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71st Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007

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Stage 7 - June 22: Ulrichen - Grimselpass, 125.7km

Two Vladimirs, two Russians, two successes

By Shane Stokes at Grimselpass

Vladimir Gusev
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The cliché of the hard-as-nails Russian rider is an old one, but namesakes Vladimir Gusev and Vladimir Efimkin reinforced that notion today when they both rode with distinction on the queen stage of the Tour de Suisse.

Gusev (Discovery Channel) went clear in a breakaway group very soon after the start and attacked his companions strongly on the final climb. He finished alone at the top of the Grimselpass, a first category climb made harder by the demands of the two preceding hors categorié monsters plus the freezing mist which shrouded the summit.

American rider Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) underlined his growing form with second on the stage, 2'02 down, as did third-placed Andreas Klöden (Astana). The German Tour de France contender was also part of this breakaway group and had his most prominent display yet in the race.

Behind, Efimkin was also riding well. Close rival Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) did succeed in breaking the stage-long Caisse d'Epargne grip, darting away inside the final couple of kilometres, but he gained just six seconds on Efimkin, Vladimir Karpets and Damiano Cunego (Lampre Fondital). That saw the 25 year old Russian hold on at the top and in gaining another twelve seconds on former race leader Frank Schleck (CSC), he boosted his chances of the final victory.

Many of the riders were frozen at the finish, crossing the line in a semi-daze and asking immediately for clothing from their soigneurs. Some finished but kept going in the same direction, heading for the warmth of the team bus. That made for few post-race quotes, but it was certainly understandable.

Fourth-year pro Gusev later said that the conditions didn't affect him as much as some of the others; this undoubtedly helped him in the finale. "I suffer more from the heat…the cold doesn't bother me very much," he said at the press conference. "I have more bulk than the pure climbers so the cold doesn't affect me as much as them.

Chris Horner soloed to second place
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"My directeur sportif [Dirk de Mol] said to me that I should try something today. He advised me to keep something in reserve on the first climbs and not to do too much [in the break]. On the last climb I also paced myself and didn't have any fears that I would crack. In the past few days I have felt that my form is increasing and for that reason I didn't have any real problems."

Gusev turned pro with CSC in 2004 and placed 8th in Gent-Wevelgem that year. The following season he was 10th in the Tour of Flanders and 12th in Paris-Roubaix. He said however that he is not just a rider for single-day events.

"Since turning pro I have got the reputation as being a rider for the Classics, but as a junior and under 23 rider I had a lot of success in stage races. I had a bad fall then and broke my femur. It took me two years to recover fully from that. But I can do well in races like this."

Indeed he showed that in 2006, his first with his current team. He was the overall winner of the Sachen Tour, finished fourth in the Tour of Germany and 23rd in the Vuelta. And this year he was the overall winner of the Tour of Belgium as well as taking fifth in Flanders.

The 24 year old was very satisfied with his victory today, but did have a scare just after crossing the finish line. With photographers and TV cameramen spread across the road, he pulled his brakes too hard and went over the handlebars. Fortunately he suffered no damage.

Like Gusev, Efimkin is also an Italian-based Russian. The two completed together for a while as Under 23 riders before their paths diverged. He was also quietly satisfied with his performance today. "I'm very happy to keep the lead," the 25 year old said. "My colleagues from the team worked hard to protect the jersey. They gave everything. For me perhaps it was somewhat tranquil, but it was certainly not an easy day for them."

The other overall contenders did not start attacking until close to the finish. "I think that was perhaps because of the good pace that my team-mates set, especially Karpets," he explained.

Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Efimkin said that he was happy for Gusev. When asked why he felt the current batch of Russian riders were doing so well, he suggested that the reason could because of role models from when they were younger.

"Tonkov and Vinokourov have been winners and perhaps that is a reason for the new generation," he said, referring to two former Eastern Bloc riders who triumphed in the Tour de Suisse plus other events.

He is moving closer to joining them in overall victory. With two days left, he is now 24 seconds clear of Kirchen and six more ahead of team-mate Karpets. Matteo Carrara (Unibet), Schleck and Cunego are 31, 33 and 57 seconds back respectively, with everyone else at least two minutes down.

"Tomorrow's stage should be easier than that of today," he said, when asked about his chances. "I hope to keep the yellow jersey and if I do that, I will be able to ride the final time trial on Sunday much harder than would otherwise be the case."

"Frank Schleck is perhaps the favourite for the time trial on Sunday but there are other riders who can do a good race there too. There is still a reasonable number of overall contenders for this race."

Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) is in second overall
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Efimkin has a twin brother, Alexander, who is currently racing with Team Barloworld. Lining out together is one of his big ambitions. "It is my dream that the two of us will be together in the same team colours, riding the big races," he stated.

He's not yet sure if the two of them will be at the Tour de France start on July 7th. "I think my brother will do the Tour but I haven't have confirmation from my team as yet. I don't think I will get to do it."

Perhaps the Caisse d'Epargne lineup has already been determined. It would be hard to see them turning him down, though, should he finish up as overall winner of the Tour de Suisse on Sunday.

How it unfolded

The riders rolled out in overcast conditions for the hardest stage of the 2007 Tour de Suisse, a short but savage 125.7 kilometre race from Ulrichen to the Grimselpass. The day featured three major climbs, all of them over 2,000 metres in altitude. They were the 2436 metre Furkapass (beginning almost immediately after the start and topping out at km 21.3), the 2215 metre Sustenpass (km 63.3) and the final climb, the category 1 ascent to the 2164 summit of Grimselpass.

There were several big name non-starters, including stage five winner Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto), former triple world champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank), T-Mobile's Guiseppe Guerini, Andreas Klier and Michael Rogers, and Tristan Valentin (Cofidis). Freire had been suffering with back pain since his crash at the end of stage two, while Roger Hammond told Cyclingnews this morning that his teammate Rogers' knee had been giving him trouble.

There was a very aggressive start after the drop of the flag, with Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) and double Tour de France podium-getter Andreas Klöden (Astana) going clear approximately 7 kilometres into the race. Once on the climb the main bunch started to fragment and riders such as Gusev, Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) and Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre Fondital) forged ahead. They were chased by Daniel Navarro Garcia (Astana) and Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole).

Kloden pushes hard
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With 112 kilometres to go Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) also jumped away, and joined up with Halgand, Steve Zampiere (Cofidis), Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet), Klöden and Navarro Garcia at the head of the race.

At the summit, Bruseghin, Gusev and Horner went over the prime line in that order, 58 seconds ahead of the chasers who were led by Navarro and Ten Dam. The peloton was almost two minutes back at this point.

Zberg's brother Markus bridged up to the chasing group on the descent. Beat Zberg and Steve Zampieri then jumped away from these and got across to the front three with 92 kilometres to go; 12 kilometres later they were 48” seconds ahead of the Klöden group and 2'50 up on the peloton.

Once onto the Sustenpass, Markus Zberg and Ten Dam were quickly dropped. Klöden raised the pace and brought the chase group closer to the leaders; they then joined up with 67 kilometres remaining to make it nine riders up front. Zberg and Ten Dam were 28” back at this point while the yellow jersey group of Vladimir Efimkin was 4'40 down.

Soon afterwards Ten Dam and then Zberg got back up to the others, and this group of 11 went over the top largely together. With 40 kilometres to go the fast-descending group had a lead of 4'19.

Swiss rider Martin Elmiger was not happy with the pace and he jumped away approximately two kilometres later. Beat Zberg and Gusev set off in pursuit and they were 31” back at the sprint prime line at Innertkirchen [26.8 km from the finish). The remainder of the chasers were 1'10 down while the main field was 5'33 back.

This gap went out a little further, hitting six minutes on the foothills of the final climb of the Grimselpass. Zberg and Gusev reeled in Elmiger at this point, and one kilometre later, 23 km from the line, Gusev put in a strong attack. Zberg and Efimkin were dropped while behind, Markus Zberg and Ten Dam suffered the same fate in losing contact with the Klöden group.

With 20 clicks to go it was Navarro doing all the work for his leader Klöden. The pace saw off Halgand. Two kilometres later Gusev was still clear of Zberg and a full 1'45 ahead of Klöden's group, which at this point was down to the Astana captain, Elmiger, Navarro, Horner, Bruseghin and Zampieri. The peloton was 5'34 down and clearly out of the hunt for the stage win.

Cunego and Karpets
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Horner still had something left in the tank and attacked his group with 14 km to go. He quickly caught and passed Zberg but found it hard to close up to Gusev. With 10 km left he was two minutes back. Four clicks later he was still 1'33 down, while Klöden's group was a further minute in arrears and the main bunch was 5'57 away.

As the line drew closer, things became more aggressive in the yellow jersey group. Volksbank rider Gerrit Glomser went three kilometres out and was joined before the red kite by Stijn Devolder (Discovery), who then slipped back a little again. Cunego went and was marked by Efimkin and Kirchen; the latter raced away to take sixth, 4'09 behind Gusev and 2'07 off the time of Horner. Karpets, Cunego and Efimkin came in together 4'15 back, while the other contenders lost a little more time. Former race leader Schleck finished 14th, 4'27 back, and dropped to fifth overall.

The tough stage produced another reshuffling of the general classification but with tomorrow's 152.5 kilometre stage to Scharzsee best defined as lumpy rather than mountainous, it is likely that the next big change to the overall will be in Sunday's concluding time trial. Kirchen may have a go, though; he's 24 seconds down and would like to start the TT a little closer to his Russian rival.

Full report soon.

Photography

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Results

1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          3.53.50 (32,254 km/h)
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                            2.02
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         2.37
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       3.00
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     4.09
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             4.15
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                    4.20
11 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                4.22
12 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                               4.27
13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           
16 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                4.37
17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                   4.44
18 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               4.49
19 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                      5.03
20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       5.05
21 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                        
22 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                           
23 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                    
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              5.09
25 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic            5.30
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            5.38
27 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    5.42
28 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              5.57
29 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                               
31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                                    
32 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
33 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            6.12
34 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    6.20
35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     6.59
36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          7.24
37 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
38 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         
39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                     7.28
40 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            7.44
42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
43 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                               7.58
44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           8.19
45 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                               8.35
46 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                     
47 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
48 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                8.49
49 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               9.07
50 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              9.26
52 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                           9.29
53 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                          9.41
54 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                             10.00
55 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
56 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        11.01
57 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     13.12
58 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
59 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
60 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        13.23
61 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            15.21
62 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
63 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
64 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                  16.15
65 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        17.40
66 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                  21.33
67 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
68 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            22.52
69 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                         
70 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                             
71 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
72 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                   
73 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                
74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        
75 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                             
76 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                  
77 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
78 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                     
79 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
80 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
81 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
82 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                              24.23
83 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                               
84 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             24.37
85 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
86 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
87 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                       29.37
88 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  30.03
89 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                   
90 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 34.11
91 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                              34.30
92 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                         39.46
93 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
94 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       
96 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
97 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  
98 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          
99 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
101 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
102 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
103 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
104 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                            
105 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                           
106 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                                  
107 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                           
108 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
109 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                    
110 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
111 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
112 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                            
113 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
114 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
115 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
116 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
117 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  
118 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
119 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                     
120 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
121 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              
122 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
124 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             
125 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 
126 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     
127 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
128 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
129 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 
130 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                                     
131 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
132 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                    
133 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                            
134 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    
135 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
136 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      
137 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
138 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             
139 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
140 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           
141 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                          
DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
DNF Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               
DNS Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
DNS Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
DNS Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     
DNS Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                   
 
Points
 
Arrivee Etape 07 - km 125.7
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               15 pts
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                              12
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           10
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 9
5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          8
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                        7
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                6
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   5
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                4
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                       3
11 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                   2
12 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                  1
 
Mountains
 
Furkapass - km 21.3
1 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                20 pts
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               15
3 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                              10
4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                     6
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                       4
 
Sustenpass - km 63.3
1 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                    20 pts
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               15
3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                10
4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  6
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            4
 
Grimsel - km 124.5
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               12 pts
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                               8
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            6
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 4
5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          2
 
Sprints
 
Innertkirchen - km 99.8
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   6 pts
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                3
3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          1
 
Handegg - km 107.9
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                6 pts
2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          3
3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                  1
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                          11.54.15
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                  0.01
3 Lampre-Fondital                                                     0.04
4 Unibet.com                                                          1.07
5 Caisse d'Epargne                                                    1.27
6 Team CSC                                                            4.11
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                5.13
8 Cofidis                                                             6.05
10 AG2r Prévoyance                                                    6.24
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                               7.07
12 Rabobank                                                           8.41
13 Française des Jeux                                                17.36
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                  21.26
15 Liquigas                                                          23.55
16 Predictor-Lotto                                                   24.09
17 Gerolsteiner                                                      34.40
18 Team Volksbank                                                    37.21
19 Team Milram                                                       40.57
20 Crédit Agricole                                                   52.22
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               1.00.45
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         25.55.08 (37,437 km/h)
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     0.24
3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.30
4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     0.31
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        0.33
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                0.57
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2.02
8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        2.03
9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 2.04
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            2.06
11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                    2.42
12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    3.53
13 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                3.54
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                        4.39
15 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                               5.30
16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                   6.09
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            6.35
18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           6.51
19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            7.13
20 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                7.22
21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                7.53
22 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               8.44
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              8.46
24 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                       9.32
25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                9.34
26 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                          10.07
27 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          
28 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         10.14
29 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              11.06
30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                              11.08
31 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                     13.08
32 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                          14.50
33 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             15.46
34 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                        16.52
35 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    16.55
36 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            17.05
37 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        17.12
38 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           17.36
39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                             19.54
40 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                              19.58
41 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      20.25
42 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        20.37
43 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    21.59
44 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                22.12
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         24.10
46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        27.28
47 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     27.31
48 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                          27.40
49 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            29.24
50 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                   29.44
51 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               31.00
52 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                       31.41
53 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic           33.33
54 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                  34.02
55 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                    35.43
56 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    35.49
57 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        37.19
58 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  39.15
59 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                              39.43
60 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                              40.03
61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                  41.09
62 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       41.26
63 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               42.40
64 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                        43.11
65 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          46.45
66 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              47.00
67 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              47.32
68 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           48.50
69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                               49.11
70 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                   50.18
71 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                              50.28
72 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                         51.21
73 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                           51.55
74 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    51.58
75 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             52.02
76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             52.52
77 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    52.57
78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           53.43
79 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  54.52
80 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                              55.03
81 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      56.05
82 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            57.55
83 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   57.59
84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  58.03
85 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   58.40
86 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                          59.10
87 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              59.40
88 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  59.53
89 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        1.00.06
90 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone          1.01.09
91 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                      1.01.12
92 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.02.51
93 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                           1.04.32
94 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      1.07.34
95 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                              1.09.18
96 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir       1.09.28
97 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           1.10.21
98 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     1.10.27
99 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               1.11.18
100 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                              1.11.48
101 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                1.11.55
102 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                     1.12.22
103 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           1.13.47
104 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                             1.13.59
105 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                 1.15.07
106 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              1.15.17
107 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                     1.16.54
108 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                        1.17.10
109 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               1.18.33
110 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       1.19.18
111 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           1.19.32
112 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            1.19.37
113 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                  1.21.19
114 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             1.22.36
115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      1.23.01
116 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                       1.24.00
117 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.25.27
118 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                              1.26.12
119 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   1.27.04
120 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.27.06
121 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                           1.27.22
122 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.28.09
123 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.28.41
124 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                           1.29.01
125 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                     1.29.29
126 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                          1.30.15
127 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    1.30.18
128 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          1.31.51
129 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1.32.31
130 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        1.32.43
131 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                           1.33.31
132 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          1.34.43
133 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           1.37.44
134 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.38.21
135 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             1.38.28
136 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                              1.38.50
137 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      1.39.46
138 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      1.42.31
139 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               1.42.42
140 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.43.22
141 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                    1.46.37
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 60 pts
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      42
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          41
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       30
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               25
6 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                 24
7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         24
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          23
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               23
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      23
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 22
12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          22
13 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 22
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              21
15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               20
16 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        19
17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 18
18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         17
19 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              17
20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 17
21 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  16
22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         15
23 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       15
24 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  14
25 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        12
26 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                             12
27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 12
28 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                            10
29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                9
30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            8
31 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         8
32 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                         7
33 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    7
34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                       6
35 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                               6
36 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      6
37 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                       5
38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                            5
39 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  4
40 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               3
41 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                  3
42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   3
43 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                            3
44 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                  3
45 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  2
46 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                           2
47 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1
48 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               42 pts
2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        38
3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                    36
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                34
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                       25
6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                      24
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                              18
8 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                            15
9 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       13
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          10
11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          8
12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          8
13 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      8
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  6
15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               6
16 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 6
17 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                 6
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       5
19 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               4
20 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                           4
21 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic               4
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               3
23 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                            2
24 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         2
25 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                   1
26 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                  1
27 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                    1
28 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                  20 pts
2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                            14
3 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  12
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                9
5 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                     9
6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                    6
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   6
8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                       6
9 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                  6
10 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                              6
11 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                            6
12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         4
13 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic               3
14 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      3
15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      3
16 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        2
17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                       1
18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   1
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                              1
20 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                 1
21 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                77.49.29
2 Unibet.com                                                          4.33
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 10.21
4 T-Mobile Team                                                      12.56
5 Astana                                                             13.00
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                               13.07
7 AG2r Prévoyance                                                    15.21
8 Team CSC                                                           15.52
9 Quickstep-Innergetic                                               16.35
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                  30.25
11 Lampre-Fondital                                                   32.52
12 Cofidis                                                           36.19
13 Rabobank                                                          43.56
14 Française des Jeux                                              1.04.32
15 Team Volksbank                                                  1.10.13
16 Liquigas                                                        1.29.22
17 Crédit Agricole                                                 1.29.46
18 Predictor-Lotto                                                 1.35.57
19 Gerolsteiner                                                    1.40.15
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               1.52.08
21 Team Milram                                                     2.00.27

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