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10th Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 10-18, 2007
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Stage 4 - August 13: Singen - Sonthofen, 183.8km
Cunego is back as Voigt defends yellow
By Bjorn Haake
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre) outwitted fellow Italian Davide Rebellin of Gerolsteiner and David López García (Caisse d'Epargne) of Spain to win stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour ahead of a small peloton including race favourite Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) and yellow jersey Jens Voigt (CSC).
The category 2 Riedbergpass was the decisive part of the race as the six man lead group of Cunego, Rebellin, López García, Robert Gesink (Rabobank), Leipheimer and Rigoberto Uran (Unibet.com) split up into two groups. Uran spectacularly crashed out of the front group with a free fall over several feet, flying over a water hole and crashing into a hillside containing rocks.
López García managed to bridge up to the remaining leaders Rebellin and Cunego while Leipheimer and Gesink lost more ground on the downhill and eventually were caught by the Voigt group.
Voigt saved his yellow jersey, but said after the race "This was harder than I expected. It was steeper than I thought it would be. At the bottom there were pitches of up to 16 percent. I spent a lot of energy chasing back."
On the other hand sprinter Erik Zabel could not save his jersey, losing it by one point to José Joaquín Rojas, who managed to get fourth place, while Zabel finished in a small group with Paolo Bettini, a good minute behind.
How it unfolded
Another stage of just over 180 kilometres in length and while not as hard as the next stage it did feature a Cat 3 and a Cat 2 climb. The latter is not only over 1400 metres high but also only 15 kilometres from the finish, thereby likely the decision maker.
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Jens Voigt regrettably couldn't count on Fabian Cancellara anymore, who did not start in predetermined move that saw the Swiss only be there for help in the TTT and as a helper in the flatter stages. After the real start in Singen near the Bodensee in Southern Germany, attacks opened up immediately.
But the peloton was very attentive and not a single rider could get an advantage past a few seconds.
At kilometre 36 Marco Pinotti and Gerrit Glomser get a slight gap, but Glomser is too well known for being a good mountain goat and the two were also quickly reeled in.
So the next big news was not another attack, but the abandoning of Andy Schleck at kilometre 47. This was another big blow for CSC after the non-start of Fabian Cancellara. Schleck had been suffering in the previous stage from an allergic reaction and had thrown up twice!
The peloton was in an extreme hurry, as after 73 kilometres covered they were 11 minutes faster than the fastest calculated average.
Shortly before the first sprint of the day, at kilometre 76 in Meckenbeuren, Mariusz Witecki (Volksbank) attacked and got the sprint points. Then the peloton crossed the line, led by Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano) and Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner), who lost the sprinter's jersey yesterday to Erik Zabel.
Rooijakkers accelerated and joined Witecki in the front. Finally the peloton gave in and let the duo get ahead. In seven kilometres they managed to extend the lead to three minutes.
And in another seven kilometres they doubled their lead, as the field was only pre-occupied with the upcoming two climbs of the day.
The feed at kilometre 97 was fortunately save without any incidents. The duo in front continued with a lead of over seven minutes as they headed to the second sprint of the day. That Rooijakkers was ahead of Witecki was less interesting than the fact that Zabel led the peloton and regained the two points versus Förster that he had given up in the first sprint.
At kilometre 111.5, just before the start of the Lindenberg, the first mountain difficulty of the day, the lead was over ten minutes.
They kept most of it and while Witecki crossed the line ahead of Rooijakkers over the top the field arrived 8'50" later. Mountain leader Niki Terpstra (Milram) got the remaining points, making good on the promise that he would try to get some points "if I have the legs."
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With a twelve point lead and a maximum of nine points for the stage he was assured of the jersey at the end of the day as long as he would finish within the time limit.
With 57 kilometres remaining the lead was still 8'40" as the duo in front headed on to Austria for a quick 30-kilometre journey into Germany's neighbour.
50 kilometres before the finish an increase in the peloton saw the lead shrink to under eight minutes and the subsequent up and down before the main climb of the day also spelled trouble for some of the non-climbers, who started to get dropped.
With 40 kilometres to go especially Gerolsteiner seemed to be in a hurry to leave Austria again and launch climber Bernhard Kohl up to the Riedbergpass.
This had an immediate impact on the breakaway, which lost another two minutes of its advantage. With the Tour back in Germany at kilometre 156, the third sprint of the day, with 25 kilometres to go, was taken by Rooijakkers in front of Witecki. Zabel added more points in third place, while Förster was already at the back of the peloton, not quite as easy with the uphills as Zabel.
22 kilometres before the finish one Liquigas rider was helping Gerolsteiner, which was at the front with virtually the whole team. Markus Zberg and Sebastian Lang were doing most of the work on the front for the German team. The lead had dropped to 2'15".
The leaders reached the beginning of the climb with about 21 kilometres to go. A sign indicated that there would be a 16% gradient over four kilometres. Gerolsteiner attacked immediately as the climb started. Matthias Russ was slightly ahead of the peloton, but it was able to regain the Gerolsteiner rider. The acceleration dropped the lead down to thirty seconds.
Then it was Rabobank taking over for Robert Gesink, the young multi talent from Holland. The 20 kilometre to go sign was passed with 20 seconds separating the two first groups, with the only about 25 guys left in the main field.
At 19.6 kilometres it was finally for the brave hearts in the front, which was celebrated by an immediate attack of Florian Stalder (Volksbank). This initiated the break for the climb, as first Caisse d'Epargne was chasing before Damiano Cunego put matters in his own hands. Eventually it was a group of six, with Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), David López García (Caisse d'Epargne), Rigoberto Uran (Unibet.com), Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank) who charged up the hills, with a desperate Jens Voigt behind, trying to let the gap not grow over an amount that he could still get back on the descent.
With 17 and a half kilometres to go Voigt was only 11 seconds back, so his tactic seemed to work. Just before the top there was a vicious acceleration in the front, with Uran getting the KOM points in front of Cunego and Rebellin. Gesink, Leipheimer and López García missed that last acceleration and had to chase on the way down.
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Less than a kilometre into the descent a sharp left hand bend ended in a catastrophe as Uran overshot it, flew off the road and past a little water hole to crash heavily into the hillside with his shoulder taking the brunt of it. He was brought to the hospital immediately.
With 14 kilometres to go Gesink dropped Leipheimer on the descent by taking a lot of risks going into the tight corners. López García did better and managed to claw his way back up to the leaders, which he finally reached after the descent was over, with nine kilometres remaining.
Gesink was trying to encourage Leipheimer to turn on the gas and move up to him so they could work together. Eventually, Leipheimer obliged, while Rebellin and Cunego were still working together very well, with López García sitting on after his solo effort to catch his breathe.
Eight kilometres from the finish Voigt was seen at the front a lot. He only had Chris Anker Sørensen with him in the group and had to do a lot of work himself. The gap to the trio up front was 40 seconds.
The work paid off, as Leipheimer sat up with about six kilometres to go and both he and Gesink were caught by the main chasers a few moments later. That left only Cunego, Rebellin and López García up front with a lead of about 25 seconds at 3.6 kilometres to go.
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Now other teams were taking over as well, notably Rabobank, Discovery Channel and Quick.Step-Innergetic.
1.4 kilometres from the finish the front group reached the city limits of Sonthofen, the lead still a comfortable 27 seconds. Cunego led the trio into the last kilometre and the tactics started right then, with all three looking at each other. It was López García who opened up the sprint very early, with more than 500 metres remaining.
Cunego let Rebellin do all the work to bring the Spaniard back and then used his explosive sprint to get past his compatriot, with Garcia getting third and the Voigt group coming in only a few seconds later.
Tomorrow may very well be the day when the overall gets decided as the riders head from Sonthofen to Sölden and have to finish at the dreaded Rettenbachferner. The stage is 157 kilometres long.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by AFP Photo
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) wins stage 4 into Sonthofen
Images by Jon Cannings/www.joncannings.blogspot.com
- Zabel, Voigt, Schleck and Terpstra (from left) parade the jerseys.
- Hopefully the music is good on the channel of this Predictor rider.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) is preparing for the Worlds.
- Maarten Den Baaker (Skil-Shimano) rolls out.
- Leipheimer and Danielson chat while Hincapie has company by a Volksbank guy.
- Backstedt and Lövkvist on the first metres of the stage.
- Efimkin and Kohl on the flat part of the course...
- Sean Yates drives the Discovery car, but not for long as the sponsor leaves and the team folds.
- Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) takes one of the first turns of the day.
- René Mandri and Yukihiro Doi
- Levi Leipheimer out of the saddle early in the stage - just to stretch.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) is trying to overcome a cold.
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel) checks to see if he's last.
- Alan Piper in the T-Mobile car.
Results
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.28.06 (41.134 km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.05 5 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 7 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 8 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 13 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 15 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 17 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 18 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 22 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 23 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 24 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 28 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 29 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 31 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 32 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 33 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 34 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 36 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 37 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 41 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 42 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 45 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 46 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 49 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 50 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 51 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 52 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 53 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.47 54 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.49 55 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 58 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 1.07 59 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 61 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 63 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 64 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 66 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 67 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 68 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.51 69 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 71 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 72 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 73 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 76 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 77 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt 78 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 80 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 81 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 82 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 83 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 84 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 88 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 89 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 91 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 92 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 93 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 94 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 95 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 96 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 97 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 98 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 99 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 100 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.57 101 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8.06 102 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 103 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 104 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 105 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 106 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 107 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9.57 108 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 109 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 110 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 111 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 116 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 117 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 118 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 119 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 122 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 123 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 125 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 126 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 127 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 128 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 129 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 130 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 132 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 133 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 134 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 135 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 136 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 137 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 138 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 139 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 142 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 143 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 144 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 145 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 146 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 148 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 149 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 150 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 151 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 153 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 154 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 11.58 156 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank 157 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 158 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner 159 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 12.41 160 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 161 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 162 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 163 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 164 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 16.32 165 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 167 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 168 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 169 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 170 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 171 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 172 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 173 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 174 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 175 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 176 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNS Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC DNF Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNF Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com Points Meckenbeuren - km 76.1 1 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Wangen - km 102.6 1 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 pts 2 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 4 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2 Balderschwang - km 158.8 1 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 pts 2 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 4 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2 Sonthofen - km 183.8 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 3 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 5 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 11 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 10 7 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 9 8 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 8 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 pts 12 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 4 13 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 15 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1 Mountains Lindenberg - km 114 1 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 3 pts 2 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1 Riedbergpass - km 166.7 1 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 6 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Young rider 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.28.11 2 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 3 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 4 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 6 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 13 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 14 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 15 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.42 23 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.44 24 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 1.02 25 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 1.46 27 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 28 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8.01 31 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 32 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.52 33 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 36 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 37 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 38 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 40 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 41 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 43 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 47 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 48 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 49 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 50 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 51 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 54 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 11.53 56 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16.27 57 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 58 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 59 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 13.24.28 2 Lampre-Fondital 3 Team Gerolsteiner 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.05 5 AG2r Prévoyance 6 Liquigas 7 Rabobank 8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 Unibet.com 10 Predictor-Lotto 11 Team CSC 0.49 12 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.07 14 Elk Haus-Simplon 15 Française des Jeux 1.51 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.37 18 Crédit Agricole 19 Skil-Shimano 4.19 20 Team Volkswagen-Trek 9.52 21 Bouygues Telecom 11.43 22 Team Wiesenhof Felt 23 Team Milram 12.45 General classification after stage 4 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 14.33.31 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.01 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.27 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.45 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 8 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.49 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.52 10 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.55 11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.56 12 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.00 17 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.04 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 20 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 1.21 21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 22 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 23 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 25 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.24 26 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 1.34 27 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 28 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 29 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.44 30 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 1.47 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.48 32 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.51 33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1.54 35 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 36 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.08 38 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.17 39 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2.18 40 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.20 41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.21 42 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.36 43 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.38 44 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.46 45 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 2.50 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 47 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 48 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.51 49 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.53 51 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 52 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 53 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.57 55 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 3.08 58 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.10 59 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.20 62 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 3.30 63 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 64 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3.34 65 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3.38 66 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.41 67 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt 4.04 68 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 69 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.18 70 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4.24 72 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 4.32 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.39 74 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 75 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.54 77 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 5.15 78 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.34 79 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.37 80 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 5.51 81 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.56 82 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6.04 83 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 6.06 84 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 6.10 85 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.13 86 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 87 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 6.18 88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.19 89 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.21 90 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 6.38 91 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 7.36 92 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.47 93 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.52 94 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 9.53 95 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 9.54 96 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 10.51 97 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.52 98 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11.13 99 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.53 100 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 12.18 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 12.47 102 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13.17 103 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13.51 104 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 14.02 105 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.10 106 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.14 107 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.17 108 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 14.18 109 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.19 110 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner 14.23 111 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 14.34 113 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 14.56 114 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 15.06 115 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 15.12 116 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.25 117 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15.30 118 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.47 119 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.28 120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.50 121 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 18.04 122 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 18.11 123 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 18.12 124 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 18.43 125 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 19.16 126 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.18 127 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.26 128 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 20.51 129 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.10 130 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.13 131 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21.16 132 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 21.29 133 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 21.33 134 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 21.51 135 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.05 136 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 137 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 22.11 139 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22.33 140 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22.53 141 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 23.04 142 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.08 143 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 23.10 145 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.18 146 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 23.47 147 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 148 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 23.52 149 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 25.37 150 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 26.05 151 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 152 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 26.44 153 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.24 154 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 27.25 156 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.58 157 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 28.01 158 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28.49 159 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank 29.22 160 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 29.33 161 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 162 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 29.45 163 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 29.53 164 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 30.14 165 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 30.16 166 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 31.49 167 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 32.04 168 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 33.24 169 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 34.29 170 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 34.53 171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 36.49 172 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 37.45 173 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.34 174 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 38.38 175 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 38.40 176 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.38 Points classification 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 45 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25 5 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 6 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 22 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 8 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 20 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 10 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 11 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 12 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 13 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 15 14 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 14 15 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 16 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 11 17 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 10 18 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 10 19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10 20 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 21 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 9 22 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 23 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 9 24 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 8 25 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 26 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7 27 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 7 28 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 29 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 30 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 31 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 6 32 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 33 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 5 34 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 35 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 36 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 37 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 4 38 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 4 39 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 40 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 41 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 42 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 43 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 44 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 45 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 21 pts 2 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 3 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 4 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 8 5 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6 6 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 6 7 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 8 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 10 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 11 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 3 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2 14 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 15 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 2 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 14.33.32 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.51 3 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.54 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.55 5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.57 6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.59 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.03 8 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.20 9 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.23 11 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 1.33 12 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.47 14 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.07 15 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.16 16 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2.17 17 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 2.49 18 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50 19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 2.52 20 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.56 21 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.09 22 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 3.29 23 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3.33 24 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.03 25 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.17 26 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.33 27 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 6.37 28 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 7.35 29 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 9.53 30 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.51 31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11.12 32 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.52 33 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13.16 34 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13.50 35 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.13 36 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.16 37 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 14.17 38 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.18 39 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 14.55 40 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 15.05 41 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 18.10 42 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21.15 43 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 21.28 44 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.04 45 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 22.10 47 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22.52 48 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 23.03 49 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.07 50 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 25.36 52 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 26.04 53 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 26.43 54 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.23 55 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 29.44 56 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 29.52 57 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 31.48 58 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 34.52 59 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 38.37 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 43.41.20 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.34 3 Team Gerolsteiner 1.56 4 Caisse d'Epargne 2.02 5 Rabobank 2.25 6 Liquigas 3.16 7 AG2r Prévoyance 3.55 8 T-Mobile Team 3.59 9 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.09 10 Unibet.com 4.55 11 Quickstep-Innergetic 5.48 12 Lampre-Fondital 6.56 13 Predictor-Lotto 7.52 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.04 15 Française des Jeux 16 Elk Haus-Simplon 10.45 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.58 18 Skil-Shimano 15.11 19 Crédit Agricole 16.09 20 Team Volkswagen-Trek 19.04 21 Team Milram 19.43 22 Bouygues Telecom 31.23 23 Team Wiesenhof Felt 32.24
