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65th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 11-18, 2007
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Stage 5 - March 16: Sorgues - Manosque, 178 km
Popovych rides glorious day away
Discovery Channel makes it hard for Rebellin
By Jean-François Quénet in Manosque
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Discovery Channel scored a second win in two days with Yaroslav Popovych imitating Alberto Contador in Manosque at the end of an extremely demanding stage that caused no changes in the top end of the overall standings. The top 22 on GC remained the same although only about 50 riders finished with the main peloton.
Even the polka dot jersey stayed on the shoulders of Inverell-born Heinrich Haussler, but the young Gerolsteiner rider will always remember the stage during which he finished last, although still inside the time cut. Receiving his award on the podium, he was exhausted and said, "This was the worst day of my life. I've done 60 kilometers by myself, and I'm dead. I didn't recover from the day I was away. Three of us had to ride in front of the bunch right at the beginning. I had no energy left."
Cycling looks very human these days on the roads of Paris-Nice--enough so that some tactics seem questionable. For example, Markus Zberg spent 50 kilometers in a break with Popovych and others although Gerolsteiner needed all of its eight men to protect Davide Rebellin's lead. "We didn't need him to pace at this time of the stage," the Italian said.
"It wasn't a surprise that we had to face such an attack. Today, it was Popovych, tomorrow it might be another one. Physically but also nervously, it's very hard to defend the yellow jersey," Rebellin added.
It might have looked strange to see some teams helping Gerolsteiner chase Popovych, especially Caisse d'Epargne, whose highest ranked rider was David Lopez Garcia, ninth on the GC. The explanation is in the team classification which is led by the Spanish outfit by just two seconds over Discovery Channel. Even as the UCI emphasizes the ProTour as a success, its team ranking system has had the side effect of changing the tactics and the spirit of cycling, and not necessarily in favor of the courageous racers like Popovych.
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Like Alexander Kolobnev en route to Maurs-la-Jolie two days before, Popovych produced an admirable show on a difficult course in the Provence. "Initially, I went away to help Contador and make the race hard for Gerolsteiner behind," said the Ukrainian. "Then I felt better than the other guys in the breakaway, so I decided to go alone. By the end of the stage, I was very tired. 170 kilometers away, it's long! In the last two climbs, I didn't feel good anymore. I'm very happy. This is the kind of stage I like, with bumps and changes of pace, not as hard as yesterday when the last climb was too grueling for me."
Discovery Channel came to Paris-Nice with Contador and Levi Leipheimer as captains but it didn't affect Popovych's ego. "I hope to get in better shape for other coming races and try and win something else," he said. "At the Tour of Italy, if Ivan Basso is good, I'll work for him, otherwise it'll be for me, I hope. Don't ask me about the Tour de France yet. It's in three or four months. For now, I'm just happy with what's happening in Paris-Nice."
Now 27 years-old and father of a two month-old boy named Jason, Popovych is mature enough to claim the status of a leader in the Grand Tours, but he doesn't think about leaving Discovery Channel yet. "We'll see at the end of this season," he said. "I like this team. I'd like to stay."
Expect to see more of Discovery before the end of Paris-Nice. The status of Rebellin's lead is largely a question of how many teams will share an interest in adopting a defensive tactic.
How it unfolded
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The start was delayed due the roads being blocked while police investigated following the death of a man who hanged himself in the Col de Mûrs, but right after the start, the first man away was Freddy Bichot (Agritubel), who received some help from a few more riders.
After that group was reined in, 13 riders broke clear upon the initiative of Johan van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) including Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel), David Zabriskie (CSC), Yaroslav Popovych (Gerolsteiner), Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank), Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile), Jurgen van de Walle (Quick Step), Hubert Dupont (Ag2r), Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel), Igor Abakoumov (Astana), and Murillo Fisher (Liquigas).
Popovych accelerated and crossed the top of the col de Mûrs at km 34 in first. His action left only seven men in off the front after Dupont, Jalabert, Portal, Zberg, Abakoumov, and Perez were dropped. The lead stabilized around four minutes. It then decreased to three minutes under the combined forces of Gerolsteiner and Lampre.
With 33 kilometers to go, Popovych decided to go by himself on the climb of Le Mort d'Imbert. The Ukrainian kept increasing his lead on his former companions, and he assumed the virtual lead of Paris-Nice with more than three minutes advantage over the peloton. Then many teams took responsibility for the chase and banded together, a precious help for Gerolsteiner and Lampre. For example, Predictor-Lotto worked for Cadel Evans, sixth on the GC and Caisse d'Epargne worked for David Lopez Garcia, ninth on the GC.
Popovych gave Discovery Channel a second win in two days, but he only managed to win with a margin of 14 seconds over the diminished peloton.
Photography
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Images by AFP
- Italian David Rebellin (Geroslteiner) whips on the overall leader yellow jersey on the podium gets help putting on the overall leader's jersey.
- Italian David Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) waves as leader of the GC.
- Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovich (Discovery Channel) concentrates as he motors onward.
- Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovich (Discovery Channel) celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the fifth stage.
- Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovich (Discovery Channel) waves from the podium.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Davide Rebellin talked tactics with DS Udo Bolts.
- A smiling Heinrich Haussler before working hard for Davide Rebellin.
Results
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4.11.51 (42.406 km/h)
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.14
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
4 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
9 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
11 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel
14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
15 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
17 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
18 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
19 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile
20 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
22 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
23 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
24 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel
27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
28 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana
29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
30 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
31 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
34 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
35 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile
36 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
37 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
38 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
39 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance
42 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
44 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
45 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
46 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance
48 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana
49 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
50 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel
51 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.28
52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.34
53 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
54 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
56 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram
57 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 0.41
58 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
59 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.49
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.52
61 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
62 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
64 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto
65 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.01
66 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
67 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.07
68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.10
69 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.11
70 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
71 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
72 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
74 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
75 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 1.21
76 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 1.56
77 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 4.53
78 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
79 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.04
80 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 5.22
81 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 7.12
82 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
83 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.42
84 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
85 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 7.45
86 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 8.36
87 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.54
88 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
89 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.14
90 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana
91 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
92 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile
93 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
94 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
95 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
96 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 14.13
97 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
98 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
99 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
100 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana
101 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic
102 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
103 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram
104 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto
105 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
106 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram
107 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
108 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
109 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
110 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
111 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
112 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis
113 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel
114 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
115 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
116 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel
117 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
118 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile
119 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
120 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram
121 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
122 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
123 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
124 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC
125 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux
126 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
127 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
128 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
129 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana
130 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
131 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
132 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
133 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
134 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
135 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
136 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
137 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
138 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis
139 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
140 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
141 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
142 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
143 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.32
144 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 17.40
145 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel
146 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
147 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
148 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.38
DNF Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
DNF Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile
DNF Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
Points
Km : 53.5 - Saint-Saturnin-Les-Apt
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3 pts
2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
3 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1
Km : 119 - La Bastide-Des-Jourdans
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3 pts
2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
3 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 1
Km : 178 - Manosque
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 25 pts
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 20
4 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 14
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13
9 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 11
11 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10
12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 8
14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7
15 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 6
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 5
17 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 4
18 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3
19 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 2
20 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
Mountains
Km : 34 - Col de Murs
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 7 pts
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5
3 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3
4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2
5 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1
Km : 68.5 - Côte des Agnels
1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 7 pts
2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 5
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3
4 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2
5 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1
Km : 124 - Côte de Montfuron
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 pts
2 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 2
3 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1
Km : 145.5 - Col de la Mort d'Imbert
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 pts
2 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 2
3 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1
Young Rider
1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.12.05
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
4 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
5 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
7 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel
11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.14
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.20
13 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38
14 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 1.07
16 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.58
17 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.28
18 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.00
19 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana
20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
21 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 13.59
22 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana
23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
24 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC
25 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux
26 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis
27 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
29 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.24
Team
1 Discovery Channel Team 12.36.01
2 Caisse D’Epargne 0.14
3 Liquigas
4 Saunier Duval - Prodir
5 Bouygues Telecom
6 Team CSC
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi
8 AG2r Prevoyance
9 T-Mobile Team
10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
11 Francaise Des Jeux
12 Astana
13 Lampre-Fondital 0.34
14 Predictor - Lotto 0.49
15 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.44
16 Team Milram 5.40
17 Gerolsteiner 8.20
18 Credit Agricole 12.14
19 Rabobank 22.35
20 Agritubel 28.12
General Classification after stage 5
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 21.52.39
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 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.17
24 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.20
25 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.26
26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.38
27 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
28 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39
29 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.48
30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.51
31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.53
32 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 1.55
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.59
34 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.03
35 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 2.04
36 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.42
37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.44
38 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49
39 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 2.50
40 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.59
41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.20
42 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.31
43 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.40
44 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.41
45 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.47
46 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.54
47 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.27
48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 4.40
49 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 4.45
50 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.17
51 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
52 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 5.46
53 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.55
54 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 6.23
55 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 6.29
56 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.31
57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6.46
58 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 6.47
59 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 7.00
60 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7.14
61 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 9.09
62 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 9.32
63 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 9.58
64 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 10.03
65 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.04
66 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 10.08
67 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 10.14
68 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 10.20
69 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 10.40
70 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.48
71 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10.59
72 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 11.08
74 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 11.19
75 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 11.43
76 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.58
77 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.18
78 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 12.41
79 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.16
80 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 13.19
81 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.28
82 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 14.01
83 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.02
84 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.30
85 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 15.44
86 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 15.49
87 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 16.05
88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 16.26
89 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 16.43
90 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
91 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 16.57
92 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 17.08
93 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 17.23
94 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.25
95 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.31
96 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 17.47
97 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 17.48
98 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 18.12
99 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18.38
100 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 19.01
101 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 19.15
102 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 19.18
103 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 19.29
104 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 19.30
105 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 19.36
106 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 19.37
107 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19.44
108 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 19.51
109 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 19.53
110 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 20.21
111 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.07
112 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.11
113 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 22.44
114 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.59
115 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 23.22
116 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.24
117 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.35
118 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.36
119 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 23.37
120 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
121 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
122 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 23.39
123 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
124 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 23.40
125 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.00
126 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 24.03
127 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 24.05
128 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.12
129 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 24.13
130 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 24.14
131 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 24.30
132 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 24.34
133 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 24.50
134 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 25.03
135 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 25.09
136 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 25.27
137 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 25.29
138 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.32
139 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.42
140 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 26.29
141 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27.04
142 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 27.38
143 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.39
144 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.41
145 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29.56
146 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 30.19
147 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 30.39
148 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 36.54
Points Classification
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 pts
2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 57
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 55
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 49
6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46
7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 41
8 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41
9 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38
10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 38
11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 38
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 35
14 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33
15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 31
16 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 31
17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30
18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 28
19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 28
20 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 27
22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 27
23 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 27
24 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 25
25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 24
26 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23
27 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 23
28 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 22
29 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 22
30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 20
31 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 20
32 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 18
33 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18
34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 16
35 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 16
36 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 15
37 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 15
38 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
39 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 13
40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12
41 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 12
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11
43 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11
44 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10
45 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 10
46 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 9
47 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 8
48 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7
49 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7
50 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 7
51 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6
52 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6
53 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6
54 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 5
55 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5
56 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
57 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 4
58 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 4
59 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
60 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 4
61 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4
62 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 3
63 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3
64 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 3
65 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3
66 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
67 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 2
68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
69 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 2
70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
71 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
72 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1
73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 1
74 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1
Mountains Classification
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 17
4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 17
5 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 13
6 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 12
7 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 11
8 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 11
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 10
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8
11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 8
12 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 8
13 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
14 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6
15 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 6
16 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5
17 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5
18 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5
19 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3
22 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3
23 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
24 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 3
25 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2
26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2
27 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
28 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 2
29 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 1
31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1
32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 1
33 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1
34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1
35 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
Young Rider Classification
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 21.52.45
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 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.11
6 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.14
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.32
8 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.38
10 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 4.39
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.25
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7.08
13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 9.52
14 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.58
15 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.42
16 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.12
17 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.10
18 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.22
19 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 13.55
20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 15.59
21 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16.37
22 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 19.12
23 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 19.47
24 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.53
25 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 23.16
26 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.18
27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 23.33
28 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23.54
29 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.33
Team Classification
1 Caisse D’Epargne 65.40.13
2 Discovery Channel Team 0.02
3 Francaise Des Jeux 0.25
4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.37
5 Bouygues Telecom 0.51
6 Team CSC 1.15
7 Predictor - Lotto 1.37
8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.01
9 Liquigas 2.31
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.00
11 Lampre-Fondital 3.50
12 AG2r Prevoyance 4.21
13 Astana 4.24
14 T-Mobile Team 7.59
15 Gerolsteiner 10.10
16 Credit Agricole 14.42
17 Quick Step - Innergetic 16.57
18 Rabobank 25.52
19 Team Milram 27.56
20 Agritubel 35.37
