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10th Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 10-18, 2007
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Stage 3 - August 12: Pforzheim - Offenburg, 181.8km
Zabel gets number 13 as Voigt defends yellow
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Erik Zabel of Milram won the sprint into Offenburg, taking his 13th career victory at the Deutschland Tour, by beating José Joaquín Rojas of Caisse d'Epargne. Jens Voigt and CSC successfully defended the yellow jersey through the hilly affair in the Black Forest with two category climbs to master.
The first part of the day was marked by Niki Terpstra (Milram) and Christian Leben (Wiesenhof-Felt), who head a maximum lead of over six minutes. But Leben was pretty much dead and unable to follow the Dutchman up the Allerheiligen. Terpstra was just able to hold off the counter-attack by Matthias Russ, Jon Bru and Amaël Moinard to get enough points to climb into the mountain leader's jersey.
The four had to give way to the peloton on the final uphill of the day, a short, but steep climb into the vineyards of the area. The ever aggressive Jens Voigt caused a split, with a dozen riders, including the attentive Discovery Channel Levi Leipheimer, but the sprinters didn't want to give up the golden opportunity and it came all down to a bunch sprint into Offenburg.
German Gerald Ciolek looked good until he came too close to the barriers and hit a spectators hand. While skillfully avoiding a crash, he was out of the sprint and left the door wide open for Zabel, who continued his winning ways in his home country's Tour.
How it unfolded
The 181 riders took off under promising skies in Pforzheim, near Stuttgart. Before the start 55 riders of Caisse d'Epargne, Skil Shimano, Predictor Lotto, Française de Jeux, Volksbank, Gerolsteiner and Lampre had to subject themselves to unannounced blood controls, which were negative. Jens Voigt enjoyed his first day in yellow and showed up with a yellow handle bar tape.
Anton Luengo (Euskaltel) and Florian Stalder (Volksbank) were the first to try an attack within the first kilometre, but Unibet brought them back quickly.
Even if there were no mountain points, the first ten kilometres made the peloton climb some 250 metres. The whole day will be an up and down. Seven riders were dropped on the first hill of the day, but quickly rejoined the field after the downhill, except for Said Haddou of Bouygues Telecom, who abandoned the race after 14 kilometres.
On the front Niki Terpstra (Milram) and Christian Leben (Wiesenhof-Felt) used the descent to propel to the front and quickly build a lead of 1'50". The two reached the first sprint of the day in Calw, at kilometre 26. Terpstra went over the line ahead of Leben. Out of the peloton it was Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) who got the remaining two points to add on to his points account.
At kilometre 30 the advantage was already three minutes. Terpstra started the day 1'34" behind Voigt, so was riding in the virtual yellow jersey. The two were pedalling at an average above 42 kilometres an hour.
Ten kilometres later the advantage had grown to five minutes, but it seemed to be the most that CSC was gonna give to the breakaway, as they started to take care of things on the front.
After 50 kilometres the gap started to shrink and at kilometre 57 it was down to 4'30", with two category one climbs still to come. But after an additional seven kilometres CSC had changed its mind again and the gap goes back up to 4'50".
With a distance of 67 kilometres covered the advantage of the two men in the front, who were working together very well, went past the six-minute mark.
The second sprint in Freudenstadt, at kilometre 74, was witnessed by some 10,000 people who gathered on the market square in this town in the middle of the Black Forest. This time Christian Leben was ahead of Niki Terpstra, with no change for third and Robert Förster increasing his verall points to 29.
With 96 kilometres remaining the front duo got to the feed zone, with less problems than the peloton, which witnessed a crash by Morris Possoni of Lampre. The feeding also marked the begin of the Ruhestein and while it was a non-categorized climb the riders had to go up to 908 metres.
The CSC team was led by Fabian Cancellara, who has become a domestique par excellence this season. He was responsible that the gap went back down to 5'30" as they tackled the gentle road downwards at 75 km/h.
Once in the valley there was not much relief, as the category one of the Allerheiligen was looming. Eight kilometres long, the climb reaches gradients of up to 15 percent.
With 56 kilometres remaining Leben had trouble following the speed of Terpstra. The jersey wide open and sweat dripping the German tried to keep in touch, but the Dutch track specialist stormed on by himself. The speed of the peloton had increased as well, and the gap was down to four minutes.
Terpstra headed over the top on the Allerheiligen at kilometre 112 and added ten points to his mountain points tally. Leben hung on to second and Thomas Rohregger (Elk Haus) sprinted away from the peloton for third. Voigt was active on the front while Leipheimer kept an eye on the tall German.
Going down the riders passed the Allerheiligen waterfalls. Scholz couldn't enjoy it, though, as he flatted and was passed by dropped riders, which prevented the team car from easily getting access for a quick wheel change.
Terpstra could take his own line as he headed downhill on the wide roads. Leben was finally caught just before the end of the descent, while Terpstra started the climb to Zuflucht with 57 kilometres remaining. The roads going up were smaller, with no centre line and not quite as smooth.
And once the road went up again for the eight kilometre climb with a maximum gradient of 18 percent, it was Swiss Cancellara again who headed the peloton, 3'10" behind the leading Dutchmen of Milram.
While Terpstra was visibly beat, Jon Bru of Euskaltel attacked and was joined by Matthias Russ of Gerolsteiner, approximately five kilometres from the top of the climb. The acceleration caused trouble for the sprinters and notably also for the mountain jersey leader, Matej Mugerli (Liquigas), while the lead for Terpstra was down to 2'25"
The peloton was still led by CSC, with five riders, including Andy Schleck, in support of Jens Voigt. Leipheimer was right behind and Bernhard Kohl was there for Gerolsteiner.
With half a kilometre to the top the lead was still 55 seconds. While a visibly tired Terpstra still lost another good 20 seconds until the top he managed to secure full points and the mountain's jersey, with Russ crossing the top ahead of Bru.
Wielinga was slightly ahead of the CSC-led peloton, comprised of only a good two dozen riders as they passed the KOM, which wasn't actually the highest point, with a few more metres uphill to follow. Just before Bru and Russ caught Terpstra they were joined by Amaël Moinard (Cofidis). The four had a lead of one minute as they rose across the plateau that spotted a wind mill for some alternative energy production.
146 kilometre into the race the field headed through Bad Peterstal with its sources of 'healing water'. But Andy Schleck was giving out Power gels to his team instead, to replenish some of the energy spent during the chase. The lead kept hovering around the one minute mark.
At kilometre 155 the final sprint of the day happened in Bad Oppenau. It was Moinard in front of Bru and Russ, but there was no sprint as the break only had winning in mind. With less than 26 kilometres, however, the lead was still just around a minute.
The 20-kilometre to go banner in Lautenbach was passed by the peloton 55 seconds after the quartet in the front had reached it, as they headed downstream in the Rench valley. In Oberkirch, with less than 18 kilometres to go the lead was still 50 seconds. CSC was still doing the work with the sprinters' teams not having offered any share of the work just yet.
A few riders were using a bike path on one of the round abouts to get back to the peloton. Then, with 14 kilometres to go, Marco Pinotti was finally helping out CSC in the front, to get T-Mobile's Gerald Ciolek in a better sprint position than on stage one.
With 11 kilometres to go the lead was down to 43 seconds.
The ten kilometre banner spotted the Gerolsteiner sponsor name, which inspired Matthias Russ to attack, as it also marked the beginning of the final climb - a short, but steep rise into the vineyards. Moinard stayed with Russ, while Terpstra was at the end of his strengths and Bru also couldn't follow the acceleration.
As the riders headed downhill past the Staufenberg, with eight kilkmetres to go, Moinard had a hard time following the German, who knows the roads very well, as he lives nearby.
A small group of about a dozen riders containing Voigt, Cunego, Rebellin and Leipheimer, took off just before the end of the climb. At the bottom, with seven kilometres to go Voigt tried an attack, but could not get ahead. He kept the pace up high, with Leipheimer taking turns as well, while Quick.Step-Innergetic and T-Mobile tried hard to catch them.
The dozen-strong group did manage to catch the two front runners, Russ and Moinard, while Giuseppe Guerini hammered on the front of the main chasers for T-Mobile. Their pace-making, which was done at 80 km/h on the slightly downhill roads, did its job and with 4.5 kilometres to go the lead was down to ten seconds.
The front group got caught with two kilometres to go and no further attacking was allowed by the field that was flying towards the finish in Offenburg. Guerini dropped off the front with one kilometre to go, after having had several showings at the front.
T-Mobile tried to lead out its star sprinter, Gerald Ciolek again, but while the move looked promising, he hit the hand of a spectator and narrowly missed out on crashing, but it was game over. So the path was open for Erik Zabel, who won a stage in the Deutschland Tour for the 13th time.
Photography
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- Erik Zabel gets his 13th win at the Deutschland Tour
- Zabel wins the sprint but Jens Voigt keeps the leader's jersey
- Erik Zabel (Milram) gets the better of José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne)
Results
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4.49.25 (37.69 km/h) 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 6 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 7 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 12 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 13 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 17 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 18 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 34 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 41 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 42 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 43 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 44 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 45 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 47 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 50 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 51 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 52 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 53 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 55 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 57 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 58 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 59 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt 60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 62 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 63 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 64 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 65 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 67 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 69 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 70 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 71 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 72 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 73 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 77 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.13 78 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 79 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.34 80 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 81 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 82 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 85 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 86 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 87 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 88 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 90 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 92 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 93 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 94 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 95 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 96 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 98 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 99 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 100 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 101 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 102 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 103 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 104 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 105 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner 106 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 107 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.41 109 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 110 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 111 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.58 112 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 113 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 115 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 116 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 118 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 120 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 121 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 122 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 123 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 124 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.25 125 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 126 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 127 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 128 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 129 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 130 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 131 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 132 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 133 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 135 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 137 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 140 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 141 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 142 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 143 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 144 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 145 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 146 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Team CSC 148 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 149 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 150 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 151 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 152 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 153 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 154 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 14.39 155 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 156 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 157 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 158 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 159 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 160 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 162 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 165 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 166 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 167 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 168 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 169 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 170 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 171 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 172 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 173 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank 174 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 175 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 176 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 177 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 178 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 179 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt DNF Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano Points Calw - km 26.6 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 4 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Freudenstadt - km 74.3 1 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 6 pts 2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Oppenau - km 155 1 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Offenburg - km 181.8 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25 pts 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 3 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 16 4 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 5 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 11 6 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 10 7 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 9 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 6 11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 5 12 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 4 13 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Mountains Allerheiligen (cat 1) - km 112.9 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 10 pts 2 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 8 3 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 6 4 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4 5 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Zuflucht (cat 1) - km 131.7 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 10 pts 2 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 3 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 5 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 Young rider 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.49.25 2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 5 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 8 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 17 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 19 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 22 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 24 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 25 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 27 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.13 28 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.34 29 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 30 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 33 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 35 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 36 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 37 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 38 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 2.58 39 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 41 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 42 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 43 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 44 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 10.25 45 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 46 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 48 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 49 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 52 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 53 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 54 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 55 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 56 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.39 57 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 58 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 60 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 61 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt Teams 1 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14.28.15 2 Caisse D'epargne 3 Ag2r Prevoyance 4 Team Csc 5 Predictor-lotto 6 Liquigas 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 T-Mobile Team 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 Team Gerolsteiner 11 Elk Haus - Simplon 12 Lampre-fondital 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 14 Unibet.Com 15 Rabobank 16 Team Volksbank 1.34 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Française Des Jeux 1.41 19 Team Milram 3.08 20 Skil-shimano 21 Credit Agricole 4.21 22 Bouygues Telecom 11.59 23 Team Wiesenhof Felt General classification after stage 3 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10.05.20 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.01 3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 6 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.27 8 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.52 12 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.55 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.56 14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.00 21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 23 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.04 25 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 26 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 28 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.20 29 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 1.21 30 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 31 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 32 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 33 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 35 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.24 36 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 1.34 40 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 42 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 43 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.44 44 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.48 45 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.51 46 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 48 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 49 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1.54 50 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 51 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 52 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 53 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.01 54 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.08 55 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.17 56 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2.18 57 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt 58 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner 2.30 59 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32 60 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 61 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.36 62 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 63 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 64 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 2.38 65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 66 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 2.50 67 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 68 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.51 69 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.52 71 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.53 72 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 73 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 74 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 75 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 76 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.55 78 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.57 79 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.02 83 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.03 84 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3.08 85 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 86 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.25 87 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 3.29 88 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 3.30 89 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 90 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.10 92 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.14 93 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.18 94 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.22 95 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 4.24 96 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 97 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 98 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.25 99 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4.26 100 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.27 101 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 103 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.31 104 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4.32 105 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.35 106 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 107 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.42 108 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 4.49 109 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.52 110 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 5.04 111 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 112 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.33 113 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.34 114 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.38 115 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.50 116 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 117 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.55 118 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.01 119 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 8.19 120 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 8.20 121 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.51 122 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 8.52 123 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Team CSC 10.26 124 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.34 125 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.21 126 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.24 127 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 11.37 128 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 11.41 129 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 11.59 130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 131 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.13 132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 133 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12.16 135 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 12.19 136 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.41 137 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.01 138 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 13.12 139 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.16 140 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13.17 142 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 13.18 143 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 13.26 145 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 146 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 147 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 148 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 13.55 149 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 150 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.42 151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.23 152 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15.37 153 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.13 154 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 155 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 16.18 156 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 16.52 157 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 16.57 158 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 159 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 160 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank 17.29 161 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 17.30 162 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.32 163 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 165 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 17.33 166 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 17.36 167 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 17.40 168 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 18.02 169 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 18.09 170 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 18.26 171 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18.57 172 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 20.22 173 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 174 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 21.18 175 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 21.57 176 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.07 177 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22.11 178 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 22.13 179 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23.11 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 41 pts 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 5 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 19 6 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 7 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 9 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 11 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 11 11 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 10 12 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 10 13 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 10 14 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10 15 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 16 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 17 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 9 18 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 19 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7 20 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 7 21 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 22 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 23 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 6 24 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 25 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 5 26 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 27 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 4 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 30 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 32 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 33 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 34 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 20 pts 2 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 3 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 8 4 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 5 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6 6 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 7 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 6 8 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 9 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 10 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 2 Young rider classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10.05.21 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.51 4 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.54 5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.55 6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.57 7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.59 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.03 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.20 11 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 12 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.23 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 1.33 17 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.47 19 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 1.53 20 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.00 21 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.16 22 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2.17 23 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.31 24 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 2.49 25 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50 26 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.51 27 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 2.52 28 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.56 29 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.01 30 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.12 31 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.24 32 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 3.29 33 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.21 34 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.24 35 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4.25 36 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.26 37 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.51 38 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 5.03 39 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.33 40 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.49 41 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 42 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 8.18 43 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 8.51 44 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.23 45 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 11.36 46 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.12 47 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 12.18 49 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.00 50 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 13.11 51 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.15 52 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 13.17 54 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 13.25 55 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.12 56 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 16.51 57 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.31 58 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 17.35 59 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 18.25 60 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 21.56 61 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22.10 Teams classification 1 Team Csc 30.16.03 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.18 3 Team Gerolsteiner 2.45 4 Caisse D'epargne 2.51 5 T-Mobile Team 2.57 6 Rabobank 3.09 7 Liquigas 4.00 8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.09 9 Ag2r Prevoyance 4.39 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.30 11 Unibet.Com 5.39 12 Française Des Jeux 7.02 13 Lampre-fondital 7.45 14 Team Milram 7.47 15 Predictor-lotto 8.36 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.48 17 Team Volksbank 10.01 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.10 19 Elk Haus - Simplon 10.27 20 Skil-shimano 11.41 21 Credit Agricole 13.21 22 Bouygues Telecom 20.29 23 Team Wiesenhof Felt 21.30
