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33rd Volta ao Algarve - 2.1
Portugal, February 21-25, 2007
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Stage 3 - February 23: Lagoa - Lagos, 208.3 km
Petacchi finally delivers
Eisel takes the lead
By Jean-François Quénet in Lagos
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Alessandro Petacchi’s fans can take a deep breath of relief: their man is still able to win a bunch sprint with no discussion, and more than that, he’s able to climb again. Stage three of the Tour of Algarve has put the sprinter back on track in the lead up to Milano-San Remo. The Portuguese race also has a new leader with Bernhard Eisel who came second but nowhere close to the Italian star.
"Petacchi was really impressive in the mountains," Eisel explained. "He made the front group and I got dropped. I wasn’t strong enough to stay with the best riders up there but we got back on nearby Portimao (with 30 km to go)."
In the early part of the race, the bunch actually used the same road through the charming seaside town of Lagos and Eisel noticed that it would be a dangerous finale if the roundabout located just before the 2km mark stayed open on the left side. "It wouldn’t have been difficult to close it with a car," the Austrian said. "I told the commissaire at the back of the bunch that he should give instruction but nothing was done. The Milram train and myself turned around on the right side but some riders went left, then we were 100 meters behind about 20 guys. Fabio Sacchi put an enormous effort to close the gap till 1km to go, then Marco Velo set the pace till 200 meters and when Petacchi started sprinting, it was too late for me to react already."
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Petacchi confirmed: "It was a hard stage. I’m very happy with my condition, especially in the hills. There was a steep one where I had to climb on the 23. I hope to keep the same shape for the coming goals. Now I can see the hard work pays off. It’s important for me to win once again. To repeat a win means it’s no coincidence."
Petacchi might score again because the two last stages of the Tour of Algarve look to be built for sprinters even more and he’s only three seconds down on Eisel on GC. "It’s nice to have the yellow jersey," the T-Mobile rider noticed. "But I will defend it only on the last day of I still have it. It’s okay for us to control the race a little bit if Milram and Quick-Step give us a hand, but today Quick-Step didn’t ride in the front for one single meter although they had the yellow jersey."
Nowadays bunch sprints seem to be the every day life of professional bike riders. Every attack looks like a suicide effort or just a preparation for one day races as it was the case for Philippe Gilbert. Last year’s Het Volk winner had his first breakaway of the 2007 season but he never had in mind to win the stage. "I knew that sooner or later the bunch would catch us," he said with a hint of disappointment. "What I did today only confirmed that I trained well during the off-season but that’s not a surprise. In a 5-days stage race, I can’t imagine myself staying in the middle of the peloton all the time. At least, I’ve done some efforts for later."
How it unfolded
The stage started without injured riders Juan Manuel Garate (Quick-Step) and Alberto Ongarato (Milram) who had crashed the day before, also without Samuel Caldeira and Daniel Petrov (Duja Tavira) who failed an hematocrit blood test in the morning.
After 50 kilometers, three riders broke clear: Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques) and Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank). Stubbe went for all three mountain prizes of the day. The trio got a maximum lead of 11.35 at km 77.
Discovery Channel led the bunch in preparation for a counter-attack by Vladimir Gusev. In the Alto da Foia, with 50 km to go, the Russian accelerated, split the bunch in many pieces and eventually went away with Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Nelson Vitorino (Duja Tavira). The six riders re-grouped in the front while the peloton was still divided in several parts, the first part being located at 1.20 35 km before the finish.
In the last ten kilometers, Gusev and Rebellin resisted to the return of the bunch more than Gilbert and his group, but they also got caught within five km to go. Alessandro Petacchi easily won the bunch sprint of the longest and supposedly hardest stage of the Tour of Algarve.
Photography
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Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 5.05.46 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 4 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 6 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 13 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 15 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 18 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 19 Bruno Neves (Por) LA-MSS 20 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 21 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon 22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 23 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 24 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 25 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 27 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica 28 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 29 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 30 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 31 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 32 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 33 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 34 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 35 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 36 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 37 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 38 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 41 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 42 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 43 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 44 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 45 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros 47 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 48 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 49 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 52 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 53 Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 54 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 55 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 56 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 59 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 60 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA-MSS 61 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 62 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 63 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 64 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 65 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 66 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental 67 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 68 Claudio Faria (Por) LA-MSS 69 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 70 Virgilio Martins Santos (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 71 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira 72 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 73 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 74 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 75 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 76 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 77 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 79 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 80 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 81 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 82 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 83 José Carlos Silva Rodrigues (Por) Vitória-ASC 84 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt 85 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 86 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica 87 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 88 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 89 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 90 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 91 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 92 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 93 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros 94 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 95 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 96 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 97 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA-MSS 1.11 98 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 1.41 99 André Moreira Vital (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 100 Stefan Kushlev (Bul) Riberalves-Boavista 101 Rui Filipe Pinto (Por) Barbot-Halcon 102 Bruno Pires (Por) LA-MSS 103 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 104 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 105 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS 106 Edgar Anão (Por) LA-MSS 107 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon 108 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 109 Alexis Rodríguez (Spa) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 110 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 111 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória-ASC 112 Fernando Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 12.31 113 Rui Sá (Por) Barbot-Halcon 114 Jorge Alberto Brito Ferraz (Por) Barbot-Halcon 115 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC 116 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 117 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 118 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 119 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 120 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 121 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 122 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 123 Ricardo Martins (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 124 Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 125 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 126 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 127 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 128 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 129 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira 130 Devi Vervaeke (Bel) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 13.00 131 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória-ASC 132 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com 134 Alejandro M. Marques (Spa) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 135 Helder Oliveira (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 136 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 138 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 139 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 140 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira 141 José Martins (Por) Vitória-ASC 142 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 143 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 144 Ricardo Horta (Por) Barbot-Halcon 145 Claus Michael Möller (Den) Barbot-Halcon 146 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 147 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 148 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica 149 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 150 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 151 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 152 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 153 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista 155 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 156 Bruno Sa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 157 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 158 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 159 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 160 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 161 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 162 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Vitória-ASC 163 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 164 José Vaz (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 165 João Cabreira (Por) LA-MSS 166 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 167 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 168 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 169 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 170 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 171 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 172 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 173 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 174 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22.03 175 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental 176 Virgilo Neves (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 177 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 25 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 20 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 16 4 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 5 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 10 6 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira 8 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 6 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 9 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2 10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 1 Mountains P.M. (Cat, 3), km 71,5 1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1 Portela da Viuva (Cat. 3), km 149,2 1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1 Col Foia (Cat. 2), km 159,2 1 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 9 pts 2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5 4 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 3 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Metas Volantes Lagos, km 25,8 1 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 pts 2 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 3 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 1 Villa do Bispo, km 49 1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 pts 2 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 2 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1 Aljezur, km 84,5 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3 pts 2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2 3 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel 15.17.18 2 Team Milram 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Barloworld 5 Française des Jeux 6 T-Mobile Team 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 8 Benfica 9 Astana 10 Unibet.Com 11 Cofidis 12 Liberty Seguros 13 Predictor-Lotto 14 Chocolade Jacques 15 Team Wiesenhof Felt 16 Rabobank 17 La Mss 18 Duja-Tavira 19 Riberalves-Boavista 20 Madeinox-Bric-Loule 1.41 21 Barbot-Halcon 3.22 22 Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 14.12 23 Vitoria-Asc 24 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn 27.41 General classification after stage 3 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 14.12.52 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 0.03 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 0.05 5 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 0.07 6 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 0.10 7 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.11 8 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 0.12 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 0.14 13 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.15 14 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 15 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira 0.16 16 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 18 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 19 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica 20 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 22 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 24 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 26 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 28 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 30 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 31 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 32 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 34 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 36 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 37 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 38 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 39 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 41 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 42 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 43 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 44 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 45 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 46 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 48 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 49 Claudio Faria (Por) LA-MSS 50 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 51 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 52 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental 53 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 54 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 55 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon 56 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 57 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA-MSS 58 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 59 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 60 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 61 Bruno Neves (Por) LA-MSS 62 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 63 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 64 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 65 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 66 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 67 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 68 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 69 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 70 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 71 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 72 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros 73 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 74 José Carlos Silva Rodrigues (Por) Vitória-ASC 75 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt 76 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira 77 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 78 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 79 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 80 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 81 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 82 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 83 Virgilio Martins Santos (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 84 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 85 Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 86 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 87 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 88 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 89 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica 90 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 91 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 92 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 93 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 94 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 95 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 96 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 1.13 97 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA-MSS 1.27 98 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 1.57 99 Bruno Pires (Por) La Mss 100 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon 101 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 102 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 103 Edgar Anão (Por) LA-MSS 104 Alexis Rodríguez (Spa) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 105 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 106 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória-ASC 107 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 108 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS 109 Stefan Kushlev (Bul) Riberalves-Boavista 110 André Moreira Vital (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 111 Rui Filipe Pinto (Por) Barbot-Halcon 112 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 12.36 113 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC 12.47 114 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 115 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 116 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira 117 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 118 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 119 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 120 Rui Sá (Por) Barbot-Halcon 121 Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 122 Jorge Alberto Brito Ferraz (Por) Barbot-Halcon 123 Ricardo Martins (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 124 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 125 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 126 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 127 Fernando Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 128 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 129 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 130 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 13.10 131 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 13.11 132 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 13.14 133 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 13.16 134 Bruno Sa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 135 Helder Oliveira (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 136 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 137 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 138 Devi Vervaeke (Bel) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 139 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista 140 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira 141 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 142 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 143 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 144 Alejandro M. Marques (Spa) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 145 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 146 Ricardo Horta (Por) Barbot-Halcon 147 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 148 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 149 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 150 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 151 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 152 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 154 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 155 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 156 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 157 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória-ASC 158 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 159 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 160 Claus Michael Möller (Den) Barbot-Halcon 161 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com 162 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Vitória-ASC 163 José Vaz (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 164 João Cabreira (Por) LA-MSS 165 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 166 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 167 José Martins (Por) Vitória-ASC 14.01 168 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 14.42 169 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 14.48 170 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 171 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 14.57 172 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica 15.04 173 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 15.13 174 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22.19 175 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental 176 Virgilo Neves (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 37.10 177 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 45.56 Points classification 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 55 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 46 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 32 4 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 30 5 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 25 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 24 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 20 9 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 10 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira 10 11 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 10 12 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 10 13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 14 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 7 15 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 6 16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 6 17 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 18 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 19 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 5 20 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4 22 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 23 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 2 24 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 2 25 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 Mountains classification 1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 pts 2 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 15 3 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7 5 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 6 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 6 7 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 5 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 pts 2 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 6 3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 4 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 5 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4 7 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 8 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 2 9 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 2 10 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 11 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 1 Combination classification 1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 25 pts 2 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 28 3 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 29 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 35 5 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 40 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 156 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 2 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 4 9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 7 10 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9 11 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 9 Young rider classification 1 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 2 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel 42.39.21 2 Team Milram 3 Quickstep-Innergetic 4 Astana 5 Barloworld 0.03 6 Duja-Tavira 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Française des Jeux 9 Team Wiesenhof Felt 10 Benfica 11 T-Mobile Team 12 Cofidis 13 Chocolade Jacques 14 Unibet.Com 15 Riberalves-Boavista 16 Liberty Seguros 17 Predictor-Lotto 18 Rabobank 19 La Mss 20 Madeinox-Bric-Loule 1.44 21 Barbot-Halcon 3.25 22 Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 14.15 23 Vitoria-Asc 24 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn 27.44
