Stage 2: August 31, 2008: Granada - Jaen (178 km):
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne      04:23:00
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                0.02
3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                       
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                       
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                             
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                       
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       
11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                 
12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
14 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                    
15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
17 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                         
18 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                               
21 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                        
23 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 
24 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
25 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems               
26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
27 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                          
28 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                 
30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                        
31 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
32 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
34 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
35 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                
36 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                       
37 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
38 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
39 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
40 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           
41 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                      
42 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     
43 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
44 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
45 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
46 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                       
48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         
49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
50 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
51 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                         
52 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
53 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    
54 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
55 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                               
56 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                          
57 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                         
58 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
59 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                             
60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
61 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                
62 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
63 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
64 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
65 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          
66 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 
67 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
68 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
69 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
70 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        
71 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
72 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  
73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                          
74 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                       
75 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                         
76 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
77 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
79 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             
80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
81 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
82 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
83 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
84 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank             
85 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         
86 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
87 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone   
88 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems        
89 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
90 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         
91 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
92 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                   
93 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
94 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
95 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur             
96 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
98 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
99 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   
100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                     
101 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                    0.27
102 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             0.31
103 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  0.33
104 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         0.39
105 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
107 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                        0.40
108 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                 0.43
109 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                   0.44
110 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.57
111 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
112 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
113 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         0.58
114 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                   1.24
115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                    
116 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
117 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                 1.30
118 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.45
119 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 
120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
121 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
122 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                  2.07
123 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                      2.15
124 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                2.24
125 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
126 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                2.36
127 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                           
128 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                   2.40
129 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                         
130 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
131 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                      
132 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
133 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
134 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           
135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    
136 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               
137 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   
139 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               3.03
140 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                     3.04
141 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                    
142 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                     
143 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
144 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                3.23
145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
146 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                   4.14
147 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                  
148 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
149 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                  4.36
150 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      5.27
151 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         5.58
152 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     8.06
153 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                              
154 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 
155 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
156 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
157 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
158 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                      
159 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                   
160 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur            
161 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             9.57
162 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                              
163 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                                 
164 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
165 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    
166 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                     
167 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                    
168 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                 10.00
DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone

Overall rankings after stage 2:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne      04:31:10
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.13
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                       
4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                0.15
5 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             0.19
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                       0.20
8 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    0.21
9 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.22
12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
14 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
15 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                   0.23
17 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                          
18 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                 
19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         
20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     0.24
21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                      
23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
25 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank             
26 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
27 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems            0.25
28 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
29 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
30 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
31 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             
32 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems        
33 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                 0.26
34 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 
35 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                        
36 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     
37 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                         
38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                          
39 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         
40 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   
41 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                            0.27
42 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                        
43 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                
44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         
45 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                         
46 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     0.28
47 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.31
48 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
49 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
50 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  
51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                    0.32
52 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                         
53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                          
54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           0.33
55 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                            
56 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             
57 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
58 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
59 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
60 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
61 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                             
63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
64 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
65 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone   
66 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
67 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
68 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                   
69 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        0.34
70 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    
71 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                               
72 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          
73 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        
74 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                       
75 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                              0.36
76 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
77 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
79 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                    0.37
80 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                      
81 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
82 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        0.40
83 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
84 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
85 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
86 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                    0.41
87 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
88 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
89 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      0.43
90 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                             0.44
91 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      0.48
92 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
93 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              0.50
94 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               0.54
95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                     0.57
96 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   0.59
97 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         1.01
98 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1.08
99 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                  1.09
100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                   1.10
101 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                        1.11
102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1.13
103 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
104 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.16
105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           1.18
106 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.21
107 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.26
108 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             1.29
109 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.34
110 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   1.35
111 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur            
112 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.37
113 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              1.42
114 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                   1.45
115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                 1.54
116 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               1.56
117 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    
118 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          2.19
119 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
120 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     2.21
121 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              2.31
122 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                  2.44
123 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 2.51
124 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                2.53
125 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            2.55
126 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                            3.06
127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                3.10
128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             3.11
129 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                        3.14
130 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                      3.18
131 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         3.19
132 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                      3.22
133 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               3.32
134 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                  3.34
135 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             3.35
136 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                      3.36
137 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                   3.37
138 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                   3.38
139 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                3.43
140 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
141 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            3.49
142 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        4.12
143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                4.20
144 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                   4.25
145 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                     4.26
146 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                    
147 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                               4.48
148 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                  5.20
149 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
150 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      6.24
151 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         6.36
152 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                   8.17
153 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     8.29
154 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                           8.37
155 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        8.42
156 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              8.52
157 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur            
158 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   9.07
159 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                9.11
160 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                9.29
161 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                 10.16
162 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram                             10.26
163 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
164 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            10.36
165 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                10.41
166 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          10.50
167 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                 11.00
168 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                11.20

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