Vuelta Spain 2007

Vuelta Spain 2007
Vuelta Spain 2007
Race details
Route	Vuelta of Spain
Competition
Stages	21
Dates	September 1 - 23
Distance	3241 km
A country	;
Winners
Winner	Denis Menshov; ( Rabobank )
Second	Carlos Sastre; ( Team CSC )
Third	Samuel Sanchez; ( Euskaltel-Euskadi )
Spectacled	Daniele bennati; ( Lampre-Fondital )
Mountain	Denis Menshov; ( Rabobank )
Combined	Denis Menshov; ( Rabobank )
Time team	Caisse d'epargne
	2006 2008

Vuelta of Spain 2007 - 62nd in a row race of the Vuelta of Spain . The competition began on September 1 in Vigo , and ended on September 23, 2007 in Madrid . For 23 days, the riders covered 3241 kilometers. The winner was Russian Denis Menshov from Rabobank , behind him remained the mountain and combined classifications. The second to finish was Carlos Sastre of Team CSC , the third was Samuel Sanchez of Euskaltel-Euskadi .

Content

Members

The race was attended by 21 cycling teams of 9 people each.

AG2R Prévoyance
Andalucía-Cajasur †
Bouygues télécom
Caisse d'epargne
Cofidis, le Crédit Par Téléphone
Crédit agricole

Discovery channel
Euskaltel-euskadi
Française des Jeux
Gerolsteiner
Karpin – Galicia †
Lampre-fondital

Liquigas
Predictor-lotto
Quick step-innerneric
Rabobank
Relax-GAM †
Saunier duval-prodir

Team csc
Team milram
Team high road

Stages

Stage	Route	Distance, km	Winner	General classification leader
one	Vigo - Vigo	145	Daniele bennati	Daniele bennati
2	Allaris - Santiago de Compostela	150	Oscar Freire	Oscar Freire
3	Vivero - Luarca	155	Paolo Bettini	Oscar Freire
four	Langreo - Lagos de Covadonga	182	Vladimir Efimkin	Vladimir Efimkin
five	Cangas de Onis - Reynosa	155	Oscar Freire
6	Reynosa - Logrono	195	Oscar Freire
7	Calahorra - Zaragoza	110	Eric Zabel
eight	Cariñena - Zaragoza	52,2	Burt Hrabsch	Stein devolder
9	Huesca - Aramon-Curler	174	Leonardo Piepoli	Denis Menshov
ten	Benasque - Ordino-Arkalis	220	Denis Menshov
eleven	Oropesa del Mar - Algemesi	190	Alessandro Petacchi
12	Algemesi - Hellin	167	Alessandro Petacchi
13	Hellin - Torre Pacheco	150	Andreas Clear
14	Puerto Lumbreras - Villacarrillo	205	Jason mccartney
15	Villacarrillo - Granada	205	Samuel Sanchez
sixteen	Jaen - Puertollano	165	Leonardo Duque
17	Ciudad Real - Talavera de la Reina	180	Daniele bennati
18	Talavera de la Reina - Avila	154	Louis Perez
nineteen	Avila - Alto de Abantos	135	Samuel Sanchez
20	Carolado-Villalba - Carolado-Villalba	20	Samuel Sanchez
21	Rivas Vasiamadrid - Madrid	98	Daniele bennati

Classifications

General classification

	Racer	Team	Time
one	Denis Menshov ( RUS )	Rabobank	80h 59 '07 "
2	Carlos Sastre ( ESP )	Team csc	+ 3 '31 "
3	Samuel Sanchez ( ESP )	Euskaltel-euskadi	+ 3 '46 "
four	Kadel Evans ( AUS )	Predictor-lotto	+ 3 '56 "
five	Ezekiel Mosquera ( ESP )	Karpin – galicia	+ 6 '34 "
6	Vladimir Efimkin ( RUS )	Caisse d'epargne	+ 7 '07 "
7	Vladimir Karpets ( RUS )	Caisse d'epargne	+ 8 '09 "
eight	Igor Anton ( ESP )	Euskaltel-euskadi	+ 8 '44 "
9	Manuel Beltran ( ESP )	Liquigas	+ 9 '38 "
ten	Carlos Barredo ( ESP )	Quick step-innerneric	+ 10 '12 "

Spectacle classification

	Racer	Team	Glasses
one	Daniele Bennati ( ITA )	Lampre-fondital	143
2	Denis Menshov ( RUS )	Rabobank	135
3	Samuel Sanchez ( ESP )	Euskaltel-euskadi	127

Mountain classification

	Racer	Team	Glasses
one	Denis Menshov ( RUS )	Rabobank	90
2	Jürgen Van Gulen ( BEL )	Discovery channel	78
3	Carlos Sastre ( ESP )	Team csc	69

Combined classification

	Racer	Team	Glasses
one	Denis Menshov ( RUS )	Rabobank	four
2	Samuel Sanchez ( ESP )	Euskaltel-euskadi	eleven
3	Carlos Sastre ( ESP )	Team csc	15

Team Event

A place	Team	Time
one	Caisse d'epargne	242h 55 '05 "
2	Euskaltel-euskadi	+ 12 '43 "
3	AG2R Prévoyance	+ 30 '25 "

Notes

Links

Official site