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59th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 10-17, 2007
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Stage 5 - June 15: Nyons - Digne-les-Bains, 195km
Astana everywhere: Colom and Vino make another 1-2
Kashechkin retains lead
By Jean-François Quénet in Digne-les-Bains
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Prior to the crucial Alpine stage of the Dauphiné, the classification remains tight but the Astana team seems extraordinarily superior: while Andrey Kashechkin comfortably leads the race, Alexandre Vinokourov and Toni Colom have produced a big show and finished hand in hand in Digne-les-Bains at the end of a 188km long breakaway.
It's an interesting situation though. One team dominates the race but it's tactically unusual. All the people who complain about modern cycling offering the same scenario all the time would have imagined a stage between the Ventoux and the finish in the middle of the Galibier with a breakaway of average riders and a bunch led by the team of the race leader.
In the breakaway, there were no less than Tom Boonen and Vinokourov, the two most renowned participants of the Dauphiné. It was obvious that the Col du Corobin at the end of the stage would be too hard for the Belgian but he dared to attack! This is obviously the trademark of a champion who works hard for coming to the Tour de France in his best shape. Vino does so as well.
The Kazakh isn't only the strongest rider for the coming summer of cycling but he's also the smartest. As he had lost seven minutes on purpose at the top of the Mont Ventoux, his presence in the breakaway didn't ruin the chance of a success. Astana even faked they would take care of the tempo in front of the peloton. They did it for a little while when the group of 22 was formed with all the teams represented except from CSC, T-Mobile and Lampre. Later, it was up to Ag2r and Predictor-Lotto to do most of the work.
The highest ranked rider in the breakaway, Bouygues Telecom's Stef Clement, and Vino himself were threatening the positions of Christophe Moreau and Cadel Evans, respectively. "It was nice to be the virtual yellow jersey for 158 kilometres," Clement commented. "When I found myself in the breakaway, I took my responsibilities. We have tried to win the stage. Unfortunately, Vino had a teammate with him [eventual stage winner Colom - ed.], it was more comfortable for him. Now I'm in the top 10 on GC but I'm afraid I've spent too much energy before the big mountain stage there is tomorrow. The real climbers will enter in action. Maybe I could have followed them, had I preserved myself today, but I expect a difficult day as it is the seventh day of the Dauphiné. The scenario of the race will also depend a lot from the weather."
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Stage 5 started in Nyons under heavy rain and finished in Digne-les-Bains under a shy sunshine. The conditions in the mountains are like the race these days: quite unpredictable. Where nothing was expected from the Kazakh team, Astana has scored a second 1-2 after Vino and Kash scored the two best times in Anneyron's time trial.
Vino played it at perfection again. He sent Colom away and rejoined him solo. "For me, winning a stage together with the boss of the team means a lot, the Spaniard explained. It's an important success for me as a few of my friends and relatives have died recently, especially my younger sister who was sick. I would have liked to share this win with those who aren't here anymore."
The 29 year-old from the Balearic Islands appreciated the gift given by his captain who has chosen him for his dedication to the team work. "I felt better when Vino rejoined me in the front," he said. "I even asked him to slow down a bit. I was at my maximum. It was great to have him in the main breakaway. It was a better situation than yesterday when we didn't get much help in front of the bunch."
Astana respected the ideal of the cycling tactic: create a situation where you maintain the lead without working neither in the front nor at the back. "It was a quiet day indeed," race leader Kashechkin observed. "I was always protected behind the wheels while yesterday the whole team had to work a lot. Tomorrow will be the hardest day of the Dauphiné with a long stage similar to the mountain stages of the Tour de France. We'll see the true favourites in action and I think it'll be a good test."
For Kash, there's no doubt: "Christophe Moreau is the strongest. He always goes very well in the Dauphiné. He is the most dangerous rival for the yellow jersey. We are not exactly in a hurry for winning. We only have confirmation that our team is competitive, just like in the races we did before this one. As for myself, I had a one month break after the Tour de Romandie and I'm happy to see that the hard work I've done is paying off now." Colom has probably secured his position in the Astana Tour team in Digne-les-Bains. He never rode the Tour de France before. The combination of Astana's best riders from the Giro and the Dauphiné plus Andreas Klöden, that will form an impressive line-up in London! "Everyone says we have the strongest team; it's true that it's a good team, but it's not the only one - Discovery Channel also has a good team. Caisse d'Epargne as well. Don't look only at Astana," the 'Kash machine' requested. It's difficult for the turquoise team to be discreet before the Tour de France…
How it unfolded
From the gun, there was a breakaway including Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) and Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) but they had to wait for the next acceleration at kilometre seven to form the right move with 20 other riders: Egoi Martínez (Discovery Channel), Cyril Dessel (Ag2r), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne), Iker Camaño (Saunier Duval), Anthony Charteau and Christophe Edaleine (Crédit Agricole), Alexander Vinokourov and Antonio Colom (Astana), Leonardo Duque and Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis), Preben Van Hecke (Predictor-Lotto), Magnus Backstedt, Mauro Da Dalto and Matej Mugerli (Liquigas), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel), Tom Boonen and Kevin van Impe (Quick Step) and also Carlo Scognamiglio (Milram).
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At the feed zone at kilometre 106, the escapees had an advantage of 6'30" over the peloton led by Ag2r and Predictor-Lotto. Boonen went solo eight kilometres before climb up the Col du Corobin, the main difficulty of the day whose summit was located with 16 kilometres to go. The action of the former world champion split the breakaway group.
Mugerli attacked just before the climb but he didn't last long in the front. Colom was more successful than the Liquigas rider. Vino attacked a little later and rejoined his teammate with 20 kilometres to go, in a move that resembled their tactics last year at the Vuelta. At the top of the Corobin, the Astana duo was 35 seconds ahead of Van Hecke, who was by himself. Duque and Clement reached the Belgian in the downhill but they never managed to catch Colom and Vino.
With the agreement of his boss, Colom won the stage and Kashechkin kept the yellow jersey as the peloton crossed the line 3'27" after the stage winner.
Photography
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- Colom and Vinokourov congratulating each other on stage win
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) stays in yellow
- Astana boys enjoy the day in the sun
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Vinokourov and Colom approach the line
- The Astana riders bow in front of each other
- Colom (left) gets to take the stage win
- Astana riders have a great day
- Colom and Vinokourov cross the line in first
- Andrey Kashechkin enjoys the day in yellow
- Andrey Kashechkin highly concentrated during the stage
- Colom (Astana) on the podium
- Antonio Colom with the flowers
- Andrey Kashechkin receives another yellow jersey
- Andrey Kashechkin also getting flowers
- Antonio Colom (Astana) shows sign that he raced hard
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) after the stage
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Astana riders protects its yellow jersey rider, Andrey Kashechkin, as they pass some lavender fields.
- Astana's Andrey Kashechkin will spend the event's penultimate stage in yellow.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) was protected by his teammates all day.
- Race? What race? Riders take some time to catch up on today's stage.
- Astana duo Antonio Colom and Alexander Vinokourov talk on their way to taking out the top two positions.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana)
- Despite crashing Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) finished in the main bunch 3.27 minutes down.
- Quickstep-Innergetic's Kevin Van Impe attacks.
- Preben Van Hecke (Predictor-Lotto) goes off the front.
- Preben Van Hecke (Predictor-Lotto) won the sprint for sixth position.
- The solo break by Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) broke up the break away group.
- Riders get shown the time board as they near the finish.
- The Netherlands' Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) rides in the break with Boonen.
- Preben Van Hecke (Predictor-Lotto) attempts to chase down the leaders.
- Poland's Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital) in the polka dot jersey.
- Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux), the Belgian went on to finish the stage 10th.
- Yesterday's stage winner Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) in the green jersey.
- Riders pass some spectacular scenery on the 195 kilometre stage.
- The Astana duo of Antonio Colom and Alexandre Vinokourov celebrate the reward of a hard day's work: victory.
- Antonio Colom (Astana) takes some time to stretch before celebrating his win.
- The initial escape braved the wet conditions to go down the road.
- Antonio Colom (Astana) celebrates his win.
- Spanish rider Antonio Colom (Astana) goes solo on the way to winning Stage 5.
- The Netherlands' Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) came home in fifth place.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) dropped 3.27 minutes after
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) goes it alone on the 195 kilometre stage.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) took off alone at the feed zone.
- Belgians Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) lead the break.
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) pushes early on, but went on to finish 80th.
Results
1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 4.39.28 (41.865 km/h) 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 0.15 4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 5 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.18 7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.08 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 14 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.22 16 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 17 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 18 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.25 19 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.27 20 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 21 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 22 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 25 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 28 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 29 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 30 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 31 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 34 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 35 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 36 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 42 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 43 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 45 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 48 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 50 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 51 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 52 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 55 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 58 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Guido TrentiN (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 63 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 65 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 66 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3.42 67 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 4.39 68 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 69 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.36 71 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 73 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 74 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 75 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 76 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7.53 77 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 78 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.17 79 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 80 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 81 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 82 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 83 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 84 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 10.31 85 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 86 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 87 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 89 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 90 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 94 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 95 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 96 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 98 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 100 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 10.52 101 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 102 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 103 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 104 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 18.09 105 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 106 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 108 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 109 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 110 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 111 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 112 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 113 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 114 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 116 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 118 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 120 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 121 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 122 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 123 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 125 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 126 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 127 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 128 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.26 129 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.29 DNF Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner DNF Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC DNF Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNS Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank DNS Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNS Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Points 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 25 pts 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 20 3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 16 4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 13 5 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 6 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 10 7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 8 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 6 11 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 3 14 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Mountains Côte des Richards - km 23.5 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5 pts 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 3 3 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1 Côte d'Aurel - km 49 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 pts 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 1 Côte du rocher d'Ongles - km 91.5 1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5 pts 2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 3 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1 Col du Corobin - km 178.5 1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 20 pts 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 15 3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 12 4 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10 5 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 7 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4 8 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 3 9 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 10 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Astana 14.01.51 2 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.23 3 Liquigas 3.42 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Crédit Agricole 3.43 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.45 7 Predictor-Lotto 8 Française des Jeux 4.30 9 Gerolsteiner 4.35 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Caisse d'Epargne 13 AG2r Prévoyance 6.54 14 Rabobank 15 Team CSC 16 Quickstep-Innergetic 8.58 17 Team Milram 9.13 18 T-Mobile Team 13.58 19 Lampre-Fondital General classification after stage five 1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 21.00.16 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.14 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.25 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.26 5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 0.53 7 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 1.47 8 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1.50 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3.34 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3.50 14 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.52 15 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4.03 16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4.13 17 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.22 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.41 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.14 20 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 5.15 21 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.28 22 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.32 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.37 24 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.39 25 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 6.04 26 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.28 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.39 28 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 6.48 29 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7.23 30 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 7.33 31 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 7.36 32 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 7.44 33 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7.47 34 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.58 35 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.13 36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8.14 37 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.39 38 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 9.12 39 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 9.38 40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 9.48 41 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.52 42 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 10.58 43 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 11.06 44 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.46 45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11.47 46 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.13 47 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.33 48 Guido TrentiN (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.09 49 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.11 50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13.12 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13.23 52 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.01 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.17 54 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 14.30 55 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.47 56 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 15.19 57 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.29 58 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 16.00 59 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 16.36 60 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 17.05 61 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 17.22 62 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.27 63 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.53 64 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 19.09 65 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.37 66 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 20.18 67 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 20.37 68 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 21.11 69 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.25 70 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 21.48 71 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.03 72 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 22.27 73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 22.33 74 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 24.03 75 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.42 76 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.48 77 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26.33 78 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 26.52 79 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 27.16 80 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.23 81 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27.59 82 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 28.16 83 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 28.38 84 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 28.57 85 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 29.40 86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29.50 87 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.43 88 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 31.34 89 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 32.00 90 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 32.16 91 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32.56 92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 33.13 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.43 94 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 34.33 95 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35.12 96 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 35.20 97 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 36.47 98 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 36.55 99 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 37.31 100 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 39.33 101 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39.39 102 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 40.44 103 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 41.06 104 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 42.21 105 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 42.34 106 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 42.38 107 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 43.24 108 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.25 109 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 44.16 110 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 44.23 111 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44.52 112 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.02 113 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 45.13 114 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 45.48 115 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 46.13 116 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 46.18 117 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47.03 118 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 47.25 119 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 48.09 120 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 48.27 121 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 48.34 122 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 48.57 123 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 50.56 124 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 54.27 125 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 54.55 126 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 55.16 127 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 59.56 128 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03.14 129 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic Points classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 50 pts 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 45 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 39 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 36 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 33 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 31 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 29 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 26 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 25 11 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 25 12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 24 13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 20 16 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 20 17 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 18 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 16 19 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 15 20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14 21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 13 22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 13 23 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 24 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 25 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 11 26 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 27 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 10 28 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 29 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 9 30 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 31 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 32 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 9 33 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 8 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8 35 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 8 36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7 38 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 39 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 40 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 41 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 6 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5 43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 44 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 45 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 4 46 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 3 47 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 48 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 49 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 50 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 51 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 52 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 43 pts 2 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 35 3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 31 4 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 26 6 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 23 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 23 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 16 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 15 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 14 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 14 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 12 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 10 18 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10 19 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10 21 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 22 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 24 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 9 25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 8 26 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 8 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 28 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 29 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 31 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 3 32 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 33 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 35 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 2 36 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 37 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 38 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 39 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 40 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 41 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 42 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 44 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 45 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1 Combination classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 128 pts 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 94 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 89 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 78 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 75 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 70 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 63 8 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 60 9 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 50 10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 11 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 45 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 41 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 40 16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 34 17 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 34 18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 26 19 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 25 20 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 23 21 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 23 22 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23 23 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 22 24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 25 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 19 26 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 27 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 18 28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 17 29 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 16 30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14 31 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 13 32 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 33 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 34 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 35 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 11 36 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 11 37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 38 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 39 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9 41 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 9 42 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 9 43 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 8 44 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 8 45 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 46 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 47 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7 48 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 49 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 6 50 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 51 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 6 52 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 54 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 56 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 57 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 58 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 4 59 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 3 60 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 61 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 62 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 63 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 64 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 65 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 66 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 67 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 68 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 1 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 70 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 71 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 72 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1 Team classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63.05.31 2 Astana 0.59 3 Team CSC 2.49 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.39 5 Caisse d'Epargne 4.53 6 Crédit Agricole 6.56 7 Predictor-Lotto 6.59 8 AG2r Prévoyance 7.26 9 Bouygues Telecom 7.27 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.34 11 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.15 12 Rabobank 14.14 13 Gerolsteiner 14.49 14 Française des Jeux 14.58 15 Liquigas 26.11 16 Lampre-Fondital 29.32 17 Team Milram 31.44 18 T-Mobile Team 51.42 19 Quickstep-Innergetic 51.46
