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60th Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, April 25-30, 2006
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Stage 2 - April 27: Porrentruy-Porrentruy , 171.2km
Lest we forget: Horner fantastic in the Jurassic!
By Anthony Tan in Porrentruy
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Until June 16 last year, many Europeans had forgotten the name of Chris Horner. It had been five years since he competed full-time in Europe, last with Française des Jeux, but on that summer's day in Switzerland, the American made them remember with a superb mountain-top victory at the Tour de Suisse. Another year on in the heart of the Jura mountains, the now 34 year-old has done it again, taking advantage of having the numbers, speed and suppleness for his second succès en Suisse.
And while he had every intention of winning the stage, Horner said no had no intention of taking the race lead: "No, absolutely not - it just came with it, so I'll take it," he giggled to Cyclingnews.
"I was a little bad today," Horner recalled. "I had some moments where I wasn't so sure of the legs, but we hit the climb and I was to able to follow the pace on the climb; the Illes Balears rider Joaquim Rodriguez was very strong on the climb but very steady. Afterwards on the descent, Savoldelli was... whooaaah - now I understand where [he gets his nickname] - it was the first time I'd seen it, and I thought for sure he was going to crash a couple of times he went into some of the corners so fast.
"But he managed to stay up and split the group in three or four different places; at one time, I had to chase the whole time down the descent to get back on. Luckily, I had Cadel Evans in the front; he didn't take a pull and he slowed it down till I got there, and then we started playing some tactics after that.
Asked on the discussions between Evans and himself, Horner replied with a laugh: "We didn't need to discuss with Valverde there. It's pretty clear: you come out of the last corner with Valverde, you're going to lose.
"He's such a well-rounded rider but more than anything, his sprint is incredible. You've got to know your job, and when you see Valverde in the group with you, you know you can't win so you have to attack - you let it come to a sprint, there's no chance of winning.
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"Hopefully the yellow jersey gives a little extra incentive, but I definitely... I'm certainly there with the top, I don't doubt that at all; tomorrow's going to be a mountain-top finish instead of a descent and there's so much tactics involved there. I'm certainly up there with the top climbers in the race, but we have to see tomorrow exactly if I can climb with the very best, or just some of the best."
Two days ago, it felt like Davitamon-Lotto had the weight of the world on their shoulders. Now with two victories in as many days and won with apparent ease, it appears as if they're lying on the couch! But Horner said today wasn't easy at all, and in fact suffered a great deal more than last Sunday where he finished eighth in La Doyenne.
"In Liège-Bastogne-Liège, I wasn't suffering, I felt fantastic, and today I was at the limit most of the time and never felt comfortable all day. So I think I was better at Liège, and the problem that I think I'm having is maybe the days in between Liège - that was only my second race of that distance - so I think I needed a few more days of recovery.
"Maybe now with three days between Liège, the legs will be a little better tomorrow. Either way, I hold the jersey, I don't hold the jersey... it's not a huge priority. But once you have the win, they can't take that away from ya!"
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One not so content with today's proceedings was overnight leader Paolo Savoldelli, whose famed descending skills almost won him the stage. The defending Giro champion has continually played himself down since taking the opening lead in Geneva - but it was clear from his sullen face on the podium he didn't want to lose it. However, with two very difficult stages to follow before the final time trial in Lausanne, Savoldelli has plenty of opportunities to salvage his loss of today.
Said Horner of Savoldelli: "I can give you my opinion: I think he's incredibly strong and stands probably the best chance of winning this race overall. You have Valverde who's so fast and can pick up time bonuses in the few stages coming up, but Savoldelli can time trial, he's on his way to the Giro, so naturally I would think his form is coming up, not going down."
Stage 3 - April 28: Bienne-Leysin
The only point-to-point stage of this year's Tour de Romandie, tomorrow's stage begins in Biel in the far west. It's a relatively flat ride southeast to Leysin until 15 kilometres from the finish - but that's where things change, the day ending atop the 1,318 metre-high Category 1 ascent of Le Sépey. Here, we're sure to see fireworks galore, the first significant reordering on general classification and a clear idea of just who will be standing on that final podium in Lausanne.
How it unfolded
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Arm warmers were the order of the day at the 13:15 start in Porrentruy's Hôtel-de-Ville; it wasn't raining, but it was un peu froid, and the weather report from Météo Suisse suggested un peu pluie was on the way. Furthermore, apart from two Category 1 mountains, no less than eight railway crossings were to be crossed over the 171,2 kilometre-long parcours, so we were all hoping for a safe journey for the 158 riders left in the race; Crédit Agricole's Alexandre Botcharov was today's only non-starter.
Like yesterday's stage, Stage 2 consisted of three large loops, this time held in the Canton of Jura. The principal challenges included the climb to Bourrignon after 56.2 kilometres, with the second the Col de la Croix, it's GPM located just 13.5 kilometres from the finish.
However, unlike yesterday's stage, it was a nervous start with plenty of attacking; the first escape happening after 12 kilometres with Juan Manuel Garate (Quick.Step), Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto), Joaquin Rodriguez Olivier (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Liberty Seguros-Würth) and Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) represented. The names showed promise but the cohesion didn't, and it was peloton groupé by km 15. Already yesterday's lone escapee Dimitri Konyshev (LPR) was in difficulty, and it was going to be a long, long day for the Russian.
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After 20 kilometres, Konyshev's Swiss team-mate Roger Beuchat and compatriot David Loosli were feeling a little more lively, their move prompting Aitor Perez Arrieta (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) to chase. However for the latter two, it was too late, and after double the distance, the Swiss pairing had amassed a two-and-a-half minute advantage. Nevertheless, Moreau continued his chase although Arrieta returned to the peloton.
It was an inspiring breakaway by the two locals with Beuchat a citizen of Jura and the Bernese Loosli. Not much was happening in the peloton behind them, apart from Française des Jeux's Bradley McGee taking third place in the first bonus sprint in Délémont (km 44,1) and moving within a second of the maillot jaune virtuel.
Smartly, Beuchat and Loosli rode tempo up the first climb to Bourrignon and by the first passage of Porrentruy, the peloton was over 10 minutes behind; the obstinate Moreau pressed on 6'22 in arrears, venting his frustration through his pedals after missing the move.
A closed railway crossing just before the century mark à la Paris-Roubaix saw the lead pair wait for almost one and a half minutes with no neutralisation of the peloton by race officials. Consequently, Moreau closed the gap to five minutes with the peloton now nine minutes down.
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Through the second passage of Porrentruy (km 129, 42,2km to go), Moreau had just about given up but the bunch certainly hadn't, who were five minutes behind and closing. 20 kilometres later, a tired Beuchat and Loosli made it onto the final climb that must have resembled an oversized hurt bag, which turned out to be the case for more than a few members of the peloton as it split into three on the Col de la Croix's lower slopes.
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears's Joaquin Rodriguez Olivier put in a killer move that narrowed the front group further, with no more than 15 riders going first over its crest. Naturally, 'Il Falco' Savoldelli dropped down the descent like a stone, opening up a lead that split the group yet again: after some manic chasing, only the names of Alexandre Moos (Phonak), Cadel Evans and Chris Horner (both Davitamon-Lotto), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros-Würth) and Dario Cioni (Liquigas) got back on.
Then six kilometres from the finish, Evans put in a big attack before being caught, and with Davitamon holding the numbers, it was cleverly countered by his teammate Horner less than a kilometre later. After his top-ten finish in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the American was a man on form with the confidence to match...
... and with his hands on the hoods - his favoured riding position - elbows well bent and head down, bum up, Horner hammered to the finish, only looking back on the final left-hand corner before throwing his arms up in delight for his second success in Switzerland.
Photography
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- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) wins stage 2
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) in the peloton
Images by AFP Photo
- Jan Ullrich has plenty of fans
- Young fans watch stage 2
- Jan Ullrich follows the peloton
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) refuels on the cobbles
- Roger Beuchat (LPR) away in the rain
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) cornering in the wet
- This is what you call tight racing
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) scores his first win for Davitamon
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the second stage
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes from the podium
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) dons the yellow jersey
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) is the new leader
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- An expectant crowd in Porrentruy lined the uphill finish, while the photographers on the left take their positions.
- Today's stage winner Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes the crowd.
- It was hard to wipe the smile off Chris Horner's face at quarter to six this evening.
- "I think I could get used to this... "
- "And I certainly can get used to this!"
- A popular new sprint leader, David Loosli (Lampre-Fondital), who took the lead in the classification after his long breakaway with Roger Beuchat.
- "Yeah, I did orright, didn't I?!"
- Overnight leader Paolo Savoldelli's solemn face said it all. But we dig those fishnet stockings!
- This was the extent of Paolo Savoldelli's emotions on the podium after loosing the lead today.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) thinks about the days ahead.
- The eyes tell the story - it's not over till it's over, thinks Paolo Savoldelli.
- Jura local Roger Beuchat (LPR) the most popular figure on the podium this evening.
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) tells it like it was at the post-race press conference.
- That winning grin!
Results
1 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4.16.22 (40.068 km/h) 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.05 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.08 5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 12 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 0.13 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.26 16 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 20 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 21 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 23 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 24 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.00 30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 31 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 33 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.02 34 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 35 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 38 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 42 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 43 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 45 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 47 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 49 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 50 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R. 51 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 53 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 55 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 57 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 58 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 59 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 60 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 62 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 63 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 64 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 65 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 66 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 67 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 70 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 3.18 73 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 74 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 75 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3.32 76 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.12 77 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 6.11 78 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 79 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.19 84 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7.20 85 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.22 86 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.34 87 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 88 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.47 91 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 92 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 95 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10.01 96 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 97 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 98 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 99 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 100 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 101 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 102 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 103 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 106 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 107 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 108 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 109 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 110 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 111 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 112 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 113 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 116 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 117 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 118 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 119 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 121 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 124 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 125 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 126 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 127 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 128 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 129 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 130 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 131 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 132 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 133 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 134 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 136 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 137 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 138 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 139 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 141 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 143 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 147 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 148 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 149 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 150 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 151 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 152 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 153 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 154 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 10.18 155 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.55 156 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole DNS Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole Points 1 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 8 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 6 11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 5 12 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 4 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 14 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 2 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Mountains Climb - Cat. 1 1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 12 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 8 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 5 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 Climb - Cat. 1 1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 8 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 6 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 5 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Climb - Cat. 1 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 Sprints Bonus PMU - km 44.1 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 6 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 3 3 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1 Bonus PMU - km 138.8 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 6 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 3 3 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team 12.49.27 2 Liquigas 1.21 3 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 4 Davitamon - Lotto 1.49 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.54 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.51 7 Team Milram 3.54 8 T-Mobile Team 3.57 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.33 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Team CSC 5.09 12 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 13 Bouygues Telecom 5.41 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.45 15 Gerolsteiner 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.43 17 Credit Agricole 9.52 18 Francaise Des Jeux 9.54 19 Lampre-Fondital 10.23 20 Rabobank 11.10 21 Team L.P.R. 14.03 General classification after stage 2 1 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 8.31.11 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.07 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09 5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.11 6 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.17 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.19 9 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.30 11 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 0.33 12 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 0.34 13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 14 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.46 15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34 16 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.35 17 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.36 18 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.37 19 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 20 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.38 22 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.40 23 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.44 24 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 25 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.46 26 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.49 27 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.51 28 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.02 29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2.05 30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.08 31 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 2.10 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 33 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.12 34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 36 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.14 39 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 40 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.15 41 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16 42 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 43 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.18 45 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.19 46 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.21 49 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.22 52 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 53 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 54 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 55 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.23 56 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.26 57 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.27 58 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.30 59 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 60 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 61 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31 62 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 63 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.32 64 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 65 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R. 67 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.34 68 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.37 69 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.38 70 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.42 71 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 2.52 72 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.34 73 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3.43 74 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 3.44 75 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.50 76 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.51 77 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 6.19 78 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.23 79 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.26 80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.33 81 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 6.34 82 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 6.55 83 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.43 84 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.51 85 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7.59 86 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 8.38 87 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.00 88 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.09 89 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.25 90 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 9.59 91 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 10.01 92 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10.02 93 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.07 94 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 10.09 96 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10.13 98 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 10.15 99 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.16 100 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.17 101 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 103 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 104 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.18 105 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.19 106 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.20 107 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.21 108 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 10.23 109 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 110 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 111 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 112 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10.24 113 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 114 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 115 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10.25 116 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.26 117 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 118 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 119 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.27 120 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 121 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10.28 122 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 124 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.29 125 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 126 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 127 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 10.30 128 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.31 129 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 130 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 131 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 132 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 133 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.32 134 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.33 135 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.34 137 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 138 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 10.36 140 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 141 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.38 142 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.39 143 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 144 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 145 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.40 146 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 147 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 10.42 148 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 149 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.43 150 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.46 151 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 152 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 10.52 153 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.01 154 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.03 155 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.54 156 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 18.53 Points classification 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 pts 2 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 20 7 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 13 10 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 13 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 10 14 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 10 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 16 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 17 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 18 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 19 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 8 20 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 7 22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 23 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 7 24 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 25 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 5 27 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 28 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 29 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 4 30 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 4 31 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 4 32 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 35 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 2 36 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1 Mountains classification 1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 24 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 14 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 5 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 10 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 9 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 10 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 12 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 13 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Sprints classification 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 12 pts 2 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 12 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 6 4 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 6 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 8 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team 25.34.39 2 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 0.58 3 Liquigas 1.09 4 Davitamon - Lotto 1.33 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.53 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.30 7 Team Milram 3.56 8 T-Mobile Team 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.28 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 11 Team CSC 5.00 12 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 5.09 13 Bouygues Telecom 5.34 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.43 15 Gerolsteiner 5.45 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.36 17 Credit Agricole 9.44 18 Francaise Des Jeux 9.45 19 Lampre-Fondital 10.06 20 Rabobank 11.00 21 Team L.P.R. 14.04
