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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
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Prologue - August 16: Den Helder (Ned) ITT, 5.8 km
Schumi shines
By Jeff Jones
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Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) continues his impressive rookie ProTour season by winning the prologue of the Eneco Tour in Den Helder. Schumi motored around the flat, but bumpy 5.8 km course in just over seven minutes, averaging almost 50 km/h to take the first red leader's jersey. In second place - for the fourth time this year in a time trial - was George Hincapie (Discovery Channel), who nevertheless showed that he will be a contender in this year's Eneco Tour. Third went to the young Dutch rider Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), who started as one of the first riders and held his spot at the top for most of the day.
"My form is pretty good," said Schumacher. "The fact that I'm finishing ahead of a few specialists here is therefore very satisfying. I'm not surprised about that, however. I will do everything I can to stay in front. Above all, the last stages suit me."
How it unfolded
The 2006 Eneco Tour kicked off with a 5.8 km prologue in Den Helder, the historically important naval town perched on the North Sea. The course started with a few corners before heading out and back along the sea front, with a small climb at the turnaround point. Fortunately, the weather gods were smiling today, with the recent storms in this part of the world abating to give the riders calm and sunny conditions.
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The first rider off, at 13:30, was Ivan Santos (Astana), and he was followed at one minute intervals by the rest of the field, with defending champ Bobby Julich the last rider to go at 16:29. It didn't take long for a good mark to be set, with Rabobank's Joost Posthuma leaving at 13:45 and racing home in 7'01.83, a time that was to hold for over two and a half hours. Alexei Markov (Caisse d'Epargne) slotted into second place with a 7'05, and it took nearly an hour and a half before Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) could just better that, but it was still not close to Posthuma's time.
The clock ticked down and the young Rabobank specialist held off all the challengers. Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) rode a solid 7'04 to come within a couple of seconds of Posthuma, putting himself in contention for the leader's jersey once the sprint stages start. But it wasn't until Bobby Julich was leaving the start ramp that Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) blasted up the final straight to stop the clock in 7'00.78, a second better than Posthuma.
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Schumacher's time was a good one, and even George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) couldn't quite get him, although he did end up with second in the stage. For Hincapie, it was his fourth second place in time trials this year, after recording similar results in the prologues of the Tour de France and Dauphine Libéré, and the final time trial stage of the Driedaagse van De Panne. That moved Posthuma down to third, where he stayed as neither José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne, 4th) nor Bobby Julich (CSC, outside the top 10) could dislodge him.
Schumacher will wear the leader's jersey going into tomorrow's first stage between Wieringerwerf and Hoogeveen over 177 km, which is favourable for the sprinters.
Photography
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- Prologue winner Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) missed out by 0.45 of a second
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) set the early best time, that held for most of the day
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) racing to fifth place
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) was eigth, but had the misfortune to crash after the stage
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) came a little bit short today to finish 10th
- Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel)
- Karsten Kroon (CSC) was 12th today
- Philippe Gilbert (FDJ) was a solid 13th
- Bobby Julich (CSC) was 15th at the end
- Viacheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) in his last prologue
- Rik Reinerink (Skil-Shimano)
- Mark Scanlon (AG2R) in action
- Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) was just inside the top 30
- Luke Roberts (CSC) a little rusty?
- Lars Michaelsen (CSC) winds it up
- Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) in not his favourite discipline
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) puts the power down
- Gustav Larsson (FDJ) is his team's other Swedish champ
- Gert Steegmans (Davitamon) on the way back
- Gerben Lowik (Rabobank)
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) in action
- Andrea Peron (CSC) pushing for a good time
- Vicente Reynes (Caisse d'Epargne)
Results
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.00.78 (49.622 km/h) 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.00.45 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.01.05 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.01.35 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.03.68 6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.04.58 7 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.04.60 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.04.77 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.07.47 10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.07.91 11 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.08.82 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.08.77 13 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.10.16 14 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.11.00 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.11.42 16 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 0.11.50 17 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.11.62 18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.11.85 19 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.11.98 20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.12.68 21 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.13.02 22 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 0.13.62 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 0.13.33 24 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.13.52 25 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.13.69 26 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.13.94 27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14.82 28 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.14.49 29 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.14.61 30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14.83 31 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 0.14.85 32 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.15.03 33 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 0.15.61 34 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.15.93 35 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 36 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.16.18 37 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.16.52 38 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.16.58 39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.16.60 40 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.16.80 41 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.17.22 42 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.17.37 43 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.17.51 44 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 0.17.56 45 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17.59 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.17.85 47 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17.88 48 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.18.37 49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.18.43 50 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.18.45 51 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.18.68 52 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 0.19.12 53 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.19.22 54 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.19.46 55 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.19.68 56 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.19.69 57 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 0.19.72 58 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.19.77 59 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.19.82 60 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19.99 61 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.21.02 62 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.20.41 63 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 0.20.51 64 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 65 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.20.54 66 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.20.61 67 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 0.20.86 68 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.20.97 69 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.21.49 70 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 0.21.60 71 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.21.73 72 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 0.22.04 73 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22.82 74 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.22.35 75 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.22.55 76 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 0.22.69 77 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.23.05 78 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 0.23.72 79 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 0.23.34 80 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astana Team 0.23.37 81 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 0.23.49 82 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 0.23.55 83 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.23.70 84 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.23.83 85 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.23.91 86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.24.16 87 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.24.72 88 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.24.92 89 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.24.32 90 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.24.50 91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 0.25.00 92 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 0.25.06 93 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26.02 94 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.25.34 95 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.25.71 96 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.25.82 97 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.25.98 98 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.25.99 99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.26.18 100 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.26.52 101 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.26.35 102 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.26.94 103 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 0.27.09 104 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.27.14 105 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.27.15 106 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.27.92 107 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.28.02 108 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.27.42 109 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.27.48 110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.27.61 111 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 0.27.71 112 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.27.84 113 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 0.27.91 114 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.28.50 115 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28.55 116 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.28.75 117 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.28.83 118 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 0.28.88 119 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.29.32 120 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.29.92 121 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.29.59 122 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.29.91 123 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.30.62 124 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.30.54 125 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.30.59 126 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 127 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 0.30.68 128 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.31.32 129 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.31.42 130 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.31.32 131 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.31.40 132 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 0.31.71 133 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.32.82 134 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.32.32 135 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.32.37 136 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 0.32.60 137 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.32.65 138 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.33.14 139 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34.12 140 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 0.33.34 141 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.33.47 142 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 0.33.51 143 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.33.74 144 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.33.90 145 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34.11 146 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34.92 147 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.34.75 148 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 0.35.70 149 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 0.35.74 150 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.35.80 151 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.35.97 152 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.36.07 153 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.36.43 154 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.36.45 155 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37.68 156 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 157 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.38.02 158 Joseba Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38.47 159 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.38.56 160 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 0.38.78 161 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.38.92 162 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.39.57 163 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.39.61 164 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.39.81 165 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.40.81 166 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.40.86 167 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.41.11 168 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 0.42.64 169 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.43.67 170 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.45.68 171 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.47.13 172 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 0.48.04 173 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 0.48.97 174 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.52.37 175 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.54.14 176 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.56.09 177 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.57.02 178 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.12.22 DNF Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone Young riders 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.00.78 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.01.05 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.07.47 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.07.91 5 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.10.16 6 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.11.62 7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.15.93 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.16.52 9 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.16.58 10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.16.80 11 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.17.22 12 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.17.37 13 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.18.37 14 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19.99 15 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.21.02 16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 0.20.51 17 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.20.54 18 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 0.20.86 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.21.49 20 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.21.73 21 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22.82 22 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 0.23.49 23 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.23.83 24 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.24.72 25 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.24.92 26 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.24.32 27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.24.50 28 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26.02 29 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.25.82 30 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.25.98 31 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.26.35 32 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.27.15 33 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.27.42 34 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.27.48 35 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.28.83 36 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 0.28.88 37 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.29.59 38 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.31.32 39 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.32.37 41 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.32.65 42 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.33.14 43 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34.12 44 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 0.33.51 45 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34.11 46 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34.92 47 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 0.35.70 48 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.35.97 49 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.36.45 50 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.37.68 51 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.38.56 52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.39.61 53 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.40.81 54 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.43.67 55 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.45.68 56 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 0.48.04 57 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 0.48.97 58 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.56.09 Teams 1 Discovery Channel 21.21 2 Rabobank 0.01 3 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.02 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.04 5 Liquigas 0.07 6 Team CSC 0.16 7 Française des Jeux 0.18 8 Credit Agricole 0.24 9 T-Mobile Team 0.25 10 Unibet.com 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.27 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Skil-Shimano 0.31 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.32 15 Bouygues Telecom 0.33 16 Davitamon-Lotto 17 Lampre-Fondital 0.35 18 Team Milram 0.41 19 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.42 20 Astana Team 0.45 21 AG2R-Prevoyance 0.58 22 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.12 23 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 General classification after prologue 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.00 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.01 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.02 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.04 6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.05 7 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.08 10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.09 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 13 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.10 14 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.11 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.12 16 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 17 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 19 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.13 21 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 0.14 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 24 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15 28 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 32 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 33 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 0.16 34 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 36 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 37 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.17 38 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 40 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 41 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.18 42 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 43 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 45 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 47 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.19 49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 52 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 53 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.20 54 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 55 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 56 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 58 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 59 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.21 62 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 63 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 64 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 65 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 67 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 68 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.22 70 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 71 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 72 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.23 74 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 75 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 76 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 77 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 0.24 79 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 80 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astana Team 81 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 82 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 83 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 87 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.25 88 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 89 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 90 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 92 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 93 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 94 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 96 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 97 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 98 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 100 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.27 101 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 102 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 103 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 104 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 105 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 106 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.28 107 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 112 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 113 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 114 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.29 115 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 117 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 118 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 119 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.30 120 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 122 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 123 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.31 124 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 125 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 126 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 127 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 128 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.32 129 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 130 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 131 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 132 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 133 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.33 134 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 135 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 136 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 137 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 139 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34 140 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 141 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 143 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 144 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 145 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.35 147 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 148 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 0.36 149 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 150 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 151 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 152 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.37 154 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38 156 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 157 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 158 Joseba Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.39 159 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 160 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 161 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 162 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.40 163 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 164 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 165 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.41 166 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 167 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 168 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 0.43 169 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.44 170 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.46 171 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.47 172 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 0.48 173 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 0.49 174 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.53 175 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.54 176 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.56 177 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.57 178 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.13 Young rider classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.00 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.01 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.08 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.10 6 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.12 7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.16 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.17 9 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.18 12 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.19 14 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.20 15 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.21 16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 17 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.22 20 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.23 22 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 0.24 23 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 24 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.25 25 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 26 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 28 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 29 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.27 32 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.28 34 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.29 36 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 37 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.30 38 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.32 39 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.33 41 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 43 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34 44 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 45 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.35 47 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 0.36 48 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.37 50 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.38 51 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.39 52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.40 53 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.41 54 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.44 55 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.46 56 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 0.48 57 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 0.49 58 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.56 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel 21.21 2 Rabobank 0.01 3 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.02 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.04 5 Liquigas 0.07 6 Team CSC 0.16 7 Française des Jeux 0.18 8 Credit Agricole 0.24 9 T-Mobile Team 0.25 10 Unibet.com 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.27 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Skil-Shimano 0.31 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.32 15 Bouygues Telecom 0.33 16 Davitamon-Lotto 17 Lampre-Fondital 0.35 18 Team Milram 0.41 19 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.42 20 Astana Team 0.45 21 AG2R-Prevoyance 0.58 22 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.12 23 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15
