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42nd Tour de l'Avenir - 2.1

France, September 1-10, 2005

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Stage 1 - September 1: Argentré-du-Plessis - Argentré-du-Plessis, 141 km

Bak in business

By Jean-François Quénet in Argentré-du-Plessis

Danish champion Lars Bak
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Danish national champion Lars Ytting Bak of CSC has won the opening stage of the Tour de l'Avenir in Argentré-du-Plessis, the same place in Brittany where David Millar won the inaugural time trial of the 'little Tour de France' for Under 26 back in 1998. The former Cofidis rider has been reported to be in training in Italy recently. He's banned until June next year, but it's unsure yet whether the new 4 year ban rule from Pro Tour teams will apply for him or not.

Team CSC's ambitions for this Tour de l'Avenir are clear from the beginning. "We are the favourites and we hope to confirm that," said the young hope Andy Schleck, who is a potential GC contender as well as Bak and Brian Vandborg. In the first breakaway of the day, CSC outnumbered the other teams with Matti Breschel and Christian Müller alongside Cyrille Monnerais (Française des Jeux), Aaron Kemps (Liberty Seguros), Marc de Maar (Rabobank), Stuart Gillespie (TIAA-CREF), Romain Feuillu (Agritubel), Matej Marin (Perutnina Ptuj) and Tom Stubbe (Chocolates Jacques). They stayed away until the 7th of the 12 laps of the stage. Only Breschel avoided the come back of the peloton and he persisted with Christophe Riblon (Ag2r), Alexander Gottfried (Germany) and Maarten Wijnands (Chocolates Jacques).

A crash in the closing moments
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They also got caught, then Schleck and Sébastien Duret (Bretagne-Jean Floc'h) took off, before being joined by Bak, Denis Kostyuk (Jartazi) and Jesus Del Nero (Orbea). "It was a fast race, stage winner Bak commented. There wasn't anybody to control but our team CSC spent the whole day in the front and it paid off. Last year I finished in the top 20 of the Tour de l'Avenir and I'm fitter this year, I'm not so heavy anymore and the course isn't that hard. In the early stages, it's flat but windy. I'm happy with the yellow jersey now. I'll try to keep it as long as I can, but with teams of six riders, it's difficult to control. A group can go, it's all over, and c'est la vie..."

The 22km time trial scheduled on Monday should be the turning point of the race. "I may be able to finish top 10," Bak reckoned considering his improvement against the clock. He did three time trials this year: 5th in the Ster Elektrotoer, 6th in the Tour of Denmark, 3rd the Danish championship. "The Tour de l'Avenir is a very unpredictable race," he added. "There are some amateurs racing. With them, you never know. Last year there were Kazakhs, one of them (Maxim Iglinskiy) had the yellow jersey for a while and became a good pro this year. You must have your eyes open every day."

For sure CSC's directeur sportif Scott Sunderland will not let any of his young guns sleep during the coming stages.

Photography

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Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.fr.st

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Results

1 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                             3.04.45
2 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team                 
3 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea                                 
4 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                 
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                            0.02
6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux                  0.14
7 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                                
8 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team                       
9 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                 
10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
11 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                      
12 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea                              
13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team               
14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
15 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team              
16 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team               
17 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) French National Team                 
18 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       
19 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                   
20 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                    
21 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                  
22 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                       
23 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec              
24 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                  
25 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team             
26 John Murphy (USA) USA National Team                       
27 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             
28 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                       
29 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
30 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim        
31 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         
32 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea                             
33 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance                      
34 Kasper Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
35 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                
36 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team                 
37 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                  
38 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                
39 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
40 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team            
41 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim          
42 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                             
43 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team              
44 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) French National Team                   
45 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
46 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 
47 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team               
48 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Rabobank                            
49 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                     
50 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) French National Team              
51 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             
52 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                    
53 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h               
54 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                   
55 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93                               
56 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                
57 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                           
58 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   
59 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team                
60 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                  
61 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                             
62 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
63 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
64 Brent Bookwalters (USA) USA National Team                 
65 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              
66 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea                                
67 Romain Chollet (Fra) Agritubel                            
68 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                     
69 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   
70 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team       
71 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                               
72 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 
73 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team            
74 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                     
75 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel                               
76 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                       
77 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
78 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                
79 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim      
80 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank                            
81 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          
82 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences             
83 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93                              
84 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                       
85 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                      
86 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                  
87 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole                         
88 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                           
89 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                       
90 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                     
91 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                        
92 Austin King (USA) USA National Team                       
93 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Orbea                             
94 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                          
95 Joseba Zumeta (Spa) Orbea                                 
96 Svew-Erik Vold (Nor) Norwegian National Team              
97 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim       
98 Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Nor) Norwegian National Team         
99 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                           
100 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team          
101 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                            
102 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec              
103 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                    
104 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T. Semences                   
105 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                     
106 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                      
107 Lucas Euser (USA) USA National Team                      
108 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                          
109 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi Granville Team            
110 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93                            
111 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             
112 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team                  
113 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             
114 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance                       
115 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                    
116 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team                  
117 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team                
118 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team                   
119 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team           
120 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         
121 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                  
122 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                  
123 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                            
124 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     4.08
125 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    
126 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          
127 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago      9.20
128 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                 12.57
129 Jean Mespoulede (Fra) French National Team           0.14
130 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                            
DNF Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93                               
DNF Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93                          
 
Points
 
1 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  30 pts
2 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team               27
3 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea                               25
4 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h               23
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                              21
6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux                    19
7 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                              17
8 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team                     15
9 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h               13
10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     11
11 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                    10
12 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea                             9
13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team              8
14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             7
15 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team             6
 
Sprints
 
Argentre-Du-Plessis (lap 3) - km 35.5 Points                 
1 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          3 pts
2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                             2
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                             1
 
Argentre-Du-Plessis (lap 6) - km 70.5 Points                 
1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              3 pts
2 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                               2
3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                             1
 
Argentre-Du-Plessis (lap 9) - km 106  Points                 
1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                             3 pts
2 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                   2
3 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         1
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                            9.14.31
2 Jartazi Revor                                          0.12
3 Orbea                                                      
4 Bretagne - Jean Floc'h                                     
5 Cycling Team Capec                                     0.26
6 Francaise Des Jeux                                         
7 USA National Team                                          
8 Credit Agricole                                            
9 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                              
10 French National Team                                      
11 Bouygues Telecom                                          
12 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                                 
13 Perutnina Ptuj                                            
14 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                              
15 Rabobank                                                  
16 German National Team                                      
18 R.A.G.T. Semences                                         
19 Norwegian National Team                                   
20 Agritubel                                                 
21 Team TIAA-Cref                                            
22 Auber 93                                                  
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                             3.04.35
2 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team             0.04
3 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea                             0.06
4 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h             0.10
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                            0.12
6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                          0.18
7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           0.21
8 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                           
9 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                            0.22
10 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                   
11 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim     0.23
12 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                             
13 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux                 0.24
14 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                               
15 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team                      
16 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                
17 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
18 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                      
19 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea                              
20 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team               
21 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team              
22 Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Norwegian National Team               
23 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) French National Team                 
24 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       
25 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                   
26 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                    
27 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                  
28 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                       
29 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec              
30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                  
31 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) German National Team             
32 John Murphy (USA) USA National Team                       
33 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             
34 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                       
35 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
36 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim        
37 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea                             
38 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance                      
39 Kasper Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
40 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                
41 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team                 
42 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                  
43 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                
44 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
45 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) German National Team            
46 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim          
47 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team              
48 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) French National Team                   
49 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
50 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 
51 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team               
52 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Rabobank                            
53 Nicolas Dulac (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                     
54 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) French National Team              
55 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             
56 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                    
57 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h               
58 William Frischkorn (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                   
59 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93                               
60 Ludovic Poilvet (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                
61 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                           
62 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   
63 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team                
64 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                  
65 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                             
66 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
67 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
68 Brent Bookwalters (USA) USA National Team                 
69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              
70 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea                                
71 Romain Chollet (Fra) Agritubel                            
72 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                     
73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   
74 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team       
75 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 
76 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team            
77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                     
78 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel                               
79 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                       
80 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
81 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                
82 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim      
83 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank                            
84 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences             
85 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93                              
86 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                       
87 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                      
88 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                  
89 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole                         
90 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                           
91 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                       
92 Stuart Gillespie (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                     
93 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                        
94 Austin King (USA) USA National Team                       
95 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Orbea                             
96 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                          
97 Joseba Zumeta (Spa) Orbea                                 
98 Svew-Erik Vold (Nor) Norwegian National Team              
99 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim       
100 Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Nor) Norwegian National Team        
101 Dan Bowman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                          
102 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team          
103 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec              
104 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                    
105 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T. Semences                   
106 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                     
107 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec                      
108 Lucas Euser (USA) USA National Team                      
109 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                          
110 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Jartazi Granville Team            
111 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93                            
112 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             
113 Patrick Mccarty (USA) USA National Team                  
114 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             
115 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance                       
116 Carl Naibo (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h                    
117 Paul Martens (Ger) German National Team                  
118 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team                
119 Tony Martin (Ger) German National Team                   
120 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Norwegian National Team           
121 Borut Bozic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         
122 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                  
123 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                            
124 Jean Mespoulede (Fra) French National Team               
125 William Bonnet (Fra) Auber 93                            
126 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     4.18
127 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    
128 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          
129 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago      9.30
130 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                 13.07
 
Points classification
 
1 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  30 pts
2 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team               27
3 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea                               25
4 Sebastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h               23
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                              21
6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux                    19
7 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank                              17
8 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA National Team                     15
9 Vincent Cantero (Fra) Bretagne-Jean Floc'h               13
10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     11
11 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                    10
12 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            10
13 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea                             9
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team              8
15 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team             6
16 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                            6
17 Matej Marin (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                         3
18 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                              2
19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                  2
20 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim        1
21 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                            1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                            9.14.31
2 Jartazi Revor                                          0.12
3 Orbea                                                      
4 Bretagne - Jean Floc'h                                     
5 Cycling Team Capec                                     0.26
6 Francaise Des Jeux                                         
7 USA National Team                                          
8 Credit Agricole                                            
9 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                              
10 French National Team                                      
11 Bouygues Telecom                                          
12 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                                 
13 Perutnina Ptuj                                            
14 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                              
15 Rabobank                                                  
16 German National Team                                      
18 R.A.G.T. Semences                                         
19 Norwegian National Team                                   
20 Agritubel                                                 
21 Team TIAA-Cref                                            
22 Auber 93