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Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 1-9, 2006
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Stage 3 - August 4: Witzenhausen - Schweinfurt, 203 km
19 year-old German takes copycat victory
Gussev retains lead on countback
By Anthony Tan
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Just as he did at the German national championships two years ago, 19 year-old sprint sensation Gerald Ciolek once again upstaged his bigger-named rivals in a fiercely-contested bunch gallop, coming home triumphant on the third stage of the Tour of Germany.
Entering the finishing straight in the town of Schweinfurt, located in the heart of central Germany, all eyes were on Lampre-Fondital's Danilo Napolitano and Milram man Erik Zabel. The pressure was on both to notch a win, which may have caused the Italian to go too early - but just when the latter appeared poised for victory, Wiesenhof Akud's Gerald Ciolek blasted out of the bunch with head bobbing and pedals stomping, powering past Zabel and T-Mobile's André Greipel, who finished third.
As a result of Zabel's four second places on the day, which included three intermediate sprints out on the road, the race almost saw a change of lead, but not quite. Discovery Channel's Vladimir Gusev is now on equal time with the evergreen German, while the rest of yesterday's top ten slipped down a notch.
Rounding out the top five were a pair of young Australians, Luke Roberts (Team CSC) and Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole). Together with Ciolek and stage one victor Assan Bazayev from Kazakhstan, the Deutschland Tour has shown there's a wealth of new sprinting talent ready to emerge.
Today's mostly-flat stage from Witzenhausen to Schweinfurt featured a day-long breakaway by Saunier Duval-Prodir's Marco Pinotti, who escaped shortly before the 40 kilometre mark. The Italian soon built a sizeable lead of nine-minutes plus, but the length of the stage and up-and-down parcours eventually put paid to his chances, and it was peloton groupé with 20 kilometres to go, leading to the inevitable bunch sprint.
Tomorrow's fourth stage from Heidenheim to Bad Tölz doesn't pose any major obstacles, and is tipped to be another one for the fast-men. Provided Team CSC's Jens Voigt doesn't have anything to say about it, of course.
How it unfolded
Another sprinter's stage was on the cards, as the 169 riders left in this year's Tour of Germany prepared themselves for a 202 kilometre journey south, from Witzenhausen to Schweinfurt.
It didn't take too long before the first attack of the day went, but none stuck until just before a quarter to one. After 35 kilometres, Saunier Duval-Prodir's Marco Pinotti leapt out of the field, and with no reaction taking place, the last year's Italian TT champ already gained a little over two minutes' lead by the first sprint in Treffurt (km 47,8).
142nd on GC at the start of the day and almost nine and a half minutes down on race leader Vladimir Gusev, the Russian's Discovery Channel team was content to leave Pinotti out in the open. And as the kilometres ticked by, Pinotti was happy to be there, with the Italian reclaiming virtually all of his 9'23 deficit to Gusev by the first mountain prime at Elsenach after 80 kilometres.
By the second and final intermediate sprint in Wasungen (km 116,1), the Italian was still looking good, although the natural momentum of the bunch had contained his lead to roughly six minutes. However, it was the upcoming climb of the Henneberg that would provide the most accurate indication on Pinotti's chances. At that point, marking 141,5 kilometres covered, Saunier Duval man was clearly tiring, with the peloton just three minutes in arrears.
A wry smile to the camera was enough of a sign that Pinotti knew his time out front was numbered. Approaching the 25 kilometres to go mark, Swiss rider Pascal Hungerbühler from Team Vorarlberg went straight past him, with a series of counterattacks following behind. None were successful, though, leading to a complete regrouping and the expected bunch gallop in Schweinfurt.
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Before the finish, a few more tried their luck, but Lampre-Fondital weren't letting anything go, hoping to set things up for their man Danilo Napolitano. In the final kilometres, the pink and blue clad team didn't have things all their way, with no team in control as the peloton zoomed under the kilometre to go kite.
Napolitano hit out too early with 250 metres to go, so too did young Australian sprinter Mark Renshaw from Credit Agricole - but no-one expected to see Wiesenhof Akud's Gerald Ciolek hold off the likes of Erik Zabel and André Greipel in the last dash for cash. Yet that's exactly what he did.
Photography
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- A chaotic sprint finish sees Gerald Ciolek (Team Wiesenhof Akud, 2nd L) beat Erik Zabel (Milram, far R) and André Greipel (T-Mobile, far L).
- 19 year-old Gerald Ciolek (Team Wiesenhof Akud) once again beats his more fancied rivals to triumph on the third stage of the Tour of Germany.
Results
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 4.56.22 (41.16 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 13 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 14 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 18 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 19 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 21 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 22 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 23 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 36 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 37 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 41 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 43 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 44 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 45 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 47 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 48 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 52 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 53 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 54 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 56 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 58 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 59 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 60 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 62 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 63 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 64 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 66 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 67 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 68 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 69 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 70 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 71 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 72 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 73 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 76 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 77 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 78 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 79 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 80 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 81 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 83 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 85 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 86 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 87 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 88 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 89 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 90 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 91 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 92 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 93 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 95 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 96 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 97 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 98 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 99 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 100 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 101 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 102 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 103 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 104 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 105 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 107 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 108 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 110 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 111 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 112 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 114 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 116 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 117 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 118 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 119 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 120 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 121 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 122 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 123 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 124 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 126 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 127 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 128 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 129 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 130 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 133 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 135 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 137 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 138 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 139 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 140 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 141 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 142 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 144 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 146 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 149 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 150 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 151 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 152 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 153 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 154 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 155 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 156 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 157 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 158 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 159 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 160 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 161 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 162 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 163 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 164 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 165 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 166 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 167 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 168 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 169 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 170 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 171 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.40 DNF Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems Points 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20 3 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 11 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 7 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 8 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 8 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 10 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 12 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 4 13 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 3 14 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Eisenach - Cat. 3, km 80 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1 Wasungen - Cat. 3, km 116.1 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1 Sprints Treffurt, km 47,8 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2 Wasungen, km 116,1 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2 Bad Neustadt, km 164,3 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2 U23 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 4.56.22 2 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 8 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 12 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 23 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 25 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 27 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 28 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 29 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 32 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 35 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 37 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 38 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 40 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 41 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 44 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 46 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 49 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 51 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 52 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Teams 1 Bouygues Telecom 14.49.06 2 Davitamon-Lotto 3 Team Wiesenhof Akud 4 AG2R Prevoyance 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 Team Vorarlberg 7 Rabobank 8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 T-Mobile Team 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Française des Jeux 13 Quick Step-Innergetic 14 Team CSC 15 Lampre-Fondital 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Gerolsteiner 18 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 19 Astana Team 20 Credit Agricole 21 Team Milram 22 Liquigas General classification after stage 3 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.08.39 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.01 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.07 5 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 0.10 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.11 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 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 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.12 45 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.13 46 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.14 47 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 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 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 55 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 56 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 1.19 57 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 58 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 59 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.20 61 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 63 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 64 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21 65 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 66 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22 67 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1.23 69 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 70 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 71 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.26 72 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 1.27 73 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 74 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 75 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.28 76 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.29 77 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.31 78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.32 80 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.33 81 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.35 82 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.38 84 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1.39 85 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 1.43 86 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 1.45 87 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.46 88 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47 89 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.12 90 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.23 91 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.25 92 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.26 93 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 2.27 94 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.30 95 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.31 96 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 97 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.32 98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 100 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2.35 101 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.36 102 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 103 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 104 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.38 105 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.39 106 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.41 108 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2.49 109 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.52 110 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.54 111 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.58 112 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.00 113 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.02 114 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 3.04 115 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.05 116 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.06 117 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 118 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3.07 119 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 120 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.12 121 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 3.25 122 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.27 123 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 124 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.43 125 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.57 126 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 4.23 127 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.21 128 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.23 129 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.35 130 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.41 131 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5.58 132 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6.00 133 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.01 134 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.06 135 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.08 136 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.16 137 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.21 138 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 6.27 139 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 7.16 140 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.35 141 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 9.42 142 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10.00 143 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10.31 144 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 10.32 145 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.41 146 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.44 147 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.50 148 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.00 149 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 11.11 150 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.12 151 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.26 152 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 11.27 153 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 11.36 154 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.46 155 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.31 156 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.39 157 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 12.40 158 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.41 159 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.43 160 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.47 161 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.48 162 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.21 163 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 13.43 164 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 15.35 165 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 15.41 166 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.19 167 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 168 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 19.48 169 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.55 170 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.57 171 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.02 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 61 pts 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 39 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 4 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 27 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 8 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 10 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 12 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 19 13 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 16 14 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 16 16 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 15 17 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 18 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 13 19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 20 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 21 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 11 24 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 11 25 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 11 26 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 27 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 28 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 29 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 30 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9 31 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 32 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 33 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 8 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 35 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 7 36 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 6 37 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 38 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 6 39 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 5 40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 41 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 5 42 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 43 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 4 44 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 45 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 46 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 47 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 3 48 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 49 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 50 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1 51 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 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 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 11 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 2 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 U23 classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.08.39 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 5.23 37 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.41 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 42.26.38 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
