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Tour of Britain - 2.1

Great Britain, September 9-15, 2007

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Stage 3 - September 12: Worcester - Wolverhampton, 152.5 km

Goss wins in Wolverhampton

By Gerry McManus in Wolverhampton

Matt Goss(CSC)
Photo ©: Gerry McManus
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Matt Goss (Team CSC) punched the air in delight as he crossed the finish line to win the third stage of the Tour of Britain into Wolverhampton on Wednesday 12th September. Goss proved he had the best legs from a group of six riders that had arrived at the city centre altogether after 152km of racing from Worcester through the tough Malvern Hills. Goss charged from the front of the group in the wide finish to hold off the challenge from Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) and Roger Hammond (T-Mobile).

Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) brought home the bunch six minutes behind to win the sprint for ninth place ahead of Jonny Bellis (Great Britain) and Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems), who retained the yellow jersey for one more day.

"This is much better than the third place I got in the first stage and wearing the yellow jersey last year," said Goss. "It has been a good race for me. I put in a few attacks in the last 20km and I was feeling pretty good. There were only three of us left with a kilometre to go but we started playing around a bit and it allowed the others to get back on. I was expecting an attack from them but I think they used a lot of energy getting back to us and nothing happened."

Goss had confidence in his sprint but was cautiously watching the others. "Roger (Hammond) was one of the guys I was watching the most," continued Goss. "He is a fast guy and certainly strong as well."

The Australian's target for the day was always the stage victory and he hadn't thought about taking the race lead. "I don't think that the Tinkoff team would have let the break go out to any more than what it was. That was our limit and it was smart by them as there was no one in our group that could take the lead. It was good for them and it worked well for us as well."

Nineteen year old Ben Swift (Barloworld) took over the climber's jersey when he took the primes at Malvern Hills and the ultra steep Ankardine Hill and was placed second behind Goss on the final climb of Sutton Bank.

"The mountains jersey is definitely something I had thought about," said Swift: "I had picked up a few points in the first stage and again yesterday. I was joint third in the competition going into today. I was looking to get into a move and then I took full advantage of it."

The British youngster will be wearing the polka dot jersey in his home town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire when the race starts there tomorrow.

How it unfolded

The race pattern was very simple. A group of eight riders had already broken clear before the first sprint prime of the day at the three counties showground. Goss, Hammond, Bichot and Swift had gone clear with Paul Manning (Great Britain), Martijn Maaskant (Rabobank), Zakkari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com) and Rob Partridge (Recycling.co.uk).

The Tinkoff team had hit the front to contain the leader's margin but the lead went steadily up from three minutes to four as the leaders fought it out between themselves for the mountains and sprint prime points.

The break stays clear Photo ©: Gerry McManus
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Eight teams were represented in the front group and the remainder of teams seemed content to let Tinkoff do all the work.

Goss put a strong attack in on the final climb of the day at Sutton Bank which asked questions of his breakaway companions. Although Swift had ridden strongly enough to take the KOM jersey overall, he was the first to be shelled out from the group followed by Rob Partridge to leave six at the front.

Goss hit the gas pedal again and only Hammond and Bichot could stay with him. The trio almost blew there chance when they started to play cat and mouse with each other and the others clawed their way back on with 1km to go.

Goss still had enough left in the tank to secure victory and move into third place in the points competition with only two points between him and Trusov who is currently wears the green jersey. Dempster has the consolation of moving into the sprints jersey and is nine points clear of Piet Rooijakkers (Skil Shimano). Paul Manning (Great Britain) was given the most combative rider award on the stage.

Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques – Topsport) was unable to start the stage due to the injuries he sustained on the crash at the finish in Taunton on Tuesday but they are not thought to be too serious.

The race moves up to Yorkshire on Thursday travelling 163km to via a loop through West Yorkshire and north of Leeds to drop into the city of Bradford. The stage is largely flat but the first category climb of the Cow and Calf after 142km may be a launch platform for the stage winner.

Photography

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Images by Gerry McManus/www.gerrymcmanus.co.uk

Results

1 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                   3.48.41 (42.25 km/h)
2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                        
3 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                        
4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                      
5 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                   0.04
6 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                 0.07
7 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                       1.52
8 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                              2.45
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                   6.00
10 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain                                     
11 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         
12 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                       
13 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         
14 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
15 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
16 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank                                       
17 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                      
18 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
19 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                      
20 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank                                     
21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               
22 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                      
23 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile                                     
24 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                       
25 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                  
26 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                      
27 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      
28 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain                                  
29 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                      
30 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                    
31 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                           
32 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias             
33 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                            
34 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  
35 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                     
36 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias            
37 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
38 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                     
39 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile                                        
40 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                     
41 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias               
42 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank                                       
43 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira                                     
44 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                     
45 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank                                          
46 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                    
47 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
48 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
49 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain                                 
50 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias        
51 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                        
52 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain                                    
53 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance                           
54 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      
55 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                              
56 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                              
57 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                        
58 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance                               
59 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                     
60 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
61 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
62 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                          
63 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance                           
64 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                        
65 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                     
66 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain                                       
67 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                     
68 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                      
69 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                     
70 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                         
71 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                       
72 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                    
73 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira                                   
74 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             
75 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                      
76 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                        
77 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                  
78 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                      
79 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                 
80 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile                                      
81 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                   
82 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                          
83 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira                                   
84 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 7.37
85 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                          6.00
86 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
87 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
88 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance                          
89 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       8.51
90 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
91 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira                                6.00
92 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                    
 
Sprints

3 Counties Showground
1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                      5 pts
2 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                       3
3 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                    2
4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         1
 
Chelmarsh
1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                      5 pts
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                          3
3 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                 2
4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         1
 
Bridgnorth
1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                      5 pts
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                          3
3 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                 2
4 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                    1
 
Mountains
 
KOM Cat 1: Malvern Hills
1 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                         10 pts
2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                    8
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         6
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                       5
5 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                      4
6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                       3
7 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                 2
8 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
 
KOM Cat 1: Ankardine Hill
1 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                         10 pts
2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                    8
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         6
4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                     5
5 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                       4
6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                       3
7 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                 2
8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                      1
 
KOM Cat 3: Sutton Bank
1 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         4 pts
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                          3
3 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                    2
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                       1
 
Teams
 
1 CSC                                                          11.38.03
2 T- Mobile                                                            
3 Agritubel                                                            
4 Rabobank                                                             
5 South Australia.com-AIS                                          0.04
6 Great Britain                                                    0.07
7 Barloworld                                                       1.52
8 Recycling.co.uk                                                  2.45
9 Skil-Shimano                                                     6.00
10 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                          
11 Duja Tavira                                                         
12 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                                          
13 Fuerteventura-Canarias                                              
14 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              
15 Navigators Insurance                                                
16 Team Konica Minolta                                                 
17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                         
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  11.03.37
2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                      0.08
3 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              0.12
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    0.14
5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                     
6 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                   0.17
7 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                    0.18
8 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                             
9 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                       0.19
10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               
11 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias             0.20
12 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                  0.21
13 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias         0.22
14 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias        
15 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                  0.23
16 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias            
17 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
18 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                  0.25
19 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
20 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                    0.26
21 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
22 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias           0.27
23 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed              0.31
24 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance                           0.34
25 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.42
26 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                     
27 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain                             0.46
28 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                 0.55
29 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                   2.29
30 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          2.31
31 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira                               2.53
32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                     5.06
33 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                   5.15
34 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                   5.18
35 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                 5.21
36 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                5.22
37 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                      7.09
38 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                 10.54
39 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   11.11
40 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile                                11.13
41 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                 11.14
42 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank                                     11.15
43 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                 11.16
44 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             11.18
45 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain                                     
46 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      
47 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                     
48 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira                                   
49 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                   11.19
50 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira                                11.20
51 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank                                  11.21
52 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                 11.22
53 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
54 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                     11.26
55 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain                             11.31
56 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                        11.42
57 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                      11.47
58 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles             11.48
59 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                11.51
60 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance                     11.55
61 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                              11.57
62 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                13.16
63 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira                               13.51
64 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                 14.40
65 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  15.01
66 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                            18.10
67 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                20.49
68 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank                                20.52
69 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                20.55
70 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                 21.01
71 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance                      21.08
72 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile                                 21.17
73 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                    21.18
74 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                   21.19
75 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                21.23
76 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         21.28
77 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         21.29
78 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            21.31
79 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance                      21.36
80 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile                                   21.57
81 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                               22.01
82 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                               22.05
83 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                   22.12
84 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                 22.16
85 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain                                       
86 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain                               22.56
87 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                23.07
88 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                         23.15
89 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   23.45
90 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles               23.52
91 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      24.17
92 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen    25.14
 
Points classification
 
1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        25 pts
2 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                      25
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                        23
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                     22
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      20
6 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                         19
7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        17
8 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                         15
9 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                      14
10 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                    13
11 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                12
12 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                   12
13 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                    11
14 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                    11
15 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                   11
16 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                  10
17 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                  10
18 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          9
19 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                9
20 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                    9
21 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                8
22 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank                                         7
23 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain                                    7
24 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                     6
25 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          5
26 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                       4
27 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 4
28 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias       3
29 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                      2
30 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                    2
31 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias           1
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                     20 pts
2 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                11
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                      7
4 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                     7
5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                    6
6 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias               6
7 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                          6
8 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             5
9 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                 4
10 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias            3
11 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                      3
12 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                   3
13 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        2
14 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                      2
15 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       2
16 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     2
17 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                        2
18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              1
19 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile                                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                         31 pts
2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                   18
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                        16
4 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          13
5 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias            12
6 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                      10
7 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile                                     8
8 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                      8
9 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             8
10 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias       7
11 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira                                  7
12 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                      6
13 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                    6
14 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance                              5
15 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                     5
16 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias              4
17 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                     4
18 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                     4
19 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                4
20 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                3
21 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                     2
22 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                     2
23 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                       2
24 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                   1
25 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                    1
26 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       1
 
Team classification
 
1 Duja Tavira                                                      33.11.46
2 Skil-Shimano                                                         0.02
3 Fuerteventura-Canarias                                               0.08
4 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                           0.09
5 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                                           0.17
6 Agritubel                                                            4.56
7 CSC                                                                  4.57
8 South Australia.com-AIS                                              4.58
9 Barloworld                                                           7.05
10 Rabobank                                                           15.57
11 Great Britain                                                      16.15
12 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                             21.43
13 Navigators Insurance                                               22.28
14 T- Mobile                                                          26.44
15 Team Konica Minolta                                                41.57
16 Recycling.co.uk                                                    49.56
17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                        53.25

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