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Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 1-9, 2006
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Stage 2 - August 3: Minden - Goslar, 181.5 km
"The first to the corner wins"
By Hedwig Kröner
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Jens Voigt, always ready to be off the front, saw his never ending offensives rewarded again today, winning the second stage of the Deutschland Tour in Goslar. The CSC rider was part of a final breakaway trio also including Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Andrei Kashechkin (Astana), who placed second and third in that order.
"It's great to win here in Germany," Voigt said after the race. "After the Tour, our first real race was the pair time trial in Bühl, and Bobby and I didn't succeed in defending our title - in fact, we ended up sixth, almost three minutes down... I must admit that that got me down quite a bit. Then, the prologue here was messed up because of the rain... so this does feel very liberating! I'm still here, my form is great and I'm happy to have won this stage. It's always great to win on one's home turf!"
Voigt, Rebellin and Kashechkin attacked the field shortly before the summit of the last Cat. 2 climb, the Bockswiese. On the long descent towards Goslar, the main bunch, driven by Lampre riders, chased hard behind them, but even though the trio only had 10 seconds left over them with 5 kilometres to go, the leaders defended their advantage. Inside the town of Goslar, Voigt played his cards exactly right - and was prepared for it.
"Most of the time, when you start to play poker in front, that's when the bunch reels you in and you don't win anything," added Voigt. "I was in the first break, too, and got caught before, then I was with the trio - and I told myself 'there's no way I'm going to have worked 30 kilometres to get taken in again.' And as I'm an experienced rider (smiles) I had looked at the finish profile beforehand and I knew that if you wanted to win here, you had to be first in the last corner before the line, because the last straight was very, very short. So my goal was exactly that: to get to that last corner in front, and from then on, it was all downhill and I could take the time to savour my win," he grinned.
Second-placed Rebellin, who was on Voigt's wheel when they headed onto the final straight, actually slid away slightly with his rear wheel in that left-hand corner, but managed not to crash. But the Italian, of course, missed at least one pedalstroke because of it, and lost contact with Voigt.
Fellow German Erik Zabel (Milram) eventually won the sprint of the main field, and sits now only one point behind the best sprinter, Vladimir Gusev, who also holds the yellow jersey in the race. Rebellin slipped into the jersey of best climber along the way.
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Rebellin's teammate Stefan Schumacher, present in the chase group, had tried to make a difference on the first climb of the day, 35 kilometres before the finish, in the fight over the mountains jersey. "We were eight guys to be caught again in the middle of the last climb," he explained. "With about one kilometre to go before the summit, those three got away. We had Davide Rebellin with them, so the finale was almost perfect for us. Second is not very far away from first - it's still a pity, though. I knew that Jens Voigt was pretty fast..."
In the exciting finale, Schumacher hoped that it would come down to a sprint of the main group. "It was really tight, and it could have come together again, so I remained concentrated. If it had been a sprint, I would have been the one to go for it for Gerolsteiner. But the two were really fast so we couldn't see who won," he said, adding that his team's chances on the overall classification were far from gone.
"Levi lost 40 seconds in the prologue, and in view of the mountain stages to come, that's not a lot," Schumacher continued. "On these stages, a lot can happen, and it will come down to gaps of minutes, not seconds. As to myself, I'll look how long I can play a role on GC, and I hope for a stage win."
How it unfolded
The 181 km stage from Minden to Goslar got underway under sunny skies, with one rider not departing: Oliver Zaugg (Saunier Duval). Three intermediate sprints on the flattish first two thirds of the parcours awaited the riders, as well as a fulminating finish with two Cat. 2 climbs to master before the descent down to the finish line in Goslar.
After a few kilometres of strolling, the first attack of the day saw Jan Kuyckx (Davitamon-Lotto) try to get away, but he was quickly caught. From then on, the bunch got moving: 46 km/h were clocked in the first half hour, until Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) made a successful solo move at km 23.
The lone rider's advantage grew rapidly and reached its peak, 6'45, after 45 kilometres. Behind, team Discovery started to put on the pace, but bearing in mind the race profile, they knew that the Gerolsteiner rider would not be a threat to yellow jersey wearer Vladimir Gusev. What followed over the next kilometres looked more like a training ride: at about 40 km/h, the peloton didn't want to catch Scholz too soon, who in turn didn't hurry, either.
In the third sprint of the stage, Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) could have captured the race lead going for the bonus seconds, as he had done in the two previous sprints, but Saunier Duval's Marco Pinotti finally took them.
And Scholz' solo ride didn't last, either: around km 130, once the terrain got hilly, the Gerolsteiner man was back inside the bunch, which had picked up the pace in view of the first climb. Marco Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne) was the first to attack the Discovery- and Liquigas-led peloton on the slopes up the Bad Grund - and got a gap. While nine riders broke off the front of the chasing bunch to catch him, Fertonani won the GPM.
On the descent, 25 kilometres off the finish, a group of eight riders led the favourites by 20 seconds: Voigt (CSC), Kashechkin (Astana), Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne), Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Luengo (Euskaltel), Schröder (Milram), Failli (Liquigas) and Albizu (Euskaltel). But only one kilometre up the next, 5 km-long final climb, the Bockswiese, the leaders were caught once again by a main field.
Fertonani attacked in search of Schumacher's mountain points jersey, and the German countered. Then it was Vinokourov's turn to go for it, and Rebellin reeled him in again. But Astana's assault wasn't over, and as Kashechkin jumped, Rebellin stayed on his wheel, just to pass him for the KOM points on the mountain summit, joined by Voigt. That's when the winning trio was established, and another small ascent after the Bockswiese did not hold them back: Leading a bunch of about 30 riders, in which race leader Gusev was on his own without teammates, Rebellin, Voigt and Kashechkin had 45 seconds when they hit the descent.
Of course, everybody thought that the group would be able to swallow them again before the finish, but it turned out differently: The gap did diminish rapidly, and there were only 10 seconds left under the 5 kilometre-mark. But the trio worked well together until the end, and even though the bunch went full gas on the last clicks, they had apparently gambled just a tad too long...
Once the red flag on the final kilometre was passed, Kashechkin started losing contact because he looked back too much. Then Rebellin followed Voigt around the last corner, slid away slightly and could only look at the German raising his arms in a V from behind.
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- Jens Voigt (CSC) wins the second stage of the Tour of Germany
- Jens Voigt (CSC) celebrates his win
- A happy Jens Voigt on the podium after stage 2
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) puts on the leader's jersey after stage 2
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) is kissed on the podium after stage 2
Results
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4.22.25 (41.50 km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.05 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 11 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 15 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 16 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 18 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 21 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 22 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 25 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 32 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 0.53 37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 39 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 41 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 43 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 44 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 45 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 48 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 51 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 53 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 54 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 55 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 57 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 58 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 59 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 60 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 61 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 66 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 68 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 69 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 72 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 74 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 80 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 81 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 82 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 88 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 90 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 93 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 94 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 95 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 96 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 97 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 98 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 99 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 100 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.08 101 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 102 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 104 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 105 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 106 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 107 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 108 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 110 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 111 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 112 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 113 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 114 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 115 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 116 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 117 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 119 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 120 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 121 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 124 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 125 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 126 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 127 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 128 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 5.31 133 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 134 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 135 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 136 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 138 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 139 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 140 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 141 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 142 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 143 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 144 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.39 145 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 146 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 147 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 148 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.56 149 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 150 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10.26 151 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 152 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 153 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 154 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 155 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 156 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 157 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 158 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 159 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 160 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 161 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 162 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 164 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 165 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 166 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 167 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 168 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 169 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 170 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.00 171 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 172 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance DNS Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir Points 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 16 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 13 5 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 11 7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 10 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 7 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6 11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 6 11 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 14 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 5 15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 15 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 19 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 2 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 19 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 22 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 Mountains 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 5 5 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 4 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.12.17 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.01 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.07 4 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 0.10 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.11 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.12 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.13 9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 0.14 10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 0.17 11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 12 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.21 14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 15 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 16 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.22 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.25 18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.28 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.29 20 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.34 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.35 22 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 0.36 23 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.41 24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.42 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.45 26 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 28 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.49 30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.50 31 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.53 33 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.54 34 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.57 35 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 36 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.00 37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 38 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.03 39 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05 40 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 1.06 41 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.08 42 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 1.09 43 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.10 44 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.12 45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.13 47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.14 48 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.15 50 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16 52 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.17 54 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 55 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 56 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 57 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 1.19 58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 59 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 60 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.20 62 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 63 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 64 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 65 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21 66 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22 68 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1.23 70 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 71 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 72 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.26 73 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 1.27 74 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 75 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 76 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.28 77 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.29 78 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.31 79 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.32 81 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.33 82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.35 83 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 84 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.38 85 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1.39 86 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 1.43 87 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 1.45 88 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.46 89 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47 90 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.12 91 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.23 92 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.25 93 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.26 94 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 2.27 95 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.30 96 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.31 97 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 98 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.32 99 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 101 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2.35 102 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.36 103 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 104 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 105 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.38 106 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.39 107 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.41 109 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2.49 110 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.52 111 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.54 112 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.58 113 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.00 114 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.02 115 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 3.04 116 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.05 117 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.06 118 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 119 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3.07 120 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 121 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.12 122 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 3.25 123 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.27 124 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 125 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.43 126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.57 127 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 4.23 128 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.21 129 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.33 130 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.35 131 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.45 132 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.58 133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6.00 134 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.01 135 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.06 136 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.08 137 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.16 138 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.21 139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 6.27 140 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 7.16 141 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.35 142 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.23 143 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 9.42 144 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10.00 145 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10.31 146 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 10.32 147 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.41 148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.44 149 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.50 150 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.00 151 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 11.11 152 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.12 153 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.26 154 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 11.27 155 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 11.36 156 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.46 157 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.31 158 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.39 159 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 12.40 160 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.41 161 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.43 162 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.47 163 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.48 164 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.21 165 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 13.43 166 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 15.35 167 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 15.41 168 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.19 169 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 170 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 19.48 171 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.57 172 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.02 Points classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 29 3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 27 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 8 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 19 9 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 16 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 16 12 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 13 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 14 15 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 13 16 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 17 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 18 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 11 21 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 11 22 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 23 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 24 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9 26 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 27 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 8 28 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 29 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 7 30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 7 31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 6 32 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 33 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 5 34 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 5 36 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 37 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 39 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 40 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 41 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 42 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains classification 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 5 4 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 5 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 7 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 8 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 8 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 2 11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1 Young rider classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.12.17 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 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 1.19 19 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21 20 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22 21 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.23 22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.29 23 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.35 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 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.39 32 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 3.04 33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3.07 34 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.27 35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.57 36 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.33 37 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.45 38 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.58 39 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6.00 40 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.01 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 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.43 49 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.47 50 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.48 51 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 13.43 52 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 15.35 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 3.37.32 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Astana 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 Hearing 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
