Even if he isn't in peak condition, he is still Alberto Contador...

Stage 5



This time it was Contador who launched the attacks, at the foot of the long final climb.


He waited for teammate Anton, but Anton struggled and would be forced to drop back as he faded.


4 stage wins in a row for Contador! (We have won all 5 stages so far in this race)


2nd yet again for Gomez Marchante


1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4h07'23
2 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 58
3 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 1'08
4 Saul Raisin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
5 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'10
7 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
8 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK + 3'35
10 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR + 3'49
12 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
14 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
15 Thomas Lövkvist TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
18 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
19 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
20 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
21 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA s.t.
22 Giovanny Báez ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
23 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
24 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
25 David Blanco RABOBANK s.t.
26 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
27 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
28 Rubén Plaza SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
29 Ricardo Mestre LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
30 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
31 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
32 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
33 Matthew Lloyd PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'58
34 Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 5'08
35 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'21
36 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
37 Manuel Lloret DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'36
38 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'44
39 Matteo Bono LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 7'12
40 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM + 7'20
41 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 7'36
42 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
43 Iban Mayoz EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
44 Alessandro Vanotti LIQUIGAS + 7'44
45 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM + 7'52
46 Arkaitz Durán SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
47 Dani Navarro TEAM ASTANA + 8'00
48 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 8'08
49 Aleksandr Kuschynski LIQUIGAS + 8'16
50 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 8'24
51 Maxim Belkov TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 8'32
52 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 8'40

GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 15h38'24
2 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 8'58
3 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 12'45
4 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 13'02
5 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
6 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 13'37
7 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 14'11
8 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 14'19
9 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 14'20
10 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 14'30
11 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 15'07
12 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 17'01
13 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 17'12
14 Rubén Plaza SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 17'22
15 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA + 17'32

If that isn't domination, then what is

Dominations is too light, I'd go with something like massacre

It reminds me of the 2008 Tour, where Cadel Evans and Silence-Lotto won every stage and the overall - just kidding, but not...

It is quite fun having Contador going well in a tour where there really isnt any good in-form opposition for him

I demand you win every stage in Catalunya

Anyway...awesome stuff with Contador, you've got to be hopeful for Le Tour

5 in 5... hmmm pretty much domination

Without internet for much of today, Ive actually completed the Giro now

Firstly, Catalunya:



Stage 6

We thought maybe a break could succeed in the flat stage today so Millar went with the break. But 6th overall Gil went too.


The break were caught with 20km to go so it will come to a sprint. Hagen is behind Rigotto and infront of Hushovd.


But there was nothing Hagen could do about Rigotto taking 2nd as the Italian stormed to a win.


1 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM 4h17'06
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
3 Alexandre Pichot QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Gregory Baugé TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
5 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
6 Juan Pablo Forero PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
8 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM s.t.
9 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
12 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
13 René Haselbacher TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
15 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
17 Błażej Janiaczyk PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Mikel Artetxe EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
19 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
20 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
21 Marvin Van der Pluijm UNIBET.COM s.t.
22 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
23 Alexeï Markov CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
24 Massimilliano Mori LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
25 Iñaki Isasi EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.

Stage 7
Some riders did their best to take down Contador as we neared the finish. But he stayed upright.


Kirchen was amongst the fallers so Anton will finish 4th in the GC.

Hagen this time took a leadout from fellow Norwegain Arvesen.


But again, Rigotto was unstoppable.


1 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM 3h38'22
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
3 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
6 Alexandre Pichot QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Juan Pablo Forero PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
8 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
9 Błażej Janiaczyk PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
12 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
15 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 René Haselbacher TEAM ASTANA s.t.
18 Alessandro Proni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
19 Mikel Artetxe EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
20 David García Dapena TEAM ASTANA s.t.
21 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
22 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM s.t.
23 Juan Olmo ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
24 Iñaki Isasi EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
25 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.



11 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 17'01
12 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 17'12
13 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 17'42
14 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 18'06
15 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM + 18'13
16 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 18'54
17 Rubén Plaza SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 19'15
18 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER + 19'16
19 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK + 19'25
20 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 19'34
21 David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 19'46
22 Giovanny Báez ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR + 20'21
23 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 20'29
24 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 20'51
25 David Blanco RABOBANK + 22'38
26 Thomas Lövkvist TEAM MILRAM + 22'59
27 Saul Raisin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 23'32
28 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 24'51
29 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR + 25'37
30 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 25'56
31 Jussi Veikkanen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 26'01
32 Matthew Lloyd PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
33 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 26'50
34 Manuel Lloret DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 27'43
35 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 28'47
36 Sergio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 28'52
37 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 29'02
38 Arkaitz Durán SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 29'44
39 Ricardo Mestre LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 29'54
40 Alessandro Vanotti LIQUIGAS + 30'27
41 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM + 30'43
42 Matija Kvasina PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 31'05
43 Rik Verbrugghe COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 31'59
44 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 32'37
45 Josep Jufré PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 32'43
46 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 32'54
47 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.
48 Maxim Belkov TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 34'12
49 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC + 34'43
50 Dani Navarro TEAM ASTANA + 35'06
51 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 35'19
52 Aleksandr Kuschynski LIQUIGAS + 35'41
53 Yannick Talabardon SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 36'16
54 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 36'35
55 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 36'39
56 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 37'00
57 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM + 40'24
58 Jenning Huizenga FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
59 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER + 40'36
60 Benoit Poilvet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 40'53
133 Rafaâ Chtioui DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h26'13
166 Laszló Bodrogi DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h54'25
171 Chris Hoy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2h01'54

Points
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 100
2 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC 62
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 53
4 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM 50
5 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM 43
6 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 34
7 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 33
8 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 33
9 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 27
10 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL 27

KoM
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 108
2 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC 80
3 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA 71
4 Alexander Khatuntsev UNIBET.COM 44
5 Tim Klinger GEROLSTEINER 36
6 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 31
7 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 29
8 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 26
9 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE 25
10 Darren Lill TEAM ASTANA 24

[sarcasm]SN, I am disappointed in you, only a 8 min win[/sarcasm]

Oh come on, it was practically 9 minutes - only two seconds short

The two 2nd places helped Hagen get even better at sprinting

Sprint=80!!!

thats a stats boost and a bloody half i thought he only started on 73

but then again with that talent

80 fucking sprint

With the next level he could be at 83-84

I know

world class

next pettachi but with better staying power

could win every sprinters classic and points jersey with those climbing and cobbles stats

Stage 11



This should give the GC a shake up. It currently stands at:
1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 41h36'42
2 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 3'35
3 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 5'25
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 5'40
5 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'52
6 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 7'04
7 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 7'34
8 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 9'28
9 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 9'54
10 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 9'59
11 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 10'23
12 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 10'45
13 Paolo Savoldelli EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 10'47
14 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 10'50
15 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 10'53

Leonardo Bertagnolli went on a solo KoM point chasing breakaway


While in the peleton, the tough climbs saw many riders get dropped early

Zubeldia:


Txurruka, Cunego, Pereiro, Caucchioli:


Pellizotti (With Marzoli, Uran and Efimkin in the group a little ahead that has also lost contact)


Perez also couldnt quite hang on in the descent


Bertagnolli was caught with 78km still to go


And Bernhard Kohl used that climb to break clear


Vandenbroeck, Piepoli, Di Luca, Ricco, Pliuschin and Valverde are in the next group


Onto the final climb and Ricco and Di Luca attack - no response from Valverde!


They reach up to Kohl leaving Valverde, Vandenbroeck and Pliuschin behind


But Kohl cracks:


And then Valverde rides off first Vandenbroeck, and then Pliuschin


Di Luca is too good for Ricco


And Danilo di Luca won the stage. He can still win this race.


Ricco is 2nd while Valverde is 3rd


Pliuschin comes in with a great 4th place


While at the other end of the spectrum, Anuar Manan and 81 others trail in over an hour behind


Despite a great 4th place, Pliuschin remains 8th in the GC

1 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM 6h43'10
2 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'13
3 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'36
4 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'56
5 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 4'16
6 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'28
7 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 4'35
8 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5'23
9 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
10 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'05
11 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 7'13
12 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 7'44
13 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 8'37
14 Paolo Savoldelli EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 8'55
15 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 9'26
16 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 11'50
18 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
19 Manuel Medina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 12'25
20 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 12'48
21 Philip Deignan DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 13'19
22 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA + 13'39
23 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 14'32
24 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS + 14'41
25 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 15'27
26 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 15'41
27 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'01
28 Chris Horner PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 16'27
29 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 16'36
30 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 16'46
31 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 17'04
32 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
33 Hernán Buenahora QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 17'19
34 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 17'29
35 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 17'40
36 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
37 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
38 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 18'21
39 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 19'02
40 Dario Cataldo T-MOBILE TEAM + 19'19
41 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 20'31
42 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 21'02
43 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC + 21'15
44 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
45 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 21'52
46 Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 21'59
47 Xavier Zandio CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 22'55
48 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 23'56
49 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 24'16
50 Joan Horrach CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 24'28

GC
1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 48h22'20
2 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4'25
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 5'42
4 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 7'06
5 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 7'40
6 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 10'10
7 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 10'29
8 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 10'56
9 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 12'11
10 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 14'32
11 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 15'21
12 Paolo Savoldelli EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 17'14
13 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 17'24
14 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 18'06
15 Manuel Medina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 21'30
16 Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 22'25
17 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 22'41
18 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 22'49
19 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 22'58
20 Chris Horner PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 25'04
21 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 25'30
22 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 25'52
23 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 26'05
24 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 26'34
25 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 27'00
26 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 27'04
27 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS + 28'46
28 Hernán Buenahora QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 30'20
29 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA + 30'32
30 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 31'55

Great result with Pliuschin there , btw i think you misplaced Zubeldia's screenshot (2nd pic from the top)

Thanks (and Fixed)



Stage 12

A flat transition stage saw Geraint Thomas go with the break


But it would be caught. He and Gardeyn were the last to be reached, with 16km to go.


Anuar Manan was not strong enough to sprint, in which Danniele Bennati made good advantage of a Cofidis leadout and the poor positioning of Petacchi and teammate Napolitano.


Only Bazayev could beat Bennati, but the Kazakh champ could not do so. Bennati wins!


1 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 3h25'51
2 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
3 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
4 Francesco Chicchi UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
7 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
8 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
9 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
10 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
11 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
12 Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
13 Erik Zabel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER s.t.
15 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
16 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
17 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
18 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Martin Pedersen UNIBET.COM s.t.
20 Fabrizio Guidi BARLOWORLD s.t.
21 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM s.t.
22 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM s.t.
23 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
25 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.

GC
1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 51h48'11
2 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4'25
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 5'42
4 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 7'06
5 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 7'40
6 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 10'10
7 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 10'29
8 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 10'56
9 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 12'11
10 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 14'32
11 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 15'21
12 Paolo Savoldelli EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 17'14
13 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 17'24
14 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 18'06
15 Manuel Medina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 21'30
16 Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 22'25
17 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 22'41
18 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 22'49
19 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 22'58
20 Chris Horner PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 25'04
21 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 25'30
22 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 25'52
23 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 26'05
24 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 26'34
25 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 27'00

Stage 13



Winning a stage and taking the KoM jersey has seemingly made Di Luca feel he is invincible as he goes on the attack very early today with former teammate Leonardo Bertagnolli.


Although Di Luca would leave Bertagnolli behind on the second of the days climbs.


But ultimately, Di Luca has destroyed any hope of retaining his Giro crown. He is caught a couple of climbs before the finish and immediately dropped.


Pliuschin struggles up the penultimate climb as he tries to keep with the other big riders. Perez and Uran are both there to help him.


Meanwhile, Valverde and Ricco go clear


They worked together well over the penultimate climb and up the short final climb until the final couple of kilometres of the stage where Ricco cracked.

Valverde takes the stage


Ricco finished 2nd while it seems Monfort and Brajkovic have recovered from the injuries received in the crash in the early stages that wrecked their gc hopes. Monfort takes 3rd, Brajkovic 6th


This stage was very tough and Pliuschin could not make it to the end without running out of energy so Perez was the best DFL rider in 10th.

Pliuschin finished 11th and reamins 8th in the GC.

Di Luca finished nearly 16 minutes after Valverde, and slips to 11th.

Vogels, Gardeyn, Roesems, McEwen, Dockx, Korff, Ziegler, Radochla, Jegou, Fothen, Schulze, Bonomi, Trampusch and Kaggestad were outside the time limit.

1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 5h31'12
2 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'04
3 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1'20
4 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA s.t.
5 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
6 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'06
7 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
8 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'04
9 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5'08
10 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 5'25
11 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 6'34
12 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 6'42
13 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK s.t.
14 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
15 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
16 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Paolo Savoldelli EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
18 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
19 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
20 Chris Horner PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
21 Francesco Bellotti BARLOWORLD + 8'01
22 Hernán Buenahora QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 8'25
23 Peter Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 10'39
24 Philip Deignan DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
25 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 10'55
26 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 11'03
27 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 11'55
28 Sylvester Szmyd BARLOWORLD + 12'42
29 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA + 13'08
30 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 13'24
31 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC + 14'04
32 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
33 Luca Mazzanti LIQUIGAS s.t.
34 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 14'21
35 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 14'31
36 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 14'45
37 Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 15'07
38 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 15'38
39 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 15'57
40 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 16'07
41 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'17
42 Andrea Tonti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 16'29
43 Ivan Rovny LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 17'06
44 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 17'34
45 Manuel Medina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 18'05
46 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 19'02
47 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 19'42
48 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 19'58
49 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 20'14
50 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 20'22

GC
1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 57h19'03
2 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'37
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 7'22
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 11'04
5 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 12'09
6 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 16'54
7 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 17'12
8 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 17'50
9 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 19'13
10 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 20'49
11 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 23'13
12 Paolo Savoldelli EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 24'16
13 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 24'26
14 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 28'34
15 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 29'21
16 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 29'43
17 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 30'00
18 Chris Horner PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 32'06
19 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 36'53
20 Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 37'52
21 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 38'20
22 Hernán Buenahora QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 39'05
23 Manuel Medina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 39'55
24 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 40'10
25 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 40'18
26 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 40'43
27 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 41'24
28 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 43'41
29 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA + 44'00
30 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 47'52
31 Luca Mazzanti LIQUIGAS + 48'23
32 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 48'31
33 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC + 48'50
34 Peter Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 51'16
35 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 51'45
36 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 52'13
37 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS + 52'40
38 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 55'45
39 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 55'57
40 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 57'46
41 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 58'24
42 Philip Deignan DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h00'40
43 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h01'06
44 Dario Cataldo T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h01'14
45 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h02'20
46 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h03'33
47 Xavier Zandio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
48 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h05'02
49 Grischa Niermann RABOBANK + 1h08'34
50 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h08'42
51 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h08'46

Mads in the Giro, that is madness

Stage 14



In Stage 13, the 4th overall rider Di Luca threw away his GC hopes with an early attack. On Stage 14, the rider now in 4th overall is Jurgen Vandenbroeck. And he has gone on an early attack.


And as expected, it turns out to be an idiotic move by the Belgian. He is caught with 62km to go, at the foot of the big climb of the day, as Bernhard Kohl charges past.


Kohl (3rd Overall +7'22) is in a league of his own today. He reaches the summit with a huge advantage. Its just a 50km descent to the finish now.


It is a massive 4 and a half minutes before Valverde and Ricco reach the summit


Pellizotti, Txurruka, Monfort, Zubeldia and Brajkovic are in the next climb. While Vandevelde, Cobo and Sella are also ahead of Pliuschin. I decided not to attack and instead had Efimkin, Marzoli and Uran set a tough pace.

Kohl's lead over Valverde and Ricco peaked at 5 minutes and although it began to come down in the last 10km, the Austrian still takes a comfortable victory.


Valverde just outsprints Ricco for 2nd place, 3 and a quarter minutes behind Kohl.


Pellizotti leads in the next group, nearly 6 minutes down.


Pliuschin takes 12th as he leads home a 23 man group, 10 minutes behind Kohl


Di Luca lost a further minute on that, while Horner and teammate Vandenbroeck finished 25 minutes behind Kohl.

1 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA 6h15'45
2 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'15
3 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
4 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 5'46
5 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
6 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
7 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK s.t.
8 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 9'06
10 Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
11 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC s.t.
12 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 10'21
13 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
15 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Francesco Bellotti BARLOWORLD s.t.
17 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
18 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
19 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
20 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
21 Luca Mazzanti LIQUIGAS s.t.
22 Paolo Savoldelli EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
23 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
24 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
25 Hernán Buenahora QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
26 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
27 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
28 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
29 Sylvester Szmyd BARLOWORLD s.t.
30 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
31 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS s.t.
32 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
33 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
34 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
35 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 11'34
36 Andrea Tonti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 12'48
37 Manuel Medina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
38 Dario Cataldo T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
39 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
40 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
41 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 13'28
42 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
43 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC + 13'52
44 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
45 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 14'32
46 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
47 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 15'28
48 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
49 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 16'16
50 Philip Deignan DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 16'56
51 Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
52 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
53 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 18'08
54 Gabriele Bosisio CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 18'54
55 David George DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 19'28
56 Constantino Zaballa CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 20'08
57 Xavier Zandio CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 23'37
58 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
59 Grischa Niermann RABOBANK s.t.
60 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
61 Adamo Casisa RABOBANK s.t.
62 Joan Horrach CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
63 Antonio García González SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 24'30
64 Chris Horner PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 24'57
65 Evgeni Sladkov BARLOWORLD s.t.
66 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
67 Antxon Luengo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
68 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
69 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
70 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
71 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
72 Torsten Hiekmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
73 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM + 26'11
74 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
75 Marco Velo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
76 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
77 Steve Morabito TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
78 Jelle Vanendert TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
79 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
80 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
81 Jean-Marc Marino CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 27'58
82 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 28'29
83 Peter Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
84 Anthony Geslin TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
85 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
86 Pedro Barnabé TEAM CSC s.t.
87 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 29'25
88 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 29'49
89 Torsten Schmidt TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 31'49
90 Taylor Phinney DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
91 Matej Mugerli LIQUIGAS s.t.
92 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK s.t.
93 Eduard Vorganov EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 32'29
94 Carlos Zárate SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
95 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 33'33
96 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC + 34'37
97 Sébastien Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
98 Martin Mortensen LIQUIGAS + 36'56
99 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM + 38'00
100 Thorwald Veneberg RABOBANK s.t.

GC
1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 63h37'51
2 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA + 3'59
3 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'41
4 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 14'52
5 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 19'55
6 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 24'12
7 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 25'08
8 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 26'31
9 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK + 27'09
10 Óscar Pereiro CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 28'07
11 Paolo Savoldelli EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 31'34
12 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM + 31'44
13 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 32'48
14 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 35'24
15 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 35'52
16 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 37'01
17 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 37'18
18 Emanuele Sella CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 43'55
19 Ruggero Marzoli DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 45'38
20 Hernán Buenahora QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 46'23
21 Pietro Caucchioli COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 47'28
22 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 47'36
23 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 48'42
24 Manuel Medina SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 49'40
25 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 50'28
26 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA + 51'18
27 Chris Horner PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 54'00
28 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 55'10
29 Luca Mazzanti LIQUIGAS + 55'41
30 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 56'06
31 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 58'16
32 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC + 59'39
33 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS + 59'58
34 José Iván Gutiérrez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h02'24
35 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h03'15
36 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 1h04'10
37 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 1h05'04
38 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h06'16
39 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h06'34
40 Guido Trentin SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h08'49
41 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h09'38
42 Dario Cataldo T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h10'59
43 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h11'29
44 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h14'19
45 Philip Deignan DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h14'33
46 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h14'47
47 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h15'44
48 Peter Velits TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 1h16'42
49 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h19'56
50 Massimiliano Gentili QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h20'11

Points
1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 182
2 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 131
3 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA 106
4 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 98
5 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL 95
6 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 79
7 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 78
8 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM 68
9 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 68
10 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS 60

KoM
1 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM 52
2 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 38
3 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS 33
4 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA 29
5 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 24
6 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO 17
7 Antxon Luengo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 14
8 Thorwald Veneberg RABOBANK 11
9 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 11
10 Ivan Santaromita QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 11