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71st Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007

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Stage 3 - June 18: Brunnen - Nauders, 228.7km

First pro win for Proni as race leader impresses once more

Cancellara: a sprinter on Sunday, a climber on Monday

By Shane Stokes in Nauders

Alessandro Proni (Quickstep - Innergetic)
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Showing great endurance after 200 kilometres in a break plus considerable stubbornness and determination, QuickStep - Innergetic rider Alessandro Proni held onto a narrow lead over the top of today's final climb and pulled off his first pro win.

The 24 year-old Italian attacked breakaway companions Daniel Navarrio (Astana) and Luis Pasamontes (Unibet) with approximately eight kilometres to go, kicking clear on the foothills of the cat three Norbertshöhe when the trio had a lead of just over two minutes. He dug deep all the way to the top, wrenching the pedals around as he tried to get every last bit of energy out and fend off a late charge from the Lampre train of Damiano Cunego.

Proni reached the summit nine seconds clear but still had some two kilometres remaining before the finish. However he descended superbly on the steep run down into the mountain village of Nauders, and only lost two seconds to the 29 man chase group.

Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom) was second across the line, while race leader Fabian Cancellara (CSC) had a very impressive ride and came home in the same group, placing 12th and holding onto yellow by two seconds from Proni.

Overall contenders such as Frank Schleck (CSC), Andreas Klöden (Astana), Michael Rogers, Linus Gerdemann and Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne), Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel), Thomas Lovkvist (Française des Jeux), José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval - Prodir), John Gadret (AG2R) and Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) all made the split.

Aussie Michael Rogers (T-Mobile)
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Other big names such as Carlos Sastre (CSC), Thomas Dekker (Rabobank), Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) conceded between 21 seconds and 5'21. This further underlined the in-form Cancellara's strong performance over some tough climbs.

Proni was delighted to get the win, especially as he hadn't really believed it was possible. "The first goal was the King of the Mountains," he told the assembled media at the press conference. "I had good sensations in my legs, and have recently been going well with third place in the Tour de Picardie.

"But even as the break developed, I never believed that I could arrive in Nauders as the winner. My team directeurs encouraged me, though, telling me it was possible to finish with success."

Earlier in the stage the riders tackled the hors categorie climb of Flüelapass, the summit of which came 60 kilometres from the end. Proni indicated afterwards that the two Spaniards appeared stronger here, but when it came to the crunch he had the best legs left.

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
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"When we got to the last hill I heard that the gap had dropped substantially. I attacked to see if it was possible to stay away. The guys in the QuickStep car had told me that I had two kilometres of descent after the top and that encouraged me.

"On the first climb I didn't have the impression that I was the strongest in the break but when we got to the bottom of the final hill my directeur sportif told me that I had to try something. He said it is necessary to attack in order to win races."

Cancellara was very pleased to hold on to his race lead. "It is clear that the goal was to defend the jersey. The work my team did today was extraordinary," he said with a smile. "Carlos and Frank are capable of fighting for the general classification but when we have the jersey on our shoulders, we are responsible for the chase."

Other teams did very little to help, even when the gap went out to over ten minutes. "Sometimes cycling is a bit bizarre. A lot of the other teams waited until the Flüelapass [without helping the chase]," he continued. "We know that the victory in the prologue and wearing the yellow jersey is a pretty big piece of the cake. If the other teams want a slice of the cake, they also need to do something."

When Cancellara won the prologue two days ago, his eight second margin of victory made it clear that he was in excellent form. However today's result is even greater proof that is the case.

Team CSC
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"It's not that I am a climber, more that I am a fighter," he stated. "After the Flüelapass I was already a bit tired because I am 80 kg... I will certainly never be a climber! But I will be proud to start tomorrow morning with the yellow jersey on my shoulders. Today I felt that the jersey once again added to the strength in my legs. That helped me arrive here with the [chasing] group and defend the lead."

Indeed, Cancellara did more than just reach the finish with the top riders. After the summit, the television cameras saw him attack the chasing group. He explained at the conference what that burst of speed was about.

"After the last climb I was not up to date with the full situation. I thought that [Swiss AG2R rider] Martin Elmiger was in the group ahead and believed that he could perhaps get the jersey. I made a big effort to catch this group and at that moment, I had the idea to pass it and keep going. However my legs were a bit wasted then, so I was happy enough to stay with them."

Team-mate Stuart O'Grady crossed the line 6'05 down, visibly very weary after his day's work, but was happy with the effort the whole CSC team put in. "It is pretty well deserved [keeping yellow]. I think the boys did a pretty good job today. Fabian is in great form and we have yellow for another day. That's great."

How it unfolded

The peloton in the Swiss hills.
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165 riders lined out in sunny conditions for the 228.7 kilometre third stage of the Tour de Suisse. Shortly after the start three riders went clear on the unclassified climb, namely Daniel Navarrio Garcia (Astana), Florian Stalder (Volksbank) and Unibet's Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez. These were joined by eleven others but with overall contender Carlos Sastre (CSC) as part of the move, the peloton deemed this escape too dangerous and hauled them back over the top.

Approximately 21 kilometres after the drop of the flag Navarro Garcia and Pasamontes Rodriguez went again, taking Alessandro Proni (QuickStep - Innergetic) with them this time. They quickly built a good lead and just after Lachen, some 50 kilometres into the stage, they had seven and a half minutes. This jumped up to 11'04 by the summit of the unclassified Kerenzerberg (km 68.5), then hovered around ten and a half minutes for quite some time.

The road was becoming gradually steeper and once through Davos for the start of the hors categorie Flüelapass, the three leaders had 9'51. They dug in up the climb and by the time Proni led Pasamontes and Navarro over the summit, netting the KOM jersey, they still had a lead of approximately eight minutes over the peloton. This main bunch travelled up the slopes at a relatively controlled pace, although some non-climbers were jettisoned on the way up.

Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital)
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Sixty kilometres remained after the prime, including a long descent before a flat run in to the base of the final climb. At the bottom of the downhill the leaders reached the 40 kilometre to go point with a gap of just under seven minutes, and this had dropped to 5'30 with 25 km remaining. Pasamontes took the first bonus sprint near this point.

CSC had until now been doing almost all the work but Lampre then started to ride. They had two reasons to work; the first was to pave the way for a possible attack by Damiano Cuengo on the final climb, and the second was to try to help sprinter Daniele Bennati, who started the day just seven seconds behind Cancellara.

The efforts of both teams caused the gap to plummet. Navarro led Pasamontes and Proni over the bonus sprint line in Martinsbruck, this effort making sure he'd end the day on the podium as the sprints jersey leader. Shortly afterwards, with approximately 8 kilometres to ride, the peloton had closed to within 2'21.

Realising that the break was doomed, Proni seized his chanced and attacked early on in the final third category ascent. He immediately distanced the two Spaniards and drove hard all the way to the top. The Lampre team were chasing hard in an effort to get him back but despite a rapidly-eroding lead, Proni stubbornly hung on to the summit and carried a nine seconds advantage onto the descent.

Race leader Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
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Two kilometres remained from there to the line, and Proni had two things going for him. Firstly, it was quite a steep drop into Nauders and secondly, he is known as a good descender. He hammered around the bends on the way down to the village and hit the line seven seconds clear of the chasers. Cancellara came home in this group but the finishing bonuses meant that Proni ended the day just two seconds off yellow. As for Bennati, he blew up badly in the finale, losing ten and a half minutes plus any chance of taking the lead.

The net result is that Cancellara hangs on at the top for another day. He will start tomorrow's 167.2 kilometre fourth stage to Triesenberg-Malbun in Liechtenstein with a small advantage and, despite his good showing, concedes that the lead could change hands there.

Apart from two intermediate sprints, the riders will hit the seconds category climbs of Arlberg Passhöhe [83.2 km after the start] and Steg/Malbun, which tops out just 1.6 kilometres from the line. It's not the toughest day, by any means, but there is certainly plenty of scope for some aggressive racing.

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Results

1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic             6.02.17 (37,876 km/h)
2 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                 0.07
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                   
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      
6 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                     
7 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                   
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                       
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
10 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                 
13 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                              
14 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 
16 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       
17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          
18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
19 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          
20 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
21 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          
22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                      
23 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             
24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         
25 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               
26 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic          
27 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                             
28 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
29 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                         
30 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic              0.21
31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          
32 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
33 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                  
34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
36 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                             
37 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
38 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
39 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
41 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                         
42 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             
43 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                     
44 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            
45 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                              
46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                   0.38
47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                        0.49
48 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                             
49 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
50 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                
51 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     
52 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 0.52
53 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                             1.02
54 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        1.10
55 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                         1.51
56 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
57 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
58 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                      
59 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                       
60 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                   
61 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                      
62 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                          
63 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
64 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
65 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
66 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            
67 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir        
68 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                   2.08
69 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          2.13
70 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                         2.50
71 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             
72 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               3.10
73 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                     3.29
74 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                 
75 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
76 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                               
77 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                         4.02
78 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
79 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                  4.37
80 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                         5.03
81 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            5.21
82 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
83 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                          
84 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                     5.29
85 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                    6.05
86 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                            
87 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                  
88 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               
89 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       
90 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                    
91 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                            7.32
92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                   
93 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
94 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
95 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        
96 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
97 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
98 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                   
99 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        
100 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
101 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 
102 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                  
103 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
104 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
105 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                
106 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           
107 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                
108 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                            
109 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                        9.24
110 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                        9.34
111 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
112 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      10.23
113 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                      10.38
114 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                             
115 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir     
116 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
117 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone         
118 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
119 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                           
120 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                               
121 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
122 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
123 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
124 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
125 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
126 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                              
127 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                              
128 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
129 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                
131 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
132 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                      
133 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                      
134 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                    
135 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                      22.48
136 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                              
138 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       
139 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone       
140 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
141 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
142 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                            
143 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
144 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                     
145 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
146 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
147 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
148 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                        
149 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
150 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
151 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        
152 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                
153 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                     
154 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                             29.03
155 Francesco C. Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                     
156 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                               
157 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
158 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
159 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
160 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              29.55
161 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone    30.59
DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                
DNF Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                        
DNF Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                       
 
Points
 
Arrivee - km 228.7
1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      15 pts
2 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       12
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     10
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               9
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         8
6 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                        7
7 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      6
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          5
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 4
10 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 3
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                2
12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    1
 
Mountains
 
Flüelapass - km 168.7
1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      20 pts
2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                          15
3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                  10
4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      6
5 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                          4
 
Norbertshöhe - km 226.7
1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       5 pts
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      3
3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      2
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              1
 
Sprints
 
Casa Belvair - Km 202.1
1 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           6 pts
2 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   3
3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       1
 
Martinsbruck - km 219.6
1 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   6 pts
2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           3
3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Quickstep-Innergetic                                          18.07.05
2 T-Mobile                                                          0.07
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                      
4 Astana                                                            0.21
5 Team CSC                                                              
6 Unibet.com                                                            
7 Ag2r Prévoyance                                                       
8 Discovery Channel                                                 0.35
9 Volksbank                                                         1.03
10 Cofidis                                                          1.24
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                 2.05
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                             2.36
13 Rabobank                                                         3.15
14 Lampre-Fondital                                                  3.57
15 Predictor-Lotto                                                  4.34
16 Française Des Jeux                                               5.46
17 Crédit Agricole                                                  5.55
18 Gerolsteiner                                                    10.49
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    
20 Liquigas                                                        13.47
21 Milram                                                          17.40
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                              10.11.34 (38,227 km/h)
2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                    0.02
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                   0.14
4 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     0.15
5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                              0.17
6 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic           0.18
7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                              0.19
8 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                       0.20
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.21
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         0.23
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
14 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                         0.25
15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                     
16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             0.26
17 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.27
18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              0.28
19 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                           
20 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              0.29
21 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                  0.30
22 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                        
23 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  
24 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
25 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    0.33
26 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              
27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             0.34
28 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
29 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  0.35
30 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.36
31 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              
32 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                         
33 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                  
34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
35 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                0.37
36 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            0.38
37 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         0.40
38 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                      
39 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             0.42
40 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          0.46
41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              0.48
42 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                             0.49
43 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         0.54
44 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                       0.59
45 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                1.01
46 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.09
47 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1.10
48 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     1.14
49 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                      1.15
50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
51 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                 1.20
52 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                             1.26
53 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            1.31
54 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.07
55 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          
56 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      2.08
57 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                      2.10
58 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2.14
59 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
60 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                   2.16
61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
62 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                             2.18
63 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                          2.23
64 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              2.48
65 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                       3.11
66 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir        3.14
67 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             3.23
68 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                             3.24
69 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   3.42
70 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           3.48
71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                         3.57
72 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       4.13
73 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                             4.33
74 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                               4.45
75 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                         4.47
76 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                             5.32
77 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
78 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                          5.41
79 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                5.47
80 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                         5.57
81 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                    6.14
82 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                            6.21
83 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                            
84 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                  6.25
85 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               6.26
86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       6.30
87 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                       6.31
88 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     7.43
89 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 7.45
90 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                 7.49
91 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        7.52
92 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              7.53
93 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            7.54
94 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                  7.55
95 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
97 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        7.56
98 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             7.59
99 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                   8.04
100 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      8.23
101 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  8.42
102 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  9.00
103 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                     9.06
104 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                            9.43
105 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            9.56
106 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               9.57
107 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          10.23
108 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           10.47
109 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       10.51
110 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        10.52
111 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                            10.54
112 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                             10.59
113 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  
114 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                     11.00
115 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                               11.01
116 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              11.03
117 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                11.06
118 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                              11.07
119 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                     11.09
120 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                           11.49
121 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                        11.50
122 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   11.51
123 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         11.53
124 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               12.01
125 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                              12.07
126 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                     14.03
127 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                14.11
128 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        14.57
129 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            15.01
130 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    15.05
131 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            15.06
132 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                          15.10
133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          15.18
134 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         15.32
135 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                23.07
136 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                         
137 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                           23.08
138 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             23.11
139 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             23.15
140 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       23.16
141 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     23.21
142 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      24.06
143 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                       24.11
144 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  26.32
145 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               26.59
146 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          27.03
147 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        27.11
148 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 27.13
149 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        27.15
150 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                    27.17
151 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      27.18
152 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                           27.26
153 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               27.32
154 Francesco C. Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                    29.33
155 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                 29.34
156 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        31.29
157 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                              33.22
158 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              33.31
159 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        33.33
160 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  34.33
161 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                49.27
 
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 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                22
6 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 16
7 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      15
8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     15
9 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       14
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                               11
11 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                              11
12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
13 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                10
14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              9
15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        8
16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         8
17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          8
18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                8
19 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                       7
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                7
21 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  7
22 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     6
23 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     6
24 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    6
25 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                          5
26 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       4
27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                4
28 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     4
29 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 3
30 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                3
31 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                2
32 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             1
33 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      28 pts
2 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     16
3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                          15
4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                  10
5 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic              4
6 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                          4
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      3
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              1
9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 1
10 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   9 pts
2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           9
3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 6
4 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                             6
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                     3
6 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic              3
7 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       2
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      1
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Quickstep-Innergetic                                          30.35.36
2 Team CSC                                                          0.03
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                  0.06
4 T-Mobile                                                          0.13
5 Astana                                                            0.24
6 Unibet.com                                                        0.30
7 Ag2r Prévoyance                                                   0.31
8 Discovery Channel                                                 0.32
9 Volksbank                                                         1.34
10 Cofidis                                                          1.36
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                 2.09
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                             3.06
13 Rabobank                                                         3.25
14 Lampre-Fondital                                                  3.57
15 Predictor-Lotto                                                  4.37
16 Française Des Jeux                                               5.47
17 Crédit Agricole                                                  6.08
18 Gerolsteiner                                                    10.51
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               11.16
20 Liquigas                                                        13.56
21 Milram                                                          18.05

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