# 2007 Vuelta a España

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

* Astana
* AG2R Prévoyance
* Bouygues Télécom
* Caisse d'Epargne
* Cofidis
* Crédit Agricole
* Discovery Channel
* Euskaltel–Euskadi
* Française des Jeux
* Gerolsteiner
* Lampre–Fondital
* Liquigas
* Predictor–Lotto
* Quick-Step–Innergetic
* Rabobank
* Saunier Duval–Prodir
* T-Mobile Team
* Team CSC
* Team Milram
* Andalucía–CajaSur
* Karpin–Galicia
* Relax–GAM

## Route

List of stages :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 1 September | Vigo – Vigo | 146.4 km (91 mi) | | | Daniele Bennati (ITA) |
| 2 | 2 September | Allariz – Santiago de Compostela | 148.7 km (92 mi) | | | Óscar Freire (ESP) |
| 3 | 3 September | Viveiro – Luarca | 153 km (95 mi) | | | Paolo Bettini (ITA) |
| 4 | 4 September | Langreo – Lakes of Covadonga | 185.1 km (115 mi) | | | Vladimir Efimkin (RUS) |
| 5 | 5 September | Cangas de Onís – Reinosa | 157.4 km (98 mi) | | | Óscar Freire (ESP) |
| 6 | 6 September | Reinosa – Logroño | 184.3 km (115 mi) | | | Óscar Freire (ESP) |
| 7 | 7 September | Calahorra – Zaragoza | 176.3 km (110 mi) | | | Erik Zabel (GER) |
| 8 | 8 September | Cariñena – Zaragoza | 52.2 km (32 mi) | | Individual time trial | Bert Grabsch (GER) |
| 9 | 9 September | Huesca – Cerler | 167.6 km (104 mi) | | | Leonardo Piepoli (ITA) |
| 10 | 10 September | Benasque – Arcalis (Andorra) | 214 km (133 mi) | | | Denis Menchov (RUS) |
| | 11 September | | | | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 11 | 12 September | Oropesa del Mar – Algemesí | 191.3 km (119 mi) | | | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
| 12 | 13 September | Algemesí – Hellín | 176 km (109 mi) | | | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
| 13 | 14 September | Hellín – Torre-Pacheco | 176.4 km (110 mi) | | | Andreas Klier |
| 14 | 15 September | Puerto Lumbreras – Villacarrillo | 207 km (129 mi) | | | Jason McCartney (USA) |
| 15 | 16 September | Villacarrillo – Granada | 201.4 km (125 mi) | | | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
| | 17 September | | | | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 16 | 18 September | Jaén – Puertollano | 161.5 km (100 mi) | | | Leonardo Duque (COL) |
| 17 | 19 September | Ciudad Real – Talavera de la Reina | 175 km (109 mi) | | | Daniele Bennati (ITA) |
| 18 | 20 September | Talavera de la Reina – Ávila | 153.5 km (95 mi) | | | Luis Pérez (ESP) |
| 19 | 21 September | Ávila – Alto de Abantos [es] | 133 km (83 mi) | | | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
| 20 | 22 September | Collado Villalba – Collado Villalba | 20 km (12 mi) | | Individual time trial | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
| 21 | 23 September | Rivas-Vaciamadrid – Madrid | 104.2 km (65 mi) | | | Daniele Bennati (ITA) |
| | Total | Total | 3,241 km (2,014 mi) | 3,241 km (2,014 mi) | 3,241 km (2,014 mi) | 3,241 km (2,014 mi) | 3,241 km (2,014 mi) |

## 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 | Serafín Martínez | Manuel Vazquez | Bouygues Télécom |
| 0Stage 3 (Paolo Bettini) | Óscar Freire | Óscar Freire | Serafín Martínez | David de la Fuente | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 4 (Vladimir Efimkin) | Vladimir Efimkin | Óscar Freire | Serafín Martínez | Vladimir Efimkin | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 5 (Óscar Freire) | Vladimir Efimkin | Óscar Freire | Serafín Martínez | Vladimir Efimkin | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 6 (Óscar Freire) | Vladimir Efimkin | Óscar Freire | Serafín Martínez | Vladimir Efimkin | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 7 (Erik Zabel) | Vladimir Efimkin | Óscar Freire | Serafín Martínez | Vladimir Efimkin | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 8 (ITT) (Bert Grabsch) | Stijn Devolder | Óscar Freire | Serafín Martínez | Stijn Devolder | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 9 (Leonardo Piepoli) | Denis Menchov | Óscar Freire | Serafín Martínez | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 10 (Denis Menchov) | Denis Menchov | Paolo Bettini | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 11 (Alessandro Petacchi) | Denis Menchov | Paolo Bettini | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 12 (Alessandro Petacchi) | Denis Menchov | Paolo Bettini | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 13 (Tom Stamsnijder) | Denis Menchov | Paolo Bettini | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 14 (Jason McCartney) | Denis Menchov | Paolo Bettini | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 15 (Samuel Sánchez) | Denis Menchov | Paolo Bettini | Jurgen Van Goolen | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 16 (Leonardo Duque) | Denis Menchov | Paolo Bettini | Jurgen Van Goolen | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 17 (Daniele Bennati) | Denis Menchov | Paolo Bettini | Jurgen Van Goolen | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 18 (Luis Pérez Rodriguez) | Denis Menchov | Daniele Bennati | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 19 (Samuel Sánchez) | Denis Menchov | Daniele Bennati | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 20 (Samuel Sánchez) | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 0Stage 21 (Daniele Bennati) | Denis Menchov | Daniele Bennati | Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | Caisse d'Epargne |
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

| | 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 | Rémi 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 Brajkovič | 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 | Quick-Step | |
| 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 | Serafín Martínez | 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 | László 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 | |