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45th Presidential Cycling Tour - 2.1
Turkey, April 12-19, 2009
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Stage 7 - April 18: Finike - Antalya, 114.5km
Förster finally rewards Milram with a win
Impey's royal defence at the presidential race
By Jean-François Quénet in Antalya, Turkey
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Daryl Impey might only be in his second year as a professional, but he'll be remembered in the world of cycling as an excellent captain in the defence of his yellow jersey at the Presidential Tour of Turkey. With one day to go before the successor of David Garcia Dapena is determined - it might still be Garcia Dapena himself - in Alanya, the town of the President of the Republic of Turkey Abdullah Gül, the young South African has two fewer rivals for the yellow jersey: Pieter Jacobs (Silence-Lotto) and Alessandro Donati (Acqua e Sapone).
Jacobs and Donati did not make the front group of 24 riders that reached Antalya successfully with Robert Förster (Milram) out-sprinting the 20-year-old Austrian Daniel Schorn (Elk Haus) for the stage victory.
Impey controlled the situation to perfection. "It was us initiating this split in the bunch straight after the kilometre 0 mark was passed," the South African from Barloworld explained.
Initially, the rider in second place on general classification, David Malacarne, had also missed the split but his Quick Step team brought him back into the leading group five kilometres before the climb of Kumluça. Together with them was Milram's Markus Fothen who appeared later to be a great help for his former teammate from Gerolsteiner.
"I was happy to get rid of Jacobs before the last stage because he's quite unpredictable in the sprints," said Impey who will start the final stage with just three riders to watch: David Garcia Dapena, Gustavo Cesar Veloso, both from Xacobeo Galicia, and Malacarne. "The Tour of Turkey is not over yet but I've gone one more step forward," the South African commented. "I'm glad it's over because this was a super fast stage.
"Milram deserves the stage win because they have done most of the work in the front," Impey observed. With four riders in the lead group of 24, the German team outnumbered the others and they could have had five if Paul Voss hadn't been suffered an untimely flat tyre.
"Yesterday, Fothen was already motivating me to stay with him on the climbs." Förster revealed. "But I told him I preferred to take it easy and save myself for today. It was a good choice. Today it was also Markus leading me out for 400 metres at the end and I started my sprint when his speed went down. At 150 metres before the line I went to the front. I don't think it was too early but I didn't see the rider from Elk Haus [Schorn] coming on my side."
It was tight at the end but Milram was relieved with finally earning a win.
Förster's runner up looked as happy as him though. "This is the best result of my cycling career so far," Schorn declared. "It's amazing. The first hill of today's stage was the hardest since the beginning of the Tour. For me it was all or nothing there. Then it was my first time sprinting here because the previous days I rode for Steffen Radochla who pulled out yesterday after a crash."
We might hear again about the young sprinter from Saalfelden, near Salzburg, where he acquired a passion for professional cycling from watching the world championships two and half years ago. "I was too young to take part in it", he recalled. "I was only a junior."
It was a nice surprise for him to almost beat the experienced Förster who also enjoyed good health again thanks to riding under the Turkish sun after getting ill in Belgium. "This race is a very good preparation for the Tour of Romandie and the Giro d'Italia", said the German who already has three stage wins at the Giro under his belt. There might be another sprint finish in Alanya. Impey will have to be careful that none of his remaining three rivals steal time bonuses from him.
How it unfolded
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The tailwind helped the riders to take a very fast start in stage seven from Finike to Antalya. Barloworld put the hammer down as soon as they passed the kilometre 0 mark. Some riders came across five kilometres prior to the category two climb of Kumluca at km 33, after which a front group of 25 riders was formed with David Garcia Dapena, Gustavo Cesar Veloso, Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Xacobeo-Galicia), Dominique Cornu and Davide Malacarne (Quick Step), Luca Barla, Robert Förster, Markus Fothen, and Matthias Russ (Milram), Stefan Rucker and Daniel Schorn (Elk Haus), Pascal Hungerbühler (Vorarlberg-Corratec), Frantisek Kloucek (PSK Whirlpool), Diego Caccia, Giampaolo Cheula and Daryl Impey (Barloworld), Alan Marangoni, Mauro Finetto and Marco Frapporti (CSF), Ruggero Marzoli and Diego Milan (Acqua e Sapone), Hrvoje Mihojlevic and Radoslav Rogina (Loborika), Martijn Keizer and Thomas Rabou (Rabobank).
From the top six riders on general classification, in which the riders are only separated by 10 seconds, only Pieter Jacobs (Silence-Lotto) and Alessandro Donati (Acqua e Sapone) missed the split. The Belgian from Silence-Lotto didn't give up and chased hard in a group comprising Angel Gomez Gomez (Fuji-Servetto), Marco Velo (Quick Step), Jonas Ljungblad (Silence-Lotto), Danilo Hondo (PSK Whirlpool) and Joeri Adams (Rabobank). Jacobs and Ljungblad remained one minute behind the lead group for quite some time, but they lost hope in the last 25 kilometres while the Milram team was riding very strongly on the front.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- The Turkish riders in a Turkish atmosphere.
- Robert Förster after winning the seventh stage.
- TV interview for Robert Förster.
- Big screen for Robert Förster.
- Daniel Schorn, Robert Förster and Marco Frapporti (l-r) shared the honours in Antalya.
- A name to remember: Daniel Schorn , 20 years old from Austria, second in Antalya.
- One more day in yellow for Daryl Impey.
- Daryl Impey made a new friend in Turkey , Emin Müftüoglü, the president of the national cycling federation.
- There were still riders on the road (see the big screen above) when Daryl Impey celebrated his yellow jersey.
- Closing shot for Daryl Impey and king of the mountains Gonzalo Rabunal Rios.
Images by Presidential Cycling Tour
- Race leader Darryl Impey rides behind his teammate Gian-Paolo Cheula.
- The breakaway of the day with Team Milram driving the pace.
- First win of 2009 for German Robert Förster.
- The podium of stage 7 (l-r) Daniel Schorn, Robert Förster and Marco Frapporti.
Results
1 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 2.34.29 (44.471 km/h) 2 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 3 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 4 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 7 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 8 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 9 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 10 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 11 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 13 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 15 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 16 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 18 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.07 19 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 0.16 20 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 0.21 21 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 0.25 22 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 24 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 1.04 25 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.18 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 27 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 28 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 29 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 30 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 31 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 32 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5.17 34 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 35 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 18.23 36 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 21.06 37 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 38 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 21.08 39 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team 40 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 41 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team 42 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 43 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team 44 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team 45 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team 46 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team 47 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 48 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 49 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 50 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team 51 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 52 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 53 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 54 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 55 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 56 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 57 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 58 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 59 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 60 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 61 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 62 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 63 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 64 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 65 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 66 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 67 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD 68 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 69 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 70 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Quick Step 71 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 72 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 73 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 74 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 75 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 76 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika 77 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 78 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 79 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 80 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 81 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 82 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 83 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 84 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 85 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 86 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 87 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team 88 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 89 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 90 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 91 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 92 Carlos Castańo Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 93 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 94 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika 95 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 96 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 97 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas 98 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 99 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 100 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 101 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 102 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 103 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 104 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 105 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika 106 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 107 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 108 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 109 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 110 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 111 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 112 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas HD Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team 24.50 HD Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto HD Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C HD Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team DNF Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto DNF Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel DNS David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C Points Intermediate - km 17.7 1 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 pts 2 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 3 3 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1 Göynük - km 78 1 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 pts 2 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 3 3 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 1 Finish - km 114.5 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 15 pts 2 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 14 3 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 13 4 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 5 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 11 6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 10 7 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 9 8 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 9 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 7 10 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6 11 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5 12 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 4 13 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 14 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 2 15 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 Mountains Kumluca - km 33.3 1 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5 pts 2 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 3 3 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 4 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1 Teams 1 CSF Group - Navigare 7.43.34 2 Team Milram 0.14 3 Xacobeo - Galicia 0.18 4 Barloworld 0.43 5 Rabobank Continental 4.11 6 Quick Step 4.27 7 Silence - Lotto 13.46 8 Elk Haus 21.01 9 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 Loborika 11 PSK Whirlpool - Author 26.52 12 Team Vorarlberg - Corratec 42.09 13 Fuji-Servetto 46.25 14 Turkish National Team 1.03.17 15 German National Team 16 Lampre-N.G.C. 17 ISD 18 Contentpolis Ampo 19 Team Neotel 20 Cycling Club Bourgas General classification after stage 7 1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 25.54.38 2 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0.01 3 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.03 4 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.10 5 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.42 6 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.45 8 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.54 9 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.02 10 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.20 11 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 6.26 12 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 6.27 13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 7.50 14 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 17.16 15 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 21.13 16 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 22.54 17 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 23.03 18 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 27.46 19 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 29.16 20 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 29.37 21 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 30.44 22 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 33.07 23 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 37.04 24 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 37.32 25 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 41.02 26 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 42.50 27 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 44.26 28 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 45.34 29 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 45.57 30 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 48.19 31 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 49.14 32 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 49.28 33 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 50.33 34 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 50.48 35 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 51.42 36 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 51.59 37 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 52.52 38 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 54.00 39 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Quick Step 54.55 40 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 55.18 41 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 55.56 42 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 56.36 43 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 57.12 44 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1.00.13 45 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD 1.02.24 46 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 1.03.02 47 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.05.22 48 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.06.07 49 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1.07.57 50 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 1.08.19 51 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 1.08.35 52 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.08.56 53 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.10.58 54 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.11.24 55 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas 1.11.32 56 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 1.12.13 57 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.12.23 58 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.13.22 59 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.13.39 60 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 1.14.12 61 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.14.16 62 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team 1.14.35 63 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 1.14.36 64 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 1.14.43 65 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 1.14.48 66 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1.15.09 67 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 1.15.19 68 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1.16.16 69 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 1.16.41 70 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team 71 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 1.16.54 72 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika 1.18.35 73 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.19.26 74 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.19.33 75 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD 1.19.35 76 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.19.57 77 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika 1.20.24 78 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1.22.22 79 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 1.23.45 80 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team 1.30.52 81 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika 1.31.05 82 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1.33.23 83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 1.34.08 84 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1.35.26 85 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 86 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.35.37 87 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1.35.43 88 Carlos Castańo Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.35.50 89 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.36.13 90 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team 1.36.59 91 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team 1.37.06 92 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.37.17 93 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.37.21 94 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 1.38.24 95 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 96 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas 97 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 1.39.57 98 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 1.41.49 99 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus 1.43.02 100 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1.43.10 101 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.43.42 102 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.45.06 103 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.45.45 104 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team 1.46.35 105 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.47.21 106 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team 1.48.22 107 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team 1.48.45 108 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1.51.00 109 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1.51.06 110 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team 1.52.06 111 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 1.53.39 112 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 1.57.38 Points classification 1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 62 pts 2 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 58 3 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 42 4 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 34 5 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 33 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 32 7 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 32 8 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 9 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 29 10 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 29 11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 27 12 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 24 13 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 23 14 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika 20 15 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 19 16 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 17 17 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 16 18 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 16 19 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 15 20 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 14 21 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 22 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus 14 23 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 13 24 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika 12 25 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 12 26 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 12 27 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 12 28 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 11 29 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 11 30 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus 11 31 Kevin Hulsman (Bel) Quick Step 10 32 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 10 33 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 9 34 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas 9 35 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 9 36 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7 37 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 7 38 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 7 39 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 7 40 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 6 41 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6 42 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 5 43 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 4 44 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4 45 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 46 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 47 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel 3 48 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3 49 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3 50 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2 51 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 2 52 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 2 53 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1 54 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 1 55 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika 1 56 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 1 57 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 1 58 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 59 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1 Sprints classification 1 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11 pts 2 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 6 3 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 5 4 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 5 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 3 6 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3 7 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 3 8 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 1 9 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Mountains classification 1 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 pts 2 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 18 3 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12 4 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 12 5 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 5 6 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 5 7 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 3 8 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 9 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 10 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 3 11 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 12 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 13 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 2 14 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 15 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1 16 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1 17 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 1 Teams classification 1 Barloworld 77.40.52 2 CSF Group - Navigare 5.38 3 Quick Step 10.16 4 Team Milram 10.49 5 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18.54 6 Xacobeo - Galicia 33.49 7 Silence - Lotto 38.41 8 Loborika 1.11.50 9 Rabobank Continental 1.23.23 10 Lampre-N.G.C. 1.38.59 11 PSK Whirlpool - Author 1.42.44 12 Fuji-Servetto 1.43.33 13 Team Vorarlberg - Corratec 2.17.11 14 Elk Haus 2.19.36 15 Cycling Club Bourgas 2.59.11 16 Team Neotel 2.59.19 17 ISD 3.09.06 18 Contentpolis Ampo 3.10.18 19 Turkish National Team 4.11.34 20 German National Team 4.45.09
