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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

Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovich (Discovery Channel)
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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.

Italian David Rebellin (Geroslteiner) whips on the overall leader yellow jersey on the podium
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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

Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovich (Discovery Channel)
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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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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

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