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33rd Volta ao Algarve - 2.1

Portugal, February 21-25, 2007

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Stage 2 - February 22: Castro Marim - Tavira, 177.0 km

Eisel gives the new T-Mobile a relief…Petacchi becomes nervous

By Jean-François Quénet in Tavira

In an incident-packed finale, stage 2 in the Tour of Algarve looked like a bitter loss for Alessandro Petacchi at least as much as it looked like a sweet victory for Bernhard Eisel who gave a first win to T-Mobile this year. The Austrian was flamboyant when he crossed the line ahead of Tour de France stage winner Jimmy Casper, but tension occurred when Petacchi turned back to the finish and started an argument with Robert Hunter.

After being relegated in yesterday's stage, the Italian hoped he could deliver a win but he ended up only sixth. "Hunter took the last curve like crazy, and then he stood up. He was very dangerous," Petacchi said. But was it a reason enough to physically threaten him? Petacchi's teammate Marco Velo also returned to the finishing area to confront Hunter. The South African's shorts appeared destroyed, but that was due to a crash in the middle of the race.

The Barloworld rider didn't understand why they would complain about him. "If there is a danger, I'm the first to put my fingers on the brakes," he answered. "I wasn't anywhere near Petacchi before the sprint. I wasn't going to sprint anyway because I was a lead out man for Fabrizio Guidi today. The reality is that Petacchi is useless at the moment. He doesn't have the legs for winning. He can't justify the two million euros or so that he makes. But if he's using me as an excuse for losing, he has found the wrong person."

The version of the pre-sprint incident given by stage winner Eisel doesn't include Hunter. "Marcel Sieberg went out of the Milram train right into Wouter Weylandt and Gert Steegmans," the Austrian explained. "Petacchi lost the wheels and yelled at his teammates."

"The stage was really hard," Eisel added. "On the road book it looked all flat but there wasn't a single metre of flat road. It's a pity that we were riding on bright and nice roads all day but the finale was one of the most dangerous I've ever seen. The organiser told me it'll be a different one next year. Anyway, it went all fine for me. David Kopp started sprinting 200 meters before the line. I knew it was kind of an uphill finish but I put the big gear on. I said to myself: Let's go with 53x11!"

Eisel was used to winning stages in the Tour of Algarve when he rode for Française des Jeux. Just like Stegmans the day before, he has kept his old good habits despite a change of team. His win was the first for T-Mobile in 2007. Eisel insisted on calling his team "the new T-Mobile!"

The Austrian has bigger goals than stage wins this year. He is aiming for the classics, and the Algarve region is where he is gearing up. "I'm here for 15 days, not only for the race, but I've got friends in Albufeira and it's a perfect place for training with hills and sun."

It was raining for most of stage 2 but Eisel forgot about it - he was so happy winning, a feeling Petacchi would like to have again.

How it unfolded

It took 26 kilometers before the first breakaway was launched by Tyler Farrar (Cofidis) and Lars Boom (Rabobank). They increased their lead to eight minutes at 63 km while the Quick Step team of race leader Gert Steegmans was taking care of the pace of the bunch. Milram took over later as well as Unibet.com in the finale. Quick Step rode at the front again every now and then.

In the last 50km of the stage, as Boom dropped Farrar, the Portuguese teams became active in the peloton, especially the local team of the finishing town Tavira. Luis Pinheiro (Liberty Seguros) and Kasimir Vasilev (Duja Tavira) broke clear. They were chased down by Samuel Caldeira (Duja Tavira) and Stefan Kushlev (Riberalaves-Boavista) but none of them made it accross.

Boom was still away with 2:35 at 20km to go. He got caught with 10km to go and it was a bunch sprint finish led by David Kopp and won by Bernhard Eisel.

Photography

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Results

1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                  4.23.03 (40.373 km/h)
2 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                         
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                       
4 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
5 Giosuč Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                        
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                      
7 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
9 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira                              
10 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
11 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                     
12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                        
13 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                
14 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            
16 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros                         
17 Samuel José Caldeira (Por) Duja-Tavira                               
18 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica                                         
19 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                              
20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                      
21 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                            
22 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                           
23 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                        
24 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
25 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
26 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis                                        
27 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC                                        
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                            
29 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
30 Bruno Sa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                               
31 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira                                         
32 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           
33 Claudio Faria (Por) LA-MSS                                           
34 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira                                    
35 Alejandro M. Marques (Spa) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                       
36 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
37 Bruno Neves (Por) LA-MSS                                             
38 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                               
39 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica                                          
40 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                         
41 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Barbot-Halcon                    
42 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
43 José Martins (Por) Vitória-ASC                                       
44 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                 
45 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental                             
46 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
47 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                                
48 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista                              
49 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental                             
50 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                          
51 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                          
52 Helder Oliveira (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                            
53 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                          
54 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile                                        
55 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              
56 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                      
57 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                               
58 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                      
59 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                               
60 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
61 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          
62 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                
63 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira                                     
64 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
65 Jorge Alberto Brito Ferraz (Por) Barbot-Halcon                       
66 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        
67 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           
68 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic                             
69 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                            
70 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
71 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            
72 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                        
73 Bruno Pires (Por) LA-MSS                                             
74 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                
75 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                          
76 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
77 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld                                            
78 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
79 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                           
80 Rui Sá (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                           
81 Devi Vervaeke (Bel) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly         
82 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              
83 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                              
84 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           
85 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           
86 Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                      
87 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
88 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                  
89 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA-MSS                                           
90 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
91 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        
92 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                  
93 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                    
94 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  
95 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                         
96 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros                       
97 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          
98 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                         
99 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel                               
100 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                          
101 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental                               
102 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                  
103 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
104 José Carlos Silva Rodrigues (Por) Vitória-ASC                       
105 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                     
106 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                 
107 Virgilio Martins Santos (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                   
108 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                                     
109 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
110 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                  
111 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA-MSS                                           
112 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                
113 Ricardo Horta (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                   
114 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
115 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly    
116 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                         
117 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
118 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
119 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   
120 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
121 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
122 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
123 Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                 
124 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros                                 
125 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                               
126 Edgar Anăo (Por) LA-MSS                                             
127 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                          
128 Pedro Barnabe (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                         
129 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                
130 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile                                          
131 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                       
132 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                        
133 Fernando Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                            
134 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                      
135 Davide Viganň (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                            
136 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                         
137 Claus Michael Möller (Den) Barbot-Halcon                            
138 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                             
139 Ricardo Martins (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                       
140 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória-ASC                                     
141 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt                               
142 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória-ASC                                  
143 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis                                      
144 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS                                 
145 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                           
146 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                      
147 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental                             
148 Stefan Kushlev (Bul) Riberalves-Boavista                            
149 Alexis Rodríguez (Spa) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                      
150 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira                                      
151 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Vitória-ASC                        
152 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              
153 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           
154 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                       
155 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                             
156 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                          
157 Rui Filipe Pinto (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                
158 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly        
159 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis                                        
160 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                      
161 Joăo Cabreira (Por) LA-MSS                                          
162 José Vaz (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                                  
163 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                              
164 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                               
165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
166 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                                  
167 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic                       
168 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com                                   
169 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                        
170 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                     
171 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        
172 André Moreira Vital (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                       
173 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                            0.30
174 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
175 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                     0.32
176 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  
177 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
178 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                  
179 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                     
180 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica                                      1.48
181 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                      
182 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                   2.00
183 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                         
184 Marcio Correia (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                    2.42
185 Virgilo Neves (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                     7.42
186 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly     23.37
Salen.: 192 Clasificados.: 186 etirados.: 6                             
 
Points
 
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                       25 pts
2 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                       20
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                     16
4 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       13
5 Giosuč Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                      10
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                     8
7 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                6
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          4
9 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira                             2
10 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        1
 
Mountains
 
P.M. - Cat. 3, km 66,00
1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 5 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                           3
3 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                      1
 
P.M. - Cat. 3, km 121,00
1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 5 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                           3
3 Samuel José Caldeira (Por) Duja-Tavira                               1
 
Metas volantes
 
Alcoutin, km 63,30
1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                           3 pts
2 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 2
3 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  1
 
Martinlongo, km 101,70
1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 3 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                           2
3 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                          1
 
Teams
 
1 Milram                                                        13.09.09
2 Barloworld                                                            
3 Duja-Tavira                                                           
4 Française Des Jeux                                                    
5 Wiesenhof-Felt                                                        
6 Benfica                                                               
7 T-Mobile                                                              
8 Astana                                                                
9 Gerolsteiner                                                          
10 Riberalves-Boavista                                                  
11 Discovery Channel                                                    
12 Barbot-Halcon                                                        
13 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                
14 Liberty Seguros                                                      
15 Rabobank Continental                                                 
16 LA-MSS                                                               
17 Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                                                  
18 Predictor-Lotto                                                      
19 Vitória-ASC                                                          
20 Unibet.com                                                           
21 Cofidis                                                              
22 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                 
23 Paredes Rota dos Móveis                                              
24 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly                             
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                      9.07.09
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                     0.03
3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                     0.04
4 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                             0.06
6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                     0.07
7 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                               
8 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                        0.08
9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                   0.09
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                 0.10
11 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              0.12
12 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                          
13 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                  
14 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                            0.13
15 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
16 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira                             
17 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                      
18 Samuel José Caldeira (Por) Duja-Tavira                               
19 Giosuč Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                       
20 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica                                         
21 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            
23 Bruno Sa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                               
24 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                         
25 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                           
26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                               
27 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC                                        
28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              
29 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                            
31 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Barbot-Halcon                    
32 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
33 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
34 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
35 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                              
36 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis                                        
37 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                          
38 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                            
39 Helder Oliveira (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                            
40 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
41 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                          
42 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
43 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic                             
44 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           
45 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                
46 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
47 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros                         
48 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                
49 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                               
50 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                        
51 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile                                        
52 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
53 Claudio Faria (Por) LA-MSS                                           
54 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                      
55 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental                             
56 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                          
57 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira                                         
58 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
59 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           
60 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                    
61 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental                             
62 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista                              
63 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
64 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        
65 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                                      
66 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              
67 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                    
68 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica                                          
69 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                  
70 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           
71 Devi Vervaeke (Bel) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly         
72 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel                               
73 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA-MSS                                           
74 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira                                     
75 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                           
76 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                   
77 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
78 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                
79 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                      
80 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                      
81 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                               
82 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
83 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros                       
84 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   
85 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                                      
86 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                           
87 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                 
88 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        
89 José Carlos Silva Rodrigues (Por) Vitória-ASC                        
90 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt                                
91 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                
92 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                     
93 Bruno Pires (Por) LA-MSS                                             
94 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 
95 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                
96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                            
97 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira                                       
98 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld                                            
99 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                  
100 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                        
101 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
102 Davide Viganň (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                            
103 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
104 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira                                   
105 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
106 Alejandro M. Marques (Spa) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                      
107 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                  
108 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                         
109 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         
110 Bruno Neves (Por) LA-MSS                                            
111 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly    
112 Ricardo Horta (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                   
113 Rui Sá (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                          
114 Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                     
115 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              
116 Ricardo Martins (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                       
117 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         
118 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                        
119 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                     
120 Jorge Alberto Brito Ferraz (Por) Barbot-Halcon                      
121 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros                                 
122 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                       
123 Virgilio Martins Santos (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                   
124 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                          
125 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          
126 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile                                          
127 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                         
128 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                      
129 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA-MSS                                           
130 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
131 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic                       
132 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                        
133 Edgar Anăo (Por) LA-MSS                                             
134 Alexis Rodríguez (Spa) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                      
135 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
136 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                             
137 Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                 
138 Fernando Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                            
139 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
140 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental                             
141 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis                                      
142 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
143 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           
144 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
145 Pedro Barnabe (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                         
146 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória-ASC                                  
147 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
148 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  
149 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis                                        
150 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                             
151 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS                                 
152 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                              
153 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                      
154 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória-ASC                                     
155 Stefan Kushlev (Bul) Riberalves-Boavista                            
156 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                       
157 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                
158 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                  
159 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                           
160 Claus Michael Möller (Den) Barbot-Halcon                            
161 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        
162 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                      
163 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                               
164 José Vaz (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                                  
165 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Vitória-ASC                        
166 André Moreira Vital (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                       
167 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                     
168 Rui Filipe Pinto (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                
169 Joăo Cabreira (Por) LA-MSS                                          
170 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com                                   
171 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                        
172 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
173 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                            0.38
174 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                0.43
175 José Martins (Por) Vitória-ASC                                  0.58
176 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                   1.10
177 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly    1.39
178 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                     1.45
179 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                  1.54
180 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica                                      2.01
181 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                              2.10
182 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                     2.17
183 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                   3.10
184 Virgilo Neves (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                    15.04
185 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly     23.50
186 Marcio Correia (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                   30.12
 
Points classification
 
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                       35 pts
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           25
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                     24
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                    21
5 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                       20
6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                       20
7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                               16
8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       13
9 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                               10
10 Giosuč Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                     10
11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  9
12 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                             6
13 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                     6
14 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                          5
15 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                5
16 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         4
17 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        3
18 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira                            2
19 Marcio Correia (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                        2
20 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 1
21 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                         1
22 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                 1
23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                10 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                           6
3 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                              5
4 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira                                    3
5 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                      2
6 Samuel José Caldeira (Por) Duja-Tavira                               1
 
Metas volantes classification
 
1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   9 pts
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                              6
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                           5
4 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 5
5 Marcio Correia (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                         2
6 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  1
7 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                          1
8 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                  1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                             22 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                          24
3 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                               189
4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            3
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                        3
6 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                        8
7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                               12
8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                       12
9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                     12
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                   14
11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 15
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                               
2 Samuel José Caldeira (Por) Duja-Tavira                                
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               
4 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                           
5 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 
 
Teams classification
 
1 Milram                                                        27.22.03
2 Discovery Channel                                                     
3 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                  
4 Astana                                                                
5 Barloworld                                                    27.22.06
6 Duja-Tavira                                                           
7 Française Des Jeux                                                    
8 Wiesenhof-Felt                                                        
9 Benfica                                                               
10 T-Mobile                                                             
11 Cofidis                                                              
12 Gerolsteiner                                                         
13 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                
14 Riberalves-Boavista                                                  
15 Barbot-Halcon                                                        
16 Liberty Seguros                                                      
17 Unibet.com                                                           
18 Rabobank                                                             
19 Predictor-Lotto                                                      
20 LA-MSS                                                               
21 Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                                                  
22 Paredes Rota dos Móveis                                              
23 Vitória-ASC                                                          
24 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly