Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Mt Hood Classic Photo ©: Swift |
71st Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007
Main Page Results Overall standings Stage Details Live report Previous Stage Next Stage
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
|
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.
|
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.
|
"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.
|
"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
|
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.
|
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.
|
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.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by AFP Photo
- Team CSC rides in defence of Fabian Cancellara's overall lead.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) rides in the race leader's jersey.
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep - Innergetic) takes his first pro win.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Erik Zabel (Milram) on the podium after winning stage two of the Tour de Suisse
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic) on the attack.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital)
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) digs.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank)
- Andreas Klier (T-Mobile)
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital)
- Peloton in the Swiss hills.
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) looks ahead.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) climbs.
- Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Aussie Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) powers up the climb.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) rode strong to retain the race lead.
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic) wins.
- A happy Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic) takes stage 3.
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic) takes first pro win.
- Sprint for second led by Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom).
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) finishes.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic) on the podium.
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) keeps the yellow jersey.
- Race leader Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
Images by Shane Stokes / Cyclingnews
- Japanese National Champion Fumiyuki Beppu
- The riders relax before the start.
- Andreas Kloden is one of the big names in the race.
- CSC's Jens Voigt is also fine-tuning his form.
- Gilberto Simoni may be nearing the end of his career, but he gives the impression that he is thoroughly enjoying himself.
- Gilberto Simoni signs autographs for the fans.
- Gilberto Simoni won on the Zoncolan in the Giro. Will he have the same legs on the big climbs here?
- Gilberto Simoni gets his bike.
- Stefan Schumacher is interviewed by TV before the start.
- Some of those working in the publicity caravan.
- One of the more unusual vehicles in the race
- Fabian Cancellara was shattered at the finish.
- Fabian Cancellara soon recovered. Note the upside-down race number, worn this way to fend off bad luck.
- Stage winner Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic) takes his first win as a pro.
- Stuart O'Grady had a tough day defending the lead of Cancellara. The CSC team did a lot of riding on the front.
- Robbie McEwen eased back on the climbs, saving his strength for another day.
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic) at the finish.
- Another yellow jersey for Fabian Cancellara
- Alessandro Proni (Quickstep-Innergetic) speaks to the press.
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
