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67th Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg - 2.HC
Luxembourg, June 6-10, 2007
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Stage 4 - June 10: Mersch - Luxembourg, 149.5 km
Rast sprints to stage and tour win
Gregory Rast of Astana won the sprint in the final stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, allowing him to jump into first place overall. Former leader Laurent Brochard finished tenth in the stage and fell to second overall. Third place went to Tiziano Dall'Antonio of Panaria.
102 riders started the stage in Mersch, but only 80 finished in the capital of Luxembourg. Rast won the sprint out of a five-main group, with Daniel Andonov Petrov of Team Benfica second and Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) third.
Photography
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Images by Florian and Susanne Schaaf/cyclingpictures.de
- Laurent Brochard leading the peloton
- The leader Laurent Brochard before the start
- Bouygues Telecom waiting for the starter gun
- The peloton roll out for an easy start
- A Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare rider playing at the start
- Three riders just getting off the front
- Brochard rides safetly in the peloton
- The peloton race through the beautiful country side in Luxembourg
- All strung out
- A Unibet rider takes a gamble , attacking up this climb
- Juan Antonio Flecha
- The peloton winds it's way up a climb
- The sprint for first
Results
1 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 3.25.21 (43.68 km/h) 2 Daniel Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica 3 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 5 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.01 7 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 8 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 9 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 12 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 13 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 0.05 14 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 0.08 15 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica 0.11 16 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.15 17 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.16 18 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 19 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 21 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 22 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 24 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 25 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 26 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 27 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 28 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 0.22 29 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 30 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon 31 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 0.24 32 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 33 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange 0.27 34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 0.29 35 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.41 37 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.59 39 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 1.20 40 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 41 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange 1.29 42 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.36 43 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42 44 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 45 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 46 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 1.44 47 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.47 48 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 49 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 2.07 50 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica 51 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica 52 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.10 54 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange 55 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 4.09 56 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 6.21 57 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel 6.29 58 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8.11 59 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 60 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 8.24 61 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8.25 62 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 63 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 64 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus-Simplon 8.30 65 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 66 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 8.32 67 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 68 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 10.15 69 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 11.39 70 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 71 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 72 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) CC Differdange 73 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 74 Frank Dressler (Ger) CC Differdange 75 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 76 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 77 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 78 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 79 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 80 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel 17.20 Mountains km 118.0 1 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 5 pts 2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 2 4 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1 km 139 1 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 5 pts 2 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon 3 3 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica 2 4 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica 1 Teams 1 Benfica 10.16.19 2 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.01 3 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.08 4 Unibet.com 0.09 5 Skil-Shimano 0.15 6 Elk Haus-Simplon 0.23 7 Rabobank 0.32 8 Crédit Agricole 1.12 9 Agritubel 1.22 10 Continental Cycling Team Differdange 1.41 11 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 2.12 12 Bouygues Telecom 3.03 13 Astana 9.15 14 Team Wiesenhof Felt 12.08 Final general classification 1 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 16.47.40 2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.10 3 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.15 4 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.25 5 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.27 6 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 0.29 7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.31 8 Daniel Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica 9 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.34 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.35 11 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.36 12 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 13 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 0.39 14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.40 15 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 0.44 16 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 0.47 17 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 0.52 18 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica 0.56 19 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 0.58 20 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 1.06 21 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 1.09 22 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 1.14 23 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1.20 24 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 1.33 25 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 1.42 26 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 1.49 27 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 28 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica 3.00 29 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 3.42 30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3.50 32 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange 4.01 33 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 4.03 34 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon 5.05 35 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.35 36 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.24 37 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 6.36 38 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange 6.56 39 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 9.02 40 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 9.32 41 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica 10.53 42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.59 43 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 11.02 44 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus-Simplon 11.23 45 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 11.30 46 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 13.59 47 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.03 48 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 14.33 49 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 14.49 50 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 16.25 51 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.13 52 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 53 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 18.37 54 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 18.41 55 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange 20.03 56 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20.42 57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 23.38 58 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 23.51 59 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 24.05 60 Frank Dressler (Ger) CC Differdange 24.23 61 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 24.59 62 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 26.34 63 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 29.00 64 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) CC Differdange 29.28 65 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 29.29 66 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 31.47 67 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32.05 68 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 32.21 69 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel 32.22 70 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 33.44 71 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 33.54 72 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 34.15 73 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 38.23 74 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 38.36 75 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 38.42 76 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 41.40 77 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 41.52 78 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 41.56 79 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 43.16 80 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel 47.43 Mountain classification 1 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 16 pts 2 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel 13 3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 12 4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 5 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon 6 6 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange 6 7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 5 8 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 5 9 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 4 10 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 3 11 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 12 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 3 13 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 2 14 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica 2 15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 2 16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 2 17 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1 18 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica 1 19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 20 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 21 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1 Young rider classification 1 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 16.47.55 2 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.10 3 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.12 4 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.19 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.20 6 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.21 7 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 0.24 8 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 0.32 9 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon 0.54 10 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.59 11 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 1.34 12 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 13 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3.35 14 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 3.48 15 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.09 16 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 8.47 17 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 11.15 18 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.48 19 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 16.10 20 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17.58 21 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 22 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20.27 23 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 23.36 24 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 23.50 25 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica 26.19 26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 28.45 27 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 29.14 28 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 31.32 29 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31.50 30 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt 32.06 31 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel 32.07 Team classification 1 Benfica 50.24.04 2 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.06 3 Rabobank 0.21 4 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.26 5 Unibet.com 0.58 6 Elk Haus-Simplon 1.29 7 Skil-Shimano 4.11 8 Continental Cycling Team Differdange 4.47 9 Crédit Agricole 5.07 10 Bouygues Telecom 5.13 11 Agritubel 9.32 12 Astana 12.24 13 Team Wiesenhof Felt 35.14 14 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 35.22
