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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 1 - Sunday, July 8: London - Canterbury, 203km
McEwen's Canterbury Tale: Robbie's Unbelievable Win
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Canterbury, with additional reporting by Laura Weislo
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As Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal fought it out in the Men's Final at Wimbledon and Kimi Raikonnen captured the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, it was Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) who had the most dramatic win of the moment. The Australian sprung for an incredible sprint victory in Canterbury, beating archrivals Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) and Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) by over a bike length on the finishing straight on Rheims Way.
"I crashed with about 20 kilometres to go and landed on my knee and wrist," explained a still incredulous McEwen post-stage, "but my teammates waited for me. It was very hard to get back to the peloton and I was thinking 'it's finished' because when you crash and hurt yourself it's not good, but I stayed concentrated. I found the energy through the fear and frustration because I had crashed on the first stage of the Tour, but I realized I had nothing to lose. My goal at the Tour was to win one stage and I've done that, but I hope my injuries aren't too bad tomorrow."
With a shake of his head, as if he couldn't believe he had won the stage, McEwen embraced his teammates Mario Aerts and Dario Cioni post stage, who had brought the 35 year-old sprinter back from the brink. For the first time in his career, the Gold Coaster took the win in the first stage of the Tour de France to make it an even dozen of Tour career stage wins.
Maillot Jaune Fabian Cancellara had a quiet day ensconced in the peloton today as stage 1 traversed the County of Kent on the road to Canterbury. "My team controlled the race very today and it so was great to spend the day in the Maillot Jaune. That is always fantastic, maybe the best thing in cycling."
After a cruise through the streets of London on the neutral zone, Saunier Duval's speedy Scot David Millar made an early, audacious counterattack in east London suburb of Woolwich and then got away solo, with four riders pursuing him, including Augé (Cofidis), Bichot (Agritubel), Grivko (Milram) and Kuschynski (Liquigas) while Maillot Jaune Cancellara's CSC machine kept tempo behind.
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Millar was looking to get as many points on the road as he could, eventually collecting enough time bonuses and climbing points to take over the Maillot Pois of best climber as well as move past Discovery Channel's George Hincapie into third on GC and is now 21" out of the race lead.
Millar explained post-state to Ben Atkins, Cyclingnews UK editor that "I just tried to kind of be in the race today, so this is a total bonus. I just attacked because I was kind of in a dark angry mood this morning, so I wanted to do something."
"I remember in '94 when I came to the Tour when I was a kid," Millar continue. "I queued up in Brighton at the barriers for like four hours for the race to come through and then the two riders came through and ten minutes later Boardman had attacked off the front. I remember that made my whole day, seeing Boardman off the front. And so, I thought today, 'you know what, I'm just going to go on a suicide mission,' and it ended up being productive, which is a real bonus."
Millar well articulated his feelings about racing in England this weekend, "I just wanted to say 'thank you' to everyone, it's just been such an opportunity, it was the one opportunity in my life to do that. It's been amazing, there were flags and my name painted out and everyone was just cheering my name, it was nice to hear 'David' being shouted out in an English accent and not 'Davide, Davide.' It was the first time I've had 'David, David' the whole road, so that was great, it was just like wonderful, it's a big 'thank you' to everyone for coming out and supporting us. It was a good day. The crowd was huge, insane. Everywhere we went people were supporting us racing."
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McEwen's Predictor-Lotto teammate Chris Horner gave major props to his Aussie teammate McEwen, telling Shane Stokes of Cyclingnews that "[Robbie] had Fred Rodriguez and Leif Hoste looking after him all the way into the finish and you can't ask for two better wheels than that. So nothing surprises me with Robbie when he sees the finish line. I have seen him when he is absolutely terrible, when he says 'don't do anything for me, I am bad,' and then he pulls out the win anyway."
Young British sprinter Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) was touted as a possibility for the stage but he crashed into a spectator with 21 kilometres to go in Farthing Common at the base of the final KOM. His team director Brian Holm explained, "He ran into someone and was half-fighting with the man he ran into on the street. I don't know exactly what happened. Then his handlebars were damaged so we had to move up and change his bike again.
"For some reason the race commissaries made a barrage. Normally with a crash like that you let the cars go so he can go between the cars, but what the bloody commissar did today was a very strange situation."
Cavendish eventually finished third from last on the stage, 2'45" behind McEwen. Just a handful of seconds before Cavendish, US TT champ Dave Zabriskie (CSC) crossed the finish line in 184th, 2'27" back as the American dropped off the pace in the final kilometres after his hard tempo work on the front today for his teammate Cancellara. Eduardo Gonzalo of Agritubel injured his right shoulder after 67 kilometres in Maidstone and crashed out of Le Tour, so 188 riders will start tomorrow as the Tour returns to France.
How it unfolded
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All 189 riders gathered in London under sunny skies and mild temperatures for the start of stage one. After a parade lap through the historic centre of London, the riders halted briefly on the Tower Bridge for a short stage opening ceremony, and after London mayor Kevin Livingstone cut the tape and dropped the flag, the riders headed out for an additional neutral section before starting the 203 kilometre stage to Canterbury.
Just as soon as the riders reached kilometre zero, the French teams of Agritubel and Française des Jeux started the aggression, but it was Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) and Andrey Grivko (Team Milram) who made the first breakaway.
Their move didn't last long, and was quickly countered by Saunier Duval's David Millar, who established the definitive breakaway of the stage inside the first 10 kilometres. Millar forged ahead solo for 40 kilometres, keeping a gap of a minute or more on a chase group of Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel), Andrey Grivko (Team Milram) and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis).
Millar mopped up the first time bonus along the route in the town of Gillingham before his team finally advised him to wait for the chasers. Grivko and Kuschynski took second and third in the sprint, and the break became five just past the 50-kilometre mark.
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With the break working smoothly together, the peloton sat back and was content to have a relaxing day in the saddle. All along the route, massive, enthusiastic crowds lined the roads to watch the Tour come past for the first time since 1994.
In the second sprint at Wateringbury, the breakaway, which had extended its lead to five minutes, rolled through with Millar taking the maximum time bonus ahead of Grivko and Kuschynski.
The calm atmosphere in the peloton didn't prevent a few mishaps along the way. Eduardo Gonzalo (Agritubel) was the first rider to abandon at kilometre 79 after he crashed through the rear window of the Caisse d'Epargne team car. He broke his collarbone in the incident, but can take solace in the fact that he wasn't the first to have that experience - both Davis Phinney and Jan Ullrich have done the same. The Caisse d'Epargne team director was apologetic after the stage, telling French television that he the car in front of him stopped suddenly and there was nothing he could have done to prevent the accident.
The battle for the polka dot climber's jersey was more heated than the intermediate sprints. At the first KOM in Southborough at kilometre 94.5, Millar had to put in a solid sprint on the category four hill to get the points ahead of Grivko and Kuschynski. At the second category four climb in Goudhurst, Kuschynski tried to surprise his companions, but went too soon and was caught and passed by Bichot and Augé at the top.
With the break now at kilometre 121, the peloton was starting to get restless. Quickstep's Cédric Vasseur and a Crédit Agricole rider took over from the CSC train, which had been setting tempo all afternoon, and the gap to the breakaway started to fall quickly. After Predictor-Lotto sent Wim Vansevenant to the front with another teammate, the leaders' advantage fell down below the three-minute mark by the third intermediate sprint in Tenterden at kilometre 140.5.
The intermediate sprint was a hard-fought battle between Kuschynski, Bichot and Grivko who crossed the line in that order. As the chase gathered its fury, the peloton suffered a string of mishaps: first Oscar Freire flatted with 60 kilometres to go, then a crash involving Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel), Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne) and Brett Lancaster (Milram) in the town of Bethersden with 53 kilometres to go.
As the peloton drew ever nearer, Freddy Bichot decided to attack, and was followed by Augé and Kuschynski who were trying to dislodge Grivko, who they felt wasn't doing his fair share. Not willing to pull Grivko back on, Millar gave up and the pair was caught with 44 kilometres remaining.
With Millar back in the fold, Saunier Duval came to the fore and brought the trio up front within a minute of their grasp. Still, the problems persisted in the peloton, and Leif Hoste and Levi Leipheimer both suffered flats as the chase was at full steam. Both made it back safely into the bunch.
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The lead for Kuschynski, Bichot and Augé was down to 17 seconds when Augé decided it was time to go it alone. Interested in the red and white spotted climber's jersey, he attacked with 26 kilometres to go, six kilometres before the KOM. Fortunately, for him, but unfortunate for the riders involved, a large crash in the peloton disrupted the chase with 23 kilometres to go.
The crash, which took out sprint hot-favourite Robbie McEwen also delayed more than 20 other riders. Most of the Predictor-Lotto squad came back for McEwen, but that did not help T-Mobile's Mark Cavendish, who had to stop twice for a bike change. The Manxman would never make it back to the bunch despite constant encouragement (but no teammates to help) from his directeur sportif.
Augé succeeded in taking the last KOM in Farthing Common, while Saunier Duval's Davids - Millar and de la Fuente - took second and third while leading the chase behind. Just over the top, Augé gave up the ghost and Saunier Duval let Quickstep take over the work at the front.
Aided by Lampre, Quickstep took control but never succeeded in setting up the blistering pace of the typical Tour de France sprint finish. CSC kept Cancellara safe up front, but took a back seat to a decidedly unhurried run in to Canterbury. With eight kilometres to go, McEwen's group was still 18" behind the group of the yellow jersey, and the sprint looked to be a sure thing for Tom Boonen.
As Matteo Tosatto and Gert Steegmans provided Boonen his final lead-out with one kilometre to go, Milram was able to overtake their train on the left side of the road while trying to deliver Erik Zabel to the front. But in a quick succession of left and right-hand bends, Milram lost their grip and were surprised by an early sprint from Barloworld's Robert Hunter.
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The South African launched himself away from the charging pack, but couldn't sustain his speed. With Discovery's Tomas Vaitkus on his wheel, Hunter faded, and Française Des Jeux's Sébastien Chavanel hit the gas on the right, while Thor Hushovd and Tom Boonen chose the middle of the road to make their kick in the last 200 metres.
But nobody expected the appearance of Robbie McEwen, who shot like a rocket past Francisco Ventoso, and came from 10th wheel to explode to the stage win ahead of Hushovd and Boonen. McEwen, his leg dripping with blood, won his 12th Tour de France stage with so much speed the rest of the sprinters looked as if they were standing still.
Stage 2 - Monday, July 9: Dunkirk - Gent, 168.5km
Monday sees the second stage of Le Tour returning to Europe and it passes into Belgium across the mythical roads of Belgian Classics like the Tour of Flanders, Het Volk and Gent-Wevelgem. Echelons and crashes could play a part in this nervous stage and the strong wind off the North Sea will undoubtedly be present. 'Tommeke' Boonen will be looking for a big win in front of the home crowd in Gent.
Sprints:
Km 46: Boezinge (Belgium)
Km 87: Westende (Belgium)
Km 140: Aarsele (Belgium)
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Queen's Guard in London.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) with his fan club.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas)
- Manuel Quinziato and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) with London's finest.
- Pippo Pozzato tries on a new hat.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) with his girlfriend.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) enjoys London with his ragazza.
- Pippo with the paper. La Gazzetta dello Sport
- Tower bridge
- Queen's Guard in London.
- Queen's Guard plays music for the start in London.
- Houses of Parliament
- London Eye
- Tower Bridge for the official start
- Tower Bridge
- Tower Bridge was the official start for stage 1.
- The sprint into Canterbury.
- The sprinters battle it out into Canterbury.
- The Australian came by everyone with an incredible speed.
- The peloton bunches up at the finish.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) heads the other way to receive another yellow jersey.
- Predictor-Lotto did an incredible job to ride McEwen back into the race after his untimely crash 23 kilometres before the finish.
- Predictor-Lotto is happy to celebrate another victory after hard work.
- McEwen on the podium.
- Cancellara puts on another yellow jersey.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) has done it again.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) was as invisible as the Canterbury Ghost to take stage one.
- Cancellara comes in with the same time and keeps his jersey. Hincapie is on the left.
- Thumbs up even if his right hand got the brunt of it during the crash.
- Cancellara has build a comfortable lead over the sprinters with his stunning time trial performance.
- Cancellara in yellow.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) wearing 'his' colour.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) did enough to secure the Polka-dot Jersey.
Images by AFP Photo
- Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) leads the escape.
- Robbie unbelievable! Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) takes the stage 1 sprint.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) heads to the sprint win.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) over Boonen in stage 1.
- For Predictor-Lotto Robbie McEwen takes the win.
- 12th win for Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) in the Tour de France.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- The riders cross the Tower Bridge to a big crowd of fans
- Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara greets the London Mayor Kevin Livingstone
- The Tower Bridge
- Riders line up on the Tower Bridge for the ceremonial start
- McEwen gets to the point winning stage one
- Cancellara reaches an arm into his second yellow jersey of the 2007 Tour
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) looking spotty in the climbers' jersey
- Robbie McEwen gets a zip from former Tour winner Bernard Hinault
- McEwen embraces Wim Vansevenant who was the first on the scene to help chase McEwen back into the pack after he crashed
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) gives McEwen a pat of congratulations
- Cancellara glows in yellow at the sign-in
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) at the start
- CSC's Stuart O'Grady gets direction from his young son
- The jersey holders of stage one Andreas Klöden, Fabian Cancellara and Vladimir Gusev
- The Tour heads out of London
- Cancellara gets a push from his team
- Alejandro Valverde is happy to start in the sunshine on the second day of Le Tour
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) gets his bottle of champagne
Images by Tim Maloney /Cyclingnews.com
- Ag2r Prevoyance directeur sportif Laurent Biondi
- Gilles Magnien the new driver of the Tour director's car
- The Tour director's car has a sophisticated communications system
- Magnien watches the parade go by before heading up the race
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4.39.01 (43.65 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 26 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 28 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 30 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 31 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 34 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 35 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 38 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 40 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 43 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 44 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 49 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 50 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 53 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 54 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 55 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 60 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 61 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 63 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 64 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 66 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 69 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 71 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 73 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 75 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 77 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 80 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 81 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 83 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 85 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 86 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 91 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 92 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 93 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 94 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 96 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 98 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 99 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 100 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 104 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 106 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 107 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 108 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 109 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 111 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 112 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 113 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 114 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 116 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 117 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 118 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 119 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 121 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 122 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 123 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 125 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 126 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 127 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 128 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 129 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 130 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 132 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 133 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 134 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 135 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 136 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 137 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 138 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 139 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 141 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 142 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 143 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 144 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 146 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 147 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 148 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 149 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 150 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 151 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 152 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 154 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 155 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 156 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 157 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 158 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 159 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 160 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 161 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 162 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 164 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 165 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 166 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 167 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 168 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 169 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 170 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 171 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 172 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 173 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 175 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 176 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 177 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 178 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 179 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 180 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 181 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 182 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.29 183 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.32 184 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.27 185 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 2.45 186 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 187 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 7.48 DNF Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel Points Gillingham - km 46.5 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 4 3 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 Teston - km 76 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 4 3 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 Tenterden - km 140.5 1 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 2 Finish 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 22 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 19 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 9 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 15 12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 14 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 13 14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 11 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 20 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 25 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 1 Mountains Côte de Southborough - km 94.5 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 pts 2 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 3 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 Côte de Goudhurst - km 121.0 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 Côte de Farthing Common - km 183.0 1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Young rider 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4.39.01 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 16 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 23 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 25 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 27 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 30 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 2.45 Most aggressive rider classification 1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Teams 1 Quickstep-Innergetic 13.57.03 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Liquigas 4 Française des Jeux 5 Crédit Agricole 6 Predictor-Lotto 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Barloworld 10 Astana 11 Lampre-Fondital 12 Team CSC 13 Rabobank 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Team Milram 16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 AG2r Prévoyance 19 Agritubel 20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Caisse d'Epargne General classification after stage 1 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.47.51 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 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.26 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.29 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.30 10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.32 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.33 14 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.35 17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.36 19 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.37 22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.38 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 26 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.39 27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.42 31 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.43 32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 35 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.44 37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.45 39 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.46 42 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.47 44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 46 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 0.48 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 50 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 53 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.49 55 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 56 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 57 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.50 60 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.51 62 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52 66 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 68 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.53 69 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 70 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 72 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 73 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.54 76 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 77 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 80 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 81 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.55 82 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 83 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 84 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 85 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 86 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 87 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 0.56 90 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 93 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.57 94 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 95 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 96 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 97 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 98 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.58 99 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 100 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 103 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.00 104 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 105 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 106 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 110 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.01 111 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 112 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 115 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.02 116 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 118 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 119 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03 120 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 121 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 122 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.04 125 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 126 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 128 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 129 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.05 130 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 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 4.15 188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 8.41 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 22 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 19 8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 19 9 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 10 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 15 13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 14 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 13 15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 12 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 11 20 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9 24 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 27 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 30 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 32 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 33 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 35 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 36 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 1 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 4.48.16 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 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.32 16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.33 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.35 18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.37 19 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 0.38 20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.39 21 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.40 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 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 14.24.51 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 Predictor-Lotto 1.01 15 Team Milram 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.03 17 Lampre-Fondital 1.10 18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Barloworld 1.23 20 AG2r Prévoyance 1.25 21 Agritubel
