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71st Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007
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Stage 4 - June 19: Nauders - Triesenberg-Malbun, 167.2km
Schleck king of the Virages once more
By Shane Stokes in Liechtenstein
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The CSC rider was clearly strongest on the cruel slopes up towards the rocky 1,600 metre summit. Following an unsuccessful move by Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval Prodir), he put in a couple of digs with about seven kilometres remaining. The first saw him get away before being recaptured; the second acceleration broke the group, giving Schleck the chance to put some daylight between him and the other overall contenders and to take over yellow from his teammate Fabian Cancellara.
The 27 year-old time trialled to the top and finished 32 seconds clear of Russian rider Vladimir Efemkin (Caisse d'Epargne). José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was ten seconds further back, and Matteo Carrara (Unibet.com) and Schleck's compatriot Kim Kirchen came home 48" down. Simoni was sixth while big names such as Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel), Linus Gerdemann, Patrik Sinkewitz, Michael Rogers (all T-Mobile) were between 1’59 and 3’51 behind.
Andreas Klöden and Carlos Sastre finished further back, crossing the line together 5'48 in arrears.
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"That was a bloody hard climb," said Schleck, when asked about the strange classification in the race manual. "I had a 39 x 25 on and think the others had the same.
"I had good legs and wanted to make a selection. I saw that Carrara was on my wheel so I went a bit faster. Afterwards some riders came back to me but I accelerated harder to make them tired. At that moment I saw that I was alone. I think it was a good idea then to continue the effort.
"The two last kilometres were very tough. It is a very, very hard climb and everyone suffered a lot. I was being updated about the other riders [via race radio] - they were riding together, but it was fine. I knew the distance, I maintained my rhythm and it worked out well."
"It is a fantastic victory, to win on a summit like this. I am a fairly good climber. It is a victory which gives me confidence for the Tour. I dedicate it to my team and to my younger brother, who rode very well and got second at the Giro."
Directeur sportif Kim Anderson was beaming at the finish. "We were thinking that he would do well in the mountains. He knows this climb from four years ago, he did it back then. In the middle of the race today we had to decide if we would go for the stage win or just the jersey. That is why we started to pull so early, to bring back the leaders."
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Kim Kirchen rode strongly to get fifth and agreed with Schleck that the classification was very misleading. "It should be a first category climb because I think it is the hardest finish we have at this Tour de Suisse. I am happy with the result. I had problems at the start, was suffering, but just kept to my rhythm and it worked out fine.
"I had a bad crash yesterday so today is very good. I don't think I lost much time. We will see how it goes [for the overall classifrication]. We have a good team, we can attack. The Tour de Suisse is very hard and there is a long way to go. People can have good days and bad days. I expect to be in the front but nobody knows."
He ended the day third overall, 49 seconds back. The next T-Mobile rider is Gerdemann, 2'21 down. So, the obvious question is, does that mean he is the new team leader for the race?
"We will see," he answered. "Everyone can have a bad day, and equally everyone can have a good one too. I think that we have a strong team and the others on it haven't lost so much time. We will see what happens."
Frenchman John Gadret was 14th, 2'16 back. "It was a very difficult climb," he said. "I am happy enough with how it went."
"For me is more like a hors categorie mountain," said Scheck's teammate Sastre, coming home with Klöden. "It was very nice for the team - Frank won the stage and took the jersey. It is great for CSC."
The previous yellow jersey Cancellara got dropped early on in the climb and eventually came home 63rd, 10'49 back. His experience of leading the Tour de Suisse is over for this year, but he has the chance to be part of the winning team of the race. Schleck is in a strong position and with Cancellara and the rest of the team fully committed to protecting the jersey, he will try to hold on all the way to Bern on Sunday.
When asked as to what their chances are, team DS Andersen strayed clear of making rash predictions. He preferred instead to savour the moment. "It is a hard week. It is a good result. We have what we have for now."
How it unfolded
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Several riders tried to go clear, but nothing of any significance occurred until approximately 30 kilometres into the stage when the peloton split into two groups. The first section contained approximately 50 riders, including the CSC team and their race leader Fabian Cancellara.
This front group had opened up a lead of 45 seconds by the time they arrived in Prutz (km 36.5). Ten kilometres later things came back together. The next move of significance went 116 kilometres from the finish when Kevin de Weert (Cofidis) attacked on the way towards the day's first climb, the second category Arlbergpass.
Arkatiz Duran Aroca (Saunier Duval-Prodir) counter-attacked approximately ten kilometres afterwards and sent off in pursuit. After some 70-odd kilometres of racing de Weert was 5'18 ahead of the peloton and 2'38 up on Duran Aroca. The junction between the first two was made some seven kilometres later, by which time the peloton had faded to almost nine minutes back.
Duran Aroca took the prime ahead of de Weert at the top of the climb. The bunch was 9'33 down the slopes at this point but the pace shot up when riders started firing off attacks. One of those to the fore was Carlos Sastre, who is here to build form prior to leading the CSC team in the Tour de France. On the descent he was away with six others, namely Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Andrey Mizourov (Astana), Carlos Barredo (Quick Step Innergetic), Marco Marzano (Lampre), Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet), and Florian Stalder (Volksbank).
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Florian Stalder (Volksbank) beat Gustav Erik Larsson (Unibet) and Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux) at the second sprint prime, then shortly afterwards the peloton hit the final climb. It would gain 1118 metres in 12 kilometres, cresting out at an altitude of 1600 metres, and was far harder than the race manual ranking of second category would suggest.
Astana's Andrey Mizourov was the first to attack, getting a lead of 15 seconds. Behind, yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara was in difficulty and soon got dropped. Mizourov was caught, then with nine kilometres to go Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval Prodir) kicked clear in a short-lived move which thinned the front group right down.
Schleck then put in a dig, going clear of the others and being chased by Matteo Carrara (Unibet). He was reeled in by the others, but went again with seven kilometres remaining and this time got a big advantage over a chasing group containing riders such as Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne), Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) and others.
With five kilometres to go he was twenty seconds clear of the Stijn Devolder-led chase. Schleck continued to build his lead between there and the finish, hitting the line 32 seconds clear of Vladimir Efemkin (Caisse d'Epargne), and a further ten ahead of José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir). Carrara and Kirchen came home 48" down, with Simoni completing the top six. Devolder paid for his strong efforts in fading to tenth.
The net result was a shift in the maillot jaune from Cancellara to Schleck. The Luxembourg rider will start tomorrow's 192.8 kilometre stage from nearby Vaduz to Giubiasco with a 49" lead over Efemkin. A third and a first category climb come in the first 115 kilometres, after which there is a long descent and then a mainly flat run in to the finish.
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- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finishes.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) crosses the line in the top 10.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) checks the time.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) finishes
- Matteo Carrara (Unibet.com)
- Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile)
- Andrea Tonti (Quickstep-Innergetic) relaxes
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) reflects on the climb.
- Cofidis riders are tired after the effort.
- Unibet rider catches his breath.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile)
- Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile) powers it.
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom)
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile)
- Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) with Cristian Moreni (Cofidis).
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) struggles.
- Peloton climbs up the final climb.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) loses his grip on the race lead.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) lost his lead.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) in the gruppo.
- The riders approach the finish of stage 4.
- Up the final climb of the day.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) struggles.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) flies on the final climb.
- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) over Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne).
- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) climbs.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile)
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) goes up the climb.
- Matteo Carrara (Unibet.com)
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) and Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital)
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) ahead of Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel).
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel)
- Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom)
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) wins.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) takes victory.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) rewarded for the stage win.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) moves into the race leader's jersey.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) in yellow.
- Kisses for the new race leader, Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) in the race leader's jersey.
Results
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4.20.37 (38,493 km/h) 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.32 3 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.42 4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 0.48 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.05 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1.11 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.25 9 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.37 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40 11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 1.54 12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.59 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.07 14 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.16 15 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.34 16 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 2.41 17 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.53 19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.58 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 3.07 22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.16 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 3.51 24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.17 25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.56 26 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 27 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.04 28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.07 29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.37 31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.41 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 5.48 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 5.56 35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5.57 36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.00 37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6.08 38 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 6.25 39 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.33 40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 6.40 41 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.59 42 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 7.11 43 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.28 45 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7.51 46 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 8.00 47 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 8.03 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 8.07 49 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 8.23 50 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 8.48 51 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.53 52 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 8.57 53 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.00 54 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.09 55 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9.38 56 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 9.47 57 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.51 58 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 10.04 59 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.05 60 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance 10.26 61 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 10.49 62 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 63 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 64 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 65 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 11.04 66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.12 67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.16 68 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.21 69 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.41 70 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.46 71 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 72 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 12.53 73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 13.39 74 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 75 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.24 77 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 79 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 80 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 14.32 81 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.37 82 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 15.16 83 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.34 84 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 17.10 85 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 86 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.23 87 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.52 89 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 90 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 19.17 91 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 20.27 92 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 93 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 94 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 95 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 96 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 97 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 98 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 99 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 100 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 101 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 103 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 104 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 105 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 106 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 108 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 109 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 110 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 111 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 112 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 113 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 114 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 115 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 117 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 118 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 119 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 120 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 121 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 122 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 123 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 124 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 125 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 126 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 20.35 127 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 128 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 130 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 131 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 132 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 133 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 134 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 135 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 136 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 137 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 138 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 139 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 140 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 141 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 142 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 144 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 145 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 20.44 146 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 20.49 147 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 21.01 148 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21.22 149 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 23.56 150 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 151 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 24.12 152 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.25 153 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 24.50 154 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 26.17 155 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 156 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 157 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com DNF Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Francesco C. Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole DNF Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi Points Arrivee - km 167.2 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 12 3 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 9 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 8 6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 9 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 2 12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains Arlbergpass - km 83.2 1 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 pts 2 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 2 5 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Steg/Malbun - km 166.8 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 pts 2 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2 5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1 Sprints Bludenz - km 115.4 1 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 pts 2 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Schann - km 152 1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 3 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 13.06.15 2 T-Mobile 1.24 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.00 4 Bouygues Telecom 3.09 5 Unibet.com 3.14 6 Ag2r Prévoyance 6.15 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 7.34 8 Team CSC 7.49 9 Discovery Channel 8.08 11 Astana 12.34 12 Volksbank 17.06 13 Cofidis 17.52 14 Crédit Agricole 23.08 15 Rabobank 25.42 16 Française Des Jeux 27.08 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.02 18 Gerolsteiner 33.33 19 Predictor-Lotto 35.51 20 Liquigas 36.50 21 Milram 40.05 General classification after stage 4 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.32.24 (38,294 km/h) 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.49 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.58 5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1.05 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1.19 7 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.39 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.46 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.03 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.06 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.21 12 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.26 14 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.40 15 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.49 16 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.55 17 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 2.58 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.06 19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.21 20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.51 21 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4.01 22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.24 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.52 24 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 5.00 25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.11 26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.19 27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.09 28 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6.11 29 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.14 30 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6.18 31 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.26 32 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.49 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6.50 34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 7.03 35 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.09 36 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.20 37 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.31 38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 7.36 39 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 7.41 40 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.52 41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 8.24 42 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 8.26 43 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 8.45 44 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.10 45 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.29 46 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.57 47 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 10.15 48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 10.36 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 10.50 50 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 10.51 51 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11.01 52 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.03 53 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 11.22 54 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.52 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.14 56 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 12.17 57 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 12.20 58 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 12.57 59 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 12.58 60 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 12.59 61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 14.54 62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.00 63 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.10 64 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.34 65 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 15.36 66 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance 15.54 67 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 16.26 68 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.27 69 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.46 70 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 17.23 71 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.45 72 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 18.04 73 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 18.11 74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18.28 75 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 20.16 76 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 20.26 77 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 20.42 78 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.56 79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 21.23 80 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.28 81 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22.30 82 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.42 83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 22.58 84 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 23.11 85 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23.20 86 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 23.22 87 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 23.25 88 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.36 89 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 23.38 90 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24.20 91 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 24.42 92 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 24.44 93 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.46 94 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 26.01 95 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 26.28 96 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 97 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 26.35 98 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 99 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 26.48 100 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 27.57 101 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 28.09 102 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.10 103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28.18 104 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 29.20 105 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.43 106 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 29.57 107 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 30.03 108 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.11 109 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30.45 110 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 31.01 111 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 31.08 112 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.13 113 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 114 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31.14 115 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 31.21 116 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31.28 117 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 31.43 118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 31.50 119 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 32.04 120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 32.13 121 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.15 122 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 32.21 123 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 32.23 124 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 32.37 125 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.45 126 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33.57 127 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.25 128 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 129 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 35.11 130 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35.23 131 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 35.24 132 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35.27 133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 35.54 134 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 37.24 135 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38.40 136 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.21 137 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.43 138 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 43.22 139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 43.30 140 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.35 141 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 43.37 142 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 44.16 143 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 44.20 144 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 44.33 145 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 47.17 146 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47.21 147 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47.25 148 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 47.27 149 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47.37 150 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 47.40 151 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 47.48 152 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 49.11 153 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 51.00 154 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 53.44 155 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 55.38 156 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 56.06 157 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.43 Points classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 42 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25 4 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 24 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 23 7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 9 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 15 11 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 15 12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 13 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 11 14 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11 15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 16 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 17 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 10 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 9 20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 21 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 24 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 7 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 26 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6 28 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6 29 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 31 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 32 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 34 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 35 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 3 36 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 2 37 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 2 38 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 39 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 28 pts 2 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 17 3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 15 4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 10 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 6 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 7 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 8 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 11 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 13 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 14 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 15 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 2 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 17 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1 Sprints classification 1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 12 pts 2 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 9 3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 9 4 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 5 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 3 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3 8 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 9 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 11 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1 12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1 14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 43.41.57 2 T-Mobile 1.31 3 Unibet.com 3.38 4 Bouygues Telecom 5.12 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.00 6 Ag2r Prévoyance 6.40 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 7.28 8 Team CSC 7.46 9 Discovery Channel 8.34 10 Astana 12.52 11 Lampre-Fondital 13.16 12 Volksbank 18.34 13 Cofidis 19.22 14 Rabobank 29.01 15 Crédit Agricole 29.10 16 Française Des Jeux 32.49 17 Predictor-Lotto 40.22 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.12 19 Gerolsteiner 44.18 20 Liquigas 50.40 21 Milram 58.04
