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68th Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg - 2.HC

Luxembourg, June 4-8, 2008

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Stage 4 - June 8: Mersch - Luxembourg, 157km

Commesso wins the final stage, Posthuma takes the race

Salvatore Commesso of Team Preti Mangimi won the final stage of the Tour du Luxembourg in an escape group, and Rabobank's Joost Posthuma held on to his one-second lead over Michael Albasini of Liquigas to take the overall win. CSC's Fränk Schleck was third overall. The 33 year-old Commesso, who rides for a Professional Continental team based in Luxembourg, was part of a fourteen man escape group which finished nearly three minutes ahead of the following peloton.

Earlier there was another escape gorup which had contained CSC's Andy Schleck and Rabobank's Laurens Ten Dam. That group had up to a three minute lead, which gave Ten Dams the "virtual" race ;ead. However, Credit Agricole led the chase to capture the group. "It was a remarkable situation," said Rabobank Directeur Sportif Erik Dekker. "Without having to do any lead work, everyone came back together, after which the fourteen broke away. Perhaps Frank Schleck was the best in this tour, but the best rider does not always win," he noted.

Results

1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangi                      3.36.43 (42.72 km/h)
2 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                        0.07
3 Dana Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                
4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana                                  0.10
5 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                   
6 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.12
7 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                    0.14
8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                             0.15
9 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner             0.17
10 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange                           0.25
11 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                 
12 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano                          0.28
13 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus - Simplon                          0.42
14 Jav Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                           2.51
15 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                 
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    
17 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                            
18 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                 
19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   
20 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                            
21 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                      
22 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                       
23 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                        
24 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                        
25 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                    
26 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano                             
27 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                              
28 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                        
29 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica                               
30 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano                                
31 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                               
32 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                      
33 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange                      2.57
34 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange                            3.00
35 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                      
36 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano                        
37 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
38 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                             
39 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange                             
40 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                            
41 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangi                                
42 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                       
43 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangi                          3.05
44 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                       
45 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                 3.08
46 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     
47 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                       
48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
49 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                           
50 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            3.15
51 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            
52 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner             3.17
53 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                              3.21
54 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                   3.24
55 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                      
56 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                          3.26
57 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                            3.31
58 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner             3.33
59 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                               3.44
60 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                              6.05
61 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel                          6.45
 
Mountains
 
km 17,9
1 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                              5 pts
2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                        3
3 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                           2
4 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangi                              1
 
km 50,3
1 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                              5 pts
2 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                           3
3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                 2
4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                        1
 
km 130,1
1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                5 pts
2 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano                              3
3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana                                     2
4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                1
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                   10.53.24
2 Team CSC                                                     0.16
3 Benfica                                                      2.34
4 Cycle Collstrop                                                  
5 Rabobank                                                     2.39
6 Preti Mangi                                                  2.50
7 Liquigas                                                     2.54
8 Skil - Shimano                                               2.55
9 CC Differdange                                               3.07
10 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                                3.08
11 Elkhaus - Simplon                                           3.18
12 Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                          5.18
13 Credit Agricole                                             5.36
 
Final General classification
 
1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                            17.43.02
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                              0.01
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 0.18
4 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                    0.54
5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                   0.56
6 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           1.00
7 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                     1.08
8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                         1.09
9 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica                            1.10
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                              1.29
11 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangi                        2.00
12 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                              2.02
13 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                       2.16
14 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                             3.16
15 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                           4.53
16 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner             4.56
17 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                         4.58
18 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                        5.06
19 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano                    5.07
20 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                        5.23
21 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                  5.54
22 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel                         11.47
23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                15.05
24 Dana Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica                          17.23
25 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana                                17.25
26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                  17.31
27 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                             17.32
28 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange                          18.13
29 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus - Simplon                         19.14
30 Jav Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                          20.06
31 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   20.11
32 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                  20.17
33 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano                             
34 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangi                           20.25
35 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                      20.31
36 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                      
37 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           20.46
38 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange                        20.48
39 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                 20.49
40 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                           20.54
41 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                  21.02
42 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                   
43 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                   21.34
44 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange                     21.39
45 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                        21.43
46 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                  21.54
47 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano                         22.17
48 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange                           22.56
49 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                  23.19
50 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner       23.20
51 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            25.17
52 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                         25.21
53 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                25.22
54 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           25.28
55 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi               27.56
56 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                28.05
57 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano                           28.08
58 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangi                         28.17
59 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            28.50
60 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                
61 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                             30.50
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           22 pts
2 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                             18
3 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                       18
4 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                            15
5 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                             9
6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   7
7 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano                                6
8 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                5
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  5
10 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                       5
11 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                          5
12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                3
13 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                       3
14 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             3
15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                   2
16 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                2
17 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel                             2
18 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana                                    2
19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                               2
20 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                              1
21 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                      1
22 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                   1
23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                    1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                17.43.56
2 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           0.06
3 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica                            0.16
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               0.35
5 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                        1.22
6 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                          4.04
7 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano                     4.13
8 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                         4.29
9 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel                          10.53
10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                14.11
11 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange                          17.19
12 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   19.17
13 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano                        19.23
14 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                 19.37
15 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                 19.55
16 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano                         21.23
17 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                  22.25
18 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                         24.27
19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                24.28
20 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano                           27.14
21 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            27.56
 
Teams classification
 
1 Rabobank                                                 53.09.00
2 Cycle Collstrop                                              8.03
3 Credit Agricole                                             11.01
4 Team CSC                                                    14.03
5 Liquigas                                                    19.00
6 Benfica                                                     23.03
7 Astana                                                      35.05
8 Elkhaus - Simplon                                           39.05
9 Preti Mangi                                                 43.00
10 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                               43.02
11 Skil - Shimano                                             47.03
12 Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                         51.03
13 CC Differdange                                           1.00.03