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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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- Sebastian Siedler (Milram) and Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile) hang at the start.
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) rolls to the start line.
- The peloton makes its way on the rolling parcours.
- Up and up while the greenery lays below.
- The peloton rolls.
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) in the leader's jersey.
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) being escorted by his team.
- Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas)
- Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) in an escape.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) celebrates the stage.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) wins stage 2.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) blows kisses for the win and the GC.
- Green jersey Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) leads the points.
- Yellow jersey Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) waves as the new overall leader.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) happy in the race leader's jersey.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) puts on his new leader's jersey.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) salutes the crowd.
Images by AFP Photo
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) displays some earned rings.
- Riders on the storm.
- Bradley Wiggins led by the Cofidis train.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) waiting for the mountains.
- Captain America George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) with José Antonio Redondo (Astana) in the finale.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) marked by Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quickstep-Innergetic) and José Antonio Redondo (Astana).
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
