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59th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 10-17, 2007
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Stage 4 - June 14: Hauterives - Le Mont-Ventoux, 197km
Moreau reaches his nirvana on the Ventoux
Vinokourov steps down, Kashechkin takes over
By Jean-François Quénet at the Mont Ventoux
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Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) made a strong impact by winning stage 2 to Saint-Etienne earlier this week. Then, after losing almost three minutes to Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) during the time trial, he made an even stronger impact on the Mont Ventoux. On the GC, he's now only 14 seconds down on the new race leader Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) who took over from his captain, as planned in the Astana camp while the other star of the race Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) got dropped early due to sickness. His teammates reported that he was not well all night before the stage.
With three weeks to go to the Tour de France, it's always a question of bluff and preparation. In Vino's case, it was deliberate when he chose to let the main group go with 11km to the top of the Mont Ventoux. "When I realized it was getting hard for me, I decided to take it easy," the Kazakh told Cyclingnews after the stage. "I didn't want to spend too much energy here today. I told Andrey that I would keep a slower pace, and he told me he was feeling good. I think he is still in a good position for winning the overall. Everything will be decided by Saturday's stage anyway."
Kashechkin noticed, "We haven't been attacked really and I don't know if I have the rhythm of the race yet." Moreau actually went away for the stage win, not for GC as he thought it was over for him after the moderate result he got at the time trial.
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"Winning up here is a mix of satisfaction, anger and revenge," the Frenchman commented. "Last year it was tight with Denis Menchov here, I lost by only 40 centimetres because I didn't pay enough attention to his attack. I had the feeling I had missed a mythical victory. All the great ones have won here, from Virenque to Pantani and also Armstrong." Moreau should revise his cycling history books: Armstrong has never won up the Mont Ventoux. He has given a win there to Marco Pantani though.
"When I won in Saint-Etienne on Tuesday, I thought this would be the must of my week," Moreau continued. "But winning here is just as fabulous as taking the yellow jersey after the prologue of the 2001 Tour de France in Dunkirk. It's magnificent. I have taken some risks for making it. Sylvain (Calzati) was away, we've done a great team work. I got Szmyd to work for catching him. Had Szmyd won, we would have looked stupid. I didn't want to repeat last year's mistake with Menchov, so I kept some strength for the finish but it was damned hard. The Mont Ventoux is such a special climb. I was cramping at the end."
No big difference was created among the big riders of the Dauphiné. Six of them are still classified within one minute: Kashechkin, Moreau, Menchov (Rabobank), Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), David Zabriskie (Team CSC), and defending champion Levi Leipheimer (Discovery). It is keeping the suspense high for the Alpine part of the race.
How it unfolded
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Sylvain Calzati of Ag2r was the first man in action after only 900 meters of racing. He was happy to see Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Frederik Willems (Liquigas) and eventually Cédric Vasseur (Quick Step) joining him for reinforcement.
Although they had to face a strong headwind, they got some freedom from the bunch, led by the Astana teammates of yellow jersey wearer Alexandre Vinokourov. The quartet managed to reach a 11.35 lead. At the summit of the col de la Madeleine, a fourth category climb with 28km to go, they still had a seven-minute advantage over the bunch, so there was some hope that one of them could win the stage up the Mont Ventoux.
After the town of Bédoin, the real start of the climb of the 'Giant of Provence', more and more riders got dropped after Alejandro Valverde. Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) and George Hincapie (Discovery) were among them in Sainte-Colombe with 17km to go. That's where Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) launched an attack.
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The Belgian got caught one kilometer further on. With 14km to go, Inigo Cuesta (CSC) took with him Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole), Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) and Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre). Calzati became a man alone in the front with 2.40 advantage on the first chasers, reduced to two: Moreau and Szmyd.
With 11km to go, Vinokourov chose not to follow the group where he was well positioned. The remaining riders were: Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel), Manuel Beltran (Liquigas), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval), Cuesta, David Zabriskie, Chris-Anker Sörensen and Volodymyr Gustov (CSC), Xavier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne), Igor Anton, Haimar Zubeldia and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Botcharov and Dimitri Fofonov (Crédit Agricole), Andreï Kashechkin (Astana), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), and Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner).
Moreau and Szmyd finally caught Calzati four kilometers from the summit. Moreau attacked at the three kilometer mark and took a solo win ahead of Szmyd and Anton while Kashechkin became the new race leader by 14 seconds on Moreau.
Photography
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- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) comes up the steep climb on the Ventoux
- Moreau wins his second stage of this year's race
- Christophe Moreau a determined winner
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) is the new leader of the race
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- The peloton rolls out from Hauterives with a tough day ahead.
- Yellow jersey Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana).
- QuickSteppers Kevin Seeldraeyers, Kevin Van Impe and Tom Boonen.
- Bouygues Telecom riders have a laugh before things get serious.
- Frederik Willems (Liquigas) leads the four man escape.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) catches up with former QuickStep team-mates Kevin Hulsmans and Kevin Van Impe.
- Vino enjoys his first day in yellow at the Dauphiné.
- No one was in any rush to get to Mont Ventoux.
- Astana assume their pacemaking duties.
- Frederik Willems (Liquigas) cools off in the break.
- Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r) leads the break on Ventoux's lower slopes.
- Vino took it easy today and finished over seven minutes down.
- Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) had a good ride for seventh place on the stage.
- Mountains leader Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) shadowed by Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval).
- Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) and Xavier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne) suffer up the Ventoux.
- Piepoli leads the chasing group.
- An agonizingly good view of the finish at Mont Ventoux's observatory.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) rides alone in the lead.
- Moreau takes the win atop Mont Ventoux.
- The Frenchman was pumped with his victory.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) comes across the line with a grimace.
- Moreau finally conquered the Ventoux after losing out to Denis Menchov last year.
- Andrey Kashechkin had a solid ride to keep the leaders jersey in the Astana team.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Moreau suffering up the steep slopes of Ventoux.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) heading for third.
- Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) rides ahead of the main favourites group containing Discovery's Levi Leipheimer.
- Is that the flame rouge? Iñigo Cuesta (Team CSC) and Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r Prévoyance) pass through 1km to go.
- Austrian champion Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) with Tadej Valjavec (Lampre-Fondital).
- Bluffing or suffering? Vino was well off the pace today.
- The yellow jersey said he decided to go easy, not wanting to spend too much energy.
- Is this really planet earth? The Martian landscape of Mont Ventoux in Provence.
- Moreau drives on towards the observatory.
- Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital) on the way to second.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) looks to be finding his form in time for the Tour de France.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) couldn't find his Giro winning form on the Ventoux.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) looked comfortable and now sits sixth overall.
- David Zabriskie (Team CSC) suffered but stayed close to the favourites.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) couldn't make it a hatrick of Ventoux victories in the Dauphiné.
- Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) was really hurting.
- Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) had a controlled ride and claimed the race lead.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) lost a chunk of time today.
- Mountains leader Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) climbs alone.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom)
- The bunch was blown to bits as usual on Ventoux.
- The remnants of the peloton make their way upwards.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance) approaches the line for a huge victory.
- YES! Moreau gets the win on Mount Ventoux.
- Moreau celebrates a great ride today.
- Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital) comes in for second.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) takes third.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) rolls across in fourth.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel)
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) stops the watch.
- Here comes Vino...
- The yellow jersey is gone, but still within the Astana team.
- Tom Boonen and the autobus nearing the summit.
- Stage winner Christophe Moreau on the podium.
- Moreau moves to second place overall.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) pulls on the leader's jersey.
- The new leader Andrey Kashechkin (Astana).
- Vino on his way back down.
Results
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5.51.52 (33.592 km/h) 2 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 1.08 3 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 1.51 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.56 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.00 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 12 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.04 13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.10 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.18 16 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.29 17 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.46 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2.49 20 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3.01 21 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.20 22 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3.31 23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.38 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.40 26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.50 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.55 28 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3.59 29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.02 30 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 4.42 31 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 4.59 32 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.04 33 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.05 34 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.07 35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 37 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6.03 40 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 6.08 41 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6.36 42 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.42 43 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 6.45 44 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.59 45 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 46 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.16 47 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 7.20 48 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 49 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 50 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 7.41 51 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7.53 52 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.05 53 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.21 54 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.12 55 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 56 Guido TrentiN (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.35 57 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 10.19 58 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 10.25 59 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 64 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 11.11 65 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.39 66 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.04 67 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 12.07 68 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 69 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 71 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 72 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 13.41 73 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 14.22 74 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.35 75 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 15.43 78 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.52 79 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 80 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 16.43 81 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 82 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 83 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 84 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 85 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 86 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 87 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 88 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 89 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 90 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 91 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 93 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 94 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 95 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 96 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 99 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 100 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 101 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 102 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 103 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 104 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 105 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 107 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 108 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 109 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 110 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 111 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 112 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.19 113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 19.40 114 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20.06 115 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 22.08 116 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 117 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 118 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 119 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 120 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 121 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 123 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 124 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 125 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 127 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 128 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 129 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 130 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 131 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 132 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 133 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 134 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 135 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 22.30 136 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.54 137 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Points 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 25 pts 2 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 13 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 9 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 8 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5 12 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4 13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 3 14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains Côte d'Aleyrac - km 108 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3 3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 Côte de Buisson - km 146 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3 3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1 Col de la Madeleine - km 169 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3 3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 Le Mont Ventoux - km 197 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 40 pts 2 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 35 3 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 26 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 16 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 14 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 8 12 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 4 14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.41.39 2 Team CSC 1.08 3 AG2r Prévoyance 1.18 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.35 5 Caisse d'Epargne 2.50 6 Crédit Agricole 3.23 7 Lampre-Fondital 6.20 8 Predictor-Lotto 8.13 9 Bouygues Telecom 8.45 10 Rabobank 10.07 11 Astana 10.41 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.57 13 Française des Jeux 11.05 14 Gerolsteiner 13.31 15 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.07 16 Liquigas 22.47 17 Quickstep-Innergetic 24.19 18 Team Milram 25.06 19 T-Mobile Team 26.00 General classification after stage four 1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 16.17.21 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 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.50 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3.34 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3.50 12 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.52 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.02 14 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4.03 15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4.13 16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.19 17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.22 18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.41 19 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5.02 20 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 5.14 21 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.15 23 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.28 24 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.35 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.37 26 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.04 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.28 28 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 6.39 29 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6.48 30 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 7.03 31 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.06 32 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 7.23 33 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 7.27 34 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 7.33 35 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.47 36 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7.51 37 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.58 38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8.13 39 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.14 40 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.46 41 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 8.51 42 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 9.37 43 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 9.38 44 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 9.46 45 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.53 46 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 10.45 47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.03 48 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.47 49 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.52 50 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.13 51 Guido TrentiN (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.33 52 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.09 53 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13.11 54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 13.51 55 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14.05 56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.07 57 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 14.15 58 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 14.17 59 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.30 60 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 14.38 61 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.19 62 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.42 63 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 16.36 64 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 17.18 65 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 17.41 66 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 17.48 67 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18.01 68 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 18.14 69 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 18.53 70 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 19.01 71 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.11 72 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 19.25 73 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.31 74 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 19.37 75 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.41 76 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.46 77 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 19.48 78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.51 79 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19.52 80 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19.58 81 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.05 82 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.12 83 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 20.17 84 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 20.18 85 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20.19 86 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20.34 87 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 21.25 88 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 21.34 89 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 22.05 90 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.33 91 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22.36 92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.46 93 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.53 94 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23.18 95 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.03 96 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 24.24 97 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 24.34 98 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 24.57 99 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 25.52 100 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.09 101 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 26.24 102 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 27.39 103 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 27.52 104 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.00 105 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 28.08 106 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.42 107 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 28.43 108 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 29.34 109 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.10 110 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 30.27 111 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 31.06 112 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 31.25 113 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 31.34 114 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quickstep-Innergetic 32.29 115 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 32.43 116 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 33.26 117 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 33.52 118 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 34.15 119 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34.35 120 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 35.20 121 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 35.34 122 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 36.14 123 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.19 124 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 38.09 125 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 38.48 126 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 38.53 127 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 39.12 128 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.14 129 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39.45 130 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39.57 131 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 40.13 132 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 40.34 133 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 40.49 134 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 41.13 135 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 42.19 136 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 42.37 137 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 48.32 Points classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 50 pts 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 39 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 36 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 6 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 31 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 29 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 26 9 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 25 10 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 25 11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 20 14 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 20 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 17 16 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 16 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 13 19 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 20 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 21 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 22 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 11 23 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 24 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 25 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 9 26 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 9 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 8 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8 29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 8 30 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 8 31 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 32 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 33 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7 34 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 35 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 36 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 37 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 6 38 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 41 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 4 42 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 43 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 44 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 45 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 46 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 43 pts 2 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 35 3 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 26 5 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 23 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 23 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 16 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 14 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 14 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 13 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 10 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 10 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9 18 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 9 19 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 8 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 21 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 22 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 23 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 25 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 26 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 27 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 2 28 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 31 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 32 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 34 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1 Combination classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 128 pts 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 89 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 78 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 75 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 70 6 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 63 7 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 61 8 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 45 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 11 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 37 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 13 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 36 14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 30 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 29 17 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 25 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 23 19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23 20 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 22 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 18 23 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 17 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 16 25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 15 26 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 15 27 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 30 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 31 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 11 32 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 11 33 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10 34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 35 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9 37 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 9 38 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 9 39 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 8 40 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 8 41 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 7 42 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 43 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 44 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7 45 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 46 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 47 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 6 48 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 49 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 50 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 51 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 52 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 4 53 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 54 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 55 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 56 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 57 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 58 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 59 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 60 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 61 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 62 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 63 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1 Team classification 1 Team CSC 48.59.35 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.20 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.09 4 Caisse d'Epargne 4.23 5 AG2r Prévoyance 4.37 6 Astana 5.04 7 Crédit Agricole 7.18 8 Predictor-Lotto 7.19 9 Bouygues Telecom 7.50 10 Rabobank 11.25 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.04 12 Gerolsteiner 14.19 13 Française des Jeux 14.33 14 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.57 15 Lampre-Fondital 19.39 16 Liquigas 26.34 17 Team Milram 26.36 18 T-Mobile Team 41.49 19 Quickstep-Innergetic 46.53
