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65th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 11-18, 2007
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Stage 3 - March 14: Limoges - Maurs, 215.5 km
Kolobnev comes of age
Pellizotti retains lead before crucial stage
By Jean-François Quénet in Maurs-la-Jolie
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"This is a great win but also an unexpected one", said Kolobnev, the former Russian champion. "I knew the last seven kilometers were downhill so I had to go solo before the top the last small hill. I went all right but after such a long breakaway, I was full of pain."
There were huge hopes for the Vyksa-born rider when he turned pro with Acqua e Sapone in 2002. He rode with Mario Cipollini at Domina Vacanze and joined Rabobank for the 2005 and 2006 season, but he actually didn't fulfill all the expectations so far. "At Rabobank, I was missing the confidence from the team" he explained. "I have found at CSC what was missing for me before. But I didn't expect this win because I don't have good form right now. I couldn't attend the team's training camp in California due to visa problems. I've prepared for the season by myself. Fortunately, the Clasica Almeria and the Tour of Valencia gave me the rhythm of racing again."
The win was Kolobnev's biggest achievement so far, and could signal the real start of his career. It also served to restore the high standard of Team CSC, who have been much quieter than at the last two editions of Paris-Nice.
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Stage four might be one for Fränk Schleck who is one of the hot favorites for the uphill finish in Mende. Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) and Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) are among the other contendors, but the stage could also be good for prologue winner David Millar. "It's been perfect for me to lose the yellow jersey yesterday because today would have been very hard for my team, the stage was so long," the Briton commented. "I feel very good and I'm confident for being able to stay up there in the climb."
The finish at the Croix-Neuve of Mende is called "montée Laurent Jalabert" named after the winner of the famous stage on Bastille Day, 1995, when the ONCE team threatened Miguel Indurain's five-year reign in the Tour de France. In 2005, the Tour returned to the 300m high climb, and the winner on the day was Marcos Serrano of Liberty Seguros - but who was 5th that day? Current Paris-Nice leader Franco Pellizotti! The Italian, who spent the stage discovering the life in yellow, is optimistic about his chances. "I know this climb really well and I hope to be able to keep the jersey", he said.
How it unfolded
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After only two kilometers into the longest stage of Paris-Nice, three riders went clear: Alexander Kolobnev (CSC), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) and Fabio Baldato (Lampre). Former French champion Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) joined them rapidly. Haussler targeted the mountain prizes all the way and the gap went up to 8'45 at km 55.
100 kilometers further, their lead was still 6'40 on the bunch led by six riders from Liquigas. It went down to five minutes at the last climb of the day, the Côte du Fangas at km 173 where Haussler kept using his energy for taking the polka dot jersey from Stéphane Augé's shoulders. On the downhill, Saunier Duval's Reimert Wielinga went alone in between the break and the bunch but didn't make it across.
Quickstep was working hard in the last 40 kilometers. The difference was just under two minutes with 20km to go. 7km away from the line, Kolobnev parted company with his three friends and profited from the downhill finish to hold his lead on the peloton, where Tom Boonen took the field sprint ahead of Points leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital).
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- Alexandr Kolobnev (Team CSC) flexed his muscles on stage three
- Kolobnev celebrates on the podium after winning stage three of Paris-Nice
- The effort shows on Alexandr Kolobnev's face as he holds off the peloton to win stage three of Paris-Nice
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Pellizotti's hair climbs out of the team bus, along with the rest of the yellow jersey wearer
- Swedish champion Thomas Lövkvist poses at the start of stage three
- One way to get a podium photo
- Kolobnev on the podium all teeth
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Uhh, Mr. Boonen? There was a guy up the road…
- Did Kolobnev borrow this salute from Laurent Jalabert?
- Kolobnev finished well ahead of the peloton
- That speck in front of COM1 is Kolobnev, well ahead of the bunch
- Axel Merckx sporting a coif and some shades at the start
- Bjarne Riis looking serious at the start. He'd lighten up a bit by the finish
- Tom Boonen signs autographs at the start of stage three
- The peloton enjoys the bucolic view of the French countryside
- Franco Pellizotti gets his second yellow jersey
- Kolobnev on the podium keeping his glee contained for the moment
- Kolobnev unleashes a blinding white grin
- The escapees who didn't make it to the line
- Liquigas keeps control of the gap to keep Pellizotti in yellow
- Pellizotti gives his hair a last bit of fresh air before helmet time.
Results
1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 4.59.35 (43.159 km/h) 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.12 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 8 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 12 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 14 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 16 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 17 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 18 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 20 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 23 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 24 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 25 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 29 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 34 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 36 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 38 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 40 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 43 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 44 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 48 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 49 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 51 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 53 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 54 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 58 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 59 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 60 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 61 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 63 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 65 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 66 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 67 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 69 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 70 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 72 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 74 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 76 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 77 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 78 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 81 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 82 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 83 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 84 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 86 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 88 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 89 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 90 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 91 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 92 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 94 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 95 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 96 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 97 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 98 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 100 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 102 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 104 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 105 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 106 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 107 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 108 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 109 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 111 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 114 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 115 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 118 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 119 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 120 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 121 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 122 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 123 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 125 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 126 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 127 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 128 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 129 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 131 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 132 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 134 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 135 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 136 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 138 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 139 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 140 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 141 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 142 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 143 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 145 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 146 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 148 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 149 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 150 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.06 151 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13.12 152 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 153 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 155 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 156 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 157 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 18.09 158 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank Points Lubersac (54.5km) 1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1 Sousceyrac (178km) 1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Maurs (215.5km) 1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 22 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 4 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 18 5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 16 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 15 7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 14 8 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 13 9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 12 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 11 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 10 12 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 13 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 8 14 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 7 15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 16 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 5 17 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 4 18 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 19 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 2 20 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains Côte de Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval (14.5km) 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1 Côte de la Grande Renaudie (48.5km) 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 1 Côte de la Pouège (59km) 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 3 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Côte du Fangas (173.5km) 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 pts 2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 5 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3 4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 5 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval 1 Young Rider 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4.59.47 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 3 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 12 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 14 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 17 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 19 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 23 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 27 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 28 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 29 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 30 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17.57 Team 1 Team CSC 14.59.09 2 Agritubel 0.12 3 Astana 4 Predictor - Lotto 5 Team Milram 6 Discovery Channel Team 7 T-Mobile Team 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 Liquigas 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Rabobank 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 14 Lampre-Fondital 15 Bouygues Telecom 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 18 Caisse D’Epargne 19 Credit Agricole 20 Francaise Des Jeux General classification after stage three 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 13.32.59 (43.032km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.02 3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.06 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.07 5 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.08 6 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.10 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.11 9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 0.13 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.14 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.15 15 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 17 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.16 19 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 20 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.18 22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 23 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 0.19 24 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 25 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 0.20 26 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.21 27 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 28 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.22 29 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.23 30 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 0.24 31 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 0.25 32 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 33 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 0.26 35 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.27 36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 37 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 39 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 0.29 40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 41 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.31 42 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.32 45 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.33 47 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 50 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34 52 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 53 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 54 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 55 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 57 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.35 58 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 60 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 61 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 62 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37 63 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 64 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 65 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.38 67 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 68 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 69 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.39 70 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 71 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 73 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.40 74 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 75 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 77 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 78 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 79 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41 80 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 82 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.42 84 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.43 85 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.44 86 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 87 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.45 88 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 90 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.46 91 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 92 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.47 93 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.48 94 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 95 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.49 96 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 97 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 98 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 0.50 99 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 101 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 0.51 102 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 103 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 104 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 106 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.52 107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.54 108 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 110 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 111 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.55 112 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 0.56 113 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 114 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.57 115 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 1.00 116 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 1.01 117 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.02 118 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 119 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07 120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.09 121 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1.11 122 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 1.12 123 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 124 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 125 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15 126 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 1.17 127 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 1.18 128 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 1.24 129 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1.25 130 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 1.28 131 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 1.32 132 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.37 133 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 1.38 134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 1.48 135 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2.06 136 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 2.07 137 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.08 138 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 2.11 139 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.12 140 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14 141 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.23 142 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.27 143 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 144 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.28 145 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.05 146 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 3.11 147 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 3.27 148 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.02 149 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 4.14 150 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 4.31 151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13.30 152 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13.43 153 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 13.52 154 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14.22 155 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 14.42 156 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 15.27 157 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 18.34 158 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 21.35 Points Classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 pts 2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 41 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 38 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 35 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 35 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 32 7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 31 8 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27 9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 27 10 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 25 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 14 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 15 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 23 16 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 22 17 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 22 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 20 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 20 21 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 18 22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 23 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 16 25 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 16 26 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 15 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 15 28 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 29 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 13 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 12 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 12 32 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 12 33 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 34 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 35 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 36 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 37 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 10 38 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 9 39 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 9 40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7 41 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 7 42 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 43 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 44 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 45 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 4 46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4 48 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 49 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 4 50 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 3 51 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 52 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3 53 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 54 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 55 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 56 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 2 57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 58 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 60 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains Classification 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 pts 2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 10 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 8 4 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8 5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 6 6 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 2 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1 11 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 12 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13.33.06 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.01 3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.03 4 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.08 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 0.13 6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 0.14 7 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.15 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.18 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.20 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 11 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.24 12 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.26 14 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.28 16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.30 17 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.31 18 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 0.32 19 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.39 22 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43 23 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 0.44 24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 25 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.47 26 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 0.49 27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.50 29 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00 30 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 1.05 31 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 21.28 Team Classification 1 Liquigas 40.39.31 2 Caisse D’Epargne 0.05 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.09 4 Lampre-Fondital 0.12 5 Bouygues Telecom 0.25 6 Predictor - Lotto 0.30 7 Team CSC 0.32 8 Francaise Des Jeux 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Discovery Channel Team 0.34 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12 Credit Agricole 0.37 13 Rabobank 0.40 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.41 15 T-Mobile Team 0.51 16 Gerolsteiner 0.57 17 Astana 0.58 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.08 19 Agritubel 1.09 20 Team Milram 1.46
