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71st Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007
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Stage 1 - June 16: Olten - Olten TT, 3.8km
World TT champ back on track
By Shane Stokes in Olten
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It's all about the detail. Seeking his first victory since landing the rainbow jersey in last September's world time trial championships, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara scorched to a dominant win on today's sunny opening stage of the Tour de Suisse.
The CSC rider tore around the mainly flat, very technical 3.8 kilometre course in Olten to finish a full eight seconds clear of Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati (Lampre). It was, he said afterwards, a victory which was due in part to his thorough preparation beforehand.
"I rode the course eight times this morning to become familiar with this prologue," he told the press following the stage. "Even considering that, I was a bit surprised by it [the tight corners] as during the race I was going much faster than in training.
"This victory is very good for me. I am happy as it is my first win since Salzburg, where I took the world championship. I have been trying since then to win another race, but the luck wasn't there. It is a good feeling to get back to winning."
He said that the prologue was a big goal for him in the weeks leading up to the race. "This is almost like a present for my family because recently I have been spending a lot of time training. I made a lot of sacrifices for this prologue, and I think my margin of victory is due to everything coming together here."
Cancellara won the short opening TT back in 2003, taking the race lead in Egerkingen. He lost it the following day to the stage winner Alexandre Vinokourov but now, four years older and stronger, and with the Kazakh several hundred kilometres away at the Dauphiné Libéré, he wants to hang on to it a while longer.
"I would like to continue in this jersey of leader for as long as possible," he stated. "When I had it in this race before I lost it after only 24 hours. I will go for the bonifications tomorrow to try to make sure I hold on."
José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) was disappointed with his third place. When he spoke to Cyclingnews he was lying in second position, having narrowly failed to beat longtime leader Bennati. His response reflects this small difference in time, although this became irrelevant when Cancellara went a full nine seconds better than him.
"I am not happy with that result because I was hoping to win," he said in Spanish as he recovered from his effort. "I missed out by just one second and that is not good…I don't like to lose out like that."
Gerolsteiner's Stefan Schumacher was also unhappy, having finished 12 second off Cancellara in 12th place. "It was not so good. I am not happy with this result. I didn't feel good in the turns, I lost some time there. Also there was a corner out on the course, just before it starts to go downhill, and there was a ***ing helicopter there, causing a lot of turbulence. It was hard to control the bike. I'm not happy about that."
He will be riding his first Tour de France this season and so a good showing during the Tour de Suisse would boost his confidence. "I am not sure how my form is right now," said the Amstel Gold winner. "Hopefully it is okay and the race goes well."
Another rider aiming for a strong performance is Discovery Channel's Janez Brajkovic. He hit the deck during the race, crossing the line with his race number hanging off, small scratches on his limbs and smatterings of sandy earth on his skin and clothing. The young Slovenian finished an excellent fifth overall in 2006 and came into the race motivated to do well; losing 34 seconds on day one and placing only 154th is a big frustration.
"I went a little bit too fast into the right hand corner and then the left hand one came straight afterwards," he said, brushing off the dust. "I hit the ground with my pedal and went into the ditch. I was lucky that it was only on the dirt and the crash was not too bad.
"My time was 4'52 and for sure I lost 15 seconds there. For me I think that is okay, but I am really disappointed. My goal coming into the race was a top ten overall but I don't know now. I have a pain in my leg. I am really disappointed right now, but I suppose I have a couple of days before the tough stages take place."
How it unfolded
Volksbank rider Florian Stalder got the 2007 Tour de Suisse off to a start when he began his race against the clock at 15.45 CET. His time of 4'52 stood for just under nine minutes before Alessandro Proni (Quick Step – Innergetic) recorded a 4'35. Four minutes later Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel) went a second quicker again on the fast, technical course, setting a strong pace which would eventually net him 17th on the stage.
Thirteen riders came and went before there was a change to the top of the leader board. Spurred on by the cheers of his compatriots, Swiss rider Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) posted a very respectable 4'33, only to see this beaten 11-odd minutes later by CSC rider Stuart O'Grady's 4'30.
The Paris-Roubaix winner's reign as maillot jaune virtuel lasted just over half an hour before 2006 Tour de Suisse points victor Daniele Bennati (Lampre Fondital) scorched the course with a 4'28. Many of the big names tried and failed to beat this, with riders such as José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Andreas Klöden (Astana), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne), Carlos Sastre, Frank Schleck (both CSC), Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) and Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) falling between one and 13 seconds short. Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) lost even more time, conceding 26 seconds to Bennati after crashing during his effort.
Things were looking promising for the Lampre rider. However Cancellara was still to go and the world time trial champion set a blistering pace to deny the Italian. Showing the same kind of speed which won him the Tour de France prologue in 2004, he thundered around the technical 3.8 kilometre parcours in a time of 4'20. He was followed home by the last man off, former TT champ Michael Rogers (T-Mobile), but his pace was never threatened by the Aussie.
Cancellara's margin of victory was huge, and so too his satisfaction at taking yellow on home soil. Defending that lead on stage two to Luzern is a big goal but, for now, he'll relax and spend a few hours savouring his first win since the worlds in Salzburg. It's been a bit of a drought but the form is looking good for the Tour prologue in three weeks time.
The 2007 Tour de Suisse continues with a 157.2 kilometres stage from Olten to Luzern. It features two intermediate sprints plus a category three and a category four climb, all coming inside the final 31.2 kilometres.
Photography
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- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) wears the leader's yellow jersey after the prologue
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) powers his way to the win in the prologue
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) on his way to third
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) gets the points jersey
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) looking lean in the prologue
- William Bonnet (Credit Agricole) was fourth in the technical prologue
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) was unlucky 13th
Images by Shane Stokes / Cyclingnews
- Predictor Lotto rider Chris Horner warms up for his prologue effort. He would place 46th.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) on the rollers prior to his effort. He finished 30th, 16 seconds behind Cancellara.
- Carlos Sastre listens to some tunes as he works
- Former Tour de France yellow jersey Victor Hugo Pena, now with the Unibet.com team. The Colombian was 81st.
- Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) loosens his legs after racing to 89th.
- Fabian Cancellara speaks to the press after his win.
- Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara dominated the 3.8 km test.
- Fabian Cancellera finished eight seconds clear of the next best time.
- It was, surprisingly, Fabian Cancellera's first victory since winning the world TT championships almost nine months ago.
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.20.90 (52.615 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.07.96 3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.08.13 4 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.09.36 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.09.67 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.09.70 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.10.82 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.11.12 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.11.30 10 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.11.69 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.11.83 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.12.12 13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.12.59 14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.12.74 15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.13.07 16 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.13.62 16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.13.63 19 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.13.79 20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.14.18 21 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.14.55 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.14.62 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.14.71 24 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.14.87 25 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 0.14.95 26 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.15.04 27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.15.39 28 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 0.15.48 29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.15.50 30 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 0.15.85 31 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.16.00 32 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.16.29 33 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.16.42 34 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.16.43 35 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 0.16.47 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16.52 37 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 0.16.72 38 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.16.79 39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.16.97 40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.17.04 41 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 0.17.49 42 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.17.59 43 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.17.74 44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.17.94 45 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 0.18.24 46 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 0.18.25 47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.18.86 48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.19.03 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.19.25 50 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 0.19.49 51 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.19.50 52 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.19.52 53 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.19.55 54 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.19.67 55 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.19.85 55 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.19.86 58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 0.19.88 59 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.20.06 60 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 0.20.07 61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.20.13 62 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.20.35 63 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.20.45 64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.20.46 65 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 0.20.62 66 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 0.20.83 67 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.20.89 68 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.21.12 69 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.21.37 70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 0.21.39 71 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.21.40 72 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.21.51 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 74 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.21.53 75 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.21.62 76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.21.87 77 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.21.93 78 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.22.05 79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 0.22.06 80 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.22.19 81 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 0.22.21 82 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.22.36 83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.23.03 84 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.23.04 85 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 0.23.29 86 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 0.23.35 87 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.23.36 88 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 0.23.40 89 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.23.55 90 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.23.57 90 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 92 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.23.82 92 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 94 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.23.87 95 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.23.99 96 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.24.07 97 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.24.18 98 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 0.24.21 99 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.25.03 100 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.25.11 101 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.25.17 102 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.25.27 103 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.25.39 104 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.25.40 105 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.25.43 106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.25.76 107 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.25.82 108 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 0.25.95 109 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.26.18 110 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.26.78 111 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.26.92 112 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.27.08 113 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.27.14 114 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.27.22 115 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.27.37 116 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.27.62 117 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.27.74 117 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 119 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.27.93 120 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.27.96 121 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.27.97 122 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.28.03 123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.28.18 124 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.28.24 125 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.28.74 126 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.28.78 127 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.28.83 128 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 0.29.02 129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.29.10 130 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.29.16 131 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 0.29.39 132 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.29.40 133 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 0.29.49 134 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 0.29.58 135 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.29.64 136 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 0.29.98 137 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30.52 138 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.30.77 139 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.30.88 140 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.30.96 141 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.30.99 142 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 0.31.38 142 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 144 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 0.31.47 145 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 0.31.73 146 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 0.31.81 147 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 0.32.14 148 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.32.25 149 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 0.32.28 150 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 0.32.29 151 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.32.37 152 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.32.94 153 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.33.09 154 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.33.18 155 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.33.54 156 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.33.56 157 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.33.91 158 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 0.34.10 159 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.35.49 160 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.35.52 161 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.35.71 162 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 0.37.52 163 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 0.38.68 164 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.38.98 165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.40.93 166 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.44.32 General classification after stage one 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.20 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.08 3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.09 4 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.10 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.11 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.12 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.13 13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.14 17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 19 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.15 21 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 25 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 26 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 28 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 30 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 31 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.17 33 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 34 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 35 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 38 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 41 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 0.18 42 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 43 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 45 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 0.19 46 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.20 50 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 51 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 52 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 53 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 59 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 60 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.21 62 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance 63 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 65 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 66 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 67 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22 69 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 71 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 73 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 74 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 77 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 78 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 80 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.23 81 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 82 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 84 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 85 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 0.24 86 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 87 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 89 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 90 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 92 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 94 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 96 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.25 98 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 99 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 100 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.26 101 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 103 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 104 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 105 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 107 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 108 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 109 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.27 110 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 111 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 112 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 113 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.28 114 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 116 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 118 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 119 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 120 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 121 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 122 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.29 124 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 126 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 127 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.30 130 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 131 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 132 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 133 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 134 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 135 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 137 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.31 138 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 139 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 140 Francesco C. Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 141 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 142 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 0.32 143 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 144 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 145 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 146 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 147 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 0.33 148 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 149 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 150 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 151 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 152 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 154 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.34 155 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 156 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 157 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 158 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 0.35 159 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.36 160 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 161 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 162 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 0.38 163 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 0.39 164 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.41 166 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.45 Points classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 11 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 9 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3 14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 2 15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1 Team classification 1 Team CSC 13.25 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.15 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.17 4 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.18 5 Lampre-Fondital 6 Française des Jeux 0.19 7 Gerolsteiner 0.20 8 Astana 0.21 9 Predictor-Lotto 10 Bouygues Telecom 0.22 11 T-Mobile Team 0.24 12 Unibet.com 0.27 13 Liquigas 14 Rabobank 0.28 15 AG2r Prévoyance 16 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.30 17 Crédit Agricole 0.31 18 Team Milram 0.43 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.45 20 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.48 21 Team Volkswagen-Trek 0.49
