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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                                              

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