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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
First win of 2009 for German Robert Förster.
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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

The breakaway of the day
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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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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