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59th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT

France, June 10-17, 2007

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Stage 2 - June 12: Saint-Paul-en-Jarez - Saint-Etienne, 157km

Christophe Moreau restores the French panache

By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Etienne

Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance)
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It was questionable whether or not one favourite for the overall classification would dare to attack where he wasn't expected to. Nowadays, cycling becomes more and more boring with scenarios that can be written in advance, but Christophe Moreau has proved this wrong on the road to Saint-Etienne where the sprinters had another chance to grab a stage win, except those who got dropped in the hills like Tom Boonen and Graeme Brown.

Moreau came to the Dauphiné with the intention of winning a race he has put on his record book once before, when he preceded Pavel Tonkov for one second back in 2001. He had the Mont Ventoux in mind, since he lost that stage to Denis Menchov by 40 centimetres only last year. "But I knew I'd lose some time in tomorrow's time trial anyway," he analysed. "That was planned. What wasn't planned was my attack today. I did it initially just to see the reaction of the main captains. Then I insisted. Unfortunately, I didn't receive the support I'd have liked to."

Moreau understood that Astana rider José Redondo didn't cooperate. "He was up there in protection for Vinokourov," he said. His other companion, Kevin Seeldraeyers, was instructed by Quickstep to cooperate only later after being told not to. He was unlucky to have his chain break with seven kilometres to go. "Otherwise, I may not have won the stage," Moreau admitted.

Yellow jersey Moreau Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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"I insisted," he continued. "As I was away, it was too late to stop riding hard. I used all the energy and the power I had. I didn't think about the stage win. My idea was to get the yellow jersey. In the 500 metres long finishing false flat, I believe the Astana rider was just as tired as I was, although he hadn't taken turns before, which is fair enough." It looked like Redondo didn't really contest a stage win that he didn't deserve anyway, which shows the spirit of discipline that reigns inside the Astana team.

The new leader of the point's competition, Heinrich Haussler, was bitter that he couldn't repeat the win he got the previous day in Roanne. He came fifth while sprinting against the like of Alejandro Valverde and Thor Hushovd, giving confirmation that he hadn't beaten Boonen by coincidence. "We started too late, the Aussie-German regretted. We were still fresh with six guys in the main group, we could have chased earlier."

Moreau reckoned, "it's going to be hard to maintain the yellow jersey after the time trial. The time I've gained today, I'll lose it tomorrow; it might be a good balance. My favourite terrain is switching slowly from time trialling to climbing. But I've showed today that my legs of an old man still work correctly. I haven't decided anything for my future. We must see how the old machine goes before calling it a career."

After Didier Rous' retirement last week-end, Moreau is with Laurent Brochard one of the two survivors in the bunch of the infamous Festina affair in 1998. Aged 36, he has restored the French panache that has been ruined by the standardization of modern cycling. Nobody expected Moreau to do it. Moreau did it.

How it unfolded

Bradley Wiggins
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Massimiliano Mori of Lampre crashed in the neutral zone and was taken to hospital where stitches were put on his face but he had nothing broken. Sylvain Calzati from Ag2r attacked soon after the start in the 11-kilometre long col de la Gachet. He passed at the top 1'30" ahead of Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), 1'50" ahead of Mickaël Delage (Française des Jeux) who were rejoined by Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Alexander Kuschynski (Liquigas).

The bunch reacted and caught Calzati after the other ones at kilometre 24. Another 12 riders broke clear at kilometre 32, among which Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quickstep-Innergetic). But they had no success. At kilometre 34, Kuschynski and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) found the way to escape. They reached 5'20" lead at kilometre 49 and Cofidis set the pace of the bunch like the day before in defence of yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins.

Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) with José Antonio Redondo (Astana)
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With 40 kilometres to go, in the hill of St-Romain-les-Atheux, Preben van Hecke (Predictor-Lotto) created some splits in the peloton. Seeldraeyers launched a strong counter attack. José Redondo (Astana) caught him, as did a bit later Christophe Moreau (Ag2r).

With 30 kilometres to go, Seeldraeyers, Redondo and Moreau rejoined Kuschynski and Pineau. Pineau was the first man dropped with 17 kilometres to go. Logically, Kuschynski followed his path. With 7 kilometres to go, Seeldraeyers was victim of a broken chain. Discovery Channel and Caisse d'Epargne had chased hard before Gerolsteiner took over in the finale but Moreau and Redondo stayed away. The Frenchman out-sprinted the Spaniard and took the yellow jersey.

Photography

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Results

1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                 3:50:38 (40,844 km/h)
2 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                              
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.33
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             
5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                   
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                      
9 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      
10 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                   
11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                   
12 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                 
15 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                               
16 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                               
17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                       
18 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
19 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          
20 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   
21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                           
22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                          
23 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         
24 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                   
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
26 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis                                 
27 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
29 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                   
30 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                 
31 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                               
32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
33 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                    
34 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                         
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                
36 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                      
37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
38 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                             
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
40 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                
41 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
42 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              
43 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel                         
44 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                            
45 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                       
46 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic                     
47 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                    
48 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 
49 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                             
50 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram                                      
51 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                        
52 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         
53 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
54 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
55 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
56 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
57 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              
58 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  
59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                       
61 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
62 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                               
64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
66 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                               
67 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                      
68 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         
69 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
70 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
71 Guido TrentiN (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
72 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
73 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis                                  
74 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
75 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         
76 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        
77 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                 
78 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                       
79 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
80 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                
81 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
82 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
83 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
84 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                   
85 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                         
86 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
87 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
88 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
89 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           
90 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
91 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
92 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           
93 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
94 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                1.27
95 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic             2.29
96 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      2.31
97 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                              5.25
98 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
99 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      6.39
100 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile                           7.22
101 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
102 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile                                   
103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                   8.30
104 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                  
105 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
106 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    8.56
107 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                     9.28
108 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
109 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
110 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile                               
111 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
112 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
113 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                             
114 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                              
115 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
116 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                            11.41
117 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                              
118 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                               14.42
119 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram                              
120 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                   
121 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic                 
122 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                
123 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                
124 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                  
125 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        
126 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
127 Jaime Castañeda (Col) Lampre-Fondital                        
128 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                            
129 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         
130 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                               
131 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                           
132 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                    
133 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                        
134 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                      
135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                  
136 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                    
137 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
138 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                    
139 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
140 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                         16.05
141 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir             17.36
142 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               24.08
DNF André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                   
DNF Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                
DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      
DNS Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                   
 
Points
 
Arrivée Saint-Etienne - km 157
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      25 pts
2 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            20
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    16
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           13
5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         11
6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        10
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                  9
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                     8
9 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     7
10 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                  6
11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                  5
12 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       3
14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                2
15 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              1
 
Mountains
 
Col de la Gachet - km 11
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                         7 pts
2 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         5
3 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       3
4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                  2
5 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          1
Côte de Chambles - km 105
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          5 pts
2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           3
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                1
Côte de Saint-Romain-les-Atheux - km 125.5
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          7 pts
2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           5
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       3
4 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                             2
5 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Ag2r Prévoyance                                                
2 Astana                                                         
3 Crédit Agricole                                            0.33
4 Bouygues Telecom                                               
5 Cofidis                                                        
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              
7 Caisse d'Epargne                                               
8 Liquigas                                                       
9 Discovery Channel                                              
10 Française Des Jeux                                            
11 Gerolsteiner                                                  
12 Milram                                                        
13 Predictor-Lotto                                               
14 Rabobank                                                      
15 Team CSC                                                      
16 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                          
17 Lampre-Fondital                                           9.28
18 T-Mobile                                                 14.11
19 Quickstep-Innergetic                                     16.38
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                 9:30:42 (39,972 km/h)
2 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                          0.07
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis                              0.24
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                    0.25
5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                             0.26
6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                        
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.27
8 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                 
9 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel                      0.29
10 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   0.30
11 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                
13 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                       0.31
14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                            
16 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                    
17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                  0.32
18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                               0.33
19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
20 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                             
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  
22 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      0.34
23 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
25 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                         0.35
26 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         
27 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                 0.36
29 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           0.37
30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         
31 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 
32 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                   0.38
33 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                               
34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   0.39
35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
37 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                               0.40
38 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
39 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
40 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                  
41 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
42 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                    
43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic                     
44 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                0.41
45 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                 
46 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                        
47 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                   
48 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
49 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis                              0.42
50 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram                                      
51 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                               
52 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
53 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                   
54 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                   0.43
56 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         
57 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
58 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
59 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
60 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                           0.44
61 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
62 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
63 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                      0.45
64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     
65 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
66 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
67 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        0.46
68 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                          0.47
69 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                   
70 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                               
71 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   0.48
72 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
73 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  
74 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
75 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                 
76 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
77 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       0.49
78 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                       0.50
79 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                         
80 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        
81 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                  0.51
82 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           
83 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
84 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                           0.52
85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
86 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                             0.53
87 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                      0.54
88 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                         
89 Guido TrentiN (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.56
90 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                     1.00
91 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                          1.06
92 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir               1.08
93 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                1.41
94 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      2.50
95 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic             2.53
96 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              4.41
97 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    5.35
98 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                              5.42
99 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      7.07
100 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      7.31
101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile                           7.34
102 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile                               7.45
103 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                              8.39
104 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       8.40
105 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                   8.49
106 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    9.12
107 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   9.38
108 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                     9.41
109 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
110 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
111 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     9.42
112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                         9.48
113 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                              
114 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile                           9.52
115 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     9.55
116 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                            11.56
117 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                   14.37
118 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                               14.38
119 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                           14.40
120 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               14.43
121 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic                 
122 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                   14.46
123 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                            
124 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                          14.49
125 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    14.50
126 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                           14.51
127 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                    
128 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                    14.52
129 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                      14.53
130 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                               14.57
131 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                  
132 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram                         14.58
133 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                     15.00
134 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                   
135 Jaime Castañeda (Col) Lampre-Fondital                   15.06
136 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    15.08
137 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                 15.12
138 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                             15.36
139 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                         16.13
140 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                         17.49
141 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir             18.21
142 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               24.33
 
 
Points classification
 
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         36 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        29
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    27
4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      25
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis                                25
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           23
7 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            20
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                      20
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                 17
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                              16
11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                 16
12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                     13
13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 13
14 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile                                11
15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                              10
16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       10
17 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                               9
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    8
19 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                    8
20 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel                        7
21 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              7
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    7
23 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             7
24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      6
25 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                  6
26 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      5
27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                  5
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               4
29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       4
30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        4
31 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4
32 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                          3
33 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                          3
34 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                3
35 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                2
36 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               14 pts
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         12
3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        10
4 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                         8
5 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           8
6 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            6
7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         5
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       3
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     3
10 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      3
11 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            2
12 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                     2
13 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                 2
14 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      1
15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1
16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      68 pts
2 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            57
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis                                55
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    48
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                      46
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                               39
7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         36
8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                      33
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           29
10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                       29
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                              27
12 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                              26
13 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel                       21
14 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     19
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                17
16 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                 16
17 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     15
18 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 13
19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        12
20 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         11
21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      11
22 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                         11
23 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile                                11
24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       10
25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       10
26 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                               9
27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                  8
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    8
29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        8
30 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                    8
31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              7
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    7
33 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             7
34 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                  6
35 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           6
36 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                   5
37 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        5
38 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                     4
39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        4
40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4
41 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      3
42 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                3
43 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      2
44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                2
45 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                     2
46 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                 2
47 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         2
48 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                            1
49 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1
50 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                         
2 Discovery Channel                                          0.14
3 Cofidis                                                    0.17
4 Ag2r Prévoyance                                            0.23
5 Team CSC                                                   0.33
6 Française Des Jeux                                         0.34
7 Caisse d'Epargne                                           0.35
8 Milram                                                     0.36
9 Bouygues Telecom                                           0.39
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                      0.40
11 Predictor-Lotto                                           0.41
12 Crédit Agricole                                           0.45
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         0.47
14 Gerolsteiner                                              0.49
15 Liquigas                                                  0.54
16 Rabobank                                                  1.03
17 Lampre-Fondital                                          10.05
18 T-Mobile                                                 14.32
19 Quickstep-Innergetic                                     16.35

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