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65th Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 11-18, 2007

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Stage 4 - March 15: Maurs - Mende, 169.5 km

Contador keeps Saiz' legacy running in Mende

Rebellin assumes leader's jersey

By Jean-François Quénet in Mende

Spanish Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel/Usa)
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Discovery Channel's Alberto Contador has won Stage 4 which finished at the top of the famous "montée Laurent Jalabert" in Mende, but the 17 seconds he lost in the split of the bunch in Limoges cost him the yellow jersey that now sits on the shoulders of today's runner up Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner).

"I was targeting the yellow jersey in first place," Contador explained. "I thought that winning the stage would be enough for taking the lead, but I forgot that someone like Rebellin was in such a good form. Now he has become the man to beat. There's still space to attack until Nice. We'll study the course and see what is the best place for an attack."

That is exactly what Rebellin fears. "Contador was very strong," said the Italian. "I wasn't able to go with him, so I kept him 50 meters away. It's been a good day for me, but it's not over. There are three other hard stages. I came here to win, and I feel strong enough for doing so but it's still hard to beat teams like Discovery and CSC. I also have a good team but we'll have to look carefully at every attack."

Gerolsteiner might be the only pro cycling team other than Bouygues Telecom still awaiting its first win of the year, the team has a very motivated group of guys including Australian-born Heinrich Haussler who still wears the polka dot jersey.

"But we'll first focus on helping Rebellin for GC, then we'll see if it still a good thing to defend this jersey," Haussler told Cyclingnews on the start line in Maurs-la-Jolie. He'll probably forget about that after today's stage and keep his energy in defense of Rebellin's yellow jersey.

For a while, the hero of the day was Sandy Casar. The Frenchman who finished sixth in last year's Tour of Italy went off the front with his compatriot Amaël Moinard and Kazakhstan's Dimitri Muravyev. But often typical intra-French team discord ruled, and Didier Rous led the Bouygues Telecom charge against Française des Jeux and Cofidis. Rous set a roaring pace at the front of the bunch.

"Why did they ride so early? I don't understand them," said a bitter Moinard said. "Bouygues Telecom's leader Jérôme Pineau crossed the line in 11th position..."

Italian Davide Rebellin (Geroslteiner) and Spain's Alberto Contador (Right) (Discovery Channel)
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In fact, a long history of Rous vs. Francaise des Jeux exists in this region. In 2001, at Midi Libre, prior to the same uphill finish at La Croix-Neuve, Rous couldn't stand the presence of Bradley McGee in the breakaway the day after the Sydney rider won in Laissac. He reacted by going in a crazy solo effort, but the stage winner at the end of the day was McGee's team-mate Sven Montgomery. The next day, Rous organized a group of rebels, consisting of former Festina riders and other racers from the southwest of France with the goal of making Francaise des Jeux lose the overall. Indeed, they managed a win for Iban Mayo.

Once again, Rous' behavior favored a Spanish win, and Contador took the honors in Mende. "This hill suited me a lot," the winner said. "It was similar to the Alto del Campillo where I won during the Tour of Valencia." With 30 kilometers to go, Levi Leipheimer gave him the responsibility of the lead inside the Discovery Channel team. "I feel like a leader in this team although I'm a new one," said Contador.

Contador comes from the school of Manolo Saiz just like most of the winners in Mende. This history began with the ONCE attempt to put an end to Miguel Indurain's reign in the 1995 Tour de France. Because Laurent Jalabert triumphed at the top of La Croix-Neuve, the climb was re-named after the Frenchman when the Tour de France returned to Mende in 2005. Contador finished 52nd that day, as his companion at Liberty Seguros, Marcos Serrano, won the stage.

Contador, only 24-years-old, doesn't have the yellow jersey for now, and the white one of the best young rider classification isn't enough for his ambitions. It looks like going to be an exciting end of Paris-Nice with former leader Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas), finishing 10th at 40 seconds today, not yet having given his last word.

How it unfolded

The peloton
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Soon after the start, without Thierry Marichal (Française des Jeux) due to his implication in a doping affair in Belgium in 1997, a group of 17 riders went away, but too many teams went unrepresented at the front. On the downhill after the first climb of the day, Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) broke clear. For awhile, he didn't get more than 10 seconds but he persisted. Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) and Dimitri Muravyev (Astana) then joined him.

After many fights, the bunch decided to relax, and the three men away reached a maximum lead of 11 minutes at km 70. It was reduced to around six minutes when the teams Discovery Channel and Bouygues Telecom took over from Liquigas at the front of the peloton. Didier Rous was the most active rider. He showed huge motivation for catching his compatriots in the lead.

They had less than a one minute advantage at the bottom of the final hill of La Croix-Neuve in Mende. Muravyev was the first to drop off. The last one, Casar, got caught under the red flag when Contador placed an attack after riding behind Tadej Valjavec (Lampre). Rebellin chose not to put himself in the red; he let Contador go at first and then almost rejoined him on the finishing line, therefore coming close enough to secure the yellow jersey.

Photography

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Results

1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel               4.07.26 (41.101 km/h)
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        0.02
3 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 0.12
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                         0.13
5 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                      0.17
6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                              0.28
7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   0.33
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                       
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                      
10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                         0.40
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     0.43
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               
14 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.45
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                              0.51
16 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                              0.53
17 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       0.54
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                           0.56
19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    
21 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
22 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
23 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
24 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
25 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                             
26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
27 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    
28 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto              1.14
29 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
30 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                            
31 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                    
32 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 
33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                1.18
34 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                        1.19
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                
37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             
38 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                1.26
39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                              1.33
40 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance                      1.39
42 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  
43 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
44 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                       1.46
45 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                
46 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         1.55
47 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      
48 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           
49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                            2.03
50 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               2.12
51 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               
52 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                    2.17
53 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                 2.24
54 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
55 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis                             2.47
57 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                          2.56
58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance                     3.02
59 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                          3.04
60 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                              
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                  3.17
62 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      3.20
63 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                    3.23
64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                
65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                         3.32
66 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    4.14
67 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           
68 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                 4.16
69 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                     4.26
70 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                
71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                 5.07
72 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                       
73 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                  
74 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis                                 
75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            
76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             
77 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile                                   
78 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                  
79 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
80 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                  
81 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile                                 
82 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                              
83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        
84 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                      
85 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                            
86 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              
87 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                  
88 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
89 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                
90 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram                               5.22
91 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir              6.36
92 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            
93 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    
94 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram                            8.19
95 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                8.36
96 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         8.38
97 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
98 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    9.00
99 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir             9.12
100 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                 
101 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram                                
102 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                               
103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                            
104 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
105 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                               
106 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
107 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      
108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                          
109 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                 
110 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                   
111 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram                                  
112 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              
113 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
114 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          
115 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                             
116 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                
117 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                    
118 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                
119 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                  
120 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                         
121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                       
122 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                               
123 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
124 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                   
125 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
126 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
127 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                             
128 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                     
129 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                         
130 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
131 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
132 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux               
133 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                    
134 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                            
135 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               
136 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                  
137 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                 
138 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                              
139 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                              
140 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               9.34
141 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                            9.35
142 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                           10.03
143 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             10.28
144 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                  10.31
145 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    10.52
146 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                    11.01
147 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                 
148 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
149 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
150 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                        11.44
151 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                  
152 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                  12.06
153 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                  12.18
DNS Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                   
DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     
DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                         
DNF Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
DNF Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas   

Sprints
 
Km 70 - Espalion
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             3 pts
2 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      2
3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    1

Km 108 - Saint-Saturnin-De-Lenne
1 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    3 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             2
3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      1              

Mountains
 
Km 9.5 - Côte de Quotidiane
1 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            7 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                               5
3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        3
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   2
5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                            1

Km 30 - Côte de Montsalvy 
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             7 pts
2 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      5
3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    3
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                             1

Km 76 - Côte de Biounac 
1 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      7 pts
2 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    5
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             3
4 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                      2
5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1

Km 162 - Côte de Chabrits 
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             7 pts
2 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      5
3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    3
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                        2
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                          1          
 
Best Young Rider

1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel               4.07.26
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                  0.33
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                               0.51
4 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        0.54
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                            0.56
6 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
7 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir     
8 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto               1.14
9 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 
11 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                        1.19
12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             
13 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                              1.39
14 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         1.55
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                          2.56
16 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                          3.04
17 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                 4.16
18 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                        5.07
19 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir        6.36
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    
21 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         8.38
22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
23 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    9.00
24 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                            9.12
25 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
26 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                     
27 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
29 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                   
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                   12.06
 
Team

1 Discovery Channel Team                                12.24.09
2 Francaise des Jeux                                        0.11
3 Caisse D’Epargne                                          0.13
4 Bouygues Telecom                                          0.44
5 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                    0.46
6 Predictor - Lotto                                         0.50
7 Team CSC                                                  1.01
8 Gerolsteiner                                              1.25
9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                              1.45
10 Credit Agricole                                          2.23
11 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      2.46
12 Liquigas                                                 2.49
13 Rabobank                                                 3.09
14 Ag2R Prevoyance                                          3.31
15 Lampre-Fondital                                          3.36
16 Astana                                                   3.44
17 Agritubel                                                6.48
18 T-Mobile Team                                            7.26
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                 14.04
20 Team Milram                                             21.02
      
General Classification (after Stage 4)

1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        17.40.34
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                      0.06
3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                          0.23
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                              0.31
5 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       0.32
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                             0.35
7 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       0.42
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      
9 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.43
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       0.46
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         0.48
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               0.49
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                      0.50
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     0.51
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               0.54
16 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.55
17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       0.58
18 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     1.03
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    1.05
20 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                             1.06
21 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                  1.13
22 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         1.15
23 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           1.16
24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  1.17
25 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                  1.20
26 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.26
27 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    1.28
28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 1.38
29 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
30 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1.39
31 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                            1.45
32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                1.48
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                1.50
34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                  1.53
35 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                    1.55
36 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                          1.59
37 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            2.01
38 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    2.02
39 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
40 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        2.03
41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance                          2.04
42 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  2.06
43 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
44 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           2.11
45 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           2.12
46 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   2.19
47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                    2.21
48 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      2.27
49 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.36
50 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                        2.42
51 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               2.43
52 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                2.44
53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      2.49
54 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        3.03
55 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                              3.20
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis                                 3.24
57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     3.30
58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance                         3.31
59 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.32
60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                              3.38
61 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                             3.47
62 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                3.49
63 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                              3.52
64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        3.54
65 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                      4.02
66 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        4.07
67 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                4.30
68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           4.42
69 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                         4.57
70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             5.16
71 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                              5.17
72 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                     5.19
73 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram                                   5.29
74 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                  5.30
75 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                  5.31
76 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                       5.32
77 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        5.35
78 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                     5.41
79 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              5.45
80 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile                                 5.46
81 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile                                   5.47
82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            5.49
83 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                  5.52
84 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                            5.54
85 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                6.00
86 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                      6.22
87 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis                                 6.23
88 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                  6.36
89 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            6.37
90 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    6.54
91 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        7.04
93 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       7.12
94 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             9.00
95 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram                                9.12
96 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         9.15
97 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        9.17
98 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                   9.23
99 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         9.25
100 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          9.36
101 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                              9.37
102 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
103 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                    9.38
104 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                 
105 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                              
106 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                  9.40
107 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                   
108 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                            9.41
109 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
110 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                    9.44
111 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       9.45
112 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          9.47
113 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      9.52
114 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                9.54
115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          9.57
116 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                10.03
117 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                             10.04
118 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                               10.06
119 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         10.10
120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                  10.12
121 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                        10.14
122 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                        10.15
123 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                            10.20
124 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                  10.31
125 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                10.35
126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                               10.39
127 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                             10.40
128 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram                               10.51
129 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                      11.04
130 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                              11.10
131 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                         11.14
132 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               11.15
133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                11.19
134 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram                                 11.30
135 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir               11.31
136 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     11.33
137 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                        11.37
138 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     11.43
139 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                              12.14
140 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                      12.18
141 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 12.27
142 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                12.30
143 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
144 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                 12.53
145 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        13.05
146 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                  13.39
147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        13.48
148 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                      16.40
149 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                  21.57
150 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                    22.46
151 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                           22.55
152 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux              23.25
153 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic              24.30

Points Classification

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                 68 pts
2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                      43
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                    42
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel              41
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance              41
6 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux               41
7 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                          38
8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                 35
9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                           35
10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 34
11 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir              32
12 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                     31
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel              28
14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                       28
15 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                27
16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux             24
17 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    24
18 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             23
19 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram                           23
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                    22
21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram                        22
22 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                       22
23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom               21
24 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            20
25 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               20
26 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                      20
27 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                        18
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                 18
29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                 16
30 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             16
31 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                             16
32 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                        15
33 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                         15
34 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir          13
35 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel           13
36 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                    12
37 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                      12
38 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                        11
39 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   11
40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                          10
41 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                     10
42 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                      9
43 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                           9
44 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                        8
45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  7
46 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux             7
47 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                            7
48 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    6
49 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                           6
50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                         6
51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole             5
52 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                           5
53 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      5
54 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic             5
55 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                         4
56 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                   4
57 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             4
58 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                         4
59 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                           3
60 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                           3
61 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            3
62 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                  3
63 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                       3
64 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                             2
65 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole              2
66 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                    2
67 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          2
68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                      1
 
Mountains Classification

1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                  22 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  17
3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                           17
4 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                           12
5 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                         11
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel              10
7 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                          8
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                     8
9 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                        8
10 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 7
11 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             6
12 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                      6
13 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                    5
14 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                   5
15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                         4
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                     4
17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                  3
18 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom             3
19 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                          2
20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                        2
21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                2
22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel             2
23 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                   2
24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux               1
25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel               1
26 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole              1
27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                  1
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux             1
29 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir           1
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                 1

 
Best Young Rider Classification

1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                  17.40.40
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                      0.45
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                0.48
4 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      0.49
5 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            1.10
6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                   1.11
7 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                   1.14
8 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir     1.22
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                  1.32
10 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
11 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            1.55
12 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  2.00
13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
14 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.30
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                              3.32
16 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                              3.46
17 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                     5.13
18 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                            5.48
19 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            6.31
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    6.48
21 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             8.54
22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         9.09
23 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                   9.17
24 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         9.19
25 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                9.34
26 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   9.35
27 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                     9.38
28 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        9.39
29 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          10.04
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                       12.12
 
Team Classification

1 Caisse D’Epargne                                          53.03.58
2 Discovery Channel Team                                        0.16
3 Francaise des Jeux                                            0.25
4 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                        0.37
5 Bouygues Telecom                                              0.51
6 Predictor - Lotto                                             1.02
7 Team CSC                                                      1.15
8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                  2.01
9 Gerolsteiner                                                  2.04
10 Liquigas                                                     2.31
11 Credit Agricole                                              2.42
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          3.00
13 Lampre-Fondital                                              3.30
14 Rabobank                                                     3.31
15 Ag2R Prevoyance                                              4.21
16 Astana                                                       4.24
17 Agritubel                                                    7.39
18 T-Mobile Team                                                7.59
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                     14.27
20 Team Milram                                                 22.30

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