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34th Volta ao Algarve - 2.1
Portugal, February 20-24, 2008
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Stage 3 - February 22: Vila Rel S. Antonio - Loule, 207.7 km
Förster makes it two and stays in yellow
By Bjorn Haake
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German Robert Förster has won his second stage and retained the leader's jersey. The peloton managed to catch the last escapee just 600 metres from the finish. In the sprint, Förster was once again unstoppable and won in front of Belgian Jurgen Roelandts and Frenchman Lilian Jégou.
"With this win I said 'Thank you' to my team-mates, who once again supported me superbly. Because this was really difficult today. The rain, the route. And the guys made the pace all day long to catch the breakaway," Förster declared after his second win. His directeur sportif, Reimund Dietzen, said that "it was made to measure. A super performance by everyone."
The attacks started at kilometre 1. Eventually, a five-man group formed, containing Joaquim Gregorio (C. Ciclismo Loulé), Krassimir Vasilev (Palmeiras Resort-Tavira), Gianni Meersman (Française des Jeux), Antonio Cosme Fraile (Madeinox Boavista) and Antonio Amorim (Barbot-Siper). Their maximum advantage reached 17 minutes, before the peloton started to get to work.
Cosme won the first intermediate sprint in Alcoutim ahead of Meersman. At the second metas volantes, it was reversed, with Meersman ahead of Cosme. At the first mountain pass it was Cosme again ahead of Meersman, but both were preceded by Bulgarian Vasilev. Vasilev also took the three remaining KOM's as well, each time ahead of Meersman.
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But eventually the break disintegrated. They started attacking each other when the lead had come down and eventually only Vasilev remained. He was riding very strongly, and still had a lead of 1'25, seven kilometres from the finish. But the fast-approaching peloton, led by the cyan-blue Gerolsteiner team, gobbled up the brave Bulgarian, just 600 metres from the line.
"Then it was my turn, and I was able to deliver," Förster, who was in a very good mood, said. The sprinter admitted that "the first victory was a bit more important. It is the first ... and then you it is working. That gives confidence." Nonetheless, he also admitted that "The second success is confirmation – especially when you win in the yellow jersey, like I did."
The race continues on Saturday with an individual time trial. With the slim lead of only ten seconds, the German expects to lose the yellow jersey, as he is not a specialist in that discipline. Should he lose the jersey, "hopefully to a team-mate," but assured that "he will give everything. That is the duty of the yellow jersey.
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- David Vaz (Fercase Rota dos Moveis) tried to join the breakaway.
- The Peloton on the first KOM after Alcoutim.
- The Peloton on the first KOM after Alcoutim.
- The Peloton on the first KOM after Alcoutim.
- The Peloton on the first KOM after Alcoutim.
- The hard work is yet to come.
- The final sprint in Loulé.
- The final sprint in Loulé is taken by obert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner.
- Joăo Cabreira (LA MSS Póvoa) he won the Volta ao Algarve in 2006.
- Claudio Faria and Bruno Neves (LA MSS Póvoa) waiting for the start.
- The third stage has just started.
- Rider all rugged up against the elements.
- The third stage has just started.
- The breakaway.
- The breakaway.
- The peloton still very relaxed.
- The peloton.
- The peloton negotiate a turn.
- Krassimir Vassilev (Palmeiras Resort Tavira) was unbetable on the mountain today.
- António Cosme (Madeinox Boavista) , Joaquim Gregório (C.C.Loulé) Gianni Meersmann( Fraçaise des Jeux) and António Amorim (Barbot-Siper) on the first KOM .
- António Cosme (Madeinox Boavista) , Joaquim Gregório (C.C.Loulé) Gianni Meersmann( Fraçaise des Jeux) and António Amorim (Barbot-Siper) on the first KOM .
- António Cosme (Madeinox Boavista) , Joaquim Gregório (C.C.Loulé) Gianni Meersmann( Fraçaise des Jeux) and António Amorim (Barbot-Siper) on the first KOM .
- Eladio Jimenez (Fercase Rota dos Móveis) checking the bike before the start.
- Tiago Machado (Madeinox Boavista).
- Paco Mancebo (Fercase Rota dos Móveis) looking after the bikes ?.
- António Amorim (Barbot-Siper).
- Celestino Pinho (Barbot-Siper) before the start.
- Luis Fernandez (Barbot-Siper).
- Carlos Pinho (Barbot-Siper).
- Some Française des Jeux Riders warming up.
- Tiago Machado and Sérgio Sousa (Madeinox Boavista).
- António Cosme (Madeinox Boavista) is the Metas Volantes Leader.
- Krassimir Vasilev (Palmeiras Resort Tavira) the Mountains classification leader.
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) the points and general classification leader.
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) the points and general classification leader.
Results
1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.27.41 (38,031 km/h) 2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS 5 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 7 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 8 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 Michael Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 14 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 15 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 16 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 17 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 18 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 19 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 20 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 21 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 22 Pedro Lopes (Por) Benfica 23 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 24 Pedro M. Soeiro M. (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 25 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica 26 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 27 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 28 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 29 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 30 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 31 Klaas Lodewjck (Bel) Rabobank Continental 32 Nelson H. Rocha (Por) Madeinox Boavista 33 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 35 Kurt Hovelyncr (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 36 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 37 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 38 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 39 Pedro Romero (Spa) LA MSS 40 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 41 Roger Hammond (GBr) High Road 42 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 45 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 46 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Barbot-Siper 47 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 48 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 49 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 50 Claudio Faria (Por) LA MSS 51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 52 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 53 Neyens Maarten (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 54 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 55 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 56 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 57 Kenny Van Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 58 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 59 Alfonso Azevedo (Por) LA MSS 60 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA MSS 61 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 62 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 63 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental 64 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 66 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 68 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 69 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista 70 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 71 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 72 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 73 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 74 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 75 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica 76 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 77 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Sergey Rudaskov (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 79 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 80 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 81 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Madeinox Boavista 82 Candido Barbosa (Por) Benfica 83 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 85 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 86 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 87 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 88 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 89 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 91 Joäo Cabreira (Por) LA MSS 92 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 93 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 94 Daniel Fleeman (Ger) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 95 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 96 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 98 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 99 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 100 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 101 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Benfica 102 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 103 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.48 104 Angel Vicioso (Spa) LA MSS 0.56 105 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 1.03 106 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 107 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.18 108 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 2.34 109 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 3.13 110 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 4.25 111 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 7.33 112 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 113 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 114 Alexander Oliveira (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 14.34 115 Bruno A. Pinto (Por) Barbot-Siper 116 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 117 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 118 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 119 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 120 Claudio F. Apolo (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 121 Carlos M. Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 122 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista 123 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 124 Celio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista 125 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 126 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 127 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 128 David Vaz (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 18.55 129 Hugo M. Vitor (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 130 Claudio Pauliho (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 131 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 132 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 133 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 134 Stefan Vandyck (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 135 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 136 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.51 137 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 20.53 138 Christian Müller (Ger) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 139 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 140 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 141 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 142 Mario J. Da Costa (Por) Benfica 143 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Madeinox Boavista 144 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 145 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 146 Nuno Marta (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 147 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 148 Antonio Amorin (Por) Barbot-Siper 149 Bruno Lima (Por) Madeinox Boavista 150 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 151 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 152 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 153 Arlindo Fernandes (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 154 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 155 Francisco Pacheco (Spa) Barbot-Siper 156 Edgar Anäo (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 157 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 158 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 159 René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 160 Jose M. Cuesta (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 161 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 162 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 163 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 164 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 165 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 166 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 167 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 168 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 169 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 3 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 16 4 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS 13 5 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 10 6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 8 7 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 6 8 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2 10 Michael Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 Mountains GPM 1, cat 3 - km 47.6 1 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 5 pts 2 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 3 3 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 1 GPM 2 (Portela Do Barranco), cat 3 - km141.50 1 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 5 pts 2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 3 3 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 1 GPM 3, cat 3 - km 149.50 1 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 5 pts 2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 3 3 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 1 GPM 4, cat 3 - km 158.30 1 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 5 pts 2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 3 3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1 Metas volantes/ intermediate sprints Alcoutim - km 44.90 1 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 3 pts 2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 2 3 Antonio Amorin (Por) Barbot-Siper 1 Martin Longo - km 83.00 1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 3 pts 2 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 2 3 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 1 Teams 1 Française Des Jeux 16.23.03 2 Team Milram 3 LA MSS 4 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 5 Liberty Seguros 6 Rabobank Continental 7 Silence-Lotto 8 Cycle Collstrop 9 Barbot - Siper 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Quick Step 12 Astana 13 Benfica 14 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 15 Team High Road 16 Barloworld 17 Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Madeinox Boavista 19 Fercase - Rota Dos Móveis 20 PSK Whirlpool - Author 7.33 21 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 14.37 22 An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team 23 Centro Cilismo de Loulé 33.29 General classification after stage 3 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.17.03 2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0.11 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.21 4 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0.23 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 7 Neyens Maarten (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.24 8 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 9 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 0.25 10 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 0.26 11 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 0.27 12 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 13 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS 14 Klaas Lodewjck (Bel) Rabobank Continental 15 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 16 Michael Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 18 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 19 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 20 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 21 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 22 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 24 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 26 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 27 Pedro Lopes (Por) Benfica 28 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 29 Roger Hammond (GBr) High Road 30 Nelson H. Rocha (Por) Madeinox Boavista 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 32 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 33 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 34 Pedro Romero (Spa) LA MSS 35 Pedro M. Soeiro M. (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 36 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 37 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 38 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 39 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 40 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 41 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 42 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 43 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 44 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 45 Kenny Van Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 46 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 47 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica 48 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 49 Kurt Hovelyncr (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 50 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 51 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 52 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 53 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA MSS 54 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Barbot-Siper 55 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 56 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 57 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 59 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental 60 Claudio Faria (Por) LA MSS 61 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 62 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 63 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 64 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 65 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica 66 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 68 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista 69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 71 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 72 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 73 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 74 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 75 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 76 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 77 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 78 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 79 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 80 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 81 Alfonso Azevedo (Por) LA MSS 82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 84 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 85 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Madeinox Boavista 86 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 87 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 88 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 89 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 90 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 91 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 92 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 94 Joäo Cabreira (Por) LA MSS 95 Daniel Fleeman (Ger) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 96 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 97 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 98 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 99 Sergey Rudaskov (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 100 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 1.13 101 Angel Vicioso (Spa) LA MSS 1.23 102 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 1.25 103 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 104 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 2.23 105 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3.01 106 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 4.06 107 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 5.51 108 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 8.00 109 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 110 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 8.26 111 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9.19 112 Candido Barbosa (Por) Benfica 10.06 113 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Benfica 114 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 15.01 115 Carlos M. Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 116 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista 117 Claudio F. Apolo (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 118 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 119 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 120 Celio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista 121 Bruno A. Pinto (Por) Barbot-Siper 122 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 123 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 15.21 124 Alexander Oliveira (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 16.29 125 Stefan Vandyck (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 19.22 126 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 127 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 128 David Vaz (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 129 Hugo M. Vitor (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 130 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 131 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 132 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 19.33 133 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 21.09 134 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 21.19 135 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 21.20 136 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 137 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 138 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 139 Nuno Marta (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 140 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 141 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Madeinox Boavista 142 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 143 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 144 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 145 Marcel Beima (Ned) Rabobank Continental 146 Jose M. Cuesta (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 147 Mario J. Da Costa (Por) Benfica 148 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 149 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 150 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 22.45 151 Claudio Pauliho (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 23.54 152 Edgar Anäo (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 23.59 153 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 24.38 154 Francisco Pacheco (Spa) Barbot-Siper 25.48 155 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 26.02 156 Antonio Amorin (Por) Barbot-Siper 30.54 157 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 30.59 158 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 159 René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 160 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 161 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 33.25 162 Arlindo Fernandes (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 34.42 163 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 42.24 164 Christian Müller (Ger) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 46.29 165 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 48.43 166 Bruno Lima (Por) Madeinox Boavista 167 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 168 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 169 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 56.11 Points classification 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 pts 2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 45 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 18 5 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 16 6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 16 7 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 16 8 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS 14 9 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 13 10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 13 11 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 12 12 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 11 13 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 10 14 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 8 16 Klaas Lodewjck (Bel) Rabobank Continental 7 17 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 6 18 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5 19 Antonio Amorin (Por) Barbot-Siper 5 20 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 21 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4 22 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 4 23 Neyens Maarten (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 24 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 25 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 2 Mountains classification 1 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 26 pts 2 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 19 3 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 10 5 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 10 6 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 5 7 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 5 8 Neyens Maarten (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 9 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 3 10 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 2 11 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1 Metas volantes/intermediate sprints classification 1 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 11 pts 2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5 3 Antonio Amorin (Por) Barbot-Siper 5 4 Neyens Maarten (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 5 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 6 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 2 7 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 2 8 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 2 9 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 1 10 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 1 11 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 1 Combination classification 1 Neyens Maarten (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 pts 2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 3 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 3 4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 3 5 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 3 6 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 3 7 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 3 8 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 3 9 Antonio Amorin (Por) Barbot-Siper 3 10 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly3 11 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 2 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 42.52.00 2 Rabobank Continental 0.01 3 Française Des Jeux 4 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 5 Team Milram 6 Quick Step 7 Silence-Lotto 8 LA MSS 9 Team High Road 10 Liberty Seguros 11 Barloworld 12 Cycle Collstrop 13 Benfica 14 Astana 15 Barbot - Siper 16 Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 18 Madeinox Boavista 19 Fercase - Rota Dos Móveis 20 PSK Whirlpool - Author 7.34 21 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 14.38 22 An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team 23 Centro Cilismo de Loulé 33.33
