72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT

Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008

Photography

Stage 9 - June 22: Altdorf - Berne, 168km

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• Crédit Agricole
• Team CSC's bikes are ready for the final stage.
• Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas)
• Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) signs in before the final stage.
• Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) interviewed on stage.
• The riders line up for the final stage.
• Anthony Geslin and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) before the race start (l-r).
• The escape with Francisco Pérez (Caisse d'Epargne), René Weissinger (Team Volksbank), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto) and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis).
• Darren Lill (BMC Racing Team)
• Lampre leads the charge.
• Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) ride along (r-l).
• Cancellara beats Gilbert by reaching the Belgian in the final metres.
• Another stunning victory by Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC).
• Cancellara wins in his hometown.
• Spartacus shows his muscles once again.
• Gilbert came close but had to surrender in the end.
• Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) rode superbly but still only managed runner-up.
• Gilbert hits the line
• Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Caisse d'Epargne) ended up in third
• Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) on the podium following his stage win.
• Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) steps up to the podium.
• Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) speaks following his stage win.
• Family Cancellara look on.
• Cancellara's wife came to see the winner.
• Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) waves to the crowd.
• Kisses for Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC).
• Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) salutes the crowd follow his win in Bern.
• Third overall Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Spain's Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) happy with his third overall.
• Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) following the Tour de Suisse.
• Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the podium for third overall.
• Germany's Andreas Klöden (Astana) took second overall.
• Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) takes the stage.
• Yellow time: Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) takes the final overall leader's jersey.
• The podium: Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) flanked by Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Andreas Klöden (Astana) (l & r).
• Czech Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) tops the podium with Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Andreas Klöden (Astana) (l & r).
• Kisses for the overall race winner.
• Maxim Iglinsky (Astana)
• Mountains winner Maxim Iglinsky (Astana)
• René Weissinger (Team Volksbank)
• Sprints winner René Weissinger (Team Volksbank)
• Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) also won the points jersey.
• Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
• Damiano Cunego (Lampre) presented with the ProTour leader's jersey.
• Damiano Cunego (Lampre) on the podium as ProTour leader.
• Team Astana
• Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
• Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) in the post-race press conference.
• Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) answers a few questions.
• Autograph time: Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) signs a yellow jersey.
• Czech Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) following the Tour de Suisse.
• Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) responds to the press' questions.

Stage 8 - June 21: Altdorf - Col du Klausen (ITT), 25km

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• Kim Kirchen gets his bike weighed in before the start.
• Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) focuses on what is ahead.
• Norwegian time trial champion Edvald Boasson Hagen (High Road).
• Bram Tankink (Rabobank).
• Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) won the stage and moved into the overall lead.
• Kirchen was the leader before the time trial but slipped to 7th after a dissapointing ride.
• Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) is happy still but that may be due to the fact he hasn't started yet.
• Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) rode up with his Belgian champ jersey that he earned in a somewhat flatter time trial last year in Belgium.
• René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) leads the sprints classification and was already happy he couldn't lose that lead today.
• Cancellara's bike get's weighed.
• Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) and Ralf Grabsch (Team Milram) before the start.
• Cancellara said he would "put on the rainbow jersey and 'enjoy' the day."
• Sébastien Portal (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) – ready or not here we go.
• Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) enjoys flatter time trials better and that is where he won the French champion jersey.
• Pablo Lastras Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) cools off even before the start.
• David Loosli (Lampre) is warmed up and ready to go to defend his mountain jersey.
• Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) and the difficulties to get to the start.
• Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) and Leonardo Duque (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) are discussing the best tactics to get to the top without losing the zest for tomorrow's stage.
• Irishman Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) makes an expression as if to say he wasn't going to enjoy the day.
• Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Steve Morabito (Astana) share a laugh before the suffering starts.
• José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles as his bike passes the UCI check
• Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) ready to roll off the ramp
• The last minute adjustments of Christian Knees' mechanic may have helped to get the Milram rider do a great time trial and moving into the top 10 overall.
• Damiano Cunego (Lampre) looks lean and mean which are good signs for a mountain time trial.
• Andy Schleck (Team CSC) signs autographs.
• Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) gets his bike back from the UCI lady.
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) concentrates in the final moments before the start.
• Andy Schleck and Igor Anton talk about what is awaiting them.
• Anton stretches before the start
• Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) relaxes before hitting the slopes.
• Kreuziger's mechanic makes sure everything is set to avoid David Millar moments.
• Kim Kirchen (Team High Road) has the bike ready
• Kirchen concentrates, as he knows what's at stake today.
• Kirchen seems to look a bit worried
• Edvald Boasson Hagen (High Road) is the Norwegian champion in the time trial.
• Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) just wanted to survive today.
• Boasson Hagen rolls off and almost seems to smile.
• Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) starts
• Leif Hoste (Silence - Lotto) has a desperate look on his face.
• Gregory Rast (Astana) gets going
• Morris Possoni (Team High Road) grabs the bars at the bottom but would change soon.
• Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) heads out
• No, it's not Cancellara in pain but a last joke shared with the officials.
• Cancellara is off, knowing that today nobody would expect him to win.
• Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole) is not related to Bernard
• Jürgen Roelandts (Silence - Lotto) is having a terrific season as a neo-pro.
• José Rujano Guillen (Caisse d'Epargne) held the best time for a long while before being bested by Kreuziger.
• Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) starts
• Zabel's spare bike
• Pieter Jacobs (Silence - Lotto) did a great ride
• Bobby Julich heads off
• Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) relaxed before the start.
• Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) could do without the time trial up the mountains.
• Bodrogi is Hungarian TT champion but, like others, also on a flatter course.
• Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) in the mountains jersey.
• A Mavic mechanic takes a picture from CSC bike.
• Jens Voigt hits the road
• Pre-race chatter
• Gutierrez with a last sip of water
• Gutierrez is off.
• Frank Schleck (Team CSC) and Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom) chat before the start.
• Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) hits the cobbles in the first few metres.
• Frank Schleck (Team CSC) rolls off.
• Tanel Kangert (AG2R La Mondiale)
• Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Caisse d'Epargne)
• Andy Schleck (Team CSC)
• Andreas Klöden (Astana) heads out to what turned out be a very good ride and second overall.
• Thomas Lövkvist (Team High Road)
• Kreuziger gets ready
• Kreuziger powers away
• Kirchen hits the road
• Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) on the climb
• Jeff Louder (BMC Racing Team)
• Cancellara didn't go 100% and saved some energy for the final stage.
• Olivier Bonnaire (Bouygues Telecom)
• Rujano did well and finished second
• Marc De Maar (Rabobank)
• David Loosli (Lampre)
• Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux)
• Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner)
• Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux)
• Mathieu Perget (Caisse d'Epargne)
• Bodrogi passed his one-minute man Deignan on the climb
• The typical Jens Voigt race face
• Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) is the mountains leader.
• Gutierrez at the tough finish stretch
• His face shows a bit of wear and tear
• Is that a smile on Yannick Talabardon's face?
• Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom) is happy to be done for the day.
• Kreuziger waves to the crowd
• The Czech rider received lots of prizes
• Kreuziger is all smiles
• And he earned the yellow jersey, too
• Two yellow jerseys on the podium!
• Who wouldn't smile here?
• Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) gets another mountain jersey but he is still tied on points with Loosli
• Iglinsky happy
• René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) still leads the sprints classification
• Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) is the points leader and gets the "lady bug jersey"
• Freire on the podium.

Stage 7 - June 20: Gruyères - Lyss, 171km

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• Ralf Grabsch (Team Milram) before the start.
• The always popular Jens Voight (CSC).
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC) is hugely popular in Switzerland.
• Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) & Fillipo Pozzato (Liquigas) share a joke on the podium.
• Frank Schleck (CSC) before the start.
• Overall leader Kim Kirchen (Highroad) and Schleck on the start line.
• Sebastian Rosseler, Stijn Devolder (Both Quick Step) and Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto).
• The BMC team riders before the start.
• The three break-away riders head toward the finish.
• High road on the front of the peloton.
• The break keeps going.
• The Quick Step boys in the main field.
• A hard day at the office for these guys.
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC) takes another victory this year.
• Cancellara wins on home soil...
• in beautiful sunshine...
• with a roaring Swiss crowd behind him.
• Cancellara can now head to the Tour full of confidence.
• Cancellara on the podium.
• prizes for the winner...
• and some flowers.
• Kirchen retains yellow.
• One the podium with the girls and the jersey.
• Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) leads the mountains classification.
• Inglinsky resplendant in pink.
• René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) in white for the sprints classification.
• Weissinger accepts the flowers.
• Oscar Freire (Rabobank) leads the points competition.
• A signed yellw jersey.
• Gegory Rast (Astana) signs on.
• Sergai Ivanov and Iglinsky (Astana) before the start.
• Kim Kirchen says high to the crowd.
• Kirchen as he signs on.
• Damiano Cunego (Lampre) at the sign on.
• Mark Renshaw (Crédit Agricole) signs on.
• Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) at the sign on.

Stage 6 - June 19: Ambri - Verbier, 188km

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• Bouygues Telecom signs in.
• Bouygues Telecom presented.
• Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Scott) at the start.
• Saunier Duval signs in.
• Team Saunier Duval-Prodir presented.
• Ángel Gómez Gómez (Saunier Duval-Scott) with his teammates.
• Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne)
• Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) gives a hand.
• Ready to roll.
• José Rujano (Caisse d'Epargne)
• Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole)
• Erik Zabel (Team Milram)
• Erik Zabel (Team Milram) with Vicente Reynes (High Road) (r-l)
• Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
• Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) pleases the crowd.
• Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
• Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) (l) relaxes
• Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne)
• Michael Albasini (Liquigas) on stage.
• Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) heads to sign-in.
• Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) signs in.
• Race leader Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) with his mates.
• A friendly Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Spain's Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was to lose the race lead by the end of the day.
• Damiano Cunego (Lampre) interviewed.
• Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) and Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) (r-l)
• Riders relaxed at the start.
• Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) interviewed.
• Luxembourg's Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) with Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
• Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) explains his crash to Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
• Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) all smiles and happy to start the day.
• Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) gestures and describe his crash to Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
• Fränk Schleck (Team CSC), 28, at the start.
• Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) the morning after his serious-looking crash talks to Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
• This way! Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) explains his crash to Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
• Spaniard Daniel Moreno of Caisse d'Epargne-
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) talks to fellow Luxemburger Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).
• Moien: Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) has a word with Kim Kirchen (High Road).
• Marcus Burghardt (High Road)
• Ready to race.
• Euskaltel boys read the Italian sports paper.
• Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) signs in.
• Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) talks with a UCI official.
• Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) with a UCI official.
• Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) signs for a fan.
• Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) with Mark Renshaw (Crédit Agricole) and Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) (r-l).
• Gert Steegmans (Quick Step)
• Fans gathered.
• Five minutes until the start...
• The riders make their way up the 2479-metre Col du Nufenen.
• David Loosli (Lampre)
• Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) climbing up the 2479-metre Col du Nufenen.
• The riders going up the 2479-metre Col du Nufenen.
• Maxim Iglinsky (Astana)
• José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) rides in the 11-man escape group.
• Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) leads Jens Voigt (Team CSC), Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) and Mathias Frank (Gerolsteiner).
• Andreas Dietziker (Team Volksbank)
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) trying to zip on his way in for the win.
• Luxemburger Kim Kirchen (High Road) wins on the Verbier.
• Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (High Road), 29, wins on the Verbier and takes the overall lead from Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the process.
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) enjoys the moment.
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) punches the air.
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) wins on top of Verbier.
• Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (High Road) wins the day.
• Victory for Kim Kirchen (High Road)
• Andreas Klöden (Astana) finishes second.
• Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) gave a good run but had to be happy with fifth.
• Belgian Champion Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) comes to the line.
• Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) lost the lead in stage six.
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) rolls in.
• Ireland's Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) finishes after a long day.
• Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) conquered the Verbier in 2005.
• Frank Hoj (Cofidis) has his climbing legs on.
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) rides in the Tour de Suisse… on his way to the stage win and the overall lead.
• German Jens Voigt (Team CSC)
• USA's Bobby Julich (Team CSC) did a lot of work for Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) on the podium as stage winner.
• Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (High Road) called to the podium.
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) takes the overall lead.
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) with the flowers.
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) with the kisses.
• Enjoying the moment: Kim Kirchen (High Road) is the new race leader.
• Kim Kirchen (High Road) sautes the crowd.
• Best climber David Loosli (Lampre).
• Points leader Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
• Sprints leader René Weissinger (Team Volksbank)

Stage 5 - June 18: Domat-Ems - Caslano, 190km

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• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) won stage five of the Tour de Suisse, one of his best career results.
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) takes the stage after a dramatic crash of his breakaway companion, Fränk Schleck.
• The bunch sprint was led home by Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) behind Astana's Serguei Ivanov.

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• Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) saw his hopes of overall victory go up in smoke today.
• Bouygues Telecom's bikes are ready for the start.
• Fränk Schleck (CSC) is probably dreaming about his possible victory.
• CSC Team presentation.
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner).
• Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) is signing on for the day.
• Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) at the team presentation.
• This Silence-Lotto rider had some problems with his wheel.
• Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) is signing an autograph.
• Swiss riders Steve Morabito & Johann Tschopp are talking about their breakaway.
• Riders waiting for the train before they can get to the start.
• Riders making their way to the start.
• Pietro Caucchioli & Maxim Iglinsky climbing the only 1st category mountain of the day.
• Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole).
• Some of the men who animated the race today.
• José Rujano (Caisse d'Epargne) & Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis).
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) takes the biggest victory of his career.
• Fränk Schleck (CSC) thanks his lucky stars as he crosses the finish line unscathed after a nasty fall.
• Schleck attributed his luck to a guardian angel medal given to him at birth by his mother.
• Schleck will be stiff & sore tomorrow but will be able to start the Tour de France.
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) happy with his win today.
• Fothen took the win on the fifth stage into Caslano.
• Fothen gives the double handed salute.
• Fothen accepts the rewards from winning the stage.
• On the podium with the flowers.
• Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) in the leaders jersey.
• Anton Hernandez leads by six seconds from Kim Kirchen (High Road).
• David Loosli (Lampre) leads the Mountains classification.
• René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) leading the sprints classification.
• Italian National champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) climbing.
• Fothen as he crosses the line solo.

Stage 4 - June 17: Gossau SG - Domat-Ems, 171km

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• Oscar Freire (Rabobank) at the start.
• Team Astana signs in.
• Swiss Gregory Rast (Astana) at the start.
• German Andreas Klöden (Astana) gives a wave.
• René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) explain's the previous stage.
• Elias Schmäh (Team Volksbank)
• Andreas Dietziker (Team Volksbank)
• Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) all smiles.
• Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) waves to the crowd at the start.
• German sprinter Erik Zabel (Team Milram)
• Swiss Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) on the start podium.
• Swiss Michael Albasini (Liquigas) waves.
• Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) has a look at the newspaper.
• Spain's Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) signs in.
• Belgium's Gert Steegmans (Quick Step)
• Belgian Champion Stijn Devolder (Quick Step)
• Igor Anton (Euskaltel Euskadi) covered up his leader's jersey with the team vest on the rainy morning.
• The breakaway gained ten minutes but was still reeled in by the sprinters.
• Euskaltel Euskadi leads the peloton for overall leader Igor Anton.
• Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) made the day's break
• The three-man escape which lasted 160km: Matej Jurco (Milram), Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Jonathan Garcia (BMC)
• The teams come to the front to chase down the escapees.
• The lunge for the line goes to McEwen.
• McEwen went early but still held on to win.
• The stage four sprint saw McEwen back out on top.
• McEwen holds off Ciolek and Freire to take his second sprint win.
• McEwen won't get his lead-out men at the Tour, but has shown he can win if they're around.
• McEwen, perhaps demonstrating to the Silence Lotto bosses that having men around for lead-outs can pay off.
• McEwen pumps his fist with joy after winning his second stage.
• Hoste was as happy with McEwen's win as if he'd won the race himself.
• Leif Hoste celebrates after delivering McEwen to the sprint win.
• Robbie McEwen (Silence Lotto) counts his wins from the stage four podium.

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• Marcus Burghardt (High Road) looking relaxed.
• Gerald Ciolek (High Road) gunning for the sprints.
• Thomas Dekker (Rabobank)
• Dutchman Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) keeps close to the wheels.
• The peloton follows.
• This can only be Switzerland
• Germany's Andreas Klöden (Astana) looks determined.
• Andreas Klöden (Astana)
• Australia's Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) nips the win.
• Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) keeps in yellow.

Stage 3 - June 16: Flums - Gossau SG, 155km

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• Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) kept the leader's jersey thanks to the sprinters' efforts.
• Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) showed his speed is back on stage three.

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• Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) at the start.
• Team Saunier Duval
• Ralf Grabsch (Team Milram)
• Olaf Pollack (Team Volksbank)
• Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne)
• Australasia's Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) wins stage three.
• Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) takes his second season win.
• Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) moves into the leader's top.
• Spain's Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) enjoys his new leadership.
• Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the podium.
• Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) called on stage.
• Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) congratulated.
• Australian Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) with the victory flowers.
• Swiss David Loosli (Lampre)
• David Loosli (Lampre) takes the mountains lead.
• In pink: David Loosli (Lampre) is the climbers' leader.
• Swiss David Loosli (Lampre) on the podium.
• René Weissinger (Team Volksbank)
• René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) in the sprints jersey
• David Loosli (Lampre) in an interview.
• Spain's Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the points jersey.
• Oscar Freire (Rabobank) leads the points competition.