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100th Giro di Lombardia - ProT
Italy, October 14, 2006
Main Page Results Live report ProTour standings
Emotional win for new World Champion
Bettini takes Lombardia for brother
By Jeff Jones and Gregor Brown
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Italian Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) took absolute control of the Giro di Lombardia to power away to his first victory since becoming World Champion in Salzburg three weeks ago. The Italian pushed the pace on Madonna del Ghisallo, dropped everyone on Civiglio and confirmed his win on San Fermo. Arriving in Como solo, Bettini is the first World Champion to win the 'race of the falling leaves' since Oscar Camenzind in 1998.
Bettini crossed the line to take the 100th edition of Lombardia in tears of pain and joy. It was a joyous occasion for Il Grillo to win Lombardia for a second year running, this year in the world championship colours, but the pain of losing his brother was very evident.
"Today I did not pedal alone," said Bettini after arriving to La Gazzetta dello Sport, referring to his late brother. "I will never forget this day."
Three weeks ago Bettini won the worlds in Salzburg but a little over a week later his rainbow was clouded by the death of his older bother Sauro. His brother died in an auto accident but Bettini, after a few days off, came back with a fighting spirit.
That spirit was on display today in one of cycling's five monuments, Lombardia. Crossing the line, Bettini fell into the arms of his grieving family. Dad, Mom, wife and daughter where on the shores of Lake Como to witness Bettini stomp the competition while taking an emotional win for Sauro. A suffering Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) could not hold on to Bettini's wheel over the final climb of San Fermo and finished third after being caught by Zurich winner Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
How it unfolded
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196 riders assembled in the Swiss town of Mendrisio for the start of Italy's oldest grand classic, which traditionally closes the season for most professional riders. ProTour leader and final winner Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was at the start in the end, even though his team threatened to pull him out of the race as a consequence of the ongoing battle between the UCI and organisers RCS Sport over the ProTour. World champion Paolo Bettini was also on the start line, looking motivated to win his second Lombardia in a row.
Thierry Marichal (Cofidis) opened the attacking, but the first move of note came after 28 km when Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) escaped with Diego Caccia (Barloworld). The pair had 2'20 after 34 km, when a group of four riders started chasing: Andrea Pagoto (Panaria), James Perry (Barloworld), Yuri Metlushenko (Team L.P.R.), and Diego Nosotti (Selle Italia). After 40 km, the two in front had 2'06 on the chase group, and 4'55 on the peloton after averaging 45.6 km/h in the first hour.
The main group gradually fell back, allowing the leaders a chance to sit up and wait for the chasers. On the climb of S. Fedele d’Intelvi, Perry and Pagoto were the strongest and crossed the summit 2'18 behind the front pair, with Metlushenko and Nosotti both distanced, and the bunch at 12'10. At the bottom of the descent, the gap reached 13'05 and eventually Perry and Pagoto bridged up to Totschnig and Caccia after 82 km. Aside from Tour de France stage winner Totschnig, the breakaway contained relatively unheralded riders, but there's always a first time for some talent to show.
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The break reached a maximum lead of 13'15 at km 106 as Rabobank, Milram, Cofidis and CSC took the responsibility to chase. The break was able to stay clear for most of the big circuit around lake Como, but once the crucial climb of Madonna del Ghisallo started at 52 km to go, they were within shooting range of the peloton at 3'44. Perry was the first to let go, followed by his teammate Caccia. Totschnig persisted, with Pagoto riding well to stay on the Austrian's wheel.
As expected, the action began in the peloton once the climb started to get nasty. Paolo Bettini, resplendent in his rainbow jersey, wasn't afraid to step up the tempo, and after a few kilometres of climbing had reduced the group to just himself, Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Frank Schleck (CSC), Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) and Ricardo Ricco (Saunier Duval). The group caught Totschnig and Pagoto just before the summit with 43 km to go, when Bettini put the hammer down again to cut it down to just five: Bettini, Rebellin, Schleck, Boogerd and Di Luca.
The five opened up a 20 second lead on the descent as a chasing group gradually formed behind with Sanchez, Pagoto, Ricco, Totschnig, Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Cristian Moreni (Cofidis) and Matteo Carrara (Lampre). The two groups came together at 28 km to go and now there were a dozen leaders, with Gerolsteiner the best represented with three riders. The next chasers consisted of Noè, Devolder, Sella and Gustov, but they were never able to close the gap.
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The penultimate climb of Civiglio, with its summit at 15 km to go and its incredibly technical descent back into Como, proved to be the decisive point in the race. Bettini rode a hard enough tempo at the bottom to get rid of Totschnig, Ricco and Pagoto, then simply blasted off the front in response to a Di Luca attack with 17 km to go. At the top, Bettini had five seconds on Fabian Wegmann, who was dying a thousand deaths to close the gap to the world champ. Bettini flew down the narrow, twisty descent, but Wegmann was close behind and picked up the Quick.Step man just after the bottom. It had cost the German a lot of energy, but he was able to roll through for a few turns before the last climb of San Fermo di Battaglia.
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The chasers now numbered six, with Sanchez, Boogerd, Rebellin, Schleck, Moreni and Carrara trailing Bettini and Wegmann by 28 seconds when they hit the last climb. Bettini slowly rode a pained Wegmann off his wheel on the steep climb, and crossed the summit with 15 seconds on the Gerolsteiner man, then another 12 seconds to the Sanchez-led chase group.
The final five kilometres were not easy for Bettini, but he was able to maintain his advantage to the finish in Como. Sanchez bridged up to Wegmann with 2 km to go and eventually beat the gritty German in the sprint for second, but up front it was all Bettini, the world champion crying for his lost brother Sauro as he crossed the finish line for a beautiful, emotional win.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step)and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) together before start of Lombardia
- Jonathan Hivert (Crédit Agricole) crashes early on in race
- The peloton snakes its way up early climb
- Rare photo of Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) at the back of the peloton
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) looks cool at the start of the race
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step)and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) ride along at the start
- Peloton along the shores of Lake Como, before the start of Ghisallo
- Ghisallo sees Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) another great champion pass
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) started the attack that led to Bettini's counter
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) shows force but was not there in the finale
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) swap pulls
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) looking so cool
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) shows the grit that he is famous for
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) focuses on the job at hand
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) rides on typical Italian roads
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) looks like he means business
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) hammers on the front of an elite group
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) leads Schleck
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) digs deep before going free
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) on front of group
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) finished 8th and missed out on a podium spot
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) looked good in Lombardia, finishing 7th
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) leads German Wegmann
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) wins second Lombardia for brother Sauro
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) throws kisses to the tifosi
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) emotional with win
- Paolo Bettini and Lefevere (Quick-Step) emotional after win
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) with wife and parents in background
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) with Dad after emotional win
- Paolo Bettini and Filippo Pozzato (Quick-Step) emotional after grand win
- Paolo Bettini and Filippo Pozzato (Quick-Step) hug after a thrilling race
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Madonna del Ghisallo as riders go by
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) rides with style on his way to win
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) wins wins blows kisses
- Bettini in UCI world championships stripes
- The early break
- The peloton
- National pride and a race-side lunch
- The ProTour season ended Saturday.
- ProTour leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears)
Images by Davide Tricarico/www.laborraccia.it
- Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia) needs a new wheel.
- Madonna del Ghisallo's new cycling museum.
- A statue on the Ghisallo.
- Now you know why it's called 'the race of the falling leaves.'
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) and Andrea Pagoto (Panaria ) breakaway on the Ghisallo.
- Diego Caccia (Barloworld) in action on Ghisallo.
- 'The Shark' Mirko Celestino (Milram) trying to catch the Bettini group.
- An empty podium: a protest against the U.C.I.
- Paolo Bettini's nephew.
- A podium girl with no winner to kiss.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The iconic streets of Mendrisio.
- ProTour winner Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears) soon after the start in Mendrisio, Switzerland.
- The peloton arrives at the Italian border after 17km.
- The gruppo owned the streets in Azione.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) in Azione.
- The 'Fuggitivi' or breakaway work together on the way to Como.
- The peloton climbs into Azione.
- Filippo Pozzato leads the Quick-Step train for World Champion Paolo Bettini.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank)
- Philippe Gilbert (FDJ)
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) breaking away on the Ghisallo.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) making his way through the convoy on the Ghisallo.
- Discovery's Vladimir Gusev will never die wondering if he could have won the Giro de Lombardia.
- Cristian Moreni (Cofidis) swings off a group in pursuit of Paolo Bettini.
- Luxembourg's Frank Schleck (CSC) leads a gruppo including the champion of Holland, Michael Boogerd (Rabobank).
- A select group of champions Frank Schleck (CSC) leads Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) over the summit of the Ghisallo.
- A Saunier-Duval rider checks over his shoulder.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) crests the Ghisallo.
- Cristian Moreni (Cofidis) leads Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) over the summit of the Ghisallo.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) edges Gerolsteiner's Fabian Wegmann for second.
- Cristian Moreni (Cofidis) comes home fourth.
- The two number ones: Bettini and McQuaid.
- World Champion Paolo Bettini in a moment of solidarity with the retiring Andrea Peron (CSC).
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) shoots a look that could kill.
- You could say he's happy with it.
Results - 245 km
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.08.06 (39.93 km/h) 2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.08 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.14 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.46 6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.48 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.32 10 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.53 11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.03 12 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 13 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 19 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 20 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 25 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 26 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 27 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 28 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 Pedro Arreitunandia Quintero (Spa) Barloworld 30 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 32 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 34 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 35 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 37 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4.10 39 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 40 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 41 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.13 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 44 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 47 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.41 48 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.42 49 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 5.00 52 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 53 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 54 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6.04 55 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.23 56 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 57 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.20 58 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 8.00 59 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas 60 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.34 61 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 63 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 64 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 65 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.18 66 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 14.17 67 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 15.40 68 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 69 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 70 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 71 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 72 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 77 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 78 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 82 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 84 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 85 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 86 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 90 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 92 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 94 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 95 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 16.02 96 Gene Michael Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R. 16.44 97 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld DNF Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua e Sapone DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone DNF Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Acqua e Sapone DNF Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua e Sapone DNF Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone DNF Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team DNF Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team DNF Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team DNF Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana Team DNF Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team DNF Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team DNF Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld DNF Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld DNF Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld DNF Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld DNF James Perry (RSA) Barloworld DNF Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld DNF Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux DNF Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNF Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas DNF Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas DNF Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas DNF Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas DNF Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas DNF Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Jonathan Pa Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Mauricio Alb Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank DNF Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank DNF Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank DNF Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni DNF Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni DNF Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni DNF Diego Nosotti (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni DNF Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC DNF Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram DNF Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team DNF Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
ProTour standings
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 285 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 213 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 165 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 162 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 156 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 155 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 154 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 144 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 138 10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 124 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 121 13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 118 14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 117 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 115 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 114 17 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 114 18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Astana-Würth Team 110 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 108 20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 106 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 106 22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 99 23 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 24 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 25 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 89 26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 27 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 28 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 83 29 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 76 30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 75 31 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 75 32 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 75 33 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 74 34 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 35 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 72 36 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 72 37 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 38 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 69 39 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 67 40 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 65 41 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 42 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 60 43 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 44 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 56 45 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 55 46 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 47 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 48 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 49 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 52 50 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 51 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 48 52 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 53 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 45 54 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 45 56 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 57 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 43 58 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 42 59 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 60 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 61 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 62 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 41 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 40 64 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 65 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 66 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 67 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 38 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 38 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 36 70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 35 71 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 35 72 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 35 73 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 74 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 32 75 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 32 76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 32 77 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 31 78 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 31 79 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 80 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 81 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 82 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 30 83 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 84 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 30 85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 29 86 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 87 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 88 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 89 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 25 90 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 91 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 23 92 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 23 93 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Astana-Würth Team 23 94 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 95 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 96 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 97 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 98 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 21 99 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 20 100 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 101 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 20 102 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 103 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 104 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 105 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 106 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 15 107 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 15 108 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 109 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 15 110 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 111 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 112 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 14 113 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 13 115 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana-Würth Team 13 116 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 117 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 11 118 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 11 119 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 120 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 121 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10 122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 123 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 124 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10 125 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 9 126 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana-Würth Team 9 127 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 128 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 129 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9 130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 131 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 132 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 8 133 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 134 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 135 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 7 136 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 7 137 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 7 138 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 139 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 140 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 141 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 142 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 143 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 144 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6 145 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 146 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 5 147 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 148 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5 149 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 150 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 151 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 5 152 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 153 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 154 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 155 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 156 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5 157 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 158 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 159 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 160 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 5 161 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5 162 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 163 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 164 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4 165 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 166 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 167 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 168 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 169 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 170 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 171 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 172 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 173 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 174 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3 175 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 176 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 3 177 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 178 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 179 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 3 180 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 181 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 182 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 183 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 184 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 185 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 186 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 187 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 188 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 2 189 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 190 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana-Würth Team 2 191 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 2 192 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 193 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 194 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 2 195 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 196 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 197 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 198 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 199 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2 200 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 201 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 202 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 203 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1 204 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 1 205 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 206 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 207 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 208 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 209 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 388 pts 2 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 350 3 Rabobank 346 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 327 5 Lampre-Fondital 327 6 Gerolsteiner 294 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 270 8 T-Mobile Team 269 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 268 10 Astana Team 258 11 Credit Agricole 253 12 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 249 13 Quick Step-Innergetic 248 14 Liquigas 247 15 AG2R Prevoyance 219 16 Davitamon-Lotto 214 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 208 18 Team Milram 185 19 Bouygues Telecom 184 20 Française des Jeux 173 Nations 1 Spain 808 pts 2 Italy 651 3 Germany 475 4 Australia 340 5 United States Of America 316 6 Belgium 292 7 Kazakhstan 286 8 France 271 9 Netherlands 269 10 Russian Federation 234 11 Switzerland 190 12 Luxembourg 165 13 Norway 155 14 Austria 70 15 Colombia 68 16 Portugal 68 17 Slovenia 65 18 Ukraine 52 19 Denmark 43 20 Canada 30 21 Belarus 15 22 Poland 13 23 Lithuania 10 24 Great Britain 8 25 Estonia 5 26 Finland 5 27 Hungary 2 28 New Zealand 2 29 South Africa 1
