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62nd Tour of Poland - ProT
Poland, September 12-18, 2005
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Stage 1 - September 12: Gdansk – Elblag, 149.6 km
Cooke breaks 18-month dry spell
By Daniel Marszalek
Australian sprinter Baden Cooke from Francaise des Jeux has won first stage of the Tour de Pologne after a dramatic finish at the streets of Elblag, passing Italian Luca Paolini from Quick Step only in the final few metres. Former under-23 world champion Francesco Chicchi (Fassa Bortolo) took clear third place,after peloton was split in the last few hundred metres due to crash that happened on the last corner of the course. Thanks to ten seconds' bonus for the stage win, Cooke became first leader of the race with four seconds advantage on Paolini and five ahead of Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner).
This morning before the stage 44 riders from teams: Credit Agricole, Fassa Bortolo, Francaise des Jeux, Liberty Seguros, Team Miche and Saunie Duval had their blood checked, with all of them declared fit to start the race. The proper start of the 62nd Tour de Pologne was delayed by no less than 30 minutes since judges decided to wait for unfortunate Euskaltel-Euskadi and Illes Ballears riders, who were unable to fly from San Sebastian yesterday. They were expected to arrive at Gdansk-Rebiechowo airport at 12.30, while honorary start of the TdP was originally scheduled for 12.56. Finally both teams found their way to Dlugi Targ (Long Market) at the old center of Gdansk, but Illes Ballears signed the start list with just five men, and Euskaltel with seven.
The first kilometres were ridden in a moderate pace until peloton came close to first intermediate sprint of the day at km 23 in Pruszcz Gdanski. This sprint was taken by German Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner) ahead of two Francaise des Jeux riders, Carlos Da Cruz and Lilian Jegou. Shortly after that, a large group of 15 riders broke away from the peloton with three Discovery Channel men (Viatcheslav Ekimov, Giennadi Mikhailov and Jaroslav Popowych) and two from Fassa Bortolo (Andrus Aug and Gustav Erik Larsson) and Intel-Action (Piotr Wadecki and Cezary Zamana). But such a break on a short stage (less than 150 km in distance) was too dangerous for many of race favourites, and it didn't last long. The main bunch, however, did allow a lone breakaway to go, when Frenchman Frederic Bichot from Francaise des Jeux attacked at km 42.
Bichot gained advantage of 2:00 by the km 55 mark and won second intermediate sprint of the day in Tczew at km 52. Forster was again the fastest from the bunch with Aurelien Clerc from Phonak taking third place. After a couple of attacks, six riders joined the lone leader at km 63. In this group there were three Intel-Action men: Bartosz Huzarski, Tomasz Brozyna and Ukrainian Bogdan Bondarev; two from Quick Step: Davide Bramati and Cristian Moreni, and well known in Poland, Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole). Bramati won third intermadiate sprint in Malbork at km 71 ahead of Huzarski and Brozyna, while they had already 2:50 on peloton. Their maximum lead reached 3:45 but as the race was getting closer to Elblag, the sprinters' teams began their chase.
When both groups crossed the finish line in Elblag for the first time (with still 5 x 6,7 km laps to go) Kirsipuu, Bramati, Moreni, Bichot, Huzarski, Brozyna and Bondarev had just 1:37 advantage on the chasing pack and lap by lap it melted away. With four laps to go it was just 1:20, with three 0:55, and with two just 0:25, until the seven man lead group was finally caught on the penultimate lap.
On the last lap Lampre was setting the pace, but it was Paolini ahead of Cooke who were the fastest into last very tight corner. Despite being pushed to the barriers by the Quick Step rider, Cooke managed to find enough speed to come around Paolini and claim his first win in Europe since March 2004.
Results
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.21.23 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche 11 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 14 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 16 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Intel-Action 17 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Intel-Action 19 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 21 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Antonio d'Aniello (Ita) Miche 23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 24 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 27 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 29 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 31 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 33 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 35 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 36 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 37 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 39 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 40 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 41 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 42 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 43 Janes Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 44 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 46 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 48 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 50 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 52 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 54 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 55 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 57 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 58 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 60 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 61 Arkaitz Daran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 63 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 65 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 66 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 67 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 69 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 70 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 71 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 72 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 73 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 74 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 75 Leonardo Caneschi (Ita) Miche 76 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 77 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 78 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 79 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 80 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 82 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 83 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 85 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 86 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 87 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Miche 88 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Miche 89 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 90 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action 91 Gustav E. Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 92 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 93 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 95 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 96 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step 97 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 98 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 100 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 101 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 102 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 103 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 106 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 107 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 109 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 111 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 114 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 115 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 116 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 117 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 118 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 120 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 121 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 123 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 124 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 126 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 127 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 128 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 129 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 130 Jose C. Julia (Spa) Illes Balears 131 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 133 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 134 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 137 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 139 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 140 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 141 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 142 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 144 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 145 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 147 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 148 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 149 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 150 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 151 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 152 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 153 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 154 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 155 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 3.36 156 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.15 159 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.03 160 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 9.28 DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNS Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank DNS Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze Points 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 20 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 19 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 4 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 17 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 6 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 9 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 10 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche 11 11 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 10 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 8 14 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 6 16 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Intel-Action 5 17 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 18 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Intel-Action 3 19 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 1 Sprints Pruszcz Gdanski, 23.2 km 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 3 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Tczew, 51.9 km 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 pts 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Malbork, 75.9 km 1 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 2 3 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 1 Mountains Climb 1 - Cat. 5, 116.9 km 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 3 pts 2 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 2 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 1 4 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 1 5 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 1 Climb 2 - Cat. 5, 123.6 km 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 3 pts 2 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 2 3 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 1 4 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 1 Climb 3 - Cat. 5, 130.3 km 1 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 3 pts 2 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 2 3 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 1 4 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 1 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 1 Climb 4 - Cat. 5, 137 km 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 3 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 2 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 1 4 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 1 5 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 1 Climb 5 - Cat. 5, 143.7 km 1 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 3 pts 2 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 2 3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 4 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 1 5 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.21.13 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 0.04 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.05 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.06 5 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.07 6 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 7 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.08 8 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 9 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.09 10 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.10 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche 17 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 18 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 20 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 22 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Intel-Action 23 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Intel-Action 25 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 27 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 Antonio d'Aniello (Ita) Miche 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 30 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 31 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 33 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 35 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 39 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 41 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 42 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 43 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 45 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 46 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 47 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 49 Janes Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 50 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 51 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 55 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 56 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 57 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 58 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 59 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 61 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 62 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 63 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 65 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 66 Arkaitz Daran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 69 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 70 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 71 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 72 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 73 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 74 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 75 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 76 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 77 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 78 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 79 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 80 Leonardo Caneschi (Ita) Miche 81 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 82 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 83 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 84 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 85 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 86 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 88 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 89 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 90 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Miche 91 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Miche 92 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 93 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action 94 Gustav E. Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 95 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 96 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step 99 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 100 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 102 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 103 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 106 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 107 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 108 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 110 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 112 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 114 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 115 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 116 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 117 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 118 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 119 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 121 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 122 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 124 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 125 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 127 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 128 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 129 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 130 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 131 Jose C. Julia (Spa) Illes Balears 132 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 133 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 134 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 135 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 136 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 138 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 140 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 141 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 144 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 145 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 146 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 148 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 149 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 150 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 151 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 152 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 153 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 154 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 155 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 3.46 156 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.25 159 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.13 160 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 9.38 Points classification 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 20 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 19 3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 4 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 17 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 6 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 9 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 10 Maurizio Carta (Ita) Miche 11 11 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 10 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 8 14 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 6 16 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Intel-Action 5 17 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 18 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Intel-Action 3 19 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 1 Mountains classification 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 11 pts 2 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 8 3 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 7 4 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 6 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 6 6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 7 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1 Most combative classification 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 pts 2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 3 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 3 4 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 5 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 2 6 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 8 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 1 Teams classification 1 Domina Vacanze 10.04.09 2 Française Des Jeux 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Miche 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 T-Mobile Team 7 Intel-Action 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 Liquigas-Bianchi 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Team CSC 15 Quick Step 16 Rabobank 17 Davitamon-Lotto 18 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19 Gerolsteiner 20 Credit Agricole 21 Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Lampre-Caffita
