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Vattenfall Cyclassics - ProT
Germany, July 30, 2006
Main Page Results Live report ProTour standings
The Cat pounces in Hamburg
Freire victorious at Vattenfall Cyclassics
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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In what seemed like a deja-vu replay of Milano-Sanremo 2004, Oscar "The Cat" Freire pounced on Erik Zabel and '05 Cyclassics winner Pippo Pozzato like an orange and blue striped Rabobank tiger in the last 15 meters, and with a picture perfect bike throw, won the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg for his 7th win of the season. After his two TDF stage wins, when he also became a new daddy, a delighted Freire rode the outside line and came around on the right to dust the Milram milkman by just 5cm for his 35th career win.
"I wasn't sure I won", grinned Freire after the race. "We had to wait for the photofinish. Zabel was strong after the Tour and I knew he would be hard to beat here. It's always good to win, especially a classic." Freire came off Zabel's wheel with 100m. to go and his incredible closing speed and unmatched timing gave the three time World Champion another classics win. "I made my move at the right moment and could win with my bike throw," said Freire.
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Oldie but goodie Erik Zabel seemed satisfied with his close runner-up spot as he told German TV's Marcel Wüst post-race, "Oscar's done this to me already a few times... This morning, at the sign-in, we joked around saying that as McEwen and Boonen weren't here, if it came down to a sprint I would have good chances. But everybody forgot, as usual, Oscar Freire and he proved in the end that you have to take him into account!"
Zabel was asked whether he knew if Oscar had won: "Yeah - we congratulated each other after the line and we all speculated that it was Oscar first, then me, then Pozzato. I'm not disappointed at all, even if some people might not believe me. I can live with losing this way against Oscar. He's known to have that enormous speed towards the line."
On the podium for the second consecutive year, 2006 Milano-Sanremo winner Filippo Pozzato rode a strong sprint in Hamburg and just two experienced sprinters, 30 year-old Freire and 36 year-old Ete Zabel could get by the talented 24 year-old Italian.
How it unfolded
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Vattenfall Cyclassics is the first ProTour race since the Tour De France and Berlin based Vattenfall, a major European energy company, is the new title sponsor. First run in 1996 as a national race, today the Vattenfall Cyclassics is raced over 243km in and around the free and hanseatic city of Hamburg, Germany's second largest city and Europe's second largest port. The Vattenfall Cyclassics parcours started with two big loops to the south and the west of the city over 150 km, then two laps of a 42 km circuit in town that climbs the steep 600m wall of the Waseberg (15%) three times. After the final ascent, there are still 16km remaining, back through the famous Reeperbahn before the finish in front of the Rathaus (City Hall) on Mönckerbergstrasse in the very heart of Hamburg.
Vattenfall Cyclassics was run on a cool and slightly overcast day with little wind and temps in the upper twenties, and 188 riders from 23 teams started the ProTour race at 11:30. ProTour leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was not on hand as he's still recovering from his broken collarbone from a crash in the Tour De France. After 40km, Corey Sweet (Wiesenhof), Hungarian champion Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) and Dario Andriotto (Liquigas-Bianchi) went on the attack. The front trio gained a maximum advantage of 13'20, but when German squads T-Mobile, the Milram milkmen and Gerolsteiner waterboys started to lead the chase, the gap fell to under nine minutes after 125 km. There were just two riders away at that point, as an inexperienced camera moto driver crashed into Andriotto after 100km and the Italian was out of the break and had to abandon.
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Bodrogi and Sweet kept riding hard and once back in Hamburg, the audacious Aussie led the first time up the brutal Waseberg with 94km to go, but the peloton was chasing hard behind and 20 kilometres later, the gap was down to 4'00. The peloton was breathing down the breakaway riders necks and with 60 km to go, the jig was up for the front duo after over 140km off the front. The counterattacks started behind as the peloton realized that front of the race was now wide open. Wild card invitee Barloworld was quite active, as were Wiesenhof, Astana and Skil.
Yakovlev (Astana), Facci (Barloworld) and recent Tour of Qinghai Lake winner Tjallingii (Skil) got away, while T-Mobile's Matze Kessler was leading the chase and the front trio came back with 42km and the final two ascents of the Waseberg still left to race. Attack after attack followed on the Elbechausee towards the Waseberg. Lampre-Fondital was on the front riding hard tempo, but when they peeled off the front, it was big Rabobank rider Gerben Löwik trying to protect his leader Freire. CSC was lurking up front for O'Grady, but Française de Jeux's Walloon wonderboy Philippe Gilbert then went solo with 30km to go. The Belgian had a gap of 0'10 on the chasing peloton as he made the left turn along the Elbe that led to the foot of the Waseberg. Gilbert was going well as he ascended Waseberg and Wegmann was chasing behind. With 25km to go, there were now two riders off the front, Gilbert and Wegmann, with the peloton 0'30 behind, and the chase was having trouble getting organized. With 20km to go, the break had 0'42.
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By the time the final ascent of Waseberg started, Milram had brought the break back and it was the long, lean figure of Lampre-Fondital's Ale Ballan, with Rebellin's gregario Moletta, Pozzato, Paolini, Mori, Figueras, Celestino and Rebellin up there, but Ballan and Pozzato didn't stay up front as they missed the second move of Rebellin. The break was an all-Italian affair, with Rebellin and Moletta (Gerolsteiner), Mori (Saunier Duval), Figueras (Lampre-Fondital), Paolini (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Celestino (Milram). But CSC, Rabobank and Quick.Step were working hard to bring the move back with 10km to race.
With 7.5km to go, it was all back together as Quick.Step had done the deed for 2005 winner Pippo Pozzato. Milram's Marco Velo was riding well as stopper for Zabel, covering every move just as Quick.Step's Tankink was doing for Pozzato. With 5km to go the manoeuvres started among the 40 riders as Quick.Step and Lampre-Fondital were getting their trains organized for Pozzato and Napolitano.
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Astana's Kashechkin gave it a shot, but as the riders passed under the 1km banner it was Ballan on the front but then Quick.Step's 2006 Tour De France stage winner Tosatto made a strong leadout for Pozzato. The Milano-Sanremo rider sprinted hard with 250m to go, but he made his move too early as first Zabel and then Freire came past. But considering Pozzato isn't a pure sprinter like the other two, it was a nice ride to the podium for the young Italian, who may be going to Liquigas in 2007. Zabel, who won Hamburg five years ago passed Pozzato with 100m to go and was looking good for his second win, but Freire came off his wheel and just got the German at the line his second career classic win.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and his new Astana outfit
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) is back
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) signs autographs
- Erik Zabel (Milram) turns up his hearing aid
- Kazakhstan champion Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) happy to be back
- Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) looking ice-cool
- Mirko Celestino (Milram) says ciao
- Erik Zabel (Milram) rocks up
- Erik Zabel (Milram) salutes you
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) the new Italian champion
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) checks his radio
- Erik Zabel (Milram) prepares to race
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) does some stretching
- Sunglasses: check
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) focusing
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) was the team's leader
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) checks his radio, or is that a GPS in case he gets lost?
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) waiting for the start
- Pozzato and Rebellin
- The peloton lined up
- Corey Sweet (Wiesenhof) leads Laszlo Bodrogi (CA) in their breakaway attempt
- Sweet and Bodrogi ride together
- Here comes the bunch!
- T-Mobile, Milram and Gerolsteiner leading the chase
- The bunch rides through the start/finish
- The peloton rides past the line
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) in action
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) didn't have the legs today
- Erik Zabel (Milram) after the finish
- The final burst
- It was all in the throw with Freire (L) getting it
- The aftermath: did you get it or did I?
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) after the finish
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) congratulates lead out man Tosatto for a good job
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) watches the sprint replay
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) salutes from the podium
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) now has a spare chainring
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) shows off his trophy
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) smiles with his prizes
- Erik Zabel (Milram) and Oscar Freire shake hands on the podium
- Zabel gives Freire a congratulatory hug
- Erik Zabel (Milram) with his second place trophy
- Pozzato congratulates Freire
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) with his third place trophy
- The podium (L to R): Filippo Pozzato (3rd), Oscar Freire (1st) and Erik Zabel (2nd)
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the winner's spot again
- Freire and Zabel laugh about the sprint
- Erik Zabel (Milram) makes sure he's got his headwear adjusted right
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) on the podium again
- The complete podium
Images by AFP Photo
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) a little nervous
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) in a good mood at the start
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) explains the size of his latest catch to interested riders
- The peloton rides down the Köhlbrandbrücke
- The peloton on the Köhlbrandbrücke
- Freire, Zabel and Pozzato sprint for the line
- Oscar Freire (L) wins the Vattenfall Cyclassics from Erik Zabel
Images by Ulrik Møberg/procycling.dk
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) happy to be racing again
- Jakob Piil (CSC) ready to go
- Kevin Van Impe (Quick.Step) straps on the helmet
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) looking serious
- Two Thomases: Ziegler (T-Mobile) and Vaitkus (AG2R)
- Francaise des Jeux before the start
- The peloton lines up at the start
- The tension is apparent on the riders' faces on the first passage of the line
- Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Fondital) to the fore
- Mario Aerts (Davitamon) follows the bunch
Images by Michael Gernaa/cyclingpictures.dk
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) lining up again
- FDJ at the front at the start
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) is a favourite today
- Matti Breschel (CSC) is back after a long layoff due to injury
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) in shape after the Tour
- BDR president Rudolf Scharping giving a press conference on the eve of the race discussing the doping problem in cycling
Results - 243.2 km
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5.30.02 (44.212 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 15 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 17 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 18 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 20 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 27 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 32 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 34 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 36 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.03 37 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 41 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 42 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 43 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 45 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.09 46 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 47 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.13 49 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.21 51 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 0.39 52 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.57 53 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 55 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.17 56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 57 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.40 58 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.49 60 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.55 61 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 62 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 63 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 K Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.03 69 Ca Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana 7.32 70 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana 71 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Mik Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 73 Joaqu Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74 Sergio Miguel Mo Paulinho (Por) Astana 75 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 76 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 77 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 79 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 81 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 84 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 85 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 86 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 88 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 90 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 91 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 92 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 94 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 95 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 96 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 97 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 99 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 José An Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana 10.12 101 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.20 102 Lu Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.00 103 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 105 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 106 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 108 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 109 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 110 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 111 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 112 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC DNF Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC DNF Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC DNF Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC DNF André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank DNF Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank DNF Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNF Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole DNF Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram DNF Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram DNF Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas DNF Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas DNF Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux DNF Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux DNF Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Barloworld DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld DNF Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld DNF Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Barloworld DNF Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud DNF Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud DNF Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud Mountains Waseberg - Cat. 3, km 134,6 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Waseberg - Cat. 3, km 173,6 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 3 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Waseberg - Cat. 3, km 215,5 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1 Mountains classification 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 4 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 6 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 7 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1 Sprints Jesteburg - Hauptstraße 1 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 pts 2 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 Buchholz (Sparkasse Harburg-Buxtehude) 1 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2 3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Pfanni Kartoffel Snack (Teufelsbrück) Elbchaussee 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mönckebergstraße - lap 1 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 3 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mönckebergstraße - lap 2 1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 pts 2 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2 3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana 1 Sprints classification 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Team Wiesenhof Akud 8 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 5 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 4 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 5 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana 1 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1
ProTour standings
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 195 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 175 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 150 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 145 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 138 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 120 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 118 8 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Astana-Würth Team 110 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 110 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 106 11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 99 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 95 13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 87 16 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 85 17 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 84 19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 20 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 83 21 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 76 22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 75 23 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 74 24 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 25 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 72 26 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 69 28 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 69 29 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 31 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 65 32 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 62 33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 60 34 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58 35 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 36 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 37 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 51 38 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 39 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50 40 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 50 41 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 42 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 43 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 44 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 43 46 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 47 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 48 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 41 49 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 38 50 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 51 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 36 52 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 35 53 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 35 54 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 35 55 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 34 56 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 32 57 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 58 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 30 59 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 60 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 61 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 30 62 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 30 63 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 64 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 30 65 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29 66 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 67 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 23 68 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Astana-Würth Team 23 69 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 70 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 21 71 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 20 72 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 73 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 74 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 20 75 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19 76 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 18 77 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 78 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 16 79 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 80 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 81 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 82 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 83 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 84 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 14 85 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 86 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 87 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 88 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 89 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 90 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 91 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 10 92 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 93 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 94 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 95 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 96 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 97 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 98 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana-Würth Team 9 99 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 100 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9 101 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 102 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 103 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 104 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 7 105 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 106 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 107 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6 108 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 109 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 110 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 111 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 112 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 5 113 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 114 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 115 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5 116 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 117 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 118 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 119 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 120 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5 121 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 122 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 4 123 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4 124 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 125 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 126 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 127 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 128 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4 129 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 130 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 131 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 132 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 133 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 134 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 3 135 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 136 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 137 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3 138 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 139 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 140 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 141 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 142 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 143 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 144 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 145 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 146 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 147 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 148 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 149 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 2 150 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 151 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 152 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 2 153 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 154 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 155 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2 156 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana-Würth Team 2 157 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 158 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 159 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 160 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 161 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 162 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 163 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 164 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 165 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 166 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1
