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2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 17

Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 17, Adra - Granada, 166.7K

13 September

Durnago Danielson Takes Granada, Vino Gold

Danielson wins stage 17, photo: © Unipublic

Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) scored his first ProTour victory while the Vuelta GC was turned upside down. Durango Danielson, 28 years old, attacked from an escape group to go free on the Alto de Monachil, but behind a storm was brewing... Before making it to the stage 17 finish in Granada, il Americano was joined by an on fire Alexander Vinokourov. Vino, with the aid of Astaná mate Kashechkin, turned the screws on an isolated Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), gaining enough time by the finish to take the maillot oro.

The 17th stage of the 61st Vuelta took the peloton from Adra to Granada, for a total of 166.7K. There were two category 1 climbs and a category 3 sandwiched in between. L'Alto de Albondon (1300m) at 36K from the start, the l'Alto de Lanjaron and the final ascent, the Alto de Monachil (1510m) at 139.4K or 20K to go to Granada.

Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) put in one of the first attacks of the day; a solo move that made us BiciRace.com writers say, "Hey look, Nardello is in Spain!" Unfortunately for il Italiano, the move was short lived and only made way for a bigger escape. In the move were Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) and Egoi Martínez (Discovery Channel); both of the men were fighting for mountain points. The Spaniard took maximum points over the Albondon, enough to put both of the men at 117 apiece and Martínez in orange.

Danielson, photo: © Unipublic

On the descent, before the slight cat. 3 climb of Lanjaron, there was a reshuffling of escapes, resulting in six men off the front. By -102 the boys had 3'00" over the Caisse d'Epargne chase. The six: Danielson, Sergio Paulinho (Astaná), Lars Bak (Team CSC), Stéphane Goubert (Ag2R Prévoyance), Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) and Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux).

Valverde, photo: © Unipublic

30K later the gap had established right under four minutes (-71K with 3'47"). The six were working well together; only Dane Bak and Kazakh Fofonov were not really pulling their weight. However, the lack of full cooperation did not deter the escape from staying clear to the base of the day's final climb, where they had 2'30" in hand over the chase. Behind, the chase was mostly controlled by Valverde's Spanish squadra, but CSC started to aid in the pace-making for Carlos Sastre before the day's final climb.

Tifosi reading the parcours might not have thought that there was going to be a GC shake-up, but they were in for a surprise. The Alto de Monachil touched gradients of 12% and 13% before reaching the summit, leaving the riders with a downhill run of 20K to the Vuelta's historical town of Granada.

Kashechkin & Marchante, photo: © Unipublic

Bam! As soon as Durango Danielson hit the slopes of Monachil it was evident that his legs were that much smoother than his companions. The Colorado man was free on his own after a short stint with Paulinho. Behind it was Paulinho's teammate, Kash, who lashed out. The Kazakh, losing time the day before, put in a bid for stage glory, or so many thought.

Valverde chases, photo: © Unipublic

Kash splintered the maillot oro gruppo. José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) darted out from behind to hook up with the Astaná rider and the two made tempo, but behind the bomb was about to blow. In what must have been premeditated, the crazy-mad Vino exploded from the thinning group of favorites at -24K (around 3K to the summit), distanced Valverde and bridged the gap to his teammate. Ladies and Gentlemen, you were watching 100% pure Vino!

Kash latched on when Vino passed and the Kazakh duo went to work; trading pulls, along with Gomez Marchante, toward the summit of Monachil. Valverde was in a world of hurt without his normally rock-solid Caisse d'Epargne armada. The gold wearing Spaniard was left to chase on his own, looking over at his companion, Sastre every so often for the hope of help. By the summit Valverde was 42" behind Danielson, now descending, and only 10" behind the Kazakh duo.

Vinokourov, photo: © Unipublic

The descent of Monachil was mostly a straight affair, leading into Granada, where the final 3K was downhill. The roads did Valverde no favors; although the Spaniard was touching 72Kph he was not making any ground on Vino. The Kazakh was going full throttle, leaving his mate and Gomez Marchante at -9K (while 45" on Valverde) to bridge to Danielson. It worked. Four kilometers later Danielson was swept by the Vino storm.

Danielson caught his breath while Vino continued to mastermind the stage. Danielson, hoping for new found friendship, started taking pulls with two kilometers remaining, which helped Vino gain more ground on the fading Valverde. Vino led the duo into Granada, where there was no answer to Danielson's surge in the final meters. Il Americano got the 20" bonus and Vino came away with a 12" bonus while behind the clock was still running for Valverde.

Morale in the gutter, Valverde was unable to salvage his lead. The Spaniard rolled in with a group of eight, containing Sastre and Kash, 1'39" back; the Vuelta lead was now Vino's.

Tomorrow will not ease up for Valverde, now 9" behind Vino. Stage 18 will head for the summit finish to Sierra de la Pandera. It is the last major moutain stage, and will leave only Saturday's Madrid time trail for any serious GC changes. Valverde will want to recuperate tomorrow, maybe just trying to stay with Vino, and then hope to swipe back the time in Saturday's crono. If Valverde comes out of the crono with the gold jersey, it will be anybody's guess what Vino will pull on the final stage in Madrid... Stay tuned.

Results: 4:09'55" (40.02 K/h)
1 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse 9 José Angel Gomez Marchante 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 14 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 15 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 17 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 20 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 22 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 24 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 25 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 26 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 28 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 29 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 33 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) 34 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 36 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 38 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 39 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 40 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 41 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 44 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 46 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 47 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 48 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 49 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 50 Iñigo Cuesta (Sp
a) Team CSC 51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 52 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse 53 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 54 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 55 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 61 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 62 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 63 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 66 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 68 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse 69 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 70 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 71 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 72 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 74 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 75 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 76 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 77 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 78 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 81 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 83 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 85 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 87 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 88 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 91 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 93 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 94 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 95 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 99 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 100 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 101 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 102 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 104 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 105 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 107 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 108 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 109 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 110 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 111 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 112 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 113 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 114 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 115 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 116 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 117 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 119 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 120 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 121 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 123 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 124 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 125 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 126 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 127 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 129 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 130 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 131 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 133 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 134 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 135 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 136 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 137 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance DNF Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank DNF Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak DNF Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step

1.10
1.39

d'Epargne-Illes Balears
(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

2.29

2.40
d'Epargne-Illes Balears
d'Epargne-Illes Balears

4.43

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

6.21
7.50
8.20
10.42

12.29

Saunier Duval-Prodir

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

14.36
17.02

18.31
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.02
d'Epargne-Illes Balears
24.07

Saunier Duval-Prodir

Mountains
Alto de Albondón - Cat. 1, K 37
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 16
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 10
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 8
5 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3
8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
9 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
Alto de Lanjarón - Cat. 3, K 79
1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
2 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4
3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 2
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1
Alto de Monachil - Cat. 1, K 139
1 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 16
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 12
3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 10
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4
7 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 2
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

GC: ater stage 17
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 67:29'41"
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.09
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.51
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 2.14
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.32
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 6.07
7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 6.33
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.25
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.49
10 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 9.04
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 9.18
12 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 11.44
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.24
14 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 13.59
15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 14.03
16 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.20
17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 16.55
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.05
19 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.01
20 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 22.29
21 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 24.13
22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.15
23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 32.11
24 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 32.19
25 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 34.28
26 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 35.18
27 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 36.18
28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 37.12
29 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 37.14
30 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 38.54
31 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 41.44
32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 44.10
33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 44.21
34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.38
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.45
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 46.52
37 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.28
38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 51.10
39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 52.21
40 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 56.54
41 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 58.04
42 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 58.16
43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.00.42
44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 1.03.36
45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.05.07
46 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1.05.29
47 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 1.12.51
48 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.13.31
49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1.14.24
50 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.14.38
51 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.16.56
52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.18.39
53 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.19.11
54 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.19.41
55 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21.10
56 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.21.15
57 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.21.35
58 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.21.58
59 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.23.02
60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.23.29
61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.23.39
62 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 1.23.48
63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.26.21
64 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.26.33
65 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.26.46
66 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.27.08
67 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 1.27.57
68 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1.29.36
69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.49
70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.30.28
71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.33.26
72 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.33.54
73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.06
74 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.34.44
75 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35.15
76 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.36.23
77 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.36.59
78 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.37.48
79 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.39.34
80 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40.10
81 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42.15
82 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.42.19
83 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.43.03
84 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.43.53
85 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.44.08
86 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 1.44.55
87 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.46.49
88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.47.54
89 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 1.50.02
90 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 1.50.03
91 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.51.30
92 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1.51.57
93 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.52.04
94 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 1.52.50
95 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.56.24
96 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.57.50
97 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.00.05
98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 2.00.49
99 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 2.00.52
100 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.02.31
101 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.03.03
102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 2.04.59
103 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 2.08.53
104 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.09.27
105 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.10.08
106 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 2.10.32
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.10.34
108 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.11.40
109 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.12.50
110 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 2.13.40
111 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2.14.53
112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.14.55
113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.14.59
114 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.17.03
115 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 2.17.12
116 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 2.17.19
117 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.17.22
118 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.17.40
119 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 2.18.50
120 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 2.18.58
121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.19.37
122 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.20.10
123 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.20.13
124 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.20.22
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 2.20.39
126 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 2.21.58
127 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.23.18
128 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.24.15
129 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.25.06
130 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.25.21
131 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.30.44
132 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.30.47
133 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 2.31.58
134 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 2.32.53
135 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 2.35.56
136 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.43.26
137 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 2.52.02
138 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.53.32

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 169
2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 118
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 117
4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 82

Mountains
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 117
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 117
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 81
4 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 70
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 60

Combination
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8
2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 10
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 22
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28