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59th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 10-17, 2007
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Stage 7 - June 17: Valloire - Annecy, 129km
Vinokourov gives Astana a fourth stage win
Moreau secures overall win
By Jean-François Quénet in Annecy
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With Alexander Vinokourov crowning a week of impressive rides, Astana has won four stages out of eight (prologue included) at the Dauphiné where overall winner Christophe Moreau from Ag2r has been the only rider apart from the Kazakh team to get the honours after Bradley Wiggins from Cofidis and Heinrich Haussler of Gerolsteiner claimed the inaugural stages.
Vino knows how important the Dauphiné is for the Chambéry-based Ag2r team. Only once before had they won the big stage race of their region and it was with Vino in 1999 when Ag2r was co-sponsor of Casino. "I have experienced racing for Vincent Lavenu here," Vino said with a smile. "Moreau is the only rider who has amazed me by how strong he is. He put 2 minutes on the other ones on the Ventoux and yesterday, he attacked strongly again. He was the most impressive rider in this race. In my opinion, he's already in too good a form."
The Dauphiné is always seen as a pre-Tour de France event with some riders giving everything and others holding back. The hierarchy of the Dauphiné is usually not the same one month later. But the 2007 edition, 60 years after the creation of the Alpine event, has given the certainty that Vinokourov is the number one favourite for the Tour de France.
Neither him nor his lieutenant Andrey Kashechkin have tried to win the overall classification but Vino has proven to be the same rider as the one who attacked in the first and last week of the 2005 Tour de France: in Nancy before the slippery finish that favoured Lorenzo Bernucci and on the Champs-Elysées in Paris where he won. Although he now has the status of a captain of his team and is a hot favourite for the GC, he's got the same fighting spirit. In the coming Tour de France, he might attack where no one expects it, as he did today in the five final kilometres towards Annecy.
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"I always race with the hope of winning," the Kazakh said. "Today, I didn't chase behind Piepoli because it was dangerous, but I had nothing to lose when I did it behind Leipheimer. He crashed, unfortunately, but I think I would have beaten him in the sprint. When I realized that a fourth stage win was possible, I went for it. Four stage wins for our team in the Dauphiné is a magnificent result."
Vino can be happy with his teammates that he chose himself. "I know I had worked hard and well before the Tour," he said. "But maybe I didn't have a total confidence in my team. During this Dauphiné, these doubts have been eliminated. Even if only four or five riders from the team here will be at the Tour as well, now I know that I can trust them for La Grande Boucle."
Moreau didn't have any major problem keeping his lead during the final stage. "But we had to stay focused," he commented. "I was alone in La Forclaz at the end but I didn't panic. I have enough experience by now. It's fabulous to win the Dauphiné for the second time after 2001. I thought I'd go well and I wanted to grab a stage win but I didn't think I would win the Ventoux, the GC and that I would have these legs."
Now the question is: will the Frenchman be in the same condition at the Tour de France in three weeks' time? Or is he on the same path as Leipheimer who won the Dauphiné last year but had a disappointing Tour? At least Moreau has already made a spectacular impact in the French media during a sport weekend where cycling has made the headlines – for the right reasons – despite the parallel running of the legendary endurance car racing of the 24 hours of Le Mans.
How it unfolded
As the race started with going down the Col du Télégraphe, 52.9 kilometres were covered in the first hour! Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) broke clear by himself at kilometre 11. Nine kilometres further, he received the reinforcement of a group of seven riders, consisting of Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Enrico Franzoi (Lampre), Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quickstep-Innergetic), Egoi Martínez (Discovery Channel), Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Maxim Iglinsky (Astana), whose win the day before has obviously given him extra motivation. He was also the highest ranked breakaway rider, lying in 29th place at 11'40".
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After 50 kilometres of racing, the peloton, led by riders from Euskaltel and Milram reduced the gap from almost three to two minutes. But the hard chase didn't last long. The eight escapees got their lead back up to almost three minutes again at the bottom of the Col de Tamié. Gilbert was the first over the top with the front group split in two. Only Iglinsky, Seeldraeyers and Martinez managed to follow the Belgian uphill but the eight men regrouped at kilometre 98.
The peloton came closer under the action of Euskaltel. The Basque team of former Ag2r rider Mikel Astarloza looked like working for the good of race leader Christophe Moreau. In the climb of La Forclaz, Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom), who had joined the front group by himself, rode ahead of Seeldraeyers. Gilbert, Martínez and Iglinsky were 5 seconds behind and the peloton including the yellow jersey only 25 seconds back.
Saunier Duval increased the speed of the main group in order to get Leonardo Piepoli off solo. The Italian was first on the top of La Forclaz. The group behind him was reduced to Moreau, Levi Leipheimer, Alberto Contador and Sergio Paulinho (Discovery Channel), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Alexander Vinokourov, Andrey Kashechkin and José Redondo (Astana), David Zabriskie (CSC), Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) and Tadej Valjavec (Lampre).
Piepoli used his downhill skills to build a small lead over the front group that he kept when they exited the descxent and entered the flat roads alongside the lake.
With nine kilometres to go, Evans attacked behind Piepoli on a wet and slippery road but Zabriskie and Moreau were quick to chase him down. Piepoli got caught and. Evans countered, but couldn't get away. Menchov tried also but it was Leipheimer who successfully rode away. Unfortunately, the Californian crashed on a roundabout with less than four kilometres to go and Vinokourov, who was on a solo chase behind the American, became the only man in the lead.
Vino arrived alone in Annecy. Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) got his first result of the year by winning the sprint for second place while Moreau put his arms up in the air with the satisfaction of having won the overall classification of the Dauphiné Libéré 2007.
Photography
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- Moreau celebrates his overall win while Pereiro takes the sprint for second
- Christophe Moreau and family on the podium
- Alexandre Vinokourov wins the final stage in Annency
- Christophe Moreau (AG2r) celebrates the win on the podium
- Evans congratulates Kashechkin as Moreau looks on
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Peloton descends a mountain pass.
- Florent Brard (Caisse d'Epargne) in his French National Champ jersey.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) rides.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance)
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto)
- Torsten Hiekmann (Gerolsteiner)
- Tomas Vaitkus (Discovery Channel) goofs around.
- Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux)
- Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) powers along.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) protects his lead.
- Riding along through the trees.
- The bottle is passed.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) rode well in the final stage.
- Maxim Iglinsky (Astana)
- Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) leads Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Fondital).
- Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux)
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) leads.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) takes the stage win.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) celebrates taking the overall.
- Vino presented as the stage winner.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) won the overall.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) waves.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) takes the jersey.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) with baby and wife.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) kisses wife, a former podium girl.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) is rewarded.
- Rémy Di Gregorio (Française Des Jeux) won the mountains prize.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) took the blue combination jersey.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) took the overall and the blue combo jersey.
- Astana as the best team.
- Top three (l-r) Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana).
- Overall Podium (l-r) Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana).
- Aussie, Frenchman and Kazakh (l-r) Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana).
Results
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 2.55.33 (44.09 km/h) 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.37 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 8 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 12 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 13 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 0.46 17 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.37 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1.39 19 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.11 26 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 2.14 31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.58 32 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 33 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 38 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.08 40 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 41 Guido TrentiN (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 43 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 45 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 47 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 48 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 49 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 53 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 54 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 56 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6.08 57 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 59 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 60 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 61 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 9.00 62 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 63 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 64 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11.10 67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 68 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 71 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 72 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 73 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 74 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 75 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 76 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 77 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 78 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 84 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 85 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 86 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 87 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 88 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 89 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 90 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 91 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 92 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 12.38 93 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 15.30 94 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 95 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 96 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 97 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 99 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 100 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 101 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 102 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 103 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.33 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 105 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 106 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 107 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 108 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 109 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 23.45 110 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 112 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNF Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic Points 1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 25 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 13 5 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 11 6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 10 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 9 8 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 8 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 7 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 5 12 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 13 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 2 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains Col de Tamié - km 88.5 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 20 pts 2 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 15 3 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 5 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 7 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3 9 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 10 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 1 Col de la Forclaz - km 110.5 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 pts 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 26 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 22 4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 18 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 14 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 12 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 10 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 8 9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 6 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 11 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 2 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 1 Teams 1 Astana 8.47.53 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.37 3 Team CSC 2.58 4 AG2r Prévoyance 5 Caisse d'Epargne 3.13 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.15 7 Bouygues Telecom 5.02 8 Française des Jeux 5.19 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.29 10 Rabobank 8.29 11 Liquigas 9.39 12 Predictor-Lotto 10.39 13 Crédit Agricole 11.41 14 Gerolsteiner 15 T-Mobile Team 15.10 16 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.52 17 Lampre-Fondital 21.43 18 Quickstep-Innergetic 25.32 19 Team Milram 26.14 Final General classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 29.50.35 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.14 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 1.27 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.52 5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.16 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.24 7 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.00 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.01 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5.17 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 5.38 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.52 12 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 5.53 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.52 14 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.14 15 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.49 16 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 8.01 17 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.02 18 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 8.06 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.10 20 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 9.47 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9.51 22 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.21 23 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.49 24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 12.46 25 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 13.17 26 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 14.46 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 15.56 28 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 17.48 29 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18.58 30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 19.11 31 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 19.16 32 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 19.24 33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 22.10 34 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 24.33 35 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 24.47 36 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.55 37 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.58 38 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.31 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.40 40 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 27.32 41 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 27.48 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 28.17 43 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.19 44 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 28.25 45 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 28.30 46 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 29.14 47 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.05 48 Guido TrentiN (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.22 49 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.54 50 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.43 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33.01 52 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.44 53 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 34.16 54 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.08 55 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.04 56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 38.26 57 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.17 58 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.21 59 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 40.51 60 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42.16 61 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 42.51 62 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 44.22 63 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 44.45 64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 45.11 65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 46.51 66 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 47.18 67 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 49.20 68 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 50.18 69 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50.20 70 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.24 71 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50.39 72 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 51.24 73 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 52.22 74 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.53 75 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57.13 76 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 59.09 77 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 59.18 78 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.00.56 79 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.01.01 80 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.01.47 81 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.02.24 82 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.06 83 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.12 84 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.49 85 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 1.07.14 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.08.50 87 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.10.45 88 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.10.50 89 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 1.11.25 90 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.11.44 91 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.12.36 92 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.12.44 93 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.13.09 94 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.13.25 95 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 1.14.27 96 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.17.20 97 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.20.26 98 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 1.20.42 99 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 1.22.07 100 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 1.22.10 101 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 1.24.05 102 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24.52 103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.25.29 104 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1.26.36 105 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.27.42 106 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.27.58 107 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30.13 108 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 1.31.33 109 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32.03 110 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 1.33.20 111 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.33.30 112 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 1.35.56 113 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 1.39.24 114 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.42.03 Points classification 1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 70 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 67 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 49 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 48 5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 38 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 35 8 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 34 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 33 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 28 11 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 28 12 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 26 13 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 25 14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 25 15 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 25 16 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 24 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23 18 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 22 19 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 20 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 17 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 16 22 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 23 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 14 25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14 27 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 28 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 13 29 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 30 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 12 31 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 32 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 11 33 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 35 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 10 36 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 37 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 38 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 9 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 8 41 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 8 42 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7 43 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 44 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 45 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 6 46 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 5 47 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 48 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 49 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 50 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 51 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 4 52 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 3 53 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 54 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 55 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 56 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 57 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Mountains classification 1 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 126 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 88 3 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 86 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 73 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 65 6 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 59 7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 59 8 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 9 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 49 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 42 12 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 42 13 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 35 14 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 15 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 29 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 28 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 27 18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 26 19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 20 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 23 21 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 22 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 22 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 20 24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 25 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 17 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 14 27 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13 28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 12 30 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 11 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10 32 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10 33 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 34 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 35 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 9 36 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 8 37 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 8 38 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 39 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 41 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 42 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 4 43 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 44 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3 45 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 46 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 47 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 49 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 50 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 51 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 52 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 1 53 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 54 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 55 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 1 56 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1 Combination classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 180 pts 2 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 143 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 126 4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 120 5 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 112 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 93 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 92 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 89 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 88 10 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 88 11 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 84 12 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 71 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 66 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 60 17 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 60 18 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 54 19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 20 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 22 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 45 23 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 42 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 40 25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 38 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 34 27 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 34 28 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 32 29 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 30 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 31 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 29 32 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 29 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 26 34 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 25 35 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 23 36 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 19 38 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 19 39 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 40 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 13 41 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13 42 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 44 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 45 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 11 46 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10 47 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 48 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 49 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 9 50 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 9 51 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 52 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 8 53 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 8 54 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 55 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 56 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 57 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 6 58 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 59 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 5 60 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 61 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 62 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 63 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 4 64 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3 65 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 3 66 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 67 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 70 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 71 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 72 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 73 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 1 74 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 1 75 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1 Team classification 1 Astana 89.44.17 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.19 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.36 4 AG2r Prévoyance 7.04 5 Team CSC 7.24 6 Caisse d'Epargne 11.28 7 Bouygues Telecom 13.51 8 Crédit Agricole 16.00 9 Predictor-Lotto 24.49 10 Française des Jeux 25.39 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.22 12 Liquigas 37.07 13 Rabobank 38.39 14 Gerolsteiner 44.53 15 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 47.48 16 Lampre-Fondital 1.01.43 17 T-Mobile Team 1.39.58 18 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.53.18 19 Team Milram 1.53.38
