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65th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 11-18, 2007
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Stage 1 - March 12: Cloyes-sur-le-Loir - Buzançais, 186 km
JP Nazon is back on track
David Millar retains lead
By Jean-François Quénet in Buzançais
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The top three of the first bunch sprint in Paris-Nice was definitely an unexpected lot, with Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r) finishing ahead of Sebastian Siedler (Milram) and Mathew Hayman (Rabobank), all who were no threat to David Millar's yellow jersey.
It might have a lot to do with the misunderstanding inside the Quickstep-Innergetic team. In the morning, they decided to reverse the roles and get Tom Boonen to lead out for Gert Steegmans as a reward for the way he delivered the former world champion's six wins since the beginning of the 2007 season at the Tour of Qatar and, more recently, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. "I didn't dare to take the responsibilities," Steegmans admitted. He was bumped by a Caisse d'Epargne rider and the time wasted putting his foot back in the pedal was enough for many other riders to pass him and he had lost Boonen's wheel.
"The Quick-Step riders were first in the last curve but looked at each other afterwards," Nazon confirmed. "Boonen just stopped sprinting, I don't know why. In one fourth of a second, I looked at the finishing line and I decided to go. I went flat out. I did this kind of sprint at the Tour of Spain last year as well, but I only came third."
The youngest of the Nazon brothers (Damien quit cycling one year ago) only scored twice last year; at the Circuit de Lorraine (in his region) and the Route du Sud. But those wins at the end of June didn't change General Manager Vincent Lavenu's decision of not selecting him for the Tour de France.
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It was a surprise for the readers of French daily sports paper L'Equipe to see a cycling article that wasn't about the Operación Puerto or the UCI-ASO boxing match, it was about Nazon and the fact that France's only true sprinter isn't given much exposure although he's one of the very few local riders (they are less than ten) who have won a bunch sprint in the Tour de France since the legendary André Darrigade in the 1960's. Nazon was first won the Champs-Élysées the year of the shoulder-to-shoulder duel between Robbie McEwen and Baden Cooke for the green jersey win in 2003 and then, one year later, he won the Northern pavé stage ahead of McEwen.
In the team meeting prior to stage one, Lavenu based his speech on Nazon's complaint about not being supported enough inside Ag2r. "For winning, Jean-Patrick needs to have good form and the pressure of terminating a contract," Lavenu noted after the stage.
Nazon added, "I didn't win much in a recent past because I was unhappy," Nazon explained. "I felt no confidence from the team. I need support. I'm like a kid. ... For being consistent, a sprinter needs the support of a team," he continued. "I can't be left in the wind all year. Sprinting isn't only a question of muscles; it depends on the energy spent before the sprint. Today, Sam (Dumoulin) made an effort for me in the last five kilometres; Sylvain (Calzati) has also been very helpful."
On the roads of Paris-Nice, Nazon has made way to securing a ride in the Tour de France. He knows he will also have to be a team player.
How it unfolded
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Under the initiative of Romain Feillu (Agritubel), the silver medallist at last year's U23 World Championship, who hails from the neighbourhood of the starting town of Cloyes-sur-Loir, a group of four breakaway riders was formed from the gun. The three others were Spain's Iban Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and two more Frenchmen, Christophe Laurent (Crédit Agricole), who was very active during the Tour of California, and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis), who was born only three months before his father Gilbert won Paris-Nice back in 1980.
The peloton didn't react, and the breakaway built a 10'30" lead by kilometre 47 while the peloton enjoyed the sunny weather and the nice landscape of the Loire valley, riding through the Sologne forest nearby the castle of Chambord. Under the guidance of David Millar's teammates from Saunier Duval-Prodir and also the Lampre-Fondital riders with the idea of leading Daniele Bennati to a bunch sprint, the gap came down to 8'20" at kilometre 100.
In 40 kilometres of chasing, the bunch reduced the difference to five minutes, as Quickstep-Innergetic and Lampre clearly took the responsibilities in favour of Tom Boonen and Bennati. With 15 kilometres to go, the quartet was still 1'55" ahead, that's when Milram gathered at the head of the peloton.
Duclos-Lassalle tried to go it alone, and then Feuillu gave a final attack but was caught inside the last kilometre. Quickstep-Innergetic led Boonen out but the Belgian gave up and Jean-Patrick Nazon took the opportunity to accelerate with 200 meters to go. It was the right move, at the right time.
Photography
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- Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r) wins ahead of Siedler and Hayman
- Nazon celebrates on the podium
- Nazon tastes victory for the first time in a while
- Velasco takes a big pull trying to keep the break clear
- Herve Duclos-Lasalle (Cofidis) tries to attack as the peloton chases the break down
- Racing to the sun
- Yellow jersey David Millar is nearly indistinguishable from his Saunier Duval teammates.
- Christophe Laurent (Credit Agricole) and Ivan Velasco (Euskatel-Euskadi) in the break
Results
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 4.29.39 (41.386 km/h) 2 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 7 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 14 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 16 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 19 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 24 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 25 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 26 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 27 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 29 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 30 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 31 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 33 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 35 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 38 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 39 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 42 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 43 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 45 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 47 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 49 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 51 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 52 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 58 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 59 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 61 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 62 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 63 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 65 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 66 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 67 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 68 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 69 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 70 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 71 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 72 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 73 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 75 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 77 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 78 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 79 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 80 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 81 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 82 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 83 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 84 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 86 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 88 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 89 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 90 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 91 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 93 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 94 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 95 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 98 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 100 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 101 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 102 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 103 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 104 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 105 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 106 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 107 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 108 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 109 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 110 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 111 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 112 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 113 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 114 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 115 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 116 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 117 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 119 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 120 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 121 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 122 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 123 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 124 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 125 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 127 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 128 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 129 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 130 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 131 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 132 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 133 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 134 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 135 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 136 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 137 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 139 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 140 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 141 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 143 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 144 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 147 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 148 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 149 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 150 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 151 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 152 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 153 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 154 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 0.21 155 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 156 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.22 157 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 158 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.53 159 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 160 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.13 Points Contres (km 83) 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1 Buzancais (km 169) 1 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1 Buzancais (km 186) 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 25 pts 2 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 22 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 20 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 6 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 15 7 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 14 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13 9 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 12 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 11 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 10 12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 8 14 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 7 15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 6 16 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 17 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 18 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 3 19 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains Côte de Saint-Aignan (km 103.5) 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 2 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Young rider 1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.29.39 2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 4 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 14 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 16 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 18 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 22 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 24 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 25 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 29 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 30 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 31 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.22 Teams 1 Milram 2 Astana 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Liquigas 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Caisse d'Epargne 7 Crédit Agricole 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 T-Mobile 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 11 Lampre-Fondital 12 Predictor-Lotto 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Rabobank 15 Discovery Channel 16 Ag2r Prévoyance 17 Agritubel 18 Team CSC 19 Cofidis 20 Française Des Jeux General classification after stage 1 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.35.40 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.01 3 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.02 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 5 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 0.03 7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.04 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.05 11 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.06 12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.07 16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.08 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 19 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.09 22 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 24 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 25 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 27 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.10 28 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 29 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 32 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 35 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 0.11 37 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 38 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 39 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 41 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 42 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 44 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 45 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 0.12 46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 47 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 48 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 49 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 50 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 51 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 0.13 52 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 53 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 54 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.14 55 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 56 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 58 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 59 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 0.15 60 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 61 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 63 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 64 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 65 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 66 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 0.16 67 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 68 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 70 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 71 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.17 73 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 74 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 75 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 76 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 77 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 79 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 80 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 81 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.18 82 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 83 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 84 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.19 88 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 89 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 91 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.20 92 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 93 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 94 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.21 95 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 97 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 98 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 0.22 99 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 100 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 101 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 102 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 103 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 104 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 0.23 106 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 107 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 108 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 109 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 0.24 110 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 111 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 112 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 113 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25 114 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 115 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 116 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.26 117 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 118 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 119 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 120 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 121 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 0.27 122 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 123 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 124 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 125 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 126 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 128 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 0.28 129 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 130 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 131 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 132 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 133 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 135 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 136 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.31 137 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 138 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 139 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 140 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 141 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 142 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 143 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 144 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.32 145 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 146 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 0.33 148 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 149 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 150 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.34 151 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 152 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 0.37 153 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 0.38 154 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 0.42 155 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.46 156 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.48 157 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.57 158 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 1.15 159 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.19 160 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.24 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 25 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 22 6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 22 7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20 8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 20 9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 16 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 15 13 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 15 14 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 14 15 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 12 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 19 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 12 20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 21 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 22 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 10 23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 8 25 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 26 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 7 27 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 28 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 6 29 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 30 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 31 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 32 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 4 33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4 34 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 35 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3 36 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 3 37 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 38 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 39 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 40 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 41 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 2 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Young rider classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4.35.41 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.01 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.03 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.07 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 8 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.08 9 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.09 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.11 12 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 0.13 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 14 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 0.14 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.15 17 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 18 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.16 19 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.17 21 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.23 23 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.24 24 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25 25 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.26 26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 0.27 27 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.30 29 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 0.32 30 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.33 32 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.47 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 Française Des Jeux 0.06 3 Discovery Channel 0.08 4 Liquigas 0.10 5 Caisse d'Epargne 0.13 6 Bouygues Telecom 0.16 7 Team CSC 0.18 8 Lampre-Fondital 0.20 9 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.22 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23 11 Cofidis 0.25 12 Predictor-Lotto 13 Ag2r Prévoyance 14 Milram 0.26 15 Crédit Agricole 0.28 16 Rabobank 0.31 17 T-Mobile 0.42 18 Agritubel 0.43 19 Gerolsteiner 0.48 20 Astana 0.49
