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10th Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 10-18, 2007
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Stage 5 - August 14: Sonthofen - Soelden, 157.6km
Strong Voigt defends lead while López García wins stage
By Bjorn Haake
David López García of Caisse d'Epargne won the queen stage up to the 2671-metre high Rettenbachferner, while a super strong Jens Voigt (CSC) defended his yellow jersey on a day where many expected Levi Leipheimer to take over the lead. But the American suffered a set back and lost almost a minute to the defending champion.
The stage finished with the Rettenbachferner, an HC ranked climb that quickly took its toll on the field. As the peloton entered the bottom part of the eight numbered switchbacks, only 20 riders were left, including Levi Leipheimer and Jens Voigt. The lead group got steadily reduced to about 10, when López García attacked and soloed away.
The biggest surprise happened just after the three-kilometre banner, as Levi Leipheimer started to have problems. An inspired Voigt took over the lead of the main chasers and even put Damiano Cunego and Robert Gesink in trouble.
While he couldn't reach the Spaniard in the front, Voigt made his overall situation look more comfortable. He said right after the race that in the end team tactics don't count on a finish like that. "100 team-mates can't help you if you don't have the legs. Fortunately I was feeling very good today. When I heard over the radio that Levi started to have problems I became really inspired."
How it unfolded
Today's stage was one of the shorter ones, at 157.6 kilometres, but most of the 174 who started the day were not looking forward to the end of the day, which had them go up the Rettenbachferner, standing tall at 2671 metres.
The attacks started from the gun and Christophe Laurent (Crédit Agricole) and Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) were the first ones ahead of a Rabobank-led field. A kilometre later it was Mauricio Ardila Cano (Rabobank) and mountain leader Niki Terpstra (Milram) who joined the fun at the front, but the Rabobank guy was the only one who could hang on the front.
Immediate counter attacks let the group swell up to 20 people, but after ten kilometres everything was back together and with the category 3 Oberjoch looming Terpstra was trying to add to points, which he managed, albeit only in second place as Thomas Rohregger passed him before the top. Anton Luengo Caya was in third, while the peloton split into two, as they passed the border to Austria after 15 kilometres of racing.
After the first sprint of the day at kilometre 23, which was won by Bingen Fernandez of Cofidis ahead of Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) and Jurgen Van de Walle (Quickstep-Innergetic) everyone except van der Walle dropped back to the peloton. But the Belgian was caught a kilometre later as well.
The next attack started after 30 kilometre and was the first promising breakaway attempt of the day. Alan Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Bingen Fernández (Cofidis), Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux), Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne), Matej Mugerli (Liquigas), Loyd Mondory (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Christoph Meschenmoser (Skil-Shimano).
After 43 kilometres the lead of the front group was about a minute, with the second sprint of the day in Reutte rapidly approaching. There Da Cruz was ahead of Mondory and Efimkin.
Discovery was well aware of the good GC standing and put themselves to work, making clear their ambitions to overall victory. The lead did extend further, but then stabilized at 2'45".
Damiano Cunego flatted after 55 kilometres but was brought by his team-mates without trouble.
Before going up the horrible climb at the end there was still a category 3 climb, the Fernpass, to master, which was won by Matej Mugerli ahead of Mondory and Meschenmoser. The group does managed to extend their lead and 62 kilometres before the finish it was over four minutes.
The last sprint of the day in Imst was the same order as the previous one, with Da Cruz ahead of Mondory and Efimkin. Gerrit Glomser decided to call it quits 53 kilometres before the finish. He crashed on the descent yesterday and had a bad rib injury, but wanted to try to see if he could finish today.
At kilometre 112 the riders passed Oetz, which is 764 metres high. From there it was all uphill.
The work of Lampre and Discovery reduced the gap to 1'40" with less than 30 kilometres remaining. Efimkin attacked out of the front, taking Perez with him.
At the 20-kilometre banner the duo had over a minute to their former breakaway companions and 1'50" to the field. Five kilometres later the town of Sölden was reached and the gaps continued to shrink. Efimkin dropped Perez and went on by himself. The main climb started 11 kilometres from the top.
Only one kilometre into the climb Efimkin is the last breakaway rider to get caught and the favourites started to build a small group of 20, that got steadily reduced to 15.
6.5 kilometres from the top the toll booth was passed where usually a fee of around 16 euro is applied. An acceleration had further impact on the group, which now consisted only of López García, Leipheimer, Voigt, Gesink, Ten Dam, Bertagnolli, Pfannberger and Sørensen. López García attacked shortly after the toll station, with Cunego trying to get across but unable to do so. The rest continued together for three kilometres.
It was then when the first big surprise of the day happened. Levi Leipheimer started to have problems, less than three kilometres form the finish. Jens Voigt accelerated immediately, which a few hundred metres later spelled trouble for Damiano Cunego as well. He could close a small gap the first time, but as big Jens viciously attacked one of the steep hair pins the Italians lost ground for good, while Gesink also started to feel the heat.
López García was pedalling about 70 metres ahead of the chasers, so he was able to do his own pacing. Gesink was 20 metres behind Voigt, while Cunego was about 50 metres behind Gesink. Those gaps stayed virtually unchanged for the remaining two kilometres, with López García taking a great victory ahead of Voigt and Gesink, with Cunego in fourth.
Leipheimer powered home a good minute later
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Photography
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- David López García (Caisse d'Epargne) won the queen stage to the Rettenbachferner.
- Voigt and Gesink are chasing the leader.
- The Spaniard on the podium after a had day in the saddle
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) continues to lead the race.
- He is now thinking of repeating overall victory.
Results
1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.21.07 (36.028 km/h) 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.12 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.20 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.33 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 0.46 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 1.04 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.10 8 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 9 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.29 10 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 1.43 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.10 12 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.15 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.27 14 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 2.33 15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.48 16 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 17 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 3.04 18 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 3.09 19 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.20 20 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 3.27 21 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 3.34 22 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.47 23 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 4.04 24 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.13 25 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 26 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.17 27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 4.40 29 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 31 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.55 32 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 4.59 33 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.16 34 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.18 36 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.28 37 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 5.34 38 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 5.44 39 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6.14 40 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.26 41 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 42 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 45 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 46 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 47 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 49 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6.32 50 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6.37 51 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6.55 52 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7.02 53 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 7.11 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.22 55 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 7.23 56 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 7.26 57 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.34 58 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 7.36 59 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 60 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.48 61 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.09 62 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 8.28 63 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.31 64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.38 66 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 67 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 8.51 68 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 8.57 69 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 8.59 70 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.19 71 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.31 72 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.36 73 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.38 74 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.16 75 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 10.30 76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 77 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 78 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 11.05 81 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 11.08 82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 83 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 11.17 84 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 85 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.34 86 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.12 87 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 13.00 88 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.15 89 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 13.18 90 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.31 91 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 13.37 92 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.35 93 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 94 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.38 96 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 98 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt 15.12 99 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 100 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 101 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 103 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 104 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 105 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 106 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 107 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 108 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 109 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 111 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 15.17 112 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.37 113 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 15.39 114 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.09 115 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 16.34 117 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 118 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 119 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 120 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 121 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 123 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 124 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.42 125 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 16.54 126 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.03 127 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 128 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 129 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 17.19 130 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 131 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.27 132 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 133 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 134 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 17.47 135 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 17.51 136 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.19 137 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 18.43 138 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 139 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 19.14 140 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 19.20 141 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 19.25 142 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 143 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.44 144 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 145 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 19.51 146 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.56 147 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 148 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 149 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.01 150 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 20.11 151 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 152 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.25 153 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 20.42 154 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 20.51 155 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 21.07 156 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 157 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner 158 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 159 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 160 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 161 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 162 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 163 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 164 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 21.36 165 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.03 166 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 24.12 167 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 24.53 168 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.01 169 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank 25.38 170 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26.20 171 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 26.49 172 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 28.06 DNF Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Volksbank DNF Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano Points Tannheimer Tal - km 23.1 1 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4 3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 Reutte - km 46.6 1 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 Imst - km 96.2 1 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 Rettenbachferner - km 157.6 1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 16 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 12 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 11 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 8 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 9 9 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 10 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 7 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 12 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 14 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 3 15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 Mountains Oberjoch (cat 3) - km 12.1 1 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 3 pts 2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 3 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Fernpass (cat 3) - km 75.8 1 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 3 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1 Rettenbachferner (HC) - km 157.6 1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 6 Young rider 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4.21.27 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.09 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.07 4 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 2.13 5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 2.44 6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.00 7 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 3.44 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.57 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 4.20 10 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.35 11 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 4.39 12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.56 13 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.58 14 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 5.24 15 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.06 16 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6.12 17 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 7.03 18 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 7.06 19 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 7.16 20 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.49 21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.11 22 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.18 23 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.10 24 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 25 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.14 26 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.52 27 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 12.40 28 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 12.58 29 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.11 30 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 13.17 31 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.18 32 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 33 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 14.52 34 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 36 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 37 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.17 38 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 16.14 39 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 41 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 16.34 42 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.43 43 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 16.59 45 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 17.07 46 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 17.27 47 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 17.31 48 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 18.54 49 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.24 50 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.36 51 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 52 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19.51 53 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 20.22 54 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 20.47 55 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 57 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 21.16 58 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.43 Teams 1 Team CSC 13.09.42 2 Caisse d'Epargne 2.13 3 Lampre-Fondital 3.17 4 Rabobank 3.40 5 Unibet.com 3.43 6 Elk Haus-Simplon 4.27 7 Predictor-Lotto 5.03 8 Liquigas 5.22 9 Team Gerolsteiner 5.58 10 AG2r Prévoyance 6.27 11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.43 12 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.35 13 Quickstep-Innergetic 11.44 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.09 15 Team Volkswagen-Trek 14.06 16 T-Mobile Team 16.29 17 Crédit Agricole 17.20 18 Skil-Shimano 18.04 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.23 20 Bouygues Telecom 20.24 21 Team Wiesenhof Felt 22.25 22 Française des Jeux 24.24 23 Team Milram 28.53 General classification after stage 5 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18.54.44 2 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.33 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.14 4 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.24 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.31 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 2.19 7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 2.34 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.48 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.27 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.45 11 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 4.30 12 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 4.33 13 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 4.34 14 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.35 15 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 4.37 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.40 17 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.02 18 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.03 19 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.09 20 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 5.16 22 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 5.22 23 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 5.27 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5.28 25 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.49 26 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.07 27 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.10 28 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 6.11 29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 6.21 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6.22 31 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 6.27 32 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.38 33 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.47 34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7.05 35 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.16 36 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7.20 37 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.24 38 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 7.28 39 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.40 40 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 7.41 41 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7.52 42 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7.54 43 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 8.11 44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8.58 45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 8.59 46 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.11 47 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.49 48 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 10.00 49 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.13 50 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 51 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 10.27 52 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10.32 53 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 10.51 54 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.16 55 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 11.30 56 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 11.38 57 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.07 58 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.23 59 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.50 60 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.07 61 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13.47 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 13.48 63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13.52 64 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 14.08 65 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 14.15 66 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 14.45 67 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 14.46 68 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 15.32 69 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.46 70 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.49 71 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 15.53 72 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 16.15 73 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.23 74 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16.28 75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 16.42 76 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 17.21 77 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 17.22 78 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 17.23 79 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 17.26 80 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.29 81 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 18.12 82 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.13 83 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 18.44 84 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.05 85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 86 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt 19.10 87 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 19.45 88 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.07 89 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20.17 90 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 21.07 91 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 21.12 92 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 21.43 93 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 21.52 94 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.35 95 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.49 96 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.10 97 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25.24 98 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 26.21 99 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 26.23 100 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27.00 101 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 27.51 102 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.55 103 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 29.03 104 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 29.13 105 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.20 106 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.38 107 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 29.55 108 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 30.02 109 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.16 110 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.36 111 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 31.24 112 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.30 113 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.31 114 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31.53 115 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 31.59 116 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 32.14 117 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 32.27 118 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 32.43 119 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 120 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 33.18 121 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.26 122 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.09 123 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 34.32 124 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.55 125 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.14 126 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner 35.24 127 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35.44 128 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 37.08 129 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 37.17 130 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38.24 131 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 132 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 38.33 133 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 38.36 135 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 39.12 136 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.13 137 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 39.32 138 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.38 139 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 40.01 140 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 40.07 141 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.49 142 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 40.52 143 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41.21 144 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 42.30 145 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 43.32 146 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43.46 147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.01 148 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 44.42 149 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 44.45 150 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 44.48 151 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.05 152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 46.41 153 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 46.58 154 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 47.03 155 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 49.02 156 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 49.23 157 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 49.33 158 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 49.38 159 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49.50 160 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.19 161 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 52.51 162 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 53.19 163 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 54.22 164 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank 54.54 165 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 55.29 166 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.55 167 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 57.50 168 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 57.54 169 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 58.11 170 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 58.47 171 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.02.29 172 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.05.52 Points classification 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 45 3 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 8 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 22 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 21 10 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 20 11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 12 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 16 14 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 15 15 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 14 16 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 17 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 18 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 11 20 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 11 21 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 10 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 10 23 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 10 24 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 26 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 9 27 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 28 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 29 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 9 30 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 8 31 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7 33 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7 34 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 7 35 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 36 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 37 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 38 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 6 39 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 6 40 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 41 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 5 42 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 43 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 5 44 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4 45 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 46 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 4 47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 4 48 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4 49 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 50 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 52 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 53 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 54 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 55 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 56 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 57 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 23 pts 2 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 12 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 6 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 9 7 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 9 8 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 10 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 8 11 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 6 12 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 13 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 14 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 3 15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 16 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 2 17 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 19 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 20 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 18.55.58 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.10 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.31 4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.21 5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.55 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 4.02 7 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 4.13 8 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.53 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.56 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 5.08 11 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 5.13 12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.02 13 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 6.14 14 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.26 15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 8.59 16 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 9.37 17 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.02 18 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.53 19 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 12.54 20 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 13.01 21 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 13.32 22 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 14.18 23 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.32 24 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 16.09 25 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.15 26 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.51 27 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.53 28 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19.03 29 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 19.53 30 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.35 31 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24.10 32 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.06 33 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 28.41 34 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 28.48 35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.16 36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.17 37 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.39 38 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 30.45 39 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 31.00 40 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 31.13 41 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 31.29 42 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.55 43 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.00 44 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 35.54 45 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 36.03 46 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 37.10 47 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 37.19 48 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 38.18 49 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.35 50 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40.07 51 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 41.16 52 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 42.32 53 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 43.31 54 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.51 55 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 45.27 56 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 45.44 57 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 52.05 58 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 54.15 Teams classification 1 Team Csc 56.51.02 2 Caisse D'epargne 4.15 3 Rabobank 6.05 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.17 5 Team Gerolsteiner 7.54 6 Unibet.Com 8.38 7 Liquigas 8 Lampre-fondital 10.13 9 Ag2r Prevoyance 10.22 10 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11.44 11 Predictor-lotto 12.55 12 Elk Haus - Simplon 15.12 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 17.32 14 T-mobile Team 20.28 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.07 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.27 17 Française Des Jeux 32.28 18 Team Volksbank 33.10 19 Skil-shimano 33.15 20 Credit Agricole 33.29 21 Team Milram 48.36 22 Bouygues Telecom 51.47 23 Team Wiesenhof Felt 54.49
