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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

Nazon tastes victory
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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.

Yellow jersey David Millar
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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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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

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