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76th Critérium International - 2.HC
France, March 31-April 1, 2007
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Stage 3 - April 1: Charleville-Mézières - Charleville-Mézières, 8.3 km
Sensational Lövkvist!
Voigt makes it three
By Jean-François Quénet in Charleville-Mézières
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Swedish road race champion Thomas Lövkvist (Française des Jeux) has moved one step forward in the hierarchy of cycling by winning the individual time trial in the Critérium International while Jens Voigt, 7th, has secured his third overall win in the French two-day event.
"It's always a goal for me to win here," Voigt said. "This race suits my capacities. I like the tension and the pressure of such a short event. During the time trial, I wasn't very fresh anymore. When I looked at the course with Fränk Schleck, I told him that fortunately I'd start with 48 seconds lead, and not 10."
Voigt's teammate Bobby Julich holds the record on the course of Charleville-Mézières with 10'05 and Julich held the best time again with 10'11 when he crossed the line until Lövkvist beat him by 10 seconds. "He was riding incredibly fast," said Française des Jeux directeur sportif Marc Madiot. "We had the intermediate times of Sandy Casar and we couldn't believe what Thomas was doing."
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The Swedish prodigy didn't believe it himself. "I was very surprised with my result," he explained. "I came with the goal of making a top10 but I didn't think I could win."
Lövkvist might have lost some self confidence in recent past. He'll turn 23 this coming Wednesday but has always had the promise of a champion. As a junior, he was the European champion for mountain biking. Aged 19, he won the Circuit des Ardennes, exactly in the same area as the Criterium International in 2003. It was only the second race he started as a member of the TT3 (continental team) Bianchi Scandinavia under the guidance of Tommy Prim and he claimed the individual time trial and the overall classification.
The week after turning 20, he won the Circuit de la Sarthe at the beginning of his career with Française des Jeux. After that, he has probably missed a few steps in his career plan and jumped too quickly to the ambition of shining at the Tour de France where he's been the youngest rider for the past two editions.
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"This win comes at a perfect time for me," he said. "Now I'd like to win races like Paris-Nice or the Tour de Suisse. My next goal will be the Tour of the Basque country."
The Swede has put Française des Jeux back on the right track again. "Before the time trial I received a big help from my teammates Brad McGee and Ian McLeod," he said. With Sébastien Joly in the final top 10 as well as Lövkvist, second to Voigt and best young rider, the team of the French lottery is very satisfied with their Critérium International. "These results and the popularity of cycling I've noticed here, but also Paris-Nice and Cholet-Pays de Loire have given me the morale again after all the dark days we've lived before," Madiot said.
All the world class riders lined up in the Critérium International have justified their status. Damiano Cunego, very active for two days but only 16th in the time trial, has realised where he still has to improve before the Giro d'Italia. Alexandre Vinokourov was the only star a little bit off the back on the hill stage but he was reassured by finishing sixth in the ITT. "I didn't push myself this morning because of a flu," he explained. "The time trial was a test but not a crucial test since it was only 8.3km long. I'm happy with my condition."
Photography
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Images by Jean-François Quénet
- Thomas Lövkvist - a flamboyant winner in the time trial.
- The third overall victory at the Criterium International for Jens Voigt.
- Alejandro Valverde won the points competition.
- Thomas Lövkvist was also the best young rider.
- The final podium (l-r): Thomas Lövkvist (Française des Jeux), Jens Voigt (Team CSC) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Eparge) continues to improve his time trialling this season.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) was suffering from flu today but still managed a sixth place finish.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) was satisfied with his ride today.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) had a solid TT, finishing fourth.
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) held the top spot until Lövkvist knocked him off.
- Francisco Pérez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Peter Velits (Wiesenhof-Felt) feeling the burn.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) just snuck inside the top 10 today.
- French TT Champion Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) put in a powerful ride to finish third.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) secured fourth place overall.
- Thomas Lövkvist (Française des Jeux) rides to victory in the TT.
- Thomas Lövkvist (Française des Jeux) broke Bobby Julich's course record by four seconds.
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) goes full gas in the TT.
- Voigt comfortably defended his overall lead in the short time test.
- The overall winner Jens Voigt (Team CSC)
- Voigt now has three overall wins in the Critérium International.
- The final podium (l-r): Thomas Lövkvist (Française des Jeux), Jens Voigt (Team CSC) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
Results
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10.01 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.03 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.09 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.10 6 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.11 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.14 8 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.17 9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.22 11 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 0.23 12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.24 14 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 0.26 15 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 0.27 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.28 17 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.30 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 19 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.31 21 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.32 22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.33 23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.35 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 0.36 26 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 27 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 29 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37 30 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.38 30 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 32 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 33 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.39 34 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 35 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 0.40 36 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 0.41 37 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.42 38 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.43 39 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 40 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 41 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 0.44 42 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 43 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.45 44 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.46 46 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 0.47 47 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 48 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48 49 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.49 50 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 51 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 52 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 54 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.51 55 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 56 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.52 57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 58 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 0.54 59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 60 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 61 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.55 62 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.57 64 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 65 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 66 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.59 67 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 68 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 69 Thomas Frei (Sui) Astana 70 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.01 71 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 72 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 74 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 1.02 75 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 76 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 1.03 78 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 79 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.04 80 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 81 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 82 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.05 83 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 84 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.08 85 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.09 86 Luca Solari (Ita) Team LPR 87 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.10 88 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.11 89 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 90 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 91 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 1.12 92 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 93 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 94 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 1.13 95 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.14 97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1.15 98 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.16 99 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 100 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.17 101 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.18 102 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR 1.19 103 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1.21 104 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.22 105 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 106 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24 107 Roger Beuchat (Sui) Team LPR 1.28 108 Ian MacGregor (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 1.51 109 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.53 Young rider 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10.01 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.17 3 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.22 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.24 5 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 0.27 6 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.36 7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.38 9 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 10 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.39 11 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.43 12 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 0.47 13 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 14 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.51 15 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 0.54 16 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 18 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.55 19 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 20 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.57 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.59 23 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 24 Thomas Frei (Sui) Astana 25 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.01 26 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 1.02 27 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 28 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.04 29 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 30 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.05 31 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.08 32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.11 33 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 1.12 34 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.16 35 Ian MacGregor (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 1.51 Teams 1 Caisse D’Epargne 30.40 2 Astana 0.26 3 Francaise Des Jeux 0.28 4 Team CSC 0.29 5 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.37 6 Bouygues Telecom 0.53 7 Karpin Galicia 1.02 8 Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.07 9 Credit Agricole 1.15 10 Team Slipstream 1.20 11 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1.24 12 Agritubel 1.32 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.34 14 Lampre-Fondital 15 Barloworld 16 Gerolsteiner 1.38 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.44 18 Skil-Shimano 2.02 19 Team L.P.R. 2.33 Final General Classification 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6.54.57 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.34 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.37 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.43 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 1.00 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.02 8 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.04 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.06 10 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.16 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.20 12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28 13 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.51 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2.03 16 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 2.04 17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 2.13 18 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.15 19 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 2.16 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.23 21 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 22 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.29 23 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30 24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 2.33 25 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld 2.34 26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2.36 27 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 2.42 28 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2.45 29 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49 30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.51 31 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 2.55 32 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.57 33 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3.08 34 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.15 35 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3.42 36 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 4.01 37 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 4.05 38 Luca Solari (Ita) Team LPR 4.13 39 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 4.36 40 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.46 41 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 4.49 42 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 44 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4.51 45 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 46 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.52 47 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 48 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 4.56 49 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 50 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.02 51 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5.04 52 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.07 53 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 5.12 54 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 55 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.14 56 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 58 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.15 59 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5.16 60 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 5.18 61 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.21 62 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5.23 63 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 5.26 64 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 65 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR 5.32 66 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.37 67 Roger Beuchat (Sui) Team LPR 5.41 68 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5.44 69 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.59 70 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 71 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6.02 72 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.05 73 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 74 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6.11 75 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 76 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.13 77 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.15 78 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.19 79 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.21 80 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 81 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6.23 82 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 6.24 83 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 6.28 84 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 6.29 85 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6.31 86 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6.33 87 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.36 88 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 89 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 6.45 90 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 6.54 91 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.10 92 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 7.16 93 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.17 94 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 7.22 95 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.30 96 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 7.32 97 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 7.37 98 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 7.46 99 Thomas Frei (Sui) Astana 7.53 100 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 101 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 8.11 102 Ian MacGregor (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 8.19 103 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8.29 104 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.32 105 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 9.14 106 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 9.43 107 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 10.28 108 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.12 109 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 11.18 Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 19 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 18 5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 15 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 15 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 8 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 10 9 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 10 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6 14 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 15 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 6 16 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 18 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 19 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 3 21 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 22 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3 23 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 2 24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 Mountains 1 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 26 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 5 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 4 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1 9 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.55.31 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.54 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.39 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.41 5 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.55 6 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15 7 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 2.21 8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.23 9 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.15 10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4.17 11 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 12 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.18 13 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.22 14 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.33 15 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 4.38 16 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.40 17 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.41 18 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.47 19 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 4.52 20 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5.10 21 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 5.37 22 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 23 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.41 24 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.45 25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.47 26 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5.49 28 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 5.54 29 Chris Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 5.55 30 Clément L'Hottelerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 5.59 31 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 6.48 32 Thomas Frei (Sui) Astana 7.19 33 Ian MacGregor (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 7.45 34 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 9.09 35 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 9.54 Teams 1 Team CSC 20.48.10 2 Caisse D’Epargne 0.14 3 Lampre-Fondital 1.53 4 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.11 5 Credit Agricole 2.53 6 Bouygues Telecom 2.58 7 Francaise Des Jeux 3.07 8 Barloworld 3.26 9 Astana 4.24 10 Ag2r Prevoyance 4.31 11 Agritubel 5.30 12 Karpin Galicia 6.19 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.01 14 Team L.P.R. 7.50 15 Team Wiesenhof Felt 9.48 16 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11.21 17 Gerolsteiner 11.35 18 Team Slipstream 12.21 19 Skil-Shimano 14.07
