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65th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 11-18, 2007
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Stage 7 - March 18: Nice - Nice, 129.5 km
Alberto Contador on Miguel Indurain's path
By Jean-François Quénet in Nice
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"You tell me that Miguel Indurain won Paris-Nice (in 1989 and 1990, ed.), I didn't know about it. I'm proud to be his successor here but it doesn't mean I'll win the Tour de France as well. I can dream about it, but dreaming is free", Contador said.
The Spaniard also denied there was any feeling of revenge after being excluded from last year's Tour de France. "No, this win is an important one in a race that I like so much. I came with the intention of winning after riding well in the Tour of Valencia" said Contador. "This is the greatest victory in my career so far. For sure there will be a before and an after Paris-Nice in my career. It counts in a record book."
"The key for my victory was the team work," he continued. "The other days I was struggling in the last kilometers. Today I was well. I won with a lot of rage. I finished the job that was unaccomplished yesterday. I knew I had only one occasion to break away. With 1.5km, I saw the victory more clearly than before. Only when I passed the red flag was I sure that no one would catch me anymore."
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With his yellow jersey threatened, Rebellin never panicked. On the Col d'Eze, he didn't try to follow Contador, but no one else was able to follow, either. Winner of the points competition, Franco Pellizotti attested, "Discovery Channel have ridden really well. They deserve to win. They have launched a big action. Rebellin had no team."
The "mister nice guy" of Italian cycling would never say so but it was obvious. "I'm disappointed of course but I've given the maximum.", said Rebellin. "Contador was the strongest. He has won uphill in Mende. He dropped everybody off today. I felt tired. Having the yellow jersey was a satisfaction - I'd have liked to win Paris-Nice - but my condition isn't at 100% yet, that's what I've missed for winning. I come to the stage races like this one to improve my shape for the classics."
Rebellin's dedication to the sport, aged 36, and his fair play are just as admirable as Contador's message for the future of cycling.
How it unfolded
At km 5, several riders broke clear and formed a group of 11 in two waves: Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne), Andy Schleck (CSC), Dimitri Fofonov (Crédit Agricole), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel), Patxi Vila (Lampre), Sergio Paulinho and Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel).
The last chance for bonuses saw Chavanel outsprinting Kreuziger at km 15.5, and then Voeckler secured his polka dot jersey on the Côte de Duranus at km 25. On the descent, Voeckler continued on his own. His companions got caught by the pack, but the Frenchman persisted, and passed the Col de la Porte 16 seconds ahead of a group led by Discovery Channel. He went flat out on the downhill and regained a one-minute lead at km 64.
It wasn't until the second to last climb of the day that the Discovery train, led by Tom Danielson, set an incredible pace which decimated the peloton, and caught and dropped Voeckler on the slopes of La Turbie at km 89.
On the descent, a four-man group went clear, Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Markus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) and again Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne), and was chased by Pieter Weening (Rabobank), but the pace of the Discovery-led bunch was too quick for any move to stay clear.
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In the first kilometer of the final climb, the Col d'Eze, Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) launched a blistering attack that left all of the other favourites in the dust. David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) and Tadej Valjavec (Lampre) tried but failed to go across, while race leader David Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) was left with no team-mates and no help in the much reduced peloton. At the top, Rebellin had lost 44 seconds to Contador.
Fränk Schleck (CSC) was probably the one who helped Rebellin the most in the chase, and as Contador reached the brisk cross-winds on the shoreline in Nice, with 1.5km to go, the gap was down to 17 seconds. In the final kilometre, Rebellin even tried to bridge it on his own but he couldn't make. A late attack from the Caisse d'Epargne pair of David López and Joaquím Rodríguez came too late to do any good, and Contador took the stage with time to celebrate his overall victory as he crossed the line.
Photography
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- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) decimates the bunch with a brilliant attack
- Levi Leipheimer congratulates Contador on a stunning victory
- In yellow, Alberto Contador smiles on the podium
- Discovery Channel got no gifts and Contador won with pure brute force from the team and the young winner
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) looks like he could get used to this treatment
- Contador did not contain his joy with winning the overall Paris-Nice
- Contador knew he had time to celebrate his spectacular win, and still take the overall
- Bang! Contador shot down all of his rivals
- Alberto Contador soaks it all up
- I won!
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Alain Rumpf had the ProTour leader's jersey ready for Contador, but no opportunity to present it
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) signs an autograph for a young fan.
Results
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.15.47 (39.686 km/h) 2 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.19 3 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.22 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 11 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00 13 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 17 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 20 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 21 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05 22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.45 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 25 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 26 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 28 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 30 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 32 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 33 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 35 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 37 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2.51 38 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 41 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 42 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 43 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 44 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 45 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 46 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.32 47 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 48 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 49 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 50 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10.28 54 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 57 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 13.33 58 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 59 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 60 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 62 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 63 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 64 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 66 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 67 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 69 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 70 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 71 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 17.08 76 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 78 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 79 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNS Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram DNF José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana DNF Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas DNF Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel DNF Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana DNF Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana DNF Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana DNF Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram DNF Martin Müller (Ger) Milram DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis DNF Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis DNF Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC DNF Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC DNF Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC DNF Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel DNF Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile DNF Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux DNF Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank DNF Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank DNF Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital Mountains Km 25.5 - Côte de Duranus 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 3 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 5 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Km 52 - Col de la Porte 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 pts 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 8 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 6 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 3 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 7 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Km 89.5 - La Turbie 1 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 10 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 8 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 5 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 6 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 1 Km 113.5 - Col d'Eze 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 pts 2 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 4 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 2 7 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 Sprints Km 15.5 - Levens 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Km 105 - Nice 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1 Km 129.5 - Nice 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 25 pts 2 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 3 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 15 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 14 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 9 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 11 11 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 16 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 17 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 3 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2 20 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1 Young rider 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.15.47 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.00 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.45 5 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 7 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 9 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.51 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4.32 12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10.28 13 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.33 14 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.08 15 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 9.48.21 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.00 3 Team CSC 2.07 4 Crédit Agricole 2.52 5 Lampre-Fondital 3.13 6 Predictor-Lotto 7 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.15 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.36 9 Liquigas 5.39 10 Française des Jeux 6.17 11 AG2r Prévoyance 7.33 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.26 13 Bouygues Telecom 14.38 14 Astana 15.45 15 T-Mobile Team 16.03 16 Rabobank 16.51 17 Quickstep-Innergetic 19.59 18 Gerolsteiner 26.58 19 Team Milram 31.26 20 Agritubel 39.39 Final General classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 29.55.22 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.26 3 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.42 4 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.49 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.57 6 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.00 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 1.01 8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.08 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12 10 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.22 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.29 12 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.36 13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.46 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2.10 16 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.20 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2.29 18 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.35 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.41 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2.55 21 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 3.02 22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3.26 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.41 24 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 4.02 25 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.15 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 5.52 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.04 28 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.27 29 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.48 30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 9.55 31 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 10.04 32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 10.53 33 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 11.06 34 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 11.41 35 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 11.56 36 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12.20 37 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 12.45 38 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.55 39 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 14.22 40 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17.16 41 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.40 42 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.45 43 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 19.49 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 22.18 45 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 22.44 46 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 23.04 47 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 24.18 48 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 24.33 49 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.24 50 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 26.43 51 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 26.50 52 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 29.51 53 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 29.57 54 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29.58 55 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 30.18 56 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.45 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 32.11 58 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 33.21 59 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 33.28 60 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 33.30 61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 33.37 62 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.57 63 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 34.08 64 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34.17 65 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 35.43 66 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 36.00 67 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 39.06 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 40.11 69 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42.09 70 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 43.56 71 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.40 72 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47.28 73 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.27 74 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 52.07 75 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 76 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.32 77 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 55.44 78 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 56.30 79 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 56.35 80 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 57.32 81 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.51 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 pts 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 42 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 29 5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 25 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22 7 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 20 9 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 17 10 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 12 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 11 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 10 14 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 8 16 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 7 18 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 19 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5 20 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 4 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 23 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1 26 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 27 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 28 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Points classification 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 90 pts 2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 80 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 74 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 6 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 7 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 51 9 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51 10 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 11 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 45 13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 38 15 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 38 16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 36 17 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 34 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 33 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 33 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 21 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 25 22 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 23 23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19 24 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 19 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 19 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 17 27 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 16 28 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 12 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11 30 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 31 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7 34 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 35 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 36 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 37 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 38 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 39 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 4 40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 4 41 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 42 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 4 43 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3 44 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 3 45 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3 46 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 2 47 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 48 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1 Young rider classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 29.55.22 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.42 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.20 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.41 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3.26 6 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.15 7 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.27 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 11.41 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17.16 10 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 23.04 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 26.43 12 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29.58 13 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42.09 14 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.40 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47.28 16 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.51 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 89.49.06 2 Team CSC 3.50 3 Predictor-Lotto 5.26 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.30 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.41 6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.44 7 Française des Jeux 11.10 8 Liquigas 12.38 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.04 10 Bouygues Telecom 21.07 11 Lampre-Fondital 22.24 12 AG2r Prévoyance 22.42 13 Crédit Agricole 28.22 14 Astana 30.57 15 T-Mobile Team 38.50 16 Gerolsteiner 56.29 17 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.02.37 18 Rabobank 1.07.55 19 Team Milram 1.18.43 20 Agritubel 1.35.55
