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71st Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007
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Stage 6 - June 21: Giubiasco - Crans-Montana, 95 km
All Hail Dekker And Efimkin
By Shane Stokes in Crans Montana and Gregor Brown
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Apocalyptic race conditions, emergency changes to the parcours, flat out racing and an upheaval in the general classification; today's sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse had it all. At the end of two hours, 28 minutes of racing Tour of Romandie victor Thomas Dekker scooped more success on Swiss soil when he raced to the day's victory, while 11 seconds later Russian rider Vladimir Efimkin sprinted in to take the race overall lead from Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).
The Caisse d'Epargne rider finished in a five man group which wheeled in just behind second-placed rider Gerrit Glomser (Team Volksbank). This quintet had ripped clear of the main field on the tough climb to the finish in Crans Montana, the quality group also including Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval Prodir), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne), Damiano Cunego (Lampre – Fondital) and Simoni's teammate José Angel Gomez Marchante.
As for overnight race leader Frank Schleck, his form on this climb contrasted markedly with his dominant display on stage four. He cracked with just over four kilometres to go and lost 1'21 between there and the finish, placing 26th on the stage and falling to third overall, 21" back. Gomez Marcante is now Efimkin's closet challenger at nine seconds.
Apart from the reshuffling of the general classification, the big news of the day was the incredible storm which was raging at the start and which led to the abandonment of the race after just six kilometres. Huge chunks of hail and ice fell from the skies, breaking team car windshields, bruising riders and even smashing some carbon frames. The riders took cover for a while in a tunnel while emergency discussions about the best course of action were taken by race director Armin Meier and others.
He spoke with rider representatives Schleck, Fabian Cancellara (CSC) and Erik Zabel and due to weather reports forecasting another possible storm on the day's hors categorie climb of Nufenenpass, it was decided to restart the race on the other side of the mountain in Ulrichen, 95 kilometres from the finish. The peloton was ferried to that point and things got underway once more at 15.35.
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"The riders were all in agreement to protect themselves," Efimkin said of the storm and its aftermath. "The solidarity between the riders was truly extraordinary [in the difficult conditions].
"I thank the organisers who made the effort to organise the transport to bring all the race caravan together. We fight on the bike but this became a battle to save the stage, and that was successful."
The 25 year-old stated that he had to dig deep on the final 12 kilometre climb, which gained 833 metres in height, but said that it was worth it. "The climb was very hard, very difficult, even after a couple of hours of racing. When I heard from my team car that Frank Schleck was in difficulty, it was necessary to pedal harder. It made me suffer even more but it worked out well.
"I am very proud to have this jersey. There is a special reason for that because I crashed heavily in Tirreno-Adriatico and, apart from my family, my team was also very concerned and helpful to me. Because of that I am very happy to be in yellow.
"After a difficult start of season due to the crash, I worked a lot to reach this level. In the Euskal Bizikleta I already had the opportunity to win a stage and be the leader for one day. Now here I am first overall again, in an important race like the Tour of Switzerland. I will do everything I can to arrive in Bern with that jersey on my shoulders, even if I know that the task is not an easy one because tomorrow's mountain stage will be very hard.
"I think that I and Vladimir Karpets have a good chance to win the overall classification and we will try to get it."
Team CSC's directeur sportif Kim Andersen was philosophical afterwards. It's likely that the team will come out fighting again tomorrow.
"It's too bad, but it couldn't be helped. We'd kind of hoped that Frank would take another stage, which is why we picked up the pace just before the climb. But maybe it was a disadvantage for Frank that the stage was shortened. He never really got the chance to wear down his rivals, because it was fast paced on a flat road before the climb.
"But, on the other hand, it was quite good that the team was spared a bit today with a shorter route."
Stage winner Thomas Dekker did not appear at the post-race press conference due to the late finish and the fact that he had to wait a long time before being able to give a sample in doping control. The Rabobank team hotel is 95 kilometres from the stage end, making it likely that he will return to the hotel very late.
How it unfolded
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The riders started in the Ticino town of Giubiasco this morning facing 190 kilometres to the finish on the 1452-metre Crans-Montana. Soon after the start, they were met with heavy rains and a hailstorm that forced the riders to take shelter in garages. Some riders were nailed with golf ball-sized ice chunks, including White of Discovery, which drew blood.
The race got back underway at 15:35 under sunny skies in Ulrichen, at kilometre 95, or 95km to go. The peloton rolled along led by CSC for race leader Fränk Schleck. The Luxemburger got out of climbing the Hors Catégorie Nufenenpass but still would have to face the 11.3-kilometre explosive climb to Crans-Montana.
Victor Hugo Peña (Unibet.com) and René Weissinger (Volksbank) nailed it off the front of the peloton at 80 kilometres to go. The Colombian-German duo gained up to 2'59" over the peloton still being led by CSC. During this time there was a crash (-63km) with Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre-Fondital) and a Saunier Duval Rider. The Italian from Avola (Sicily) was carried off in the ambulance with a neck brace but at the point of this writing, he was reported with a "possible concussion."
Peña and Weissinger kept tapping out the rhythm westward towards Vaas and the base of the day's climb. Neither of the men had much kick in their legs and they were resigned to the fact that they were going to be climbers' bait for the finale. At 33 kilometres to go, 23 to the base of the Crans-Montana, the duo held on to a slim 1'30" gap.
Gerolsteiner started adding coals to the chase fire for German Stefan Schumacher. The winner of the Amstel Gold Race fancied his changes on the upward run. "It will be an explosive finish that will suit the attackers," Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) noted before the race start.
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At 'Sprint 2' the gap was at 1'43". Peña was letting his German partner get all the sprint points. Florian Stalder of Volksbank nipped off the front of the peloton at both sprint points to get third spot. Volksbank was not banking on the stage win but, rather, gathering the points on offer to maintain Stalder's white sprint leader's jersey.
Soon after, at 14 kilometres remaining, the duo was swept up and the path was cleared for the day's final artilleries. At the base of the final run the peloton was thinning under the firepower of 2006 Roubaix winner Fabian Cancellara. The Swiss was followed by Sastre and then race leader Schleck. Astana was looking particularly anxious to attack.
Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) busted CSC's tempo with a blast at 10 kilometres to go. The Belgian was followed by Caisse's David López García. The Spaniard dropped Devolder two kilometres later while Gerrit Glomser (Volksbank) put in a chase from behind. As Devolder was nailed back by the peloton Saunier's magic duo Simoni and Gomez Marchante were moving up beside the Lampre's Cunego.
López García and Glomser joined forces for the final seven kilometres. The duo briefly became a trio at five kilometres to go when a horse ran on the course in front of Glomser. The riders followed the four-legged cycling fanatic for 300 metres until he ran back of the course. Near the same time, Schleck was running out of horsepower and drifting back.
Italian Simoni closed the gap to López García and Glomser at four kilometres remaining. Cunego was having none of it and went after his former team captain with a launch that blew the lead group apart. Only José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) joined Il Piccolo Principe in the drive.
The duo faded and it was countered by young Dutchman Thomas Dekker of Rabobank under two kilometres to go. He caught and passed Glomser and Simoni, who finished second and third. Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) finished in seventh but with his time gap over the faded Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) he took the race leader's jersey.
Photography
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- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) on his last minute effort
- The chase is on but fruitless in the end
- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier) tries to get clear
- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier) is chased down quickly
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) crosses the line in first
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) takes the stage in Crans Montana
- Gerrit Glomser (Volksbank) rides to a brilliant second place
- The chasers are led in by Gilberto Simoni (right)
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) head down, but reason to celebrate
- Matteo Carrara (Unibet) had a good day uphill
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) waves the flowers
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) his looks don't reveal what he just accomplished
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) dons the yellow jersey
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) now in yellow
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) the best part of the ride
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) happy Russian on the podium
- Riders coming up the final climb to Crans Montana
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) jersey and mouth wide open
- The yellow jersey struggling to keep it up
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) hasn't been feelig well during this race
- Jens Voigt (CSC) done with team duties he *could* take it easy
Results
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.28.00 (38.514 km/h) 2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 0.08 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.11 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 0.21 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.31 10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.41 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 16 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.47 19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.16 20 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 22 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.21 24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 25 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.58 30 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.27 35 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.40 36 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.43 37 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 2.55 38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 39 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 40 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 3.16 43 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 44 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.33 46 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 48 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.38 49 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.51 50 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.22 51 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.53 52 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.56 53 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 54 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 56 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 57 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 60 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.39 61 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 62 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.41 63 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.34 64 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.15 65 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 66 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 67 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 68 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 70 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 72 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 73 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 9.43 74 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.35 75 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 76 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 77 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 78 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 81 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 85 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 86 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 87 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 88 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 90 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 92 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 93 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 10.40 94 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.42 95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 11.18 96 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.55 97 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 98 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 99 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 101 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 17.38 102 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18.48 103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 20.20 104 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 105 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 106 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 107 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 108 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 109 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 110 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 111 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 112 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 113 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 114 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 116 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 117 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 119 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 120 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 121 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 122 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 123 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 124 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 125 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 126 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 127 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 129 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 130 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 131 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 132 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 133 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 134 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 135 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 136 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 137 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 138 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 139 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 140 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 142 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 143 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 144 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 145 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 146 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 147 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram DNF John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance DNF Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic DNF Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNS` Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas Points 1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 12 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 6 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 5 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 3 11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Route du Golf - km 93.3 1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 4 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 1 Sprints Visp - km 46.2 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 3 3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1 Sierre - km 74.9 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 3 3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 7.24.53 2 Unibet.com 1.15 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.27 4 Astana 1.35 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.13 6 AG2r Prévoyance 3.44 7 Bouygues Telecom 5.14 8 Quickstep-Innergetic 5.21 9 Team CSC 5.22 10 T-Mobile Team 6.42 11 Rabobank 7.41 12 Crédit Agricole 9.41 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.38 14 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.19 15 Française des Jeux 15.34 16 Team Volkswagen-Trek 15.45 17 Liquigas 16.14 18 Lampre-Fondital 20.59 19 Gerolsteiner 22.44 20 Team Milram 22.53 21 Predictor-Lotto 32.53 General classification 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 21.57.03 2 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.09 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.21 4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 0.26 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.57 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.10 9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.13 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.50 11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 1.52 12 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 1.57 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.26 14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.47 15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.19 16 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.32 17 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.47 18 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 5.18 19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.40 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.50 21 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.59 22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 6.19 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6.21 24 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.30 25 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6.32 26 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.51 27 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.01 28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.02 29 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.52 30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 8.25 32 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 8.42 33 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.52 34 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 9.36 35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 10.32 36 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 10.36 37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.05 38 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.14 39 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 12.20 40 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.23 41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 13.23 42 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 13.42 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.09 44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 14.52 45 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.31 46 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.12 47 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.26 48 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 17.52 49 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 18.50 50 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 19.32 51 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 19.35 52 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20.13 53 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.42 54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 21.01 55 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 21.26 56 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 22.02 57 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 22.32 58 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.49 59 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 23.21 60 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 23.51 61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.09 62 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 24.22 63 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 24.34 64 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.35 65 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 25.38 66 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 25.41 67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25.46 68 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.20 69 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 27.39 70 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.11 71 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28.49 72 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 29.59 73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31.02 74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 31.41 75 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.03 76 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 32.18 77 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 32.59 78 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 33.18 79 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 33.21 80 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33.43 81 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33.57 82 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34.55 83 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 34.56 84 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35.47 85 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 36.17 86 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 37.28 87 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 38.16 88 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.18 89 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 38.28 90 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 39.02 91 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.18 92 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39.22 93 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 39.36 94 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 41.23 95 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 41.39 96 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42.08 97 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.40 98 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43.47 99 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 44.04 100 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 45.21 101 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 102 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 45.48 103 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45.55 104 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 105 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 106 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 46.45 107 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 47.05 108 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 47.29 109 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47.30 110 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 48.29 111 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 49.17 112 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49.31 113 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.56 114 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49.59 115 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 50.18 116 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50.34 117 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 50.41 118 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 119 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 51.10 120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 51.33 121 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51.35 122 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 51.51 123 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.38 124 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 52.45 125 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53.10 126 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 53.30 127 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 53.45 128 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 53.58 129 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 54.37 130 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 54.44 131 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54.47 132 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 56.20 133 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57.00 134 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 57.12 135 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 59.12 136 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 59.15 137 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.02.13 138 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.02.50 139 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.02.57 140 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 1.03.19 141 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.04.15 142 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.07.00 143 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.07.11 144 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.07.43 145 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.07.51 146 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 1.11.06 147 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.32.33 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 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 20 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 20 12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 19 13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 19 14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 18 15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 19 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 21 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 15 22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15 23 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 12 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 12 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 27 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 10 28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 29 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 30 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 7 31 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7 32 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6 33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 34 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 35 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 5 36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 37 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 38 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 4 39 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 40 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 41 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 Mountains classification 1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 38 pts 2 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 25 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 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 12 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 15 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 16 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 3 18 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 19 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 20 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 1 21 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1 22 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1 23 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1 Sprints Classification 1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 20 pts 2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 14 3 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 12 4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 9 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 6 7 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 8 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 9 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 6 10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3 11 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 12 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 13 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1 15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1 17 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams Classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 65.53.47 2 Unibet.com 4.53 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.27 4 T-Mobile Team 8.13 5 AG2r Prévoyance 10.24 6 Bouygues Telecom 10.26 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.47 8 Quickstep-Innergetic 12.49 9 Team CSC 13.08 10 Astana 14.27 11 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.41 12 Lampre-Fondital 34.15 13 Team Volkswagen-Trek 34.19 14 Rabobank 36.42 15 Crédit Agricole 38.51 16 Française des Jeux 48.23 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.50 18 Liquigas 1.06.54 19 Gerolsteiner 1.07.02 20 Predictor-Lotto 1.13.15 21 Team Milram 1.20.57
