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Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 1-9, 2006
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Stage 4 - August 5: Heidenheim - Bad Tölz, 192 km
First European victory for Brown
D-Tour's queen stage awaits
By Anthony Tan
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After four years trying without success, Australian sprinter Graeme Brown has finally put his name into the winners' books in old Europe. Making the most out of the chaos that comes with a late recapture, as Jens Voigt's attack with 500 metres to go was brought back just in the nick of time, the 27 year-old New South Welshman showed a fast pair of legs and a clean pair of wheels to take victory in the fourth stage of the 'D-Tour'.
Second was Gerolsteiner's Stefan Schumacher, followed by Milram's Erik Zabel, whose third place coupled with three bonus seconds in the day's intermediate sprints moved him seven seconds clear of overnight leader Vladimir Gusev from Discovery Channel. The popular German also leads the points competition by a massive margin, 44 points clear of yesterday's stage winner Gerald Ciolek (Team Wiesenhof).
With the first climbers' stage starting tomorrow, however, 'Ete' Zabel's spell in yellow is unlikely to last long. In the last 100 kilometres, the peloton face the 2,020 metre-high hors categorie Kuhtai pass, before the stage ends with a a ten-kilometre mountain-top finish to Seefeld in Austria.
How it unfolded
171 riders left under cloudy skies from Heidenheim at 10:40 this morning, and although the parcours presented little challenge, rain and thunderstorms were predicted later in the afternoon.
The official start began 6.2 kilometres later at seven minutes to eleven, and it wasn't long before riders began trying their luck, hoping to make the right breakaway. Shortly after the 10 kilometre mark, Bjoern Schroeder (Milram) and Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) succeeded, and with the latter only 1'20 behind overnight leader Vladimir Gusev of Discovery Channel, the British rider assumed the maillot jaune virtuel (or whatever it's called in German) before too long.
At the first intermediate sprint (km 27,1), the front pair already enjoyed a three and a half minute lead, with Erik Zabel picking up third place and a one-second time bonus. Despite the relatively high speed of the peloton, Schroeder and Wegelius forged ahead, 4'30 ahead of the bunch after 52 kilometres.
However, behind them, an alliance of sorts formed between three teams - T-Mobile, Gerolsteiner, and Astana - and when the news broke, Schroeder drifted back to the peloton, while Wegelius continued alone until the 81 kilometre mark, where he found himself caught.
Order didn't last long, though, as a new trio consisting of Markel Irizar Aranburu (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Marcel Sieberg (Team Wiesenhof Akud) and Sébastien Minard (Cofidis) left the peloton's grasp a few clicks down the road, gaining almost three minutes by km 118.
On rain-soaked roads, the trio pressed on, kilometre after kilometre, but Team Milram were intent on chasing, knowing a recapture would most likely see their leader Erik Zabel in yellow by the day's end. With 15 kilometres to go, their break's lead was 1'10, and it was touch-and-go if they would make it.
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Unfortunately for the escapees, their day away came to an end three kilometres from the finish in Bad Tölz, and it was Team Wiesenhof's Sieberg the last man caught. Lampre once again positioned themselves at the front, so too did Zabel - but with just under two kilometres to go, Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) attacked, followed by Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile).
However, with 500 metres remaining, the field came back together, just in time for one last suicidal attempt from Jens Voigt (CSC). With that over before it even started, Australian Graeme Brown threw his bike across the line and took his first victory of the year, beating Schumacher and Zabel to the post.
Results
Photography
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- Yeesss! Graeme Brown (Rabobank) takes the fourth stage and notches his first win on European soil.
- Can you feeeel it?! Graeme Brown (Rabobank) beats Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Erik Zabel (Milram) to the post.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) is a happy man today.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) holds his winner's bouquet aloft.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) becomes the new leader of the Deutschland Tour, and finds it quite funny.
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4.34.38 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 5 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 9 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 13 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 16 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 19 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 21 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 22 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 24 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 25 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 27 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 32 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 36 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 37 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 39 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 40 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 42 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 43 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 45 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 46 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 47 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 49 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 50 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 51 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 53 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 54 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 55 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 59 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 60 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 62 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 63 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 64 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 66 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 71 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 72 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 73 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 74 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 75 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 76 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 78 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 79 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 83 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 86 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 87 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 88 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 89 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 90 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 92 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 93 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 94 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 95 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 96 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 97 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 98 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 99 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 102 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 104 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 106 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 109 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 110 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 111 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 112 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 113 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 117 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 118 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 119 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 121 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 122 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 123 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 125 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 126 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 127 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 128 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 129 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 130 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 131 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 132 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 133 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 134 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 136 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 137 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 138 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 139 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 142 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 143 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 144 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 145 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 146 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 147 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 148 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 149 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 0.24 150 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.35 151 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.55 152 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 0.57 153 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 154 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.05 155 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 1.10 156 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 157 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 158 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 160 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 161 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 162 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 163 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 165 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 167 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1.51 168 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.06 169 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.25 170 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram Mountains 1 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 pts 2 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 Points 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 13 5 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 8 9 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 7 10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 14 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 15 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints km 138,3 - Herrsching 1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 4 3 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 km 79,1 - Augsburg 1 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1 km 27,1 - Lauingen 1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3 pts 2 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 2 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1 Young rider 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.34.38 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 10 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 17 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 23 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 27 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 31 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 34 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 35 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 36 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 38 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 41 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 42 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 43 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 44 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 45 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 47 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.57 48 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.10 49 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 52 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1.51 Teams 1 Rabobank 13.43.54 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Lampre-Fondital 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Team Csc 6 Quick Step - Innergetic 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 9 Credit Agricole 10 T-Mobile Team 11 Astana-Würth Team 12 Davitamon-Lotto 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Team Vorarlberg 15 Liquigas 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Team Wiesenhof Akud 20 Phonak Hearung Systems 21 Team Milram 22 Française Des Jeux General classification after stage 4 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 18.43.10 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.07 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.08 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.14 5 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 0.17 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.18 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.20 9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 0.21 10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 0.24 11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 12 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.28 14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 15 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 16 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.32 18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.35 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.36 20 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.41 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.42 22 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 0.43 23 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.48 24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.49 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.52 26 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.54 28 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.56 30 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.57 31 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.00 32 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.01 33 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.04 34 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07 36 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 37 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.10 38 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.12 39 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 1.13 40 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.15 41 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 1.16 42 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.17 43 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.19 44 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1.20 45 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 47 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.21 48 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.22 49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23 52 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.24 53 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 54 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 1.26 55 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 56 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.27 59 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 60 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 61 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.28 62 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 63 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.29 64 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.30 66 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 67 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.32 69 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.33 70 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 1.34 71 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 72 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 73 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35 74 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.38 75 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.39 77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.40 78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.42 79 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.45 81 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1.46 82 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 1.50 83 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 1.52 84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.53 85 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.54 86 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.20 87 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.32 88 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 89 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 2.34 90 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.37 91 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.38 92 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 93 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.39 94 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 95 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2.42 97 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.43 98 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.44 99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 100 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45 101 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.48 102 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.54 103 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.59 104 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.01 105 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.05 106 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.07 107 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.09 108 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 3.11 109 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.12 110 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.13 111 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 112 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3.14 113 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 114 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.19 115 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.29 116 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 3.32 117 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.50 118 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3.51 119 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 3.53 120 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.56 121 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.04 122 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.44 123 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 124 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4.52 125 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.28 126 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.30 127 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 5.40 128 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.42 129 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.48 130 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6.05 131 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.08 132 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.13 133 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.15 134 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.23 135 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.28 136 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 7.23 137 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 7.44 138 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 7.56 139 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.42 140 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 9.49 141 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10.38 142 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.51 143 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.57 144 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.07 145 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 11.08 146 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.19 147 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.33 148 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 11.34 149 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 11.49 150 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.53 151 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.58 152 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.38 153 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.46 154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.48 155 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.54 156 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.55 157 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.32 158 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 13.50 159 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 13.57 160 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.00 161 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.34 162 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 15.42 163 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 16.58 164 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.26 165 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 166 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 19.55 167 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.02 168 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.04 169 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.04 Mountains classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 pts 2 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 7 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 4 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 5 8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 9 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 12 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 13 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 2 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1 15 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 16 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 83 pts 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 39 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 30 6 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 27 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 25 11 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 24 13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 14 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 22 15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 19 18 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 16 19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 16 21 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 22 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 13 23 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 13 24 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 25 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 26 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 27 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 11 29 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 11 30 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 31 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 10 32 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 33 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 34 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 35 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9 36 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 37 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 38 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 8 39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 8 40 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 7 41 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 42 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 43 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 6 44 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 45 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 46 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 47 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 5 48 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 49 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 4 50 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 4 51 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 4 52 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 53 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 54 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 55 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 3 56 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 57 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 58 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 59 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 60 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 61 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1 62 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Young rider classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.43.17 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.01 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 0.17 4 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.34 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.35 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.45 7 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 8 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.57 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.03 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.08 11 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 1.09 12 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.12 13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.14 14 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.15 15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.17 16 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 17 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 1.19 18 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21 19 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22 20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.23 21 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.35 23 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.13 24 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.30 25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.31 26 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.32 28 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2.35 29 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 30 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.38 31 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 3.04 32 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3.07 33 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.49 34 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.57 35 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.37 36 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.23 37 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.41 38 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.58 39 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.01 40 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 7.49 41 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.35 42 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10.31 43 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.44 44 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.50 45 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.12 46 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.26 47 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.41 48 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.47 49 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.48 50 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 13.43 51 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.53 52 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 15.35 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 56.10.32 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Astana-Würth Team 0.08 4 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 0.16 5 Team Csc 0.17 6 Lampre-Fondital 0.32 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.53 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.16 9 Liquigas 1.17 10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.25 11 Team Wiesenhof Akud 1.46 12 Team Milram 2.00 13 Rabobank 2.02 14 Phonak Hearung Systems 2.12 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.26 16 Française Des Jeux 2.57 17 Credit Agricole 2.59 18 Team Vorarlberg 3.23 19 Davitamon-Lotto 3.41 20 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.21 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.12 22 Bouygues Telecom 6.12
