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91st Meisterschaft von Zürich - Championship of Zurich - CDM
Switzerland, August 22, 2004
Results Live report World Cup standings
Flecha surprises
Bettini closer to World Cup lead
By Jeff Jones
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In a surprising finish to the 91st Züri-Metzgete/Championship of Zurich, Argentinean born Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha won a 30 rider bunch sprint ahead of favourite Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Jerome Pineau (Brioches la Boulangère). It was Flecha's ninth career victory and his biggest one to date, having also won the 11th stage of the Tour de France in Toulouse in 2003. Flecha benefited from the confusion in the sprint, as Bettini found himself on the wrong side of the road when the sprint started and by the time he had found Michael Barry's wheel on the right side of the road, Flecha already had enough of a jump to win.
"I found the right wheel at the right time," said Flecha of his positioning in the finale. "And I pulled off the best sprint I've ever done. I've been pursuing a victory for several months and I'll say that it was worth the wait.
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"I felt really determined in the last week because I felt well recovered from the fatigue of the Tour and the Spanish test in San Sebastian. This is a team victory because Frigo and Gustov, without forgetting the work of the other Fassa riders, made it possible to achieve this prestigious success."
Paolo Bettini's second place - his third in a World Cup this year - saw him edge very close to Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in the overall standings. Bettini now has 308 points while Rebellin, who finished sixth, has 314 points. The Olympic Champion, who was wearing a special gold trimmed jersey today, will now look forward to October's Paris-Tours and the Tour of Lombardy to try and overhaul Rebellin.
How it unfolded
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172 riders rolled out of Zurich in cool, slightly overcast conditions. It didn't take too long for the break of the day to establish itself, as American David Zabriskie (USPS-Berry Floor) and Spaniard Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) attacked after 10 km and were able to get clear of the disinterested peloton, riding out to a 21 minute lead at one stage. They were pursued by Frank Schleck (CSC) and then Christophe Mengin (FDJeux.com), but while the Frenchman was persistent with his efforts, he was 6'30 behind them after 72 km (with the bunch at 17 minutes) and eventually came back to the peloton with around 80 km to go.
The chase was organised by several teams, with T-Mobile particularly interested in Alexandre Vinokourov's chances. Also Quick.Step (for Bettini) and Gerolsteiner (for Rebellin) contributed to the workload, bringing the gap back from 19'12 with 109 km to go to 10'58 at the start/finish line with 82 km (two laps) to go. Guerini, Konecny (T-Mobile) and Rogers (Quick.Step) were the main riders doing the damage, and it was clear that the break would run out of time before the finish.
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On the second last time up the Pfannenstiel climb with 64 km to go, Zabriskie accelerated away from Barredo in a bid for some solo glory. But although the American managed to get a 15 second gap, Barredo did not give up and caught him over the top of the climb. The pair's cooperation wasn't too good after that, and on the final climb of Forch with 40 km to go, Barredo returned the favour to Zabriskie and attacked, leaving him for dead. It was academic at that point anyway, as the peloton was less than a minute behind with an interesting counter attack going on the climb with Francesco Casagrande (Lampre), Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) and Michael Rogers (Quick.Step).
The four quickly caught and passed Barredo, who had been in front for 195 km, and managed to get a 30 second gap over the peloton, where the chase was taken up by Rabobank. The break might have been more successful but for the tactics of Michael Rogers, who was working for his teammate Bettini in the bunch and refused to do a turn. The cooperation stalled, and the peloton recaptured the break right at the foot of the final climb of the Pfannenstiel with 22 km to go.
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Immediately, Bettini went to the front and opened up a small gap with Rebellin and Michael Albasini (Phonak) on his wheel. This reduced the bunch to 30 riders, and the attacks continued all the way up the climb. Patxi Vila (Lampre) made several moves off the front, and was joined by Verbrugghe (Lotto-Domo), Moncoutié (Cofidis) and Vinokourov (T-Mobile) as the climb steepened towards the summit. At the top with 18 km to go, Verbrugghe and Moncoutié had surged ahead of Vinokourov, with the rest of the front group coming over in twos and threes, eventually regrouping on the descent.
On the last little climb of Wetzwil with 14 km to go, Rebellin put in a strong move that shook the rest of the bunch off his wheel. The World Cup leader was pursued by Olympic champion Bettini, as well as former Zurich winner Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) and a resurgent Paolo Savoldelli (T-Mobile). Bettini bridged the gap on the descent with 9 km to go, then Frigo and Savoldelli caught up to form a nice quartet with 8 km to go. It seemed like this would be the winning move, but the rest of the front group had rallied and pulled the leaders in with 6 km to go.
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Erik Dekker, Rik Verbrugghe and Michael Barry all tried late attacks, but Bettini's teammate Patrik Sinkewitz did a superb job in towing the group at high speed to the 1 km to go banner, where Dekker tried again with an identical result. Bettini started his sprint on the left hand side of the road but switched to the right when he saw Barry and Flecha jump hard. He took Barry's wheel and came around the Canadian, but Flecha on his right was too strong and won the sprint ahead of Bettini and Jerome Pineau (Brioches la Boulangère), gaining a shoulder clap from Bettini who recorded his third second place in a World Cup in August.
Davide Rebellin finished sixth in the sprint and hung onto his jersey by 6 points, which means the last two rounds (Paris-Tours and the Tour of Lombardy) in October should be an interesting battle.
Photography
Images by Reuters/Andreas Meier
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) takes a surprise victory in the 91st Züri-Metzgete/Championship of Zurich, winning a 30-rider bunch sprint ahead of favourite Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Jerome Pineau (Brioches la Boulangère).
- The podium - (L to R) Paolo Bettini (Quick Step - Davitamon), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo, 1st) and Jérôme Pineau (Brioches La Boulangere, 3rd).
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) smiles at the sign in
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) with his race face on
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) in his special Olympic gold coloured jersey
- Bettini and Astarloa chat at the start
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) with two of his teammates Georg Totschnig (L) and Fabian Wegmann (R)
- Astarloa, Rebellin and Bettini: there's a bit of talent there with the World Champ, World Cup leader and Olympic Champ.
- Bettini and Di Luca at the start
- Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) phones home
- Casagrande and Astarloa: two of the strong men in Lampre
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) poses with his bike and gold trimmed jersey
- The Quick.Step-Davitamon team poses with gold coloured Bettini in the centre
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) cruises along in his new Olympic gold coloured jersey
- Bettini gets some adjustments done to his jersey
- David Zabriskie (USPS) leads Carlos Barredo (Liberty) during their long escape
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) in action
- The peloton rides through a small Swiss town
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) followed by Serge Baguet (Lotto-Domo)
- Konecny and Guerini working for T-Mobile
- The peloton rides through the countryside around Zurich
- Frank Schleck (CSC) went in pursuit of Zabriskie and Barredo, but didn't get them
- Paolo Savoldelli (T-Mobile) in the peloton
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Davitamon) did a lot of work for Bettini
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) is definitely the man in form
- Bettini and Rebellin step on the gas
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) in descending mode
- Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) attacks on the Forch climb on the last lap
- Casagrande leads Vinokourov, Zberg and Rogers
- Yaroslav Popovych (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) takes a flyer
- Michele Bartoli (CSC) attacked in the finale, without success
- Bettini shows the pain of his effort
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) forces the pace at the foot of the final ascent of the Pfannenstiel with Rebellin and Albasini on his wheel
- Casagrande and Vinokourov at the front of the leading group
- Vinokourov leads Freire
- Bettini continues to set the pace
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) was in good form in Zurich
- Moncoutie (L) and Verbrugghe (R) lead Vinokourov over the top of the Pfannenstiel for the last time
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in an aggressive mode
- Rebellin attacks on the Wetzwil climb with 15 km to go
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) goes downhill fast
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) descends
- Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) had a few problems on the descent
- Paolo Savoldelli (T-Mobile) descends
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) goes it alone in the finale
- Rebellin leads a late break with Frigo, Savoldelli and Bettini
- The sprint was close but Flecha (C) got it from Bettini (R)
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) wins, as Bettini (R) looks across at him
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) looks happy with his win
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) cools down afterwards
- The podium: Paolo Bettini (2nd), Juan Antonio Flecha (1st) and Jerome Pineau (3rd)
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) looks worried, and he should be with Bettini now just six points behind him in the World Cup
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) on the podium in the World Cup jersey
Results - 241 km
1 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.13.30 (42.707 km/h) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Davitamon 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 10 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 12 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto - Domo 13 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) De Nardi 14 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 15 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 18 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 19 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto - Domo 21 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 24 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 25 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) T-Mobile Team 28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 29 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 30 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.03 32 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.11 33 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step - Davitamon 0.19 34 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.55 35 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.38 36 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 39 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 40 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 41 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto - Domo 42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 45 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 47 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 48 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 50 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step - Davitamon 53 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 54 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 55 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 56 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fdjeux.Com 57 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 58 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 59 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 60 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 61 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 62 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 63 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetteri 66 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio - Bianchi 67 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 68 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 69 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Tel 6.32 70 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 71 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step - Davitamon 72 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step - Davitamon 74 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 76 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.52 77 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetteri 81 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 82 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Davitamon 83 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 84 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 85 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Fdjeux.Com 86 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 87 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 88 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 89 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 90 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 91 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 92 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.Com 93 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 94 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 10.38 95 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNF Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team DNF Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step - Davitamon DNF José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Davitamon DNF Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank DNF Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank DNF Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank DNF Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto - Domo DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto - Domo DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto - Domo DNF Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto - Domo DNF Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco DNF Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco DNF David Loosli (Swi) Saeco DNF Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco DNF Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNF Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC DNF José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor DNF Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor DNF David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor DNF Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor DNF Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor DNF Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF D'abusco Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre DNF Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF René Joergensen (Den) Alessio - Bianchi DNF Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio - Bianchi DNF Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio - Bianchi DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio - Bianchi DNF Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio - Bianchi DNF Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Christian* Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros DNF Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.Com DNF Francis Mourey (Fra) Fdjeux.Com DNF David Derepas (Fra) Fdjeux.Com DNF Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi DNF Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNF Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetteri DNF Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetteri DNF Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetteri DNF Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetteri DNF Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetteri DNF Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Alexander Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze DNF Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
World Cup standings after round 8
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 314 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 308 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 202 4 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 150 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 146 6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 140 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 137 8 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 131 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 108 10 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 100 11 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 96 12 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 95 13 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 84 14 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 77 15 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 68 16 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 67 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 50 18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 19 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 43 20 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 43 21 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 40 22 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 40 23 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 40 24 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 39 25 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 26 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floo 36 27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 32 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 30 29 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 28 30 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 31 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 32 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 25 33 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi 24 34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21 35 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre 20 36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 19 37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 19 38 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 18 39 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 18 40 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 41 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 16 42 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 16 43 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15 44 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 45 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 12 46 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 47 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 48 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 11 49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 11 50 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 51 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6 52 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 5 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 54 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 55 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 3 56 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 57 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 58 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 52 pts 2 Rabobank 47 3 Gerolsteiner 41 4 Lotto-Domo 36 5 Fassa Bortolo 36 6 Quick.Step-Davitamon 36 7 Team CSC 27 8 Saeco 26 9 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 26 10 Lampre 19 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 12 Alessio-Bianchi 10 13 FDJeux.com 5 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2
