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76th Critérium International - 2.HC
France, March 31-April 1, 2007
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Stage 1 - March 31: Asfeld - Charleville-Mézières, 179 km
McGee ruins Cunego's rush and promotes Pollack
By Jean-François Quénet in Charleville-Mézières
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Olaf Pollack won stage 1 in the Critérium International where "the little prince" Damiano Cunego was back in action. The Italian went for a solo attack with three kilometers to go. He wasn't afraid of the rain and the cornering that made the finale hairy. He got caught with only 300 meters to go under the action of Française des Jeux.
"Bradley McGee was apparently riding for [Sébastien] Chavanel, "Pollack said.
"McGee was working hard but Chavanel wasn't very strong." FDJ's boss Marc Madiot corrected, "Chavanel was strong but he had to start sprinting too early. He was missing one lead out man."
McGee is the only one left from the train he formed with Bradley Wiggins and Baden Cooke for the purpose of delivering Jean-Patrick Nazon to victory in Charleville-Mézières in 2002. This year's edition was a different sprint. There was no leadout train and a different set of riders sprinted, taking up the whole width of the road.
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"It's my first time riding the Critérium International," Pollack said. "I only saw it on TV before, but I knew enough of this race for knowing that stage 1 would finish in a bunch sprint. I wasn't worried about the five riders away during the race. I was worried at the end because there were many corners and many crashes [Juan José Haedo, Jérôme Pineau and Simon Gerrans were involved, ed.]. It was a difficult sprint because of the storm and the rain when we approached the 15km to go. I had recognized the last 500 meters yesterday. The slightly uphill finish suited me. It was important not to start too early."
It's nothing knew to see McGee, Pollack, and Cunego playing a major role in a race. In the 2004 Giro d'Italia, McGee won the prologue ahead of Pollack who took the pink jersey from his shoulders the next day before passing it onto the Australian again after stage two was won by Cunego.
"I came to this race with the intention of improving my time trialing," the winner of the 2004 Giro d'Italia told Cyclingnews before the start. Because I'm targeting the Giro again, I might be in better condition than the Tour de France contenders here at the Critérium International. I think I'm competitive enough for racing in the front, maybe not for winning yet."
Tomorrow morning's hilly stage on Sunday is an opportunity for Cunego to claim his first win this year. McGee returns from a break in action due to an ear infection with the ability to shine in the 8.3km time trial in the afternoon. Luis Leon Sanchez, Alejandro Valverde, Alexandre Vinokourov, Thomas Lövkvist, Sylvain Chavanel, Fränk Schleck, and Jens Voigt - whose wife is expecting their fifth child - are the hot favorites for the overall classification of the Critérium International this year.
How it unfolded
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Stage one in the Critérium International was the typical race in which Pro Continental team Agritubel would try to put his mark on a breakaway. Lithuania's Aivaras Baranauskas was the first of them to go, followed by Benoît Poilvet (Crédit Agricole) but they got caught pretty quickly. Romain Feillu, also from Agritubel, attacked at kilometer 10 with Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel). The duo was reinforced by Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Panaria), Maurizio Bellin (LPR) and Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld), all three from Italy, and riders from Pro Continental teams.
They reached a maximum lead of nine minutes and 15 second at the first intermediate sprint (at 49.5km). Three chasing teams brought the gap down: CSC, Caisse d'Epargne and Astana. With 16km to go, Ben Johnson (Slipstream) countered as the five men got caught. The Australian was first in the côte de Barbe-en-Croc. His effort awarded him the polka dot jersey, but he didn't last long in the front.
With 3km to go, Damiano Cunego broke clear by himself. Française des Jeux rode hard in front of the bunch but they were surprised by Olaf Pollack's rush on the finishing line in Charleville-Mézières.
Photography
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Images by Jean-François Quénet
- The Velits twin brothers at the service of stage winner Olaf Pollack: Martin on the left, Peter on the right.
- Team Slipstream is a new attraction on the French circuit.
- Jens Voigt is a hot favorite for the overall victory.
- Olaf Pollack on his way to the winners' presentation.
- Olaf Pollack discovers life in yellow.
- Ben Johnson (Slipstream) is the king of the mountains.
- A happy Queenslander...
- Ben Johnson (Slipstream) chats with ASO official Gilbert Ysern.
Results
1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 4.15.42 2 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 4 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 8 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 14 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team LPR 17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 18 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 24 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 25 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 27 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 28 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 32 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 33 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 35 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 37 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 38 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 39 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 40 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 43 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 44 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 45 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 46 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 48 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 49 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 50 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR 51 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 52 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 54 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 57 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 59 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 60 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 61 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 62 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 63 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 64 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 65 Martin Velits (Slo) Wiesenhof-Felt 66 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 67 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 68 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 70 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 72 Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 73 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 74 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 75 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 76 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 77 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 78 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 80 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 81 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 82 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 83 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 84 Roger Beuchat (Sui) Team LPR 85 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 0.14 86 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 0.15 87 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.46 88 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.11 89 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 90 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 91 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 92 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 93 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 94 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 95 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream-Chipotle 96 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 97 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 98 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 99 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 100 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 101 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 102 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 103 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 104 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 105 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 107 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 108 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 109 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Ian MacGregor (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 111 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Luca Solari (Ita) Team LPR 113 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 114 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 115 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 116 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 119 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 121 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 122 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 123 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 124 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 125 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 126 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 127 Luca Celli (Ita) Team LPR 128 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 129 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 131 Thomas Frei (Sui) Astana 1.37 132 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 133 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 134 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 135 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 2.00 136 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 137 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.34 138 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.36 139 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Slipstream-Chipotle 2.46 141 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 2.48 142 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 143 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 144 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3.20 145 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 146 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 4.57 147 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.04 148 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5.10 149 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 5.58 150 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6.04 151 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 6.29 152 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7.02 153 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team LPR 7.39 Points Intermediate sprint Vouziers (km 49.5) 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1 Intermediate sprint Le Chesne (km 128.5) 1 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 pts 2 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team LPR 2 3 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Intermediate sprint Villers-Le-Tourneur (km 151) 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2 3 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Mountains Stonne - km 115.5 1 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 pts 2 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2 3 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Côte de Barbe en Croc - km 165.5 1 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Slipstream-Chipotle 4 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider 1 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.15.42 2 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 5 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 9 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 11 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 13 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 16 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 18 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 21 Martin Velits (Slo) Wiesenhof-Felt 22 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 25 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 26 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 0.14 27 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.46 28 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.11 29 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 30 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 31 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 32 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream-Chipotle 33 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 34 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Ian MacGregor (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 39 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 40 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 42 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 43 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 45 Thomas Frei (Sui) Astana 1.37 46 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 47 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 48 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.34 49 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.36 50 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Slipstream-Chipotle 2.46 51 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 2.48 52 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.20 54 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.04 55 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 5.58 56 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 6.29 57 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7.02 58 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team LPR 7.39 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 12.47.06 2 Credit Agricole 3 Caisse D’Epargne 4 Lampre-Fondital 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Team L.P.R. 8 Team Wiesenhof Felt 9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 10 Barloworld 11 Agritubel 12 Astana 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 14 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15 Karpin Galicia 16 Francaise Des Jeux 17 Skil-Shimano 18 Team Csc 19 Team Slipstream 20 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 2.22 General Classification after stage 1 1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 4.15.32 2 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.04 3 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 0.06 4 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.10 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 8 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 14 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team LPR 17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 18 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 24 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 25 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 27 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 28 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 32 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 33 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 35 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 37 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 38 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 39 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 40 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 43 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 44 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 45 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 46 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 48 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 49 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 50 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR 51 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 52 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 54 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 57 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 59 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 60 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 61 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 62 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 63 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 64 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 65 Martin Velits (Slo) Wiesenhof-Felt 66 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 67 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 68 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 70 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 72 Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 73 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 74 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 75 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 76 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 77 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 78 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 80 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 81 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 82 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 83 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 84 Roger Beuchat (Sui) Team LPR 85 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 86 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 87 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 0.24 89 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 0.25 90 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.56 91 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.15 92 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 93 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.21 94 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 95 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 96 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 97 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 98 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 99 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream-Chipotle 100 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 101 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 102 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 103 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 104 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 105 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 106 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 107 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 108 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 109 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 111 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 112 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Ian MacGregor (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 115 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Luca Solari (Ita) Team LPR 117 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 118 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 119 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 120 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 121 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 123 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 124 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 125 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 126 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 127 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 128 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 129 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 130 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 131 Luca Celli (Ita) Team LPR 132 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 133 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 134 Thomas Frei (Sui) Astana 1.47 135 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 136 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 137 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 2.10 138 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.44 139 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.46 140 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Slipstream-Chipotle 2.56 141 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 2.58 142 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 143 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 144 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.26 145 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3.27 146 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5.07 147 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.14 148 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5.20 149 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 6.08 150 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6.14 151 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 6.39 152 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7.12 153 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team LPR 7.47 Points 1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 15 pts 2 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 3 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 10 4 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 6 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6 7 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 5 9 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 10 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 12 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 13 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3 14 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 15 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team LPR 2 Mountains 1 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Slipstream-Chipotle 4 pts 2 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2 5 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1 6 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Young rider 1 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.15.42 2 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 5 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 9 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 11 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 13 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 16 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 18 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 21 Martin Velits (Slo) Wiesenhof-Felt 22 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 25 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 26 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 0.14 27 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.46 28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.05 29 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.11 30 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 31 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 32 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream-Chipotle 33 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 34 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Ian MacGregor (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 39 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana 40 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 42 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 43 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 45 Thomas Frei (Sui) Astana 1.37 46 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 47 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 48 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.34 49 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.36 50 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Slipstream-Chipotle 2.46 51 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 2.48 52 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.16 54 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.04 55 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana 5.58 56 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 6.29 57 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7.02 58 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team LPR 7.37 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 12.47.06 2 Credit Agricole 3 Caisse D’Epargne 4 Lampre-Fondital 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Team L.P.R. 8 Team Wiesenhof Felt 9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 10 Barloworld 11 Agritubel 12 Astana 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 14 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15 Karpin Galicia 16 Francaise Des Jeux 17 Skil-Shimano 18 Team CSC 19 Team Slipstream 20 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 2.22
