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43rd Tour de l'Avenir - 2.1
France, August 31-September 9, 2006
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Stage 1 - August 31: Charleroi - Charleroi, 130 km
One-two for FDJ with Delage and Monnerais
By Jean-François Quénet in Monceau-sur-Sambre
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Next year the Tour de l'Avenir will be contested by national teams only – as it was in the early days in the 60's – but for now ProTour team Française des Jeux has maintained the leadership of the world's premier teams. The squad directed by the Madiot brothers has scored a significant 1-2 with Mickaël Delage and Cyrille Monnerais sharing the honours in Monceau-sur-Sambre nearby Charleroi in Belgium.
FDJ's instructions stated that no move of more than three riders should go without one of them. "We've managed to do that all the way", Delage commented. "Before the Tour de l'Avenir, we've done a lot of races with the same six guys, that's why we're used to that team work. After one hour of racing, we've been up there all the time with a minimum of two riders in the front. We didn't make any mistake. At the end, I've had an excellent teammate in the person of Cyrille Monnerais. He attacked and forced the other riders to get organized, then he didn't pace for one centimetre. Before the final, I wasn't afraid of anyone because I know I'm a good sprinter. Uphill with pavés, that was ideal for me."
Delage, 21, whose mother works for Château Belcier, one of the best Bordeaux wines, was a six-times French champion on the track for team pursuit. He turned pro with Française des Jeux at the beginning of 2005 and attacked from the gun in a perfect Jacky Durand style of racing at the start of his first pro race, the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under in Australia. He is definitely an aggressive rider. He's fast as well, but he couldn't wait for getting his first pro win. "One full season plus three quarters of another one with no win, that was too much for me", he said.
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"Winning stage 1 is even better than any other one, he added. Now I wear the yellow jersey as well, I like it. I'm not gonna race for the overall win though, I'm not good enough as a climber and there are a lot of mountains in the Tour de l'Avenir this year."
FDJ has raced perfectly for the stage win but their supposed leader Rémi Di Gregorio lost more than 12 minutes. So did last year's runner up Christophe Riblon of AG2R whose preparation has been affected by a urine infection earlier this month. His team-mate Carl Naibo, Moises Duenas from Agritubel and Dutchman Robert Gesink are the best placed climbers after stage 1.
"I'm quite happy today," Gesink commented. "The course today was very difficult. There was no time to rest. I don't know what I can do overall because I'm only 20, but our Rabobank team is motivated for GC." Gesink is the first king of the mountain. This skinny rider looks pretty similar to another famous climber from Rabobank, Michael Rasmussen!
How it unfolded
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Stage 1 of the 2006 Tour de l'Avenir started with a lap of ten kilometres to be covered 13 times by 131 riders. The course was quite difficult and allowed a few cyclists to attack early. Julien Mazet (Auber 93) was the first one to create a gap with Lars Petter Nordhaug (Norwegian national team) and Blaise Sonnery (French national team) going in between.
At the first hot spot sprint (km 30), Mickaël Delage (Française des Jeux) came first ahead of his team-mate Mathieu Ladagnous. That was a first 1-2 on the finishing line for the French lottery squad. During the fourth lap, Carl Naibo (Ag2r), Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Sergeï Kolesnikov (Omnibike) took off. Later, another group of 11 was formed with those three plus Sergio Pardilla (Viña Magna), Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques), Cyrille Monnerais and Tim Gudsell (Française des Jeux), Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom), Iñigo Lazkano (Orbea), Andreï Klyuev (Omnibike) and Lars Boom (Rabobank). Three men came across: Moises Duenas (Agritubel), Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) and Oleksander Kvachuck (Ukrainian national team). Then another three: Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r), Kurt Hovelynck (Chocolade Jacques) and Mazet.
After the last hot spot sprint won by Boom ahead of Clement at km 90, Mathieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques), Victor Gomes (Viña Magna), Delage and Ladagnous also completed the front group, where attacks kept going on. Monnerais covered the moves and opened the sprint for Delage who claimed his first pro win and the first yellow jersey of his career.
Photography
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- Edvald Boason Hagen leads the Norwegian national team.
- Auber 93 counts on French U23 time trial champion Florian Morizot.
- Rémi Di Gregorio was the the captain of FDJ... but no more already.
- Tim Gudsell from New Zealand is the new English speaking sensation from Française des Jeux.
- The German national team is built around time triallist Michael Mück and last year's stage winner Alexander Gottfried.
- Former Junior world champion Oleksander Kvachuk was the only Ukrainian in the front group.
- Lars Boom has attacked a lot!
- Stef Clement from Bouygues Telecom was another very active Dutchman
- One-two for FDJ with Mickaël Delage and Cyrille Monnerais
- Delage and Monnerais worked together at perfection
- No dope tests: is that the future of cycling?
- Marc Madiot seems happy with Mickaël Delage's first pro win
- The Badger shows him the way
- A flamboyant yellow jersey
- Delage is green as well
- Robert Gesink has a few similarities with Michael Rasmussen
- Mickaël Delage gets some advice from Bernard Hinault
- '"Yvon, guess what the badger just told me?"
- Delage has a bright future in cycling
Results
1 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.12.41 2 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.01 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.05 4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 0.13 9 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.14 10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.35 12 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 1.37 13 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) French National Team 14 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 15 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team 16 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 19 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 20 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet-Davo 21 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team 23 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Benoit Daeninck (Fra) French National Team 26 Julen Zubero (Spa) Orbea 27 Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Nor) Norwegian National Team 28 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29 Jan Soetens (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.44 32 Kevin Neyrinck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 34 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 35 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 37 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi-7Mobile 38 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 39 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 40 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 41 Ivan Melero (Spa) Orbea 42 Michael Muck (Ger) German National Team 43 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 44 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93 45 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team 46 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 47 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental 48 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank Continental 49 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 50 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 51 Inigo Lazkano (Spa) Orbea 52 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 54 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 56 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 57 Anatoliy Pahtusov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 58 Stian Remme (Nor) Norwegian National Team 59 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team 60 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 61 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Auber 93 62 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 63 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 64 Stefan Schafer (Ger) German National Team 65 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 6.27 66 Diego Gallego (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 67 Sebastien Delfosse (Bel) Belgian National Team 6.28 68 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 69 Nicolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 6.31 70 Iker Mezo (Spa) Orbea 71 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 72 Alexender Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team 7.13 73 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 74 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 7.24 75 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 76 Edvalo Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 77 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 78 Cornelius Van Ooiyen (Ned) Unibet-Davo 79 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 80 Joseba Zumeta (Spa) Orbea 7.30 81 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) French National Team 9.53 82 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 83 Geert Steurs (Bel) Belgian National Team 84 Kevin Maene (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.57 85 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 86 Kurt Dierckx (Bel) Belgian National Team 87 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team 88 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Belgian National Team 89 Cedric Pineau (Fra) Agritubel 90 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 91 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 12.27 92 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 12.31 93 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Unibet-Davo 12.34 94 Bruno Neves (Por) Portuguese National Team 95 Andre Cardoso (Por) Portuguese National Team 96 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Portuguese National Team 97 Antonio Jesus (Por) Portuguese National Team 98 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) French National Team 12.38 99 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 100 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 101 Styn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet-Davo 102 Jeremy Galland (Fra) Agritubel 103 Michel Kreder (Ned) Unibet-Davo 104 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 105 Kevin Ista (Bel) Belgian National Team 106 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 107 Vidal Celis (Spa) Orbea 108 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 111 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi-7Mobile 112 Dmytro Ratushnyy (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 113 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Continental 114 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 115 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 116 Andriy Suralev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 117 Andrej Omulec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 118 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 119 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 120 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 121 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 122 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 123 René Mandri (Est) Auber 93 124 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 125 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team 126 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Unibet-Davo 12.46 127 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team 12.50 128 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 13.23 129 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Portuguese National Team 17.33 130 Alexender Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 20.17 131 Oleg Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 27.50 Points 1 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 pts 2 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25 4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Continental 21 6 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 19 7 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 8 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 15 9 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13 10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 11 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 12 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 9 13 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) French National Team 8 14 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 7 15 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team 6 16 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 17 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 18 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 19 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 2 20 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet-Davo 1 Mountains Côte de Monceau-sur-Sambre, km 22 1 Benoit Daeninck (Fra) French National Team 3 pts 2 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 2 3 Stian Remme (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1 Côte de Monceau-sur-Sambre, km 52 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 pts 2 Inigo Lazkano (Spa) Orbea 2 3 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 Côte de Monceau-sur-Sambre, km 82 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 pts 2 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 2 3 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1 Sprints Monceau-sur-Sambre (Charleroi) (3rd lap), km 30 1 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 pts 2 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Monceau-sur-Sambre (Charleroi) (6th lap), km 60 1 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 3 pts 2 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Monceau-sur-Sambre (Charleroi) (9th lap), km 90 1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 pts 2 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Teams 1 Francaise Des Jeux 9.39.41 2 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.18 3 Bouygues Telecom 4 Rabobank 1.46 5 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.48 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 7 French National Team 3.20 8 Jartazi-7Mobile 9 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 10 Norwegian National Team 11 Orbea 3.27 12 German National Team 13 Vina Magna-Cropu 3.34 14 Auber 93 15 Agritubel 7.36 16 Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 8.17 17 Cycling Team Capec 8.18 18 Ukrainian National Team 14.17 19 Perutnina Ptuj 14.28 20 Unibet Davo 19.57 21 Belgian National Team 21.14 22 Portuguese National Team 25.14 General classification after stage 1 1 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.12.28 2 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.08 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.13 4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.18 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 0.23 9 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 0.26 10 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.27 11 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.48 12 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.49 14 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 1.50 15 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) French National Team 16 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 17 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team 18 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 21 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet-Davo 22 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) German National Team 24 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Benoit Daeninck (Fra) French National Team 26 Julen Zubero (Spa) Orbea 27 Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Nor) Norwegian National Team 28 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29 Jan Soetens (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.54 32 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 33 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.57 34 Kevin Neyrinck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 36 Arnaud Lesvenan (Fra) French National Team 37 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 39 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi-7Mobile 40 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 41 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 42 Ivan Melero (Spa) Orbea 43 Michael Muck (Ger) German National Team 44 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 45 Florian Morizot (Fra) Auber 93 46 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) French National Team 47 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 48 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental 49 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank Continental 50 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 51 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 52 Inigo Lazkano (Spa) Orbea 53 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 55 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 57 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 58 Anatoliy Pahtusov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 59 Stian Remme (Nor) Norwegian National Team 60 José Mendes (Por) Portuguese National Team 61 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Auber 93 62 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 63 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 64 Stefan Schafer (Ger) German National Team 65 Vasily Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 6.40 66 Diego Gallego (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 67 Sebastien Delfosse (Bel) Belgian National Team 6.41 68 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 69 Nicolas Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team 6.44 70 Iker Mezo (Spa) Orbea 71 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 72 Alexender Kristoff (Nor) Norwegian National Team 7.26 73 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 74 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7.36 75 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 7.37 76 Edvalo Hagen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 77 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 78 Cornelius Van Ooiyen (Ned) Unibet-Davo 79 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 80 Joseba Zumeta (Spa) Orbea 7.43 81 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) French National Team 10.06 82 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 83 Geert Steurs (Bel) Belgian National Team 84 Kevin Maene (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10.10 85 Jean Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 86 Kurt Dierckx (Bel) Belgian National Team 87 Nico Keinath (Ger) German National Team 88 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Belgian National Team 89 Cedric Pineau (Fra) Agritubel 90 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 91 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 12.40 92 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 12.44 93 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Unibet-Davo 12.47 94 Bruno Neves (Por) Portuguese National Team 95 Andre Cardoso (Por) Portuguese National Team 96 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Portuguese National Team 97 Antonio Jesus (Por) Portuguese National Team 98 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) French National Team 12.51 99 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 100 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 101 Styn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet-Davo 102 Jeremy Galland (Fra) Agritubel 103 Michel Kreder (Ned) Unibet-Davo 104 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 105 Kevin Ista (Bel) Belgian National Team 106 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 107 Vidal Celis (Spa) Orbea 108 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 111 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Jartazi-7Mobile 112 Dmytro Ratushnyy (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 113 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Continental 114 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Vina Magna-Cropu 115 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 116 Andriy Suralev (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 117 Andrej Omulec (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 118 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 119 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 120 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 121 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 122 Mathias Belka (Ger) German National Team 123 René Mandri (Est) Auber 93 124 Steve Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 125 Christopher Myhre (Nor) Norwegian National Team 126 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Unibet-Davo 12.59 127 Carlo Westphal (Ger) German National Team 13.03 128 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 13.36 129 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Portuguese National Team 17.46 130 Alexender Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 20.30 131 Oleg Opryshko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 28.03 Points classification 1 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 33 pts 2 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 26 4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Continental 21 6 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 19 7 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 8 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 15 9 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 15 10 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13 11 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 12 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 9 13 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) French National Team 8 14 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 7 15 Havard Nybo (Nor) Norwegian National Team 6 16 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 16 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 18 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 18 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 3 20 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 21 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 21 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 2 23 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet-Davo 1 24 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Mountains classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6 pts 2 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 4 3 Benoit Daeninck (Fra) French National Team 3 4 Inigo Lazkano (Spa) Orbea 2 5 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1 6 Stian Remme (Nor) Norwegian National Team 1 7 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 Teams classification 1 Francaise Des Jeux 9.39.41 2 Bouygues Telecom 0.18 3 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 4 Rabobank 1.46 5 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.48 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 7 Jartazi-7Mobile 3.20 8 French National Team 9 Norwegian National Team 10 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 11 German National Team 3.27 12 Orbea 13 Vina Magna-Cropu 3.34 14 Auber 93 15 Agritubel 7.36 16 Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 8.17 17 Cycling Team Capec 8.18 18 Ukrainian National Team 14.17 19 Perutnina Ptuj 14.28 20 Unibet Davo 19.57 21 Belgian National Team 21.14 22 Portuguese National Team 25.14
