Stage 6: Pallejà - Barcelona 124km
Catalunya final: Cesar conquers
Racing towards Barcelona (AFP)
Spain's Gustavo Cesar, riding for the Karpin Galicia team, won the Tour of Catalonia after Sunday's sixth and final stage was secured by Jose Leon Carrasco.
Cesar claimed outright victory from France's Remi Pauriol, who went into the last day's 122.1km run from Palleja to Barcelona with an eight second lead in the standings.
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STAGE 6 RESULTS
| 1 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa|Andalucía - Cajasur | 2:20:38 | |
| 2 Gustavo Cesar (Spa|Karpin Galicia) | ||
| 3 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa|Andalucía - Cajasur | 0:00:07 | |
| 4 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr|Liquigas) | ||
| 5 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa|Agritubel) | ||
| 6 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra|Française des Jeux) | ||
| 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra|Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) | ||
| 8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus|AG2R La Mondiale) | ||
| 9 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa|Astana) | ||
| 10 Matej Mugerli (Slo|Liquigas) | ||
| Final general classification | ||
| 1 Gustavo Cesar (Spa|Karpin Galicia) | 24:29:22 | |
| 2 Rigoberto Uran (Col|Caisse d'Epargne) | 0:00:16 | |
| 3 Rémi Pauriol (Fra|Crédit Agricole) | 0:00:21 | |
| 4 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa|Saunier Duval - Scott) | ||
| 5 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa|Astana) | 0:00:23 | |
| 6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa|Euskaltel - Euskadi) | 0:00:28 | |
| 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo|Astana) | 0:00:29 | |
| 8 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra|Bouygues Telecom) | 0:00:31 | |
| 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe|Team High Road) | 0:00:34 | |
| 10 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa|Euskaltel - Euskadi) |
