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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

Colom wins
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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."

Astana duo
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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).

Andrey Kashechkin
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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.

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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

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