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32nd Volta ao Algarve - 2.1
Portugal, February 15-19, 2006
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Stage 2 - February 16: Vila Do Bispo - Lagos, 173.5 km
Eisel grabs another
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Bernhard Eisel (Française Des Jeux) has taken the second stage of this year's Volta ao Algarve after another bunch sprint decided the day's winner. Boavista's Manuel Cardoso came in second, with Belgian Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques) finishing third.
With 173.5km to run in the day's stage a four-rider break went clear near Vila do Bispo after 10km as the field made its way to the Portuguese coastline. Lars Boom (Rabobank), Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux), Maarten Wynants (Chocolade Jacques-TSV) and Angel Castresana (Unibet.com), teammate of Marco Zanotti, who started the day in the leader's yellow jersey, all went clear and quickly established a sizeable advantage.
By the time the quartet reached Portimão they had opened a gap of 6'30", with Veikkanen chasing the KOM points on offer. But their time in front wasn't to last too long, with Unibet.com controlling proceedings from the peloton to try and set up their men for another stage win. But it wasn't to be, as Eisel grabbed another stage to add to his win in Qatar to lead the points classification and run second overall.
Photography
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Images by João Dias
- Joaquim Sampaio (Boavista) with his nephew Gilberto Sampaio (Paredes)
- Joaquim Andrade (Riberalves)
- José Azevedo (Discovery Channel)
- Vitor Gamito remembers his time on the bike
- Jussi Veikkanen (Francaise Des Jeux) leads the break heading up the KOM
- Jussi Veikkanen leads Maarten Wynants (Chocolade Jacques-TSV) up the KOM climb
- The four-rider break makes its way up the KOM climb
- The main field left the break out front for a long time
- Peter van Petegem (r) rides in the main field
- Boavista's Manuel Cardoso saving energy for the final sprint
- Maarten Wynants leads the four-rider break just before Albufeira
- Discovery Channel on the front of the peloton
- Race leader Marco Zanotti (r) sitting comfortably in the field with a unibet.com teammate
- Barloworld riders do their thing in the peloton
- Madeinox's Claudio Faria relaxes near Albufeira
- The peloton make their way into Albufeira
- Bernhard Eisel (Française Des Jeux) sprints for the win at the end of stage 2
Results
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4.20.43 2 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 5 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 6 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 9 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 Pedro Lopes (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 12 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 14 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 Bruno Neves (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 20 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.com 22 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Chad Hartley (USA) TIAA-CREF 24 Rui Sa (Por) Barbot-Halcon 25 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja-Tavira 26 Michael Lange (USA) TIAA-CREF 27 Nuno Marta (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 28 Bruno Lima (Por) Maia-Milaneza 29 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 31 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 33 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 34 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 35 Helder Oliveira (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 36 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Jorge Torre (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 38 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 39 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 40 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 42 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43 Claudio Faria (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 44 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 45 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 46 Pedro Andrade (Por) Maia-Milaneza 47 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 48 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon 49 Rui Sousa (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 50 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 51 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 52 Bruno Pires (Por) Maia-Milaneza 53 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 54 Marco Cunha (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 55 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 56 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 57 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 Luis Sarreira (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 59 Helder Miranda (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 60 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 62 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 64 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Riberalves-Alcobaça 65 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 67 Hector Guerra (Spa) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 68 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Maia-Milaneza 69 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Wesley V.Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 71 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon 72 Ian Macgregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 73 Joao Cabreira (Por) Maia-Milaneza 74 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 75 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Maia-Milaneza 76 Pedro Barnabe (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 77 Jordi Grau (Spa) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 78 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Barloworld 79 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 80 David Garcia (Spa) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 81 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 82 Luis Pinheiro (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 83 José Vaz (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 84 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 85 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 86 Tiago Machado (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 87 Renato Silva (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 88 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Carlos Nozal (Spa) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 90 André Vital (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 91 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira 92 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitoria-ASC 93 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 94 Jose Cabezuela (Spa) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 95 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 96 Claus Moller (Den) Barbot-Halcon 97 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 98 Pedro Fernandez (Spa) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 99 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 100 Gilberto Martins (Por) Vitoria-ASC 101 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 102 Hernani Broco (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 103 José Martins (Por) Vitoria-ASC 104 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 105 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 106 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira 107 Emden Jos Van (Ned) Rabobank 108 Hugo Vitor (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 109 Alexandre Oliveira (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 110 Timothy Duggan (USA) TIAA-CREF 111 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 112 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 113 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 114 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 115 Afonso Azevedo (Por) Maia-Milaneza 116 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 117 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Maia-Milaneza 118 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 119 Kurt V. De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com 120 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 121 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 122 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Barbot-Halcon 123 Hélder Magalhães (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 124 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 125 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 126 Micael Isidoro (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 127 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 128 David Livramento (Por) Duja-Tavira 129 Edgar Anao (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 130 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Duja-Tavira 131 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 132 César Pinto (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 133 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 134 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 136 José Sousa (Por) Vitoria-ASC 137 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 138 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 139 Hermano Vieira (Por) Vitoria-ASC 140 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 141 Vitor Carvalho (Por) Vitoria-ASC 142 Sergio Bernardo (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 143 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 144 Felix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 145 François Parisien (Can) TIAA-CREF 146 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon 147 Jorge Da Costa (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 148 Claudio Paulinho (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 149 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitoria-ASC 150 Gustavo Rodriguez (Spa) Barbot-Halcon 151 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 152 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 153 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 154 Ben Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 155 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 156 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 0.28 157 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 pts 2 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 20 3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 13 5 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 10 6 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 8 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 4 9 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 10 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Climb - Cat. 3, km 64,00 1 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 5 pts 2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 3 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 1 Climb - Cat. 3, km 72,70 1 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 5 pts 2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 3 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 1 Metas Volantes Rotunda Do Modelo, km 23,50 1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 2 3 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Lagoa, km 145,50 1 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 pts 2 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 2 3 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 13.02.09 2 Davitamon-Lotto 3 Française des Jeux 4 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 Unibet.com 6 Barloworld 7 T-Mobile Team 8 Duja-Tavira 9 TIAA-CREF 10 Madeinox-Brica-Canelas 11 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 12 Riberalves-Alcobaça 13 Maia-Milaneza 14 La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 15 Barbot-Halcon 16 IMOHOLDING-LOULE J.H. 17 Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 18 Rabobank 19 Cofidis 20 Discovery Channel 21 Vitoria-ASC General classification after stage 2 1 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 8.04.03 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.02 4 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.04 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.06 6 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 0.07 8 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.08 11 Pedro Lopes (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 12 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 13 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 0.09 14 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 0.10 15 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 18 Bruno Neves (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 19 Chad Hartley (USA) TIAA-CREF 20 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 22 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 23 Michael Lange (USA) TIAA-CREF 24 Dan Bowman (USA) TIAA-CREF 25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 26 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Helder Oliveira (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 28 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 29 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 30 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 31 Wesley V.Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Marco Cunha (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 33 Helder Miranda (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 34 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon 37 Hector Guerra (Spa) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 38 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 42 Pedro Andrade (Por) Maia-Milaneza 43 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon 46 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 47 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 48 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 50 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 51 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Riberalves-Alcobaça 52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 53 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54 Rui Sa (Por) Barbot-Halcon 55 Jorge Torre (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 56 Emden Jos Van (Ned) Rabobank 57 Bruno Lima (Por) Maia-Milaneza 58 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 59 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 60 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 62 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 63 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.com 64 José Vaz (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 65 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Barloworld 66 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 68 Luis Pinheiro (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 69 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 70 André Vital (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 71 Bruno Pires (Por) Maia-Milaneza 72 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 73 Hernani Broco (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 74 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 75 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Nuno Marta (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 77 Carlos Nozal (Spa) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 78 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 79 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 80 David Garcia (Spa) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 81 Pedro Fernandez (Spa) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 82 José Martins (Por) Vitoria-ASC 83 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 84 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 85 José Sousa (Por) Vitoria-ASC 86 Claudio Faria (Por) Madeinox-Brica-Canel 87 Renato Silva (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 88 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 89 Nathan Mitchell (USA) TIAA-CREF 90 Rui Sousa (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 91 Hugo Vitor (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 92 Luis Sarreira (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 93 Hélder Magalhães (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 94 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitoria-ASC 95 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 96 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 97 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 98 Joao Cabreira (Por) Maia-Milaneza 99 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Maia-Milaneza 100 Pedro Barnabe (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 101 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 102 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 103 Claus Moller (Den) Barbot-Halcon 104 Timothy Duggan (USA) TIAA-CREF 105 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 106 Gilberto Martins (Por) Vitoria-ASC 107 Kurt V. De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com 108 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 109 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira 110 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 111 Jose Cabezuela (Spa) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 112 Sergio Bernardo (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 113 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 114 Micael Isidoro (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 115 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Maia-Milaneza 116 Afonso Azevedo (Por) Maia-Milaneza 117 César Pinto (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 118 Hermano Vieira (Por) Vitoria-ASC 119 Ian Macgregor (USA) TIAA-CREF 120 Jordi Grau (Spa) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 121 Tiago Machado (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 122 Alexandre Oliveira (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 123 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Barbot-Halcon 124 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 125 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 126 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitoria-ASC 127 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira 128 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 129 Edgar Anao (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 130 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 131 Vitor Carvalho (Por) Vitoria-ASC 132 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 133 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 134 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Duja-Tavira 135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 136 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 137 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 138 François Parisien (Can) TIAA-CREF 139 Ben Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 140 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Maia-Milaneza 141 Claudio Paulinho (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 142 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 143 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 144 Stuart Gillespie (USA) TIAA-CREF 145 Felix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 146 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 0.38 147 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja-Tavira 4.27 148 David Livramento (Por) Duja-Tavira 149 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 150 Jorge Da Costa (Por) Imoholding-Loule Jardim H 151 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon 152 Gustavo Rodriguez (Spa) Barbot-Halcon 153 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.13 154 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 155 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 156 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13.05 157 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 13.07 Points classification 1 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 38 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 3 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 22 4 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Riberalves-Alcobaça 21 5 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 20 6 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16 7 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16 8 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 9 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 10 10 Wesley V.Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 11 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 6 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 13 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 14 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 4 15 Chad Hartley (USA) TIAA-CREF 4 16 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 3 17 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 18 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 3 19 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 20 Pedro Lopes (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 2 21 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 2 22 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2 23 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 24 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 2 25 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 1 Mountains classification 1 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 10 pts 2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 4 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 5 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 2 6 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 pts 2 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 3 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 4 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 3 5 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 6 Pedro Lopes (Por) La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 2 7 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 2 8 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 2 9 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2 10 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 1 Teams classification 1 Unibet.com 24.12.39 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 Davitamon-Lotto 5 Française des Jeux 6 Rabobank 7 TIAA-CREF 8 Riberalves-Alcobaça 9 Madeinox-Brica-Canelas 10 Barloworld 11 Duja-Tavira 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Discovery Channel 14 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 15 La Aluminios-Liberty Seguros 16 Maia-Milaneza 17 Vitoria-ASC 18 Barbot-Halcon 19 Cofidis 20 IMOHOLDING-LOULE J.H. 21 Paredes Rota Dos Moveis
