2007 Vuelta a España

2007 Vuelta a España
	Overview of the stages
Race details
Dates	1–23 September
Stages	21
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Winning time	80h 59' 07"
Palmares
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The 2007 Vuelta a España, the sixty-second edition of the cycle race, took place from September 1 until September 23, 2007. For the first time in a decade, the race started in the region of Galicia, at Vigo, home to Óscar Pereiro, with a flat stage. It was also an unusual Vuelta because the first summit finish came already on the fourth day of racing, with a stage ending atop the famed Lagos de Covadonga. The race was won by Denis Menchov, who also won the Mountains competition and the combined classification, and finished second in the points competition.

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Combination Classification	Team Classification
0Stage 1 (Daniele Bennati)	Daniele Bennati	Daniele Bennati	Serafín Martínez	Geoffrey Lequatre	Bouygues Télécom
0Stage 2 (Óscar Freire)	Óscar Freire	Óscar Freire		Manuel Vazquez	Bouygues Télécom
0Stage 3 (Paolo Bettini)	Óscar Freire			David De La Fuente	Caisse d'Epargne
0Stage 4 (Vladimir Efimkin)	Vladimir Efimkin			Vladimir Efimkin
0Stage 5 (Óscar Freire)
0Stage 6 (Óscar Freire)
0Stage 7 (Erik Zabel)
0Stage 8 (ITT) (Bert Grabsch)	Stijn Devolder			Stijn Devolder
0Stage 9 (Leonardo Piepoli)	Denis Menchov			Denis Menchov
0Stage 10 (Denis Menchov)		Paolo Bettini	Denis Menchov
0Stage 11 (Alessandro Petacchi)
0Stage 12 (Alessandro Petacchi)
0Stage 13 (Andreas Klier)
0Stage 14 (Jason McCartney)
0Stage 15 (Samuel Sánchez)			Jurgen Van Goolen
0Stage 16 (Leonardo Duque)
0Stage 17 (Daniele Bennati)
0Stage 18 (Luis Pérez Rodriguez)		Daniele Bennati	Denis Menchov
0Stage 19 (Samuel Sánchez)		Daniele Bennati
0Stage 20 (Samuel Sánchez)		Denis Menchov
0Stage 21 (Daniele Bennati)		Daniele Bennati

Jersey wearers when same rider is leading more than one classification

Óscar Freire wore red jersey on stage 2
Daniele Bennati wore red jersey on stage 3
On stage 4, red jersey should have been worn by Paolo Bettini, because he was 2nd in classification after Freire, who was also overall leader. However, world champion Bettini was allowed to ride in his usual rainbow jersey.
Leonardo Piepoli wore white jersey on stages 5–8 and stage 11
Vladimir Efimkin wore white jersey on stages 9–10, 12-13, 16-18
Leonardo Piepoli led the KoM classification after stage 11 and should have worn the appropriate jersey on stage 12, but withdrew before its start; therefore, Serafin Martinez wore the mountains jersey on stages 12–14
Cadel Evans wore white jersey on stages 14–15
Jurgen Van Goolen wore the mountains jersey on stage 15 and on stages 19–21

Final standings

General classification

Denis Menchov in the Golden Jersey.

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	Denis Menchov	RAB	80h 59' 07"	85
2	Carlos Sastre	CSC	+ 3' 31"	65
3	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	+ 3' 46"	50
4	Cadel Evans	PRL	+ 3' 56"	45
5	Ezequiel Mosquera	KGZ	+ 6' 34"	N/A
6	Vladimir Efimkin	GCE	+ 7' 07"	35
7	Vladimir Karpets	GCE	+ 8' 09"	30
8	Igor Antón	EUS	+ 8' 44"	26
9	Manuel Beltrán	LIQ	+ 9' 38"	22
10	Carlos Barredo	QSI	+ 10' 12"	19
11	Maxime Monfort	COF	+ 10' 37"	16
12	Daniel Moreno	REG	+ 13' 07"	N/A
13	Stéphane Goubert	A2R	+ 14' 13"	11
14	David López	GCE	+ 17' 36"	9
15	Oliver Zaugg	GST	+ 19' 00"	7
16	Sylvain Chavanel	COF	+ 22' 19"	5
17	Hubert Dupont	A2R	+ 29' 33"	4
18	Luis Pérez Rodriguez	ACA	+ 31' 41"	N/A
19	Chris Anker Sørensen	CSC	+ 32' 24"	2
20	Ludovic Turpin	A2R	+ 32' 39"	1

KOM Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Denis Menchov	RAB	90
2	Jurgen Van Goolen	DSC	78
3	Carlos Sastre	CSC	69

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Daniele Bennati	LAM	147
2	Denis Menchov	RAB	135
3	Samuel Sánchez	EUS	127

Team classification

	Team	Country	Time
1	Caisse d'Epargne	Spain	242h 55' 05"
2	Euskaltel–Euskadi	Spain	+ 12' 43"
3	AG2R Prévoyance	France	+ 30' 25"

Withdrawals

Type	Stage	Rider	Team	Reason
DNF	1	Tom Danielson	Discovery Channel	Injury due to crash
DNF	3	Mathieu Claude	Bouygues Télécom	Fractured collarbone
DNS	4	Lorenzo Bernucci	T-Mobile Team	Positive doping test in 2007 Deutschland Tour
DNS	5	Sérgio Paulinho	Discovery Channel
DNF	5	Remi Pauriol	Crédit Agricole
DNF	5	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Bouygues Télécom	Influenza
DNF	7	Alberto Fernández	Saunier Duval–Prodir	Knee pain
DNF	7	Bert Roesems	Predictor–Lotto	Crashed
DNF	9	Óscar Pereiro	Caisse d'Epargne	Gastroenteritis
DNF	9	Francesco Chicchi	Liquigas
DNF	9	Bradley McGee	Française des Jeux
DNF	9	Arkaitz Durán	Saunier Duval–Prodir	Hip pain
DNS	10	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	Concentrating on World Championships
DNF	10	Janez Brajkovic	Discovery Channel
DNF	10	Ian McLeod	Française des Jeux
DNF	10	Paolo Tiralongo	Lampre–Fondital
DNS	12	Leonardo Piepoli	Saunier Duval–Prodir	Family reasons
DNS	13	Tom Boonen	Quickstep
DNS	13	Davide Rebellin	Gerolsteiner	Concentrating on World Championships
DNS	13	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues Télécom	Concentrating on World Championships
DNS	14	Carlos Castaño	Karpin-Galicia
DNS	14	Michael Blaudzun	Team CSC
DNF	14	Pietro Caucchioli	Crédit Agricole
DNF	14	Angelo Furlan	Crédit Agricole
DNF	14	Serafin Martinez	Karpin-Galicia
DNF	14	Josep Jufré	Predictor–Lotto	Injury due to crash
DNF	14	Dimitri Champion	Bouygues Télécom	Gastric problems
DNF	14	Jesús Hernández	Relax-GAM
DNS	15	Mickaël Delage	Française des Jeux
DNF	15	Aurélien Clerc	Bouygues Télécom	Gastric problems
DNF	15	Andreas Klier	T-Mobile Team
DNS	16	Damiano Cunego	Lampre–Fondital
DNS	17	Giuseppe Guerini	T-Mobile Team	Illness
DNS	17	Bert Grabsch	T-Mobile Team
DNS	18	Laszlo Bodrogi	Crédit Agricole
DNS	18	Allan Davis	Discovery Channel
DNS	18	Stefan Schumacher	Gerolsteiner
DNS	18	Paolo Bettini	Quick-Step–Innergetic	Concentrating on World Championships
DNS	19	Stijn Devolder	Discovery Channel
DNS	19	Andrea Tonti	Quick Step - Innergetic