Stage 15

Having won 3 out of 3 mountain stages so far, Anton aims to win the fourth and final one. But time gain is much more important.


5th Overall Devolder goes on what looks like a suicidal attack. His lead peaks at 11 minutes.


The rest of the big contenders can just relax in the peleton. The lead of Devolder is 9 minutes at the end of the long descent of the penultimate climb.


It is just 3 minutes when Anton attacks at the foot of the Puerto de la Piedra de San Martin, with 21km to go


Its a green moment and he flies away. He has yet to use up half his blue bar when Periero is the first to counter - but is already 90 seconds up the road!


He passed Devolder in his attack


But Pereiro also produces a strong attack and when all settled down, Anton leads Pereiro by 30 seconds


Pellizotti, Ricco, Brajkovic, Zubeldia and Cunego are 1'30 behind Pereiro, 2 minutes behind Anton.


Pereiro keeps at around 30 seconds going up the climb, but the group of 5 loses time despite dropping Pellizotti and then Ricco


No matter what Anton does, he cant shake off Pereiro and extend his 30 second gap


But at least with 4km to go he has 3 minutes over Brajkovic - and thats about to extend as Brajkovic is in trouble!


He has distanced Zubeldia and Brajkovic but not Pereiro


The win is celebrated, but the Vuelta is not over.


Pereiro finishes 33 seconds behind and is still a threat in the TT.


Cunego and Zubeldia finish 3'46 behind


Brajkovic finishes with Ricco, having lost 5'11 on Anton!


Like yesterdays stage, Hagen attacked near the finish to gain a bit of time to consolidate a top 10 position


Devolder lost 14 minutes and falls to 9th in the GC - just 4 seconds behind Hagen.

1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 5h58'41
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 33
3 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 3'46
4 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK s.t.
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'11
6 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
7 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 6'17
8 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 6'38
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 7'49
10 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 8'15
11 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
12 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
13 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
14 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
17 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
18 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
19 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
20 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
21 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
22 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
23 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
24 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 8'44
25 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
26 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 8'57
27 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
28 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK s.t.
29 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 9'09
30 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 9'16
31 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
32 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'07
33 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
34 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
35 Jürgen Van De Walle QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
36 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
37 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA + 10'21
38 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
39 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA + 10'33
40 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 10'40
41 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 10'50
42 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 11'04
43 Saul Raisin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 11'14
44 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 11'47
45 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 11'56
46 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS s.t.
47 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
48 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
49 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
50 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 12'14
51 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
52 Jelle Vanendert TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
53 Matthew Lloyd PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
54 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
55 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
56 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
57 Dani Navarro TEAM ASTANA s.t.
58 Thomas Lövkvist TEAM MILRAM s.t.
59 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
60 Alberto Benítez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
61 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
62 Steve Morabito TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 12'50
63 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
64 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
65 Martin Gilbert TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
66 Dries Devenyns PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
67 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER + 13'41
68 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
69 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
70 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
71 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 13'55
72 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
73 Alberto Martínez AGRITUBEL s.t.
74 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
75 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.

GC
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 62h28'05
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'38
3 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'14
4 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 7'52
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 13'05
6 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 16'04
7 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 17'42
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 19'41
9 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 19'44
10 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 20'10
11 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 20'32
12 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 21'11
13 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 21'37
14 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 22'22
15 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 22'46
17 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 23'12
18 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA + 24'01
19 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 24'38
20 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 25'18
21 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 25'22
22 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 25'30
23 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA + 25'42
24 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 25'54
25 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 26'20

great win again

Why has Pereiro has to be such a pain in the ass

Because he rides for Ernst and Young

No i don't think it's that

Anton might actually have enough time though - he was I think 3 minutes and 9 seconds behind Pereiro in the first TT - and the TT on Stage 20 is only 1km longer

you know the way it goes SN, he'll have a +5 on the TT :x

Stage 16

A break went away but when we saw Hagen had +5 daily form we began to chase but made not enough impact and had no help, so gave up. It would not turn out to be an easy ride for the peleton though.

Weve had a roundabout crash earlier in the race, and this time Patxi Vila crashed just after one with 9km to go


Look at the damage he caused:


Here you can see Hagen in the Pink Points jersey, Zubeldia in the Grey KoM jersey and more imporantly: Pereiro!

Dan Lloyd, Rojas, Pellizotti, Ricco, Ballan, Gusev, Petrov, Garate, Kvasina and Azevedo are amongst the many other fallers.

Away from the chaos, Robert Retschke takes his 2nd breakaway victory of the race. 2nd for Perez brings Euskaltel just 1 point behind Cofidis in the battle for safety - and Euskaltel should score a decent amount from Devolder in the GC - the futures looking grim for Cofidis.


Hagen doesnt want to see his top 10 GC hopes ruined by a crash so looks to sprint back with Rojas in his wheel


And they make it! The only 2 riders from the crash to not lose any time


1 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 3h47'44
2 Alan Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
3 Servais Knaven T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
4 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
6 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
7 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
8 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 3'06
9 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
10 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
12 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM s.t.
13 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
14 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
18 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
20 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
21 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
22 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
23 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
24 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
25 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK s.t.
26 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
27 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
28 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
29 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK s.t.
30 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
31 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
32 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
33 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
34 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
35 Iñaki Isasi EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
36 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM s.t.
37 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
38 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM s.t.
39 Jakob Fiedler T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
40 Óscar García-Casarrubios COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
41 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM s.t.
42 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
43 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
44 Ivan De Nobile TEAM CSC s.t.
45 André Steensen TEAM CSC s.t.
46 Angelo Furlan UNIBET.COM s.t.
47 Javier Mejías SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
48 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
49 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
50 Sébastien Hinault CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
51 Aivaras Baranauskas AGRITUBEL s.t.
52 Fabio Gilioli UNIBET.COM s.t.
53 Diego Ulissi TEAM ASTANA s.t.
54 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
55 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
56 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
57 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
58 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
59 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK s.t.
60 Alberto Losada CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
61 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
62 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
63 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
64 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
65 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
66 Alessandro Cortinovis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
67 Nico Keinath T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
68 Thomas Lövkvist TEAM MILRAM s.t.
69 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
70 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
71 Alberto Martínez AGRITUBEL s.t.
72 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA s.t.
73 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
74 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
75 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER s.t.
76 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
77 Dani Navarro TEAM ASTANA s.t.
78 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
79 Rafaâ Chtioui DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
80 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
81 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
82 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
83 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
84 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
85 Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
86 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
87 David Lelay CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
88 Denis Robin AGRITUBEL s.t.
89 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
90 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.

91 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER + 5'21
92 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
93 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
94 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
95 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
96 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
97 Volker Ordowski GEROLSTEINER s.t.
98 Stefan Radochla TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
99 Jens Mouris DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
100 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
101 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
102 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
103 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
104 Antoine Potillon AGRITUBEL s.t.
105 Ramón Troncoso KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
106 Peter Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
107 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
108 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
109 Christophe Mengin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
110 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
111 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
112 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
113 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
114 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
115 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
116 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
117 Jelle Vanendert TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
118 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
119 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
120 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS s.t.
121 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
122 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
123 Martin Gilbert TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
124 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL s.t.
125 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
126 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
127 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
128 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC s.t.
129 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
130 Kevin Neirynck LIQUIGAS s.t.
131 Steve Morabito TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
132 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK s.t.
133 Roger Hammond DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
134 Patxi Vila LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
135 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
136 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
137 Roberto Heras DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
138 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
139 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
140 Luis Fernández Oliveira KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
141 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS s.t.
142 Gregory Baugé TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
143 Martin Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
144 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK s.t.
145 Pedro Barnabé TEAM CSC s.t.
146 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
147 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
148 Mikaël Chérel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
149 Rubén Reig KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
150 Yvan Muratet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
151 Saul Raisin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
152 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
153 Iban Mayoz EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
154 Johan Lindgren FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
155 Laszló Bodrogi DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
156 Alexandr Dyachenko UNIBET.COM s.t.
157 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
158 Rubén Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
159 Błażej Janiaczyk PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
160 Alberto Benítez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
161 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
162 Jürgen Van De Walle QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
163 Dries Devenyns PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
164 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
165 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
166 Theo Bos LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
167 Fuyu Li DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
168 Matthew Lloyd PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
169 Kjell Carlström LIQUIGAS s.t.
170 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
171 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
172 Dario Cataldo T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
173 Iosu Uribarrena SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
174 Daniel McConnell TEAM CSC s.t.
175 Bart Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
176 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
177 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER s.t.
178 Fabien Patanchon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
179 Gonzalo Rabuñal KARPIN GALICIA + 7'23
180 Dennis Valyaev KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
181 Aitor Ocampos EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
182 Serafín Martínez RABOBANK s.t.
183 Hossein Askari CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 7'52
184 Juan Mourón KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
185 Igor Pugaci UNIBET.COM + 9'42
186 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
187 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 13'30
188 Volodymyr Dyudya TEAM MILRAM + 14'50
189 Jonathan Hivert CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 16'02

GC
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 66h18'55
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5'53
3 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'14
4 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 10'07
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 13'05
6 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 16'04
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 19'41
8 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 19'44
9 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 19'57
10 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 21'11
11 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 22'22
12 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 22'25
14 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 22'46
15 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 22'47
16 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 23'12
17 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 23'52
18 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 24'38
19 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA + 26'16
20 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 27'18

A sad way to win Vuelta in

Shame for Pereiro, Anton has it in the bag now

2 times you have gained time on some of the other favourites, damn you are lucky.

haha i think you should pay tribute to the rider who caused the crash by buying him........ nah
great win!!!! (overall i mean )

Great win overall
Lucky you that Pereiro crashed and lost about 2 minuts ..
Can you post a screen of Igor Anton's stats ?

You lucky bastard

hahah it was planned wasent it?? How much did you pay Vila?

Here you go:



Will save SN some time

Thanks .. He's pretty good
But lacks something in the TT ..
Btw he lost Euskal-Bizikleta today in real life.. I was actually hoping that he would win it .. but no..

Stage 17

Its a normal sprint today and Hagen got himself behind Rojas in a large sprint train


But its Lampre who are not part of a train that are stronger. Bennati gives Paolini a strong leadout


Paolini wins


1 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL 3h09'10
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
3 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
5 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
6 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
8 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
10 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
11 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
13 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
14 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
15 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
17 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
18 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM s.t.
19 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
20 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK s.t.
21 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
23 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.

GC
1 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 69h28'05
2 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5'53
3 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'14
4 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 10'07
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 13'05
6 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 16'04
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 19'41
8 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 19'44
9 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 19'57
10 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 21'11
11 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 22'22
12 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 22'25
14 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 22'46
15 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 22'47
16 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 23'12
17 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 23'52
18 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 24'38
19 Eladio Jiménez KARPIN GALICIA + 26'16
20 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 27'18

What are the standings of the sprint category?

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 171
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 127
3 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 109
4 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE 97
5 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL 93
6 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 90
7 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 88
8 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA 83
9 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK 79
10 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 78
11 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 77
12 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 75
13 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 75
14 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL 69
15 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 66
16 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL 65
17 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 53
18 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 52
19 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 47
20 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER 42
21 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 40
22 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 38
23 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 34
24 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK 34
25 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 33