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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 5-12, 2006
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Stage 2 - March 7: Cerilly - Belleville, 200 km
Boonen roars again
By Jean-François Quénet in Belleville
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Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) has made it two in a row by winning in Belleville - as Robbie McEwen did before him the last time the race visited this town in the Beaujolais wine area. It was another bunch sprint after a 190 kilometre-long breakaway by little known French rider Nicolas Crosbie of Agritubel. The main loss of the day was best young rider Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) who had a flat tyre on the last descent and crossed the line 1'13 behind the world champion.
Almost the same malediction affected Contador in Paris-Nice last year when the whole Liberty Seguros team fell off with 7km to go into stage 1, an accident that also cost Cadel Evans the overall win. Today, Sergio Paulinho gave his bike to Contador on the Fût d'Avenas descent, 18km before the finish. Luis Leon Sanchez and Daniel Navarro waited for him, but their chasing group never made it across, despite the presence of Bradley McGee who was badly suffering from asthma. The Olympic team pursuit champion didn't cope with the cold weather today.
Liberty Seguros now has no choice but put all of his eggs in Andrey Kashechkin's basket for GC. They had another reason to be disappointed. For the second day in a row, Allan Davis ran second. "I got on Boonen's wheel with no problems, the Australian explained. I even tried to overtake him. At some stage, I believed I could succeed, but it was impossible. I'm still happy because I've tried my best. With the condition I have now, I think more luck can help me win one day, maybe Thursday could be the one."
World Champion Tom Boonen was not exactly over the moon with his latest victory. "I don't want to underrate any victory," he commented. But two years ago, I would have been delighted with a stage win in Paris-Nice. Now it's only a habit. At least at the Ruta del Sol, the duel with [Alessandro] Petacchi was exciting. Here I have a lot of respect for Davis, but no one cares about him in his own team. I understand that they ride for GC, but as a sprinter he deserves more attention."
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It's not sure though that the duel between Boonen and Davis would have ended with a different result if the little man from Bundaberg would have benefited from the support of a train. At the end of stage 1, 'Alby' was a long way behind Boonen. He lost stage 2 by a much smaller margin. "I actually felt better yesterday," he said. "Without the incident with [Boonen's lead out man] Guido Trenti I could have finished closer."
Boonen is definitely the boss of the bunch. After 60 kilometres, when Crosbie had a 15 minute lead, his teammates from Quick Step were pacing. They asked some cooperation from CSC and Liberty Seguros. As they refused, Boonen instructed his teammates to stop working immediately. "They're lazy, we're not going to ride for them! Us at Quick Step, we do 25,000 kilometres per a year in front of the bunch", Boonen exaggerated.
Then he warned everyone: "Tomorrow on the climb of Croix de Chaubouret, I'll ride for 10 metres in front of the bunch and I'll let the race go. I'm not going to burn myself 10 days before Milan-San Remo. It's better if I save some energy for the following stage in Rasteau that suits me better."
The leader of Paris-Nice didn't enjoy the cold, but he loved seeing five of his teammates doing a perfect job for him in the finale. "The Quick Step selection for Milan-San Remo is going to be hot," he smiled. Paolo Bettini's side of Quick Step is lining up at Tirreno-Adriatico while Boonen's is proving his efficiency in France.
How it unfolded
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Nicolas Crosbie didn't wait for one kilometre into the race till he broke clear by himself. After 23km, he already an advantage of 11 minutes. He reached a maximum of 27'30 at km 81, just before an attack launched by two Cofidis riders, Thierry Marichal and Ivan Parra, who were still riding 3 minutes ahead of the bunch at km 130. Parra blew up in the cold and eventually missed the time cut when he crossed the line 32 minutes behind than Boonen.
Before the côte de Châteauneuf (km43), Johan van Summeren (Davitamon-Lotto) and Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros) escaped from the peloton, caught Marichal who had remained solo. Also Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) and Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Fondital) went in between, but had to accept the return of the main pack that was now riding faster under the guidance of Euskaltel.
At the top of col des Echarmeaux, with 40km to go, Crosbie still had some good reasons to believe in being a winner as he maintained 11 minutes lead over the bunch, but a hunger flat was around the corner. He was caught after 187km of solo effort by Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) and Andriy Grivko (Milram), who attacked before the top of the last hill and lost the company of Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) and Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), because the latter had a puncture.
Dumoulin and Grivko were caught with 2km to go. By then, the Quick Step train was working to perfection in favour of Boonen's second stage win, just like one year ago in Paris-Nice.
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- Boonen uncorks his sprint and no-one can touch him
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) beats Allan Davis to win stage 2
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) has time to celebrate
- And it's Tom Boonen who triumphs again
- Servais Knaven congratulates his Quick.Step teammate
- The World Champ continues to make a good impression
- A very happy Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the leader's jersey
- Nicolas Crosbie (Agritubel) got the mountains jersey as a reward for his long, solo effort
Images by AFP Photo
- Nicolas Crosbie (Agritubel) on his own
- Nicolas Crosbie (Agritubel) navigates some train tracks
- A crash took out Pierrick Fedrigo and Bradley Wiggins
- The peloton strings out
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rides mid-pack
- Ivan Parra (Cofidis) leads teammate Thierry Marichal in pursuit of Crosbie
- Johan Vansummeren (Davitamon-Lotto) escapes with Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros)
- Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R) leads Andriy Grivko (Team Milram) in a late breakaway
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- All hail the king says Tom Boonen as he wins another stage
- Another day, another podium appearance for Tom Boonen
- A winning Boonen is a happy Boonen, and it shows.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.20.50 (37.402 km/h) 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 22 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 31 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 32 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 35 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 36 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 37 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 45 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 52 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 54 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 57 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 58 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 59 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 60 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 61 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 62 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 67 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 69 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 73 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 76 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 78 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 79 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 81 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 84 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 85 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 88 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 90 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 93 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 95 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 96 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 105 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 106 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 107 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 108 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 109 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 110 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 111 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 112 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 113 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 114 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 115 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 116 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.21 118 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.25 119 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.13 120 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 121 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 122 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 123 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 124 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 125 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 126 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 128 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 129 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 130 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 132 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 136 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux 137 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 138 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 139 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 140 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 141 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 142 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 1.36 143 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.34 144 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 6.30 145 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 146 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 147 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 148 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 149 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 150 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 151 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 153 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 154 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 155 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 157 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 158 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 159 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 160 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 11.19 161 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Outside time limit (hors delai) HD Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC DNF Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram DNS Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 4 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 16 6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 9 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 10 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 8 14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 16 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2 20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Mountains Côte de Saint-Hilaire, km 23 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 Côte de Vernay, km 123 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Côte de Châteauneuf, km 143 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Col des Echarmeaux, km 160 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 7 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 3 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 4 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 5 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Côte des Rochettes, km 175.5 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Col du Fût d'Avenas, km 181 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Sprints Saint-Gerand-De-Vaux, km 59.5 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Chauffailles, km 148 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Young rider 1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.20.50 2 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 9 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 13 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 23 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 26 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.25 27 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.13 28 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 33 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 6.30 35 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 36 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 37 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 38 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 39 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir General classification after stage 2 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10.22.41 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.17 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.18 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.20 5 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.22 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.24 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.26 12 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.27 16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.28 18 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.30 21 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 23 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 26 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.31 28 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.32 32 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 35 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 36 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.33 37 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 41 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.34 44 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.35 47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 48 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 49 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 52 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.36 54 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 57 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 58 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 59 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 62 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.37 64 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 66 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38 67 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 68 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 69 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 70 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 72 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.39 73 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 74 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 75 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.40 77 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 79 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.41 80 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.42 81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.43 83 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 84 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 86 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.44 87 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 89 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 90 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 91 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.45 92 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.46 94 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 95 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.47 96 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 97 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 100 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.48 101 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.49 102 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 103 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.50 105 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.51 106 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 107 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 108 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.55 110 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 0.56 111 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.59 112 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1.11 113 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18 114 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.27 115 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.32 116 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.33 118 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.35 119 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.37 120 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.41 121 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46 122 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.47 123 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.50 124 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.51 125 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 1.52 126 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 127 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.55 128 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.58 129 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2.01 130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.02 131 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 132 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.05 133 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2.11 134 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.13 135 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.15 136 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 2.16 137 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.44 138 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.46 139 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.50 140 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 3.19 141 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.13 142 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 5.19 143 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 7.02 144 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.04 145 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 146 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 7.05 147 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.06 148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.10 149 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.15 150 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7.17 151 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 152 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.20 153 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 7.21 154 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.22 155 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 7.23 156 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 157 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 7.25 158 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.33 159 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 11.59 160 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.14 161 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.42 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 66 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 36 5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31 6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 28 7 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24 8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 10 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux 20 11 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 18 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 13 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 17 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 16 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 19 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15 20 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 21 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 22 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 23 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 25 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 11 26 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 28 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 9 29 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 30 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 8 31 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 8 32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 33 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 34 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 6 35 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 36 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 38 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 39 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 42 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 43 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 44 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 3 45 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2 47 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 48 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 49 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Mountains classification 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 27 pts 2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 4 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 5 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 6 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3 7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 8 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 11 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Young rider classification 1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.23.03 2 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.03 3 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.04 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.05 5 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.08 6 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.09 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.10 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.11 11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12 13 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.13 14 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.15 16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.16 17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.17 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.18 20 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.25 21 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 23 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.29 24 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.49 26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.11 27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.29 28 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.33 29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.43 30 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.49 31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.53 32 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.22 33 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 6.40 34 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6.42 35 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 6.55 36 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.00 37 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 7.01 38 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 39 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.11 40 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.20 Teams classification 1 Francaise Des Jeux 31.09.09 2 Team CSC 0.05 3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.08 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.17 6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.19 7 Discovery Channel Team 0.20 8 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.21 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Davitamon-Lotto 0.24 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Liquigas 0.25 13 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.27 14 Credit Agricole 0.34 15 Rabobank 0.35 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Team Milram 0.36 18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.40 19 Lampre-Fondital 0.41 20 Agritubel 0.49 21 T-Mobile Team 0.52
