122 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 123 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 124 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 127 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 128 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 129 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 130 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 131 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 132 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 133 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 134 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 135 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 136 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 137 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 139 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 140 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 142 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.23

0.28
0.30
0.42
1.10
1.13
1.15

1.19

1.28
2.11

d'Epargne-Illes Balears
d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
3.09
3.24
3.38
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.30

d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.53
5.31
5.44
5.56

6.33
6.34
7.17
7.57
8.07
9.18
9.47
10.25
10.39
Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.05

11.40

12.16
12.20
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.23
d'Epargne-Illes Balears

14.41
15.05

Saunier Duval-Prodir

16.31
16.51
19.06

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
20.21
20.34

21.00

23.37

25.27

TC Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
DNF Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM
DNF Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
DNS Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
DNS Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
DNS Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
DNS Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
DNS Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
DNS René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
DNS Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
DNS Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram

Mountains
Alto de Velefique - Cat. 1, K 56
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 16
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10
4 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 8
5 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 6
6 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 4
7 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 3
8 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 2
9 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1

Alto de Calar Alto - Cat. 1, K 88
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 16
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10
4 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 8
5 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
6 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 4
7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3
8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2
9 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 1

GC:
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 63:18'16"
2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 1.42
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 2.05
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.23
6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 5.34
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 5.56
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.29
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.53
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 8.05
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 8.19
12 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 8.55
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 9.34
14 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 10.34
15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 10.50
16 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.07
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.15
18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 13.54
19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.52
20 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.48
21 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 17.26
22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 19.16
23 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 21.00
24 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24.05
25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 25.19
26 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 26.13
27 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 29.58
28 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 30.45
29 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 31.35
30 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 33.11
31 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 33.18
32 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 34.01
33 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 34.17
34 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 35.27
35 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 35.41
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 35.53
37 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.26
38 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 38.05
39 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 40.59
40 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 41.22
41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.32
42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 44.16
43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 46.19
44 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46.23
45 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 50.14
46 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53.49
47 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 54.08
48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 55.03
49 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 56.17
50 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57.04
51 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.00.25
52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.02
53 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1.01.18
54 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.03.19
55 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.04.09
56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.05.57
57 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.06.03
58 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.06.51
59 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1.06.59
60 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.07.12
61 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.08.12
62 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.11
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.10.49
64 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.10.59
65 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.11.29
66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.12.07
67 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 1.12.49
68 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.14.17
69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.15.22
70 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.15.26
71 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.15.34
72 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.18.02
73 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.19.29
74 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.38
75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.20.26
76 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.23.55
77 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25.17
78 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25.24
79 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.26.00
80 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.03
81 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 1.26.47
82 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.26.49
83 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 1.27.25
84 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.28.35
85 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.28.53
86 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29.11
87 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.29.27
88 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 1.30.13
89 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.30.41
90 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.31.20
91 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.32.54
92 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.33.47
93 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.34.41
94 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.34.56
95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.35.13
96 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 1.35.43
97 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.35.50
98 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1.36.25
99 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.37.28
100 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.38.12
101 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 1.39.04
102 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.39.54
103 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.40.26
104 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 1.42.22
105 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 1.43.51
106 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 1.46.16
107 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.46.50
108 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.47.31
109 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 1.47.55
110 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.47.57
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1.48.01
112 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.03
113 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.50.03
114 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.51.03
115 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1.52.16
116 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.52.18
117 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.52.22
118 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.54.26
119 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 1.54.35
120 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.54.42
121 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.54.45
122 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.55.03
123 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1.56.13
124 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 1.56.21
125 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.57.00
126 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.57.33
127 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.57.45
128 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 1.59.21
129 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.00.31
130 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.00.41
131 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.01.28
132 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.02.29
133 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02.44
134 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.08.07
135 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.08.10
136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 2.09.21
137 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 2.09.40
138 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 2.10.16
139 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 2.13.19
140 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.20.49
141 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 2.29.25
142 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.30.55

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 169
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 109
3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 98
4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 82

Mountains
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 105
2 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 101
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75
4 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 70
5 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57

Combination
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 13
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 26
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 29