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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 2 - Monday, July 9: Dunkirk - Gent, 168.5km
Steegmans and Boonen rule Belgian finish
By Gregor Brown and Laura Weislo in Gent
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Gert Steegmans worked with team captain Tom Boonen to deliver his Quickstep team a one-two finish in front of an estimated 75 to 100 thousand spectators in Gent, Belgium. Steven De Jongh led the Belgians to the line and it was 26 year-old Steegmans who was allowed to take his first Tour de France win by Boonen.
A crashed marred the final two kilometres, holding up many sprinters and Maillot Jaune Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC). The Swiss still holds the race lead but will need to be checked for possible injuries. Andreas Klöden (Astana) is in second and David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in third overall.
"There was no one coming and when there is a chance like that he should be able take it," said 26 year-old Tom Boonen of Steegmans after the finish. "He has done a lot for me in the past."
It is an appropriate reward for the fifth-year professional, who did lead-outs for Robbie McEwen in 2006 before making the switch to rival-Belgian team Quickstep this last winter. Steegmans is a winner of three stages this year (one in Volta Algarve, one in Three Days of De Panne and one in 4 Jours de Dunkerque) but usually does his work for 'Tommeke' Boonen in races like Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix.
"It was sometimes dangerous for us in the finale," a smiling Steegmans noted. "The team told me to wait a long time and then do the lead-out. Steven [De Jongh] pulled so hard it was very hard to follow. I went from long." It was a nice surprise win for Steegmans, and he has paid his dues. "Last year it was me it was a lot of hard work for McEwen."
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The Belgian win was extremely important for Quickstep, and the team could have not done any better with Sébastien Rosseler and then De Jongh leading the charge into East Flandrian capital Gent, about eighty kilometres from the hometown of Steegmans. Following in Quickstep's wake were Erik Zabel (Milram), Robert Hunter (Barloworld), Philippe Gilbert and Sébastien Chavanel (both Française Des Jeux), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas).
Zabel could not hold on to the charge of Quickstep and when he faded, a gap opened, making an obvious chance for Boonen to gift the win. As Zabel lost the wheel of Boonen it was Italian 'Pippo' Pozzato appeared who charged hard on the German's right while South African Hunter bolted up the left side. The duo took third and fourth, respectively. It was a great result for Hunter, who finished third in a stage in 2001 with Lampre, but 2004 stage 7 winner Pozzato will be wanting more.
"I am not going to risk my life to win a sprint," said 'Pippo' Pozzato after his third place.
Romain Feillu (Agritubel) and stage 1 winner Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) took fifth and sixth. "I was second last to avoid the crash, after that I lost some energy getting across," said Feillu. "I missed that [energy] from my sprint. But I feel I can get a good placing again. Twice fifth at the Tour de France and that means my Tour is a success already."
"The crash yesterday had a part to play," noted McEwen, who crashed before yesterday's win. "Both my knees are hurting. I feel like I am sitting a little sideways on the bike. I didn't feel real good, but I tried anyway. I am still in the race, so I will keep trying."
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The crash in the final two kilometres held up an estimated thirty riders and most were left watching the sprint on the big monitor mounted just behind. Reviewing the crash, it was in fact Zabel who touched his front wheel with Boonen's rear wheel. Both riders stayed up right but a chain-reaction followed when a Liquigas rider fell to his right, taking down a T-Mobile rider and two Lampres.
In addition race leader Cancellara, there was Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile), Americans Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) and George Hincapie (Discovery Channel).
"I was behind it, with three kilometres to go I started backing off," said Chris Horner after the finish. "Everybody went down. Thor [Hushovd] went down, Cancellara went down, [Francisco José] Ventoso went down, two guys from my team too – Leif [Hoste] and Freddy Rodriguez both crashed. Luckily I was pretty far back so I wasn't involved."
With the second place finish, Boonen took the sprinter's Maillot Vert from Australian sixth place finisher Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto). "I would like to have the green jersey in Paris," noted Boonen.
With no mountains, Millar kept the Maillot Blanc à Pois Rouges and Russian Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) keeps the Maillot Blanc of best young rider.
How it unfolded
The streets of Dunkerque were slightly damp after morning showers when the peloton rolled out at 13:25 local time, but the skies cleared and the riders were treated to unexpectedly pleasant conditions for the majority of the stage.
The only non-starter of the day was Agritubel's Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez, who crashed through the rear window of the Caisse d'Epargne team car on stage one. All 188 riders departed from the coastal port town at a leisurely pace to face their fast, flat 168.5-kilometre spin to the East Flanders province capital of Gent.
Just as soon as the race left its brief visit to France and crossed into Belgium, the first attack of the day went clear. Milram's Marcel Sieberg was the first aggressor, and surprisingly was able to go clear. He was quickly joined by two riders: Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Cédric Hervé (Agritubel). The three would form the only break of the day.
With a gap of 1'35 to the field, Pérez, became the 'virtual' yellow jersey as the best placed rider in the overall classification in the breakaway at the 20 kilometre mark.
With nothing to break the level terrain except the occasional highway overpass, the trio built up their lead to just over two minutes at the first intermediate sprint of the day in Boezinge at kilometre 45. The three rolled through the line with Hervé ahead of Pérez and Sieberg.
Riders had been expecting the strong crosswinds that normally characterise the spring races in this part of the country, but they never quite materialized, and the peloton was safe from the dreaded echelons that can split the field to shreds. They gave the breakaway a long leash, and the maximum advantage of 5'55 was reached 65 kilometres into the stage.
When the breakaway approached the second sprint of the day in Westende, just before the midway point of the stage, Hervé attacked to take the points much to the dismay of Sieberg, who seemed to indicate that they should share the bonuses.
Heading inland from the coast, the peloton took advantage of the tailwinds to pick up the pace and close down the gap to the leaders, with the CSC team of GC leader Fabian Cancellara doing most of the pace making for the second day in a row.
Predictor-Lotto's tall Wim Vansevenant took advantage of the parade-like pace of the peloton to ride off the front of the bunch to wave hello to family and friends in his home town of Ichtegem before getting down to business to work for his stage one winning teammate Robbie McEwen.
The going started to get rough when the blue skies turned to grey and then black over the riders and then the rain began to fall as the race entered the final 40 kilometres. With the gap falling steadily thanks to the help of Predictor-Lotto, the leaders held just over two minutes at the final intermediate sprint of the day. Pérez took the sprint ahead of Hervé and Sieberg, and the German took the opportunity to attack immediately after the line, but his two companions weren't giving any ground and quickly caught up.
The hard work of the sprinters' teams brought the gap under two minutes as the field passed through the start town of Gent-Wevelgem, Deinze, and in pouring rain the leaders were desperate to maintain their advantage.
When Quickstep decided to put their weight behind the chase, and sent hard man Steven De Jongh to the front, the writing was on the wall for the escapees. In just ten kilometres, the gap went down a full minute, and as the peloton hit the long, flat, straight road into Gent and had the break in their sights, the time for glory was over for the three men in front. Pérez gave a last minute attempt to get clear just inside three kilometres to go, but Sieberg was straight on his wheel and they all knew it was over.
The peloton hurtled through the final turn and up the 'ring road' into the centre of Gent and breakneck speeds on the newly paved roads, but just a few hundred metres into their flight to the finish a touch of wheels at the very front of the peloton set off a horrendous crash, taking down many of the sprinters who were fighting for the wheel of Tom Boonen, and even bringing the yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara down as well.
Held up behind the crash, the majority of the peloton was left watching the finish on the big screen television, and they were able to witness Quickstep's Rosseler and then De Jongh drop Boonen and his last lead-out man Gert Steegmans off with well-oiled precision. But to everyone's surprise, Boonen was unable to come around the hard-charging Steegmans, but saluted as he crossed the line in joy for the team's win before his surprised teammate could even celebrate his first Tour stage victory.
Photography
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- Gert Steegmans looks to his team-mate Boonen after winning the second stage of the 2007 Tour
- Tom Boonen happy with his team's win on Belgian soil
- Fabian Cancellara grimaces with pain after going down in a big wreck with 2km to go
- The final uphill sprint into Gent was dominated by the Quickstep train
- Gert Steegmans (Quickstep) thrills to his first Tour win
- Unlucky, George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) went down in the crash and hurt his arm
- Gert Steegmans (Quickstep) on the podium after his first Tour stage win
- Tom Boonen took over the green jersey from Robbie McEwen
- Boonen got around to the victory salute before Steegmans could manage one!
- Tom Boonen and Gert Steegmans (Quickstep) hit the peloton with a one-two punch
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) picks up his bike to start stage 2
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) at the sign in, still waiting for the mountains.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) lifts his bike out of the 'bike rack' after having signed in.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) enjoys another day in yellow.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) doing his superstar duty.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) had only one goal in mind: finish the stage and ensure another day in the leader's jersey.
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) prepares for the stage that started out with heavy rains.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) in a quiter moment before the start.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) is confident before the start.
- Belgian Tom Boonen returns from the sign-in.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) after the sign-in. German Champ Fabian Wegmann in the background on the podium.
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) at the sign-in.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) doing his superstar duty.
- Cancellara in yellow makes last adjustments on his bike.
- The Swiss rider enjoys another day in yellow.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) before the start.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) before the start.
- The peloton waits before the roll-out.
- Two Agritubel riders are at the back of the field.
- Levi Leipheimer checks to make sure his bike is ready to get to Belgium.
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) happy before the start to the second stage.
- Gusev and Hincapie posing for the camera.
- Valverde and Pereiro can't wait for the mountains to start.
- Fabian Wegmann enjoys the Tour in the German Championships jersey.
- The field is rolling.
- Erik Zabel is ready to sign-in.
- The few riders who escaped the crash sprint for the win.
- Boonen celebrates the win of his usual leadout man.
- The finish in Gent was quite steep and the sprinters are struggling to get on terms wit it.
- Boonen raises his arms but it is the man to his right, teammate Steegmans, who takes the stage.
- The two Quickstep celebrate a rare 1-2.
- Boonen and Steegmans really enjoyed the ride into Belgium
- The two Belgians made sure that they will be the talk of the town for quite some time.
- Steegmans (Quickstep) on the right sends his thanks to teammate Boonen, who is usually the man to win.
- Fabian Cancellara makes a face that sums up his day. He'll hope that his wrist is not badly affected.
- American Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) also got to experience the Belgian tarmac in a way he didn't expect.
- Gert Steegmans gets to enjoy the limelight for once.
- The yellow jersey and other riders caught in the crash in the last couple of kilometres are crossing the line, not looking happy.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) hurt his writs in the pileup.
- Gert Steegmans (Quickstep) on the podium.
- Steegmans kisses a well-deserved trophy.
- Steegmans on the podium is extremely happy.
- The Belgian
- Fabian Cancellara is already in a better mood as he receibed another yellow jersey.
- The leader of the Tour since the prologue.
- Tom Boonen may have 'only' gotten second on the day, but he at least won the green jersey.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- Who-hoo! Gert Steegmans pumps his fists in joy after winning the sprint he was only leading out
- Yeah, baby! Steegmans shows the guns
- At the crest of the hill Steegmans takes his first Tour win in Gent
- Quickstep was an indomitable force on the finish in Gent
- What it feels like to win a Tour stage
- Patrick Lefevere gives a hug to Gert Steegmans
- Tom Boonen was in high demand with Belgian reporters after the finish
- Robbie McEwen congratulates Steegmans on his Tour win
- Steegmans gives the thumbs up as Boonen tries to resist the crush of reporters
- The Tour heads out for stage two from Dunkeque to Gent
- Fans cheer on the peloton
- Yellow jersey Cancellara is surrounded by the CSC team at the start
- CSC, Astana and Cofidis lead the neutral roll out
- The peloton rolls out from Dunkeque
- Fans mill around waiting for the peloton to come
- Large crowds gathered to see the riders in Dunkerque
- Fans look to see where the riders are
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- The peloton looking eager to get underway as they swarm around the lead car before being released
- David Millar shows off his KOM jersey
- Le Tour makes it's way over from Dover
- Cancellara sticking out in his yellow jersey and helmet in the peloton
- CSC on the front, keeping the pace high
- Cancellara focus' on the road ahead
- The break makes its way through Belgium
- Steegmans gets it from fellow team mate and country man Boonen
- Tomas Vaitkus doesn't look happy after his crash
- Cancellara nursed his arm as he crossed the line after crashing
- Millar crosses the line after being held up behind the crash
- Gert Steegmans happy to be on the top step of the podium in his home country of Belgium
- Cancellara happy to have survived another day in yellow
- Boonen didn't get the stage but got the green jersey
- Millar looking a little shocked on the podium
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Looks a lot like Tornado Tom thought he had it won , but Steegmans ended up on the podium.
- Cancellara looking very fast all kitted out in yellow.
- Mighty Thor, making some Norwegian fans very happy before the start of the stage.
- Pozzato laughing at a joke en route to 3rd place on the stage.
- The rain came teeming down during the stage, so Vino made his way towards the front.
- A lion, came out during the stage to cheer on the break away.
- The break heading towards the bad weather in the distance.
- The tour always has a festival atmosphere , and with Gent having its yearly festival, it was a big party.
Results
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.48.22 (44.2 km/h) 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 22 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 24 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 25 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 28 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 29 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 30 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 34 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 35 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 36 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 42 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 43 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 44 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 52 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 53 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 54 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 56 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 62 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 63 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 64 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 67 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 73 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 76 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 77 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 79 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 80 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 81 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 83 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 85 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 86 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 87 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 89 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 91 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 92 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 93 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 94 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 95 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 96 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 98 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 100 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 101 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 102 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 103 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 104 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 105 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 108 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 110 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 112 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 113 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 114 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 116 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 117 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 118 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 119 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 120 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 121 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 122 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 123 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 124 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 125 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 126 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 127 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 128 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 130 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 131 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 132 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 133 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 134 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 135 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 136 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 139 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 140 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 141 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 143 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 144 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 145 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 146 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 147 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 148 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 149 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 150 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 151 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 152 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 153 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 154 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 156 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 157 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 158 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 160 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 161 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 162 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 163 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 164 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 165 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 166 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 167 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 168 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 169 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 170 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 171 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 172 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 173 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 174 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 175 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 176 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 177 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 178 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 179 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 180 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 181 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 182 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 183 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 184 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 185 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 186 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 187 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 188 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto Points Boezinge - km 45 1 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 6 pts 2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 2 Westende - km 81.5 1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Aarsele - km 140.5 1 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 2 Finish 1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 35 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 30 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 26 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 24 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 22 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 20 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 19 8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 17 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 11 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 14 13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 15 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 11 16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 20 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 6 21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 22 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 24 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 25 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Young rider 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3.48.22 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 16 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 18 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 21 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 24 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 25 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 29 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 31 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld Most aggressive rider 1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram Teams 1 Quickstep-Innergetic 11.25.06 2 Française des Jeux 3 Barloworld 4 T-Mobile Team 5 Team Milram 6 Crédit Agricole 7 Liquigas 8 Rabobank 9 Gerolsteiner 10 Astana 11 Agritubel 12 Bouygues Telecom 13 Predictor-Lotto 14 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 AG2r Prévoyance 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Lampre-Fondital 19 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 Team CSC 21 Caisse d'Epargne General classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 8.36.13 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.13 3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.21 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.23 5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.25 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.26 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.29 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.30 11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.32 13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.33 15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.35 18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.36 21 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.37 25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.38 27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 28 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.39 29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 31 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.42 33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43 34 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 36 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.44 38 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 39 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.45 41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.46 44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.47 46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 0.48 50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.49 56 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.50 61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.51 63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 65 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52 67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.53 70 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 73 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 74 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.54 77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 78 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 81 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 82 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.55 83 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 84 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 85 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 86 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 87 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 88 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 89 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 90 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 91 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 0.56 92 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 95 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.57 96 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 98 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 99 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 100 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.58 101 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 102 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 103 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 104 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 105 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.00 106 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 108 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.01 113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 114 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 115 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 116 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.02 118 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 120 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 121 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03 122 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 123 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 124 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.04 127 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 128 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 129 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 130 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.05 131 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 132 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.06 133 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 134 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 135 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 136 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 137 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 139 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 140 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.07 141 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.08 143 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 144 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.09 146 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10 147 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 148 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 149 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 151 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.12 152 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 153 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 154 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.13 155 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 156 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 157 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.14 158 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.15 160 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16 161 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 162 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 163 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 1.18 164 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 165 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 166 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.19 168 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 169 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 170 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1.20 171 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 172 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.21 173 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.23 174 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.25 175 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.26 176 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 177 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.27 178 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 179 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 1.30 180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.33 181 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.51 182 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 2.15 183 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.59 184 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.04 185 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 3.37 186 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.54 187 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 4.01 188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 8.41 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 56 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 55 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 46 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 44 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 36 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 32 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30 9 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 29 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 29 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 26 12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 21 14 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 20 15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 19 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 18 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 21 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 23 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 14 24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 12 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 28 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 29 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 12 30 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 10 31 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 32 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 34 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 36 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 38 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 39 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 40 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 42 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 43 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 44 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 45 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 48 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 49 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 Mountains classification 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 pts 2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 5 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 6 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Young rider classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.36.38 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.07 4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.08 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.10 6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.11 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.13 8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.17 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.19 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.21 11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.22 12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.23 14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25 15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 0.30 16 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.32 17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.33 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.35 19 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.37 20 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 0.38 21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.39 22 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.40 23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.43 24 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.45 25 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.48 26 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.49 28 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.51 29 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.54 30 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.02 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 3.12 Teams classification 1 Astana 25.49.57 2 Team CSC 0.02 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.05 4 Caisse d'Epargne 0.18 5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.20 6 T-Mobile Team 0.45 7 Rabobank 0.47 8 Française des Jeux 0.48 9 Liquigas 0.52 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.54 11 Crédit Agricole 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.57 14 Team Milram 1.01 15 Predictor-Lotto 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.03 17 Lampre-Fondital 1.10 18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Barloworld 1.23 20 Agritubel 1.25 21 AG2r Prévoyance
