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71st Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007
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Stage 7 - June 22: Ulrichen - Grimselpass, 125.7km
Two Vladimirs, two Russians, two successes
By Shane Stokes at Grimselpass
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The cliché of the hard-as-nails Russian rider is an old one, but namesakes Vladimir Gusev and Vladimir Efimkin reinforced that notion today when they both rode with distinction on the queen stage of the Tour de Suisse.
Gusev (Discovery Channel) went clear in a breakaway group very soon after the start and attacked his companions strongly on the final climb. He finished alone at the top of the Grimselpass, a first category climb made harder by the demands of the two preceding hors categorié monsters plus the freezing mist which shrouded the summit.
American rider Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) underlined his growing form with second on the stage, 2'02 down, as did third-placed Andreas Klöden (Astana). The German Tour de France contender was also part of this breakaway group and had his most prominent display yet in the race.
Behind, Efimkin was also riding well. Close rival Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) did succeed in breaking the stage-long Caisse d'Epargne grip, darting away inside the final couple of kilometres, but he gained just six seconds on Efimkin, Vladimir Karpets and Damiano Cunego (Lampre Fondital). That saw the 25 year old Russian hold on at the top and in gaining another twelve seconds on former race leader Frank Schleck (CSC), he boosted his chances of the final victory.
Many of the riders were frozen at the finish, crossing the line in a semi-daze and asking immediately for clothing from their soigneurs. Some finished but kept going in the same direction, heading for the warmth of the team bus. That made for few post-race quotes, but it was certainly understandable.
Fourth-year pro Gusev later said that the conditions didn't affect him as much as some of the others; this undoubtedly helped him in the finale. "I suffer more from the heat…the cold doesn't bother me very much," he said at the press conference. "I have more bulk than the pure climbers so the cold doesn't affect me as much as them.
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"My directeur sportif [Dirk de Mol] said to me that I should try something today. He advised me to keep something in reserve on the first climbs and not to do too much [in the break]. On the last climb I also paced myself and didn't have any fears that I would crack. In the past few days I have felt that my form is increasing and for that reason I didn't have any real problems."
Gusev turned pro with CSC in 2004 and placed 8th in Gent-Wevelgem that year. The following season he was 10th in the Tour of Flanders and 12th in Paris-Roubaix. He said however that he is not just a rider for single-day events.
"Since turning pro I have got the reputation as being a rider for the Classics, but as a junior and under 23 rider I had a lot of success in stage races. I had a bad fall then and broke my femur. It took me two years to recover fully from that. But I can do well in races like this."
Indeed he showed that in 2006, his first with his current team. He was the overall winner of the Sachen Tour, finished fourth in the Tour of Germany and 23rd in the Vuelta. And this year he was the overall winner of the Tour of Belgium as well as taking fifth in Flanders.
The 24 year old was very satisfied with his victory today, but did have a scare just after crossing the finish line. With photographers and TV cameramen spread across the road, he pulled his brakes too hard and went over the handlebars. Fortunately he suffered no damage.
Like Gusev, Efimkin is also an Italian-based Russian. The two completed together for a while as Under 23 riders before their paths diverged. He was also quietly satisfied with his performance today. "I'm very happy to keep the lead," the 25 year old said. "My colleagues from the team worked hard to protect the jersey. They gave everything. For me perhaps it was somewhat tranquil, but it was certainly not an easy day for them."
The other overall contenders did not start attacking until close to the finish. "I think that was perhaps because of the good pace that my team-mates set, especially Karpets," he explained.
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Efimkin said that he was happy for Gusev. When asked why he felt the current batch of Russian riders were doing so well, he suggested that the reason could because of role models from when they were younger.
"Tonkov and Vinokourov have been winners and perhaps that is a reason for the new generation," he said, referring to two former Eastern Bloc riders who triumphed in the Tour de Suisse plus other events.
He is moving closer to joining them in overall victory. With two days left, he is now 24 seconds clear of Kirchen and six more ahead of team-mate Karpets. Matteo Carrara (Unibet), Schleck and Cunego are 31, 33 and 57 seconds back respectively, with everyone else at least two minutes down.
"Tomorrow's stage should be easier than that of today," he said, when asked about his chances. "I hope to keep the yellow jersey and if I do that, I will be able to ride the final time trial on Sunday much harder than would otherwise be the case."
"Frank Schleck is perhaps the favourite for the time trial on Sunday but there are other riders who can do a good race there too. There is still a reasonable number of overall contenders for this race."
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Efimkin has a twin brother, Alexander, who is currently racing with Team Barloworld. Lining out together is one of his big ambitions. "It is my dream that the two of us will be together in the same team colours, riding the big races," he stated.
He's not yet sure if the two of them will be at the Tour de France start on July 7th. "I think my brother will do the Tour but I haven't have confirmation from my team as yet. I don't think I will get to do it."
Perhaps the Caisse d'Epargne lineup has already been determined. It would be hard to see them turning him down, though, should he finish up as overall winner of the Tour de Suisse on Sunday.
How it unfolded
The riders rolled out in overcast conditions for the hardest stage of the 2007 Tour de Suisse, a short but savage 125.7 kilometre race from Ulrichen to the Grimselpass. The day featured three major climbs, all of them over 2,000 metres in altitude. They were the 2436 metre Furkapass (beginning almost immediately after the start and topping out at km 21.3), the 2215 metre Sustenpass (km 63.3) and the final climb, the category 1 ascent to the 2164 summit of Grimselpass.
There were several big name non-starters, including stage five winner Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto), former triple world champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank), T-Mobile's Guiseppe Guerini, Andreas Klier and Michael Rogers, and Tristan Valentin (Cofidis). Freire had been suffering with back pain since his crash at the end of stage two, while Roger Hammond told Cyclingnews this morning that his teammate Rogers' knee had been giving him trouble.
There was a very aggressive start after the drop of the flag, with Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) and double Tour de France podium-getter Andreas Klöden (Astana) going clear approximately 7 kilometres into the race. Once on the climb the main bunch started to fragment and riders such as Gusev, Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) and Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre Fondital) forged ahead. They were chased by Daniel Navarro Garcia (Astana) and Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole).
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With 112 kilometres to go Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) also jumped away, and joined up with Halgand, Steve Zampiere (Cofidis), Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet), Klöden and Navarro Garcia at the head of the race.
At the summit, Bruseghin, Gusev and Horner went over the prime line in that order, 58 seconds ahead of the chasers who were led by Navarro and Ten Dam. The peloton was almost two minutes back at this point.
Zberg's brother Markus bridged up to the chasing group on the descent. Beat Zberg and Steve Zampieri then jumped away from these and got across to the front three with 92 kilometres to go; 12 kilometres later they were 48” seconds ahead of the Klöden group and 2'50 up on the peloton.
Once onto the Sustenpass, Markus Zberg and Ten Dam were quickly dropped. Klöden raised the pace and brought the chase group closer to the leaders; they then joined up with 67 kilometres remaining to make it nine riders up front. Zberg and Ten Dam were 28” back at this point while the yellow jersey group of Vladimir Efimkin was 4'40 down.
Soon afterwards Ten Dam and then Zberg got back up to the others, and this group of 11 went over the top largely together. With 40 kilometres to go the fast-descending group had a lead of 4'19.
Swiss rider Martin Elmiger was not happy with the pace and he jumped away approximately two kilometres later. Beat Zberg and Gusev set off in pursuit and they were 31” back at the sprint prime line at Innertkirchen [26.8 km from the finish). The remainder of the chasers were 1'10 down while the main field was 5'33 back.
This gap went out a little further, hitting six minutes on the foothills of the final climb of the Grimselpass. Zberg and Gusev reeled in Elmiger at this point, and one kilometre later, 23 km from the line, Gusev put in a strong attack. Zberg and Efimkin were dropped while behind, Markus Zberg and Ten Dam suffered the same fate in losing contact with the Klöden group.
With 20 clicks to go it was Navarro doing all the work for his leader Klöden. The pace saw off Halgand. Two kilometres later Gusev was still clear of Zberg and a full 1'45 ahead of Klöden's group, which at this point was down to the Astana captain, Elmiger, Navarro, Horner, Bruseghin and Zampieri. The peloton was 5'34 down and clearly out of the hunt for the stage win.
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Horner still had something left in the tank and attacked his group with 14 km to go. He quickly caught and passed Zberg but found it hard to close up to Gusev. With 10 km left he was two minutes back. Four clicks later he was still 1'33 down, while Klöden's group was a further minute in arrears and the main bunch was 5'57 away.
As the line drew closer, things became more aggressive in the yellow jersey group. Volksbank rider Gerrit Glomser went three kilometres out and was joined before the red kite by Stijn Devolder (Discovery), who then slipped back a little again. Cunego went and was marked by Efimkin and Kirchen; the latter raced away to take sixth, 4'09 behind Gusev and 2'07 off the time of Horner. Karpets, Cunego and Efimkin came in together 4'15 back, while the other contenders lost a little more time. Former race leader Schleck finished 14th, 4'27 back, and dropped to fifth overall.
The tough stage produced another reshuffling of the general classification but with tomorrow's 152.5 kilometre stage to Scharzsee best defined as lumpy rather than mountainous, it is likely that the next big change to the overall will be in Sunday's concluding time trial. Kirchen may have a go, though; he's 24 seconds down and would like to start the TT a little closer to his Russian rival.
Full report soon.
Photography
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- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) triumphs at Grimselpass
- Gusev holds the ridiculously large trophy for the stage winner
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel)
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) gets his second yellow jersey
- Efimkin in the lead after stage seven of the 2007 Tour de Suisse
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Vladimir Gusev was pumped to win a stage
- Gusev takes it!
- Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) attacked, but could only manage second.
- Kloden takes third ahead of Bruseghin
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) took sixth
- Karpets crosses the line after dropping his team leader
- Cunego leads Efimkin to the finish
- Gustav Erik Larsson (Unibet) leads Devolder, Schleck and Dekker to the line
- Dekker crosses the line
- Simoni looks none too happy with the finish of stage seven
- Can they give the man anything bigger to hoist?
- Gusev - very happy with the win
- Gusev on the stage winners podium
- Gusev took over the climbers' jersey
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) is one day closer to overall victory
- Efimkin waves from the podium
- Efimkin gets the kiss from the podium girl
- Gusev on his way to the stage win
- Gusev suffers up the Grimselpass
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) goes it alone
- Chris Horner on the attack
- Helmet straps flapping Klodie hammers up the climb with Bruseghin
- Kloden pushes hard with Bruseghin following
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) was fourth
- Cunego and Karpets lead the yellow jersey group
- The yellow jersey group gets a cheer from a lone spectator
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) in the group with Schleck
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) chases the leaders on the final climb
- Sastre and Simoni ascend into the mist
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) leads a chase group
- Gilberto Simoni in the fog
- On the edge of the world Simoni follows Sastre
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom)
- Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile)
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) shows the strain
- José Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) slipped from second overall to 10th
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) lost 7 minutes
- Jens Voigt (CSC) on the final climb
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) suffers up the climb in the gruppetto
- Janus Brajkovic (Discovery)
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) encounters the fog
- Thomas Frei and Gregory Rast (Astana) pass some snow
- Thomas Frei and Gregory Rast (Astana) on the climb
- A FdJ rider passes the snow pack
Results
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.53.50 (32,254 km/h) 2 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 2.02 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2.37 4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.00 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 4.09 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4.15 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 4.20 11 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 4.22 12 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 4.27 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.37 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.44 18 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.49 19 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 5.03 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.05 21 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 22 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 23 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 5.09 25 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.30 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.38 27 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.42 28 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 5.57 29 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 32 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.12 34 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6.20 35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6.59 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7.24 37 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 7.28 40 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 7.44 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 43 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 7.58 44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.19 45 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 8.35 46 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 47 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.49 49 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.07 50 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 9.26 52 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 9.29 53 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 9.41 54 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.00 55 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 56 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.01 57 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13.12 58 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.23 61 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.21 62 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 63 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 16.15 65 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 17.40 66 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 21.33 67 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 68 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.52 69 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 70 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 71 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 72 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 73 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 75 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 76 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 77 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 78 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 79 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 82 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 24.23 83 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 84 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24.37 85 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 86 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 29.37 88 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 30.03 89 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 90 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 34.11 91 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 34.30 92 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 39.46 93 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 96 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 98 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 99 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 101 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 102 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 105 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 106 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 107 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 108 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 109 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 110 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 112 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 113 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 114 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 116 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 118 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 119 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 120 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 121 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 122 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 124 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 125 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 126 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 127 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 130 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 131 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 132 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 133 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 134 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 135 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 136 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 137 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 138 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 139 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 141 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone DNS Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNS Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team DNS Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank DNS Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto Points Arrivee Etape 07 - km 125.7 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 pts 2 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 12 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 10 4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 7 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 3 11 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 2 12 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 1 Mountains Furkapass - km 21.3 1 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 pts 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 3 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 10 4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 6 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 4 Sustenpass - km 63.3 1 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 20 pts 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 Grimsel - km 124.5 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 pts 2 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 8 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6 4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 Sprints Innertkirchen - km 99.8 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Handegg - km 107.9 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1 Teams 1 Astana 11.54.15 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.01 3 Lampre-Fondital 0.04 4 Unibet.com 1.07 5 Caisse d'Epargne 1.27 6 Team CSC 4.11 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 5.13 8 Cofidis 6.05 10 AG2r Prévoyance 6.24 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.07 12 Rabobank 8.41 13 Française des Jeux 17.36 14 Bouygues Telecom 21.26 15 Liquigas 23.55 16 Predictor-Lotto 24.09 17 Gerolsteiner 34.40 18 Team Volksbank 37.21 19 Team Milram 40.57 20 Crédit Agricole 52.22 21 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00.45 General classification after stage 7 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 25.55.08 (37,437 km/h) 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.24 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30 4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 0.31 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.33 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.57 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.02 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.03 9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 2.04 10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.06 11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 2.42 12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.53 13 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.54 14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4.39 15 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 5.30 16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 6.09 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.35 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.51 19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.13 20 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 7.22 21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.53 22 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.44 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 8.46 24 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 9.32 25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.34 26 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10.07 27 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 28 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.14 29 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11.06 30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 11.08 31 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 13.08 32 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 14.50 33 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 15.46 34 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 16.52 35 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 16.55 36 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.05 37 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 17.12 38 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 17.36 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.54 40 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.58 41 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20.25 42 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 20.37 43 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 21.59 44 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 22.12 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24.10 46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.28 47 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 27.31 48 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 27.40 49 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29.24 50 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 29.44 51 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31.00 52 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 31.41 53 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 33.33 54 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 34.02 55 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 35.43 56 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.49 57 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37.19 58 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39.15 59 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 39.43 60 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 40.03 61 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 41.09 62 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41.26 63 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42.40 64 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 43.11 65 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46.45 66 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47.00 67 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.32 68 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 48.50 69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance 49.11 70 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 50.18 71 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 50.28 72 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 51.21 73 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank 51.55 74 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 51.58 75 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.02 76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 52.52 77 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52.57 78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 53.43 79 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54.52 80 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 55.03 81 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56.05 82 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57.55 83 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.59 84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 58.03 85 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.40 86 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 59.10 87 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59.40 88 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 59.53 89 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.00.06 90 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.01.09 91 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 1.01.12 92 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.02.51 93 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.04.32 94 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07.34 95 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.09.18 96 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.09.28 97 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.10.21 98 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.10.27 99 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.11.18 100 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.11.48 101 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.11.55 102 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 1.12.22 103 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.13.47 104 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.13.59 105 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.15.07 106 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.15.17 107 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 1.16.54 108 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.17.10 109 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.18.33 110 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.19.18 111 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1.19.32 112 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.19.37 113 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.21.19 114 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.22.36 115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.23.01 116 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.24.00 117 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.25.27 118 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 1.26.12 119 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.27.04 120 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.27.06 121 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 1.27.22 122 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.28.09 123 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28.41 124 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.29.01 125 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 1.29.29 126 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 1.30.15 127 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.30.18 128 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.31.51 129 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.32.31 130 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.32.43 131 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.33.31 132 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.34.43 133 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.37.44 134 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.38.21 135 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.38.28 136 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 1.38.50 137 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.39.46 138 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.42.31 139 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.42.42 140 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.43.22 141 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 1.46.37 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 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 30 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 6 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 24 7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 24 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 23 10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 23 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 22 13 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 21 15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 20 16 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 19 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 18 18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 19 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 21 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 23 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 15 24 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 14 25 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 26 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 12 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 28 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 10 29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 31 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 32 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 7 33 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7 34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6 35 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 36 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 37 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 5 38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 39 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 4 40 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 41 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 3 42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 43 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 44 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 3 45 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 46 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 47 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 48 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 pts 2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 38 3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 36 4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34 5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 25 6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 24 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 18 8 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 15 9 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 10 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 13 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 16 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 17 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5 19 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 20 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 21 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 3 23 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 24 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 25 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 1 26 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1 27 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1 28 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 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 5 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 9 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 6 9 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 6 10 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 11 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 6 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 14 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3 16 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 1 18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1 20 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1 21 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 77.49.29 2 Unibet.com 4.33 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.21 4 T-Mobile Team 12.56 5 Astana 13.00 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.07 7 AG2r Prévoyance 15.21 8 Team CSC 15.52 9 Quickstep-Innergetic 16.35 10 Bouygues Telecom 30.25 11 Lampre-Fondital 32.52 12 Cofidis 36.19 13 Rabobank 43.56 14 Française des Jeux 1.04.32 15 Team Volksbank 1.10.13 16 Liquigas 1.29.22 17 Crédit Agricole 1.29.46 18 Predictor-Lotto 1.35.57 19 Gerolsteiner 1.40.15 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52.08 21 Team Milram 2.00.27
