The 2007 Vuelta a España, the 62nd edition of the cycle race, took place from 1 September until 23 September 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.
Participating teams
Andalucía–CajaSur Karpin–Galicia Relax–GAM
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 1 September Vigo to Vigo 2 2 September Allariz to Santiago de Compostela 3 3 September Viveiro to Luarca 4 4 September Langreo to Lakes of Covadonga 5 5 September Cangas de Onís to Reinosa 6 6 September Reinosa to Logroño 7 7 September Calahorra to Zaragoza 8 8 September Cariñena to Zaragoza Individual time trial 9 9 September Huesca to Cerler 10 10 September Benasque to Arcalis (Andorra) 11 September Rest day 11 12 September Oropesa del Mar to Algemesí 12 13 September Algemesí to Hellín 13 14 September Hellín to Torre-Pacheco 14 15 September Puerto Lumbreras to Villacarrillo 15 16 September Villacarrillo to Granada 17 September Rest day 16 18 September Jaén to Puertollano 17 19 September Ciudad Real to Talavera de la Reina 18 20 September Talavera de la Reina to Ávila 19 21 September Ávila to 20 22 September Collado Villalba to Collado Villalba Individual time trial 21 23 September Rivas-Vaciamadrid to Madrid Total
Race overview
Jersey progress
Stage(Winner) General classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Combination Classification Team Classification Stage 1 (Daniele Bennati) Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati Serafín Martínez Geoffrey Lequatre Stage 2 (Óscar Freire) Óscar Freire Óscar Freire Manuel Vazquez Stage 3 (Paolo Bettini) David de la Fuente Stage 4 (Vladimir Efimkin) Vladimir Efimkin Vladimir Efimkin Stage 5 (Óscar Freire) Stage 6 (Óscar Freire) Stage 7 (Erik Zabel) Stage 8 (ITT)(Bert Grabsch) Stijn Devolder Stijn Devolder Stage 9(Leonardo Piepoli) Denis Menchov Denis Menchov Stage 10(Denis Menchov) Paolo Bettini Denis Menchov Stage 11(Alessandro Petacchi) Stage 12(Alessandro Petacchi) Stage 13(Tom Stamsnijder) Stage 14(Jason McCartney) Stage 15(Samuel Sánchez) Jurgen Van Goolen Stage 16(Leonardo Duque) Stage 17(Daniele Bennati) Stage 18(Luis Pérez Rodriguez) Daniele Bennati Denis Menchov Stage 19(Samuel Sánchez) Stage 20(Samuel Sánchez) Denis Menchov Stage 21(Daniele Bennati) Daniele Bennati
Jersey wearers when same rider is leading more than one classification Óscar Freire wore granate jersey on stage 2 Daniele Bennati wore granate jersey on stage 3 On stage 4, granate 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, Serafín Martínez 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
CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1 Denis MenchovRAB80h 59' 07" 852 Carlos SastreCSC + 3' 31" 653 Samuel SánchezEUS + 3' 46" 504 Cadel EvansPRL + 3' 56" 455 Ezequiel MosqueraKGZ + 6' 34" N/A6 Vladimir EfimkinGCE + 7' 07" 357 Vladimir KarpetsGCE + 8' 09" 308 Igor AntónEUS + 8' 44" 269 Manuel BeltránLIQ + 9' 38" 2210 Carlos BarredoQSI + 10' 12" 1911 Maxime MonfortCOF + 10' 37" 1612 Daniel MorenoREG + 13' 07" N/A13 Stéphane GoubertA2R + 14' 13" 1114 David LópezGCE + 17' 36" 915 Oliver ZauggGST + 19' 00" 716 Sylvain ChavanelCOF + 22' 19" 517 Hubert DupontA2R + 29' 33" 418 Luis Pérez RodriguezACA + 31' 41" N/A19 Chris Anker SørensenCSC + 32' 24" 220 Ludovic TurpinA2R + 32' 39" 1
KOM Classification
CyclistTeamPoints1 Denis MenchovRAB902 Jurgen Van GoolenDSC783 Carlos SastreCSC69
Points Classification
CyclistTeamPoints1 Daniele BennatiLAM1472 Denis MenchovRAB1353 Samuel SánchezEUS127
Team classification TeamCountryTime1242h 55' 05"2+ 12' 43"3+ 30' 25"
Withdrawals
TypeStageRiderTeamReasonDNF1 Tom DanielsonInjury due to crashDNF3 Mathieu ClaudeFractured collarboneDNS4 Lorenzo BernucciPositive doping test in 2007 Deutschland TourDNS5 Sérgio PaulinhoDNF5 Rémi PauriolDNF5 Giovanni BernaudeauInfluenzaDNF7 Alberto FernándezKnee painDNF7 Bert RoesemsCrashedDNF9 Óscar PereiroGastroenteritisDNF9 Francesco ChicchiDNF9 Bradley McGeeDNF9 Arkaitz DuránHip painDNS10 Óscar FreireConcentrating on World ChampionshipsDNF10 Janez BrajkovičDNF10 Ian McLeodDNF10 Paolo TiralongoDNS12 Leonardo PiepoliFamily reasonsDNS13 Tom BoonenQuick-StepDNS13 Davide RebellinGerolsteinerConcentrating on World ChampionshipsDNS13 Xavier FlorencioConcentrating on World ChampionshipsDNS14 Carlos CastañoKarpin–GaliciaDNS14 Michael BlaudzunDNF14 Pietro CaucchioliDNF14 Angelo FurlanDNF14 Serafín MartínezKarpin–GaliciaDNF14 Josep JufréInjury due to crashDNF14 Dimitri ChampionGastric problemsDNF14 Jesús HernándezRelax–GAMDNS15 Mickaël DelageDNF15 Aurélien ClercGastric problemsDNF15 Andreas KlierDNS16 Damiano CunegoDNS17 Giuseppe GueriniIllnessDNS17 Bert GrabschDNS18 László BodrogiDNS18 Allan DavisDNS18 Stefan SchumacherDNS18 Paolo BettiniConcentrating on World ChampionshipsDNS19 Stijn DevolderDNS19 Andrea TontiQuick-Step–Innergetic
References
External links Race website