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71st Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007
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Stage 5 - June 20: Vaduz - Giubiasco, 192.8km
Robbie rockin' again as Schleck stays safe
By Shane Stokes in Giubiasco
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Robbie McEwen won three stages in last year's Giro d'Italia, took one this year and was then beaten into sixth place on stage two of the Tour de Suisse. But any thoughts that the 34 year old Australian was starting to slow down appear to have been dispelled today when he sprinted to victory in the Italian-speaking town of Giubiasco.
Led out by Predictor-Lotto team-mate Fred Rodriguez, McEwen hit the front and held off main rivals Daniele Bennati and Erik Zabel all the way to the line. It was his fifth win of the season and followed on from stage victories in three other ProTour events, namely Tirreno-Adriatico, the Tour of Romandie and the Giro.
"Every sprint has a story, and most of time it involves the good help of team-mates," he said after the race. "Today Chris Horner was up there in the final kilometres, but mostly the two guys who helped me were Leif Hoste and Freddy Rodriguez. Hoste was able to keep Fred and myself out of the wind and in a good position all the way until about 600 metres to go.
"Myself and Fred Rodriguez were in about sixth or seventh position and then with about 300 metres to go I told him to hit the front and go for it. He pulled the sprint for me. I stayed about two or three lengths behind him so I could make a run towards him."
McEwen showed his experience in working with the fact that the sun was behind them. "I was looking for the other riders trying to come from behind. I could see the shadows of the others behind me and when first shadow started to move towards me, that is when I started my sprint. It was a very tough sprint, it was uphill. I felt like I was starting to slow down, but I was able to hold everyone off behind me and get the win."
Yesterday was the first time in his pro career that Frank Schleck took the lead of a stage race. He started the day in yellow and had a relatively straightforward ride, finishing towards the front of the main bunch and preserving his overnight advantage over his main rivals.
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"It was a very fast start and a lot of riders tried to go on the attack," he said, looking very relaxed at the post-stage press conference. "It was very possible that a big group could have got clear and we had to avoid that. We tried to let a little group go, of perhaps three to six riders but not more, and we knew that after that happened, there would be a good chance that the sprinters' teams would help us to bring it back."
That plan worked out well, with Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval) and fellow Swiss rider Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet.com) attacking some 28 kilometres after the start. The duo built a maximum lead of over nine minutes before Ten Dam went on ahead alone on the run up towards the start of the first category Lukmanierpass.
He persisted with his effort but sensing the possibility of a bunch gallop, the sprinters' teams drove the pace and eventually hauled him back with some 13 kilometres remaining. An attack by José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was then neutralised by the peloton, after which McEwen and the others sprinted it out on Giubiasco's Via Monte Ceneri.
"It was a very hot day out there," said Schleck. "There was a lot of attacking until the first hill but after that things settled down and the break went clear.
"This evening I am very happy to have the jersey for another day. Tomorrow will be a very hard stage. It is important to defend the lead, it is a very important jersey. I think that the Tour de Suisse one of the best races in the world. I hope to keep the jersey and after the climb to Crans I can tell you more about my chances. We will see tomorrow."
How it unfolded
156 riders lined out for the start of the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse, a 192.8 kilometre race from Vadul in Liechenstein to the Italian-speaking town of Giubiasco. Although there was the category one Lukmanierpass to be scaled, the summit came a full 78.3 kilometres from the finish. This made it possible that a bunch sprint could take place.
Former Tour of Britain winner Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank) was the only non-starter. Very soon after the drop of the flag the Swiss rider Pascal Hungerbühler (Team Volksbank) attacked, but he was hauled back. His compatriot Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval) also tried unsuccessfully, then David Lopez (Caisse d'Epargne) did likewise at the summit of the uncategorised St. Luzisteig climb.
The very aggressive opening kilometres then saw a group of seven move away after 174 kilometres, but with Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) present in the break, it was quickly reeled in.
After several more unsuccessful attempts, Bertogliati went once again 28 kilometres after the start and was joined by Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet.com). They hit the Wurth sprint on Aspermontstrasse some five kilometres later, where the gallop was taken by Ten Dam over his breakaway companion. The duo had by then opened up a considerable 3'10 gap to Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) and the rest of the bunch.
The leaders sped on from there to the third category climb to the summit at Hotel des Alpes [km 58.5]. Bertogliati was first to the top, while the main bunch was approximately nine minutes back. KOM leader Alessandro Proni nabbed third from the peloton, crossing the line ahead of his Quick Step – Innergetic team-mate Mauro Facci.
The gap then started to fall on the descent, dropping to 7'16 before going back up again to 8'25 after some 100 kilometres of racing had elapsed. Very soon afterwards - with some 86 kilometres to go - Ten Dam dropped his breakaway companion on the lead up to the first category Lukmanierpass.
The summit was 78 kilometres from the line and by then he was five minutes clear of Bertogliati and 9'19 ahead of the bunch. This main group was led over the top by mountains leader Proni.
Once on the descent, the peloton set about closing the gap. With 50 kilometres left Bertogliati was reeled in, leaving just Ten Dam alone in front. He had just over five minutes with 40 kilometres to go; by the next bonus sprint this was down to 2'56. Stalder won the gallop behind for second, strengthening his hold on the jersey for this classification.
Ten Dam took the category 4 prime of Gorduno just before his adventure finally came to an end with 13 kilometres remaining. His escape was one that had been an impressive 152 kilometres in length. Three km later Stadler took second in the final AXA-Winterthur bonus sprint behind team-mate Gerrit Glomser, ensuring he'd be on the podium this evening.
The stage win was very much up for grabs and José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) surged clear with about 8km to go. However the sprinters' teams were determined to keep everything together. After his recapture the speed was kept high to dissuade any further moves and as a result, the top fast men scrapped it out for the win. McEwen proved quickest in the final push for the line, going early and holding off new points leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre) and stage two victor Erik Zabel (Team Milram). Swiss champion Gregory Rast had gone early on the left but faded to sixth.
Schleck crossed the line in 32nd place, holding onto yellow at the end of what was a relatively straightforward day. It means he maintains his 49 second advantage over Vladimir Efimkin heading into tomorrow's tougher stage, the 190.8 kilometre race to Crans Montana. The riders face the hors categorie Nufenenpass , then a long descent down towards two AXA Winterthur sprints before the final category two ascent to the finish line.
Photography
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- Frank Schleck rides along on stage five
- McEwen gets it by a wheel
- McEwen pumps his fist after winning stage five
- Schleck is led to the podium by his team soigneur
- A wink from the leader
- Schleck in yellow
- Frank Schleck is starting to enjoy this podium ceremony thing
- Frank Schleck makes his way through the crowds with his bike
- McEwen and Benatti battle in the stage five sprint
- Daniele Benatti (Lampre) took second and the points classification lead
- Stefan Schumacher rolls in
- Frank Schleck dons the yellow jersey
- Frank Schleck leads the Tour de Suisse
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) on the podium after winning stage five
- McEwen cracks a smile for the cameras on the stage winners' podium
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- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) salutes after winning stage five
- McEwen and Benatti are neck and neck before the line
Results
1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4.55.39 (39,127 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 13 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 15 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 16 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 21 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 23 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 27 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 29 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 33 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 37 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 41 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 44 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 45 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 46 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 47 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 50 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 51 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 56 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 57 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 58 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 60 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 63 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 64 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 65 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 68 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 70 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 72 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 74 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 75 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 78 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 79 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 80 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 81 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 82 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 83 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 84 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 85 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 86 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 88 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 90 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 91 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 92 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 93 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 94 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 95 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 96 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 97 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 98 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 99 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 100 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 101 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 102 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 103 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 105 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 106 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 107 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 108 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 110 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 111 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 113 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 114 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance 115 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 116 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 117 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 118 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 120 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 121 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 122 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 123 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.30 124 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.33 125 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.35 126 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 127 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 128 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 129 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 130 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 131 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.39 132 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 133 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 134 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 135 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 136 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 137 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 138 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.43 139 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.44 140 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.46 141 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 142 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.57 143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.02 144 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.06 145 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.18 146 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 147 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.44 148 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 3.47 149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.32 150 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 7.16 151 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 26.52 152 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana DNF Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNF Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com DNS Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank Points Arrivee Etape 05 - km 192.8 1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 25 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 4 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 13 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 11 6 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 10 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 7 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 4 13 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 15 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Hotel Des Alpes - km 58.5 1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 pts 2 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 3 3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 4 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1 Lukmanierpass - km 114.5 1 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 12 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 4 5 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 Gorduno - km 175.5 1 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 3 pts 2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1 Sprints Lodrino - km 165.3 1 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 6 pts 2 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 3 3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 1 Giubiasco - km 182.3 1 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 3 3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 1 Teams 1 Astana 14.46.57 2 Bouygues Telecom 3 T-Mobile Team 4 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Caisse d'Epargne 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Lampre-Fondital 9 Quickstep-Innergetic 10 Unibet.com 11 Rabobank 12 Predictor-Lotto 13 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Française des Jeux 15 Team Volksbank 16 Crédit Agricole 17 AG2r Prévoyance 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Team CSC 20 Team Milram 21 Liquigas General classification after stage 5 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19.28.03 (38,505 km/h) 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.49 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.58 5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1.05 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1.19 7 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.39 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.46 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.03 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.06 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.21 12 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.26 14 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.40 15 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.49 16 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 2.55 17 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.06 19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.21 20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.51 21 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4.01 22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.24 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.52 24 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 5.02 25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.11 26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.19 27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.09 28 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6.11 29 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.14 30 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6.18 31 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.26 32 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.49 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6.50 34 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.09 35 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.20 36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.31 37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 7.36 38 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 7.41 39 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.52 40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 8.24 41 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 8.26 42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.10 43 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 9.20 44 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.29 45 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.57 46 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 10.15 47 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 10.50 48 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 10.51 49 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11.01 50 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.42 51 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.52 52 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 11.53 53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 11.54 54 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.14 55 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 12.17 56 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 12.20 57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 12.57 58 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 12.58 59 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 13.58 60 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 14.16 61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 14.54 62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.00 63 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.10 64 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.34 65 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 15.36 66 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance 15.54 67 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.27 68 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.46 69 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 17.23 70 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.45 71 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 18.04 72 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 18.11 73 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18.28 74 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 20.16 75 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 20.26 76 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 20.38 77 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.56 78 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 21.23 79 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.28 80 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.42 81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 22.58 82 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23.09 83 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23.20 84 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 23.25 85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 23.46 86 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.15 87 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24.20 88 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 24.44 89 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 25.06 90 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 25.25 91 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 26.01 92 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 26.28 93 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 26.35 94 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 95 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 27.07 96 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 27.25 97 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 27.45 98 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 27.53 99 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 28.09 100 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.10 101 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28.18 102 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.43 103 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 29.57 104 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.11 105 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30.39 106 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 30.58 107 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 31.01 108 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 31.13 109 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31.14 110 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 31.21 111 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 112 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 31.43 113 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 31.50 114 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.52 115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 32.04 116 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32.07 117 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 32.13 118 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.15 119 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 32.21 120 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 32.37 121 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.45 122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 33.25 123 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33.57 124 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.25 125 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 126 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 35.24 127 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35.27 128 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 35.46 129 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 37.00 130 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 37.24 131 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38.40 132 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.55 133 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.21 134 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.43 135 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 43.30 136 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.35 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 43.37 138 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 43.55 139 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 44.33 140 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 44.55 141 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 45.02 142 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 47.17 143 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47.25 144 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47.37 145 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 47.40 146 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47.51 147 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 48.11 148 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 48.23 149 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 51.46 150 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 52.38 151 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 53.44 152 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.22.58 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 60 pts 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 42 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 41 4 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 35 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 24 6 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 24 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 23 9 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 20 11 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 18 13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 15 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 15 16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 15 17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 13 18 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 19 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 21 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 10 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 25 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 27 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 7 28 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7 29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6 31 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 32 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 34 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 35 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 36 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 4 37 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 38 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 39 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 40 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 3 41 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 2 42 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 2 43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 45 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1 46 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains classification 1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 38 pts 2 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 21 3 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 20 4 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 15 5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 6 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 10 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 8 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 10 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5 12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 15 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 16 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 17 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 19 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1 20 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1 21 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1 Sprints classification 1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 18 pts 2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 14 3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 9 4 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 6 6 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 7 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3 9 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 10 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 11 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1 15 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 58.28.54 2 T-Mobile Team 1.31 3 Unibet.com 3.38 4 Bouygues Telecom 5.12 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.00 6 AG2r Prévoyance 6.40 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 7.28 8 Team CSC 7.46 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.34 10 Astana 12.52 11 Lampre-Fondital 13.16 12 Team Volksbank 18.34 13 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.22 14 Rabobank 29.01 15 Crédit Agricole 29.10 16 Française des Jeux 32.49 17 Predictor-Lotto 40.22 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.12 19 Gerolsteiner 44.18 20 Liquigas 50.40 21 Team Milram 58.04
