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61st Tour de Romandie - PT

Switzerland, May 1-6, 2007

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Stage 1 - May 2: Fribourg - La Chaux-de-Fonds, 157.8 km

Fothen holds off the bunch

By Susan Westemeyer

Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) celebrates
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Markus Fothen handed Gerolsteiner another ProTour win by escaping late in the race with Caisse d'Epargne's Francisco Perez, and then out-sprinting his companion to take the stage. The win was far from simple, as the pair were holding a slim lead of just a few seconds in the final kilometre, but the peloton was weakened by the four categorized mountains of the stage, and could not close the gap on the run-in to the line.

Perez started the sprint from 250 metres, and Fothen was easily able to get over the top of the Spaniard. Caisse d'Epargne's Joaquim Rodriguez won the field sprint just behind his teammate Perez. Paolo Savoldelli finished comfortably in the front group and retaining his leader's jersey with a 17th place finish.

"The team's tactics were, of course, to control the race, and that it was what we did," the Astana rider said. "Eddy Mazzoleni did most of the work on the climbs. In the last 3 km, Kacheshkin took over. I was very cold. We are very happy to have kept this jersey."

The 25-year-old Fothen said, "I knew this finale from the last Tour de Suisse, and knew at which point I had to attack. I wanted to ride one stage here really well. With the win, that turned out even better than planned. It's great that my first form check worked out." Fothen moved up to third overall.

How it unfolded

Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom)
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The peloton left in a light rain and cool temperatures, and missing one man: Simon Gerrans (AG2R) who had crashed in the prologue. Only 18 km in to the stage, Chris Sorensen (Team CSC), Eros Capecchi (Liguigas), Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricol) and Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) broke away, and rapidly built up a lead over the course which featured two each of category 1 and category 2 climbs. They were eventually joined by Raffaele Ferrara (LPR) and Mauro Facci (Quick Step).

The cooler temperatures (10°) forced the riders to wear arm and leg warmers, as well as the occasional jacket - unusual sights in what had been to date a hot, dry spring. A light rain fell on the riders for much of the day as they tackled the hilly parcours.

As the escapees built up their lead to a maximum of six minutes, the Astana team of GC leader Paolo Savoldelli kept the gap in check before other teams started to contribute to the chase.

As the riders went past the finish line in La Chaux de Fonds for the first time and headed out onto a 50 km loop with the final two climbs, the escape group's lead had dropped to three and a half minutes, with Bodrogi being the first to fall out of the group.

The charging peloton was led by the turquoise Astana train, with even Savoldelli's yellow leader's jersey covered by a turquoise vest.

On the descent of the Vue-des-Alpes, Brochard and Capecchi took off and left the remnants of the escape group behind. This 'odd couple' functioned well despite the generation gap: Brochard is 39 years old, and the Italian is only 20. Their lead continued to drop, however, due to Astana's relentless pressure. The peloton suffered as well, and continued to get smaller as it drove up La Tourne, with Robbie McEwen being the most notable rider unable to keep up the pace.

The lead for the two in front dropped dramatically on the last climb, with the peloton passing the peak only 1.05 minutes later. By this time, however, Savoldelli had only two helpers at his side. As the lead continued to melt in the continuing rain, there were numerous attacks out of the field, but the peloton wasn't willing to let anyone get away. Astana no longer had enough riders to control the escapes, and a disorganized group finally swept by Brochard and Capecchi with 15 km to go.

Sandy Casar (FdJ)
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Sandy Casar sprinted from behind a small group to take the last intermediate sprint with 12 km to go, and no sooner was this group re-integrated into the peloton than the next break occurred. Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Wim Van Huffel (Predictor) broke clear, but the Spaniard was seen to gesture angrily when Van Huffel wouldn't share the lead work. Perez attacked and dropped Van Huffel, leaving the Belgian no choice but to return to the peloton.

Liquigas finally took charge of the ever-smaller peloton, but Perez' lead slowly built up to 18 seconds as there was no serious chase.

As the race entered the final kilometres, Fothen made his move, combining his strong attack with the wind protection provided by a motorcycle, he caught Perez quickly near the 5 km to go mark. Behind them, the peloton was breaking apart from the high speed, and it was every man for himself. The yellow jersey appeared again at the head of the group, now without his turquoise-clad comrades in the rain which had started again.

Fothen and Perez worked together strongly for several kilometres, and as they neared the 1km to go mark, the peloton was hot on their heels. The two leaders kept looking back nervously as they protected their narrow lead, aided briefly by a tight hairpin turn. As they headed down a long straightaway for the finish line, the pack was closing in on them, but Fothen didn't let the pressure bother him. He let Perez panic first, and then came from behind to take the win ahead of the charging peloton which followed them over the finish only fractions of a second later.

The chasing peloton of some 80 riders was given the same time as the winner. Another group came in at 3.33, while the grupetto arrived 13.26 later. McEwen continued his leisurely pace and came in at 14.15.

Stage two has the usual innumerable ups and downs, but has only two ranked climbs, one each Cat. 1 and Cat. 3. It runs 166.9 km from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Lucens.

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Results

1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   4.08.58
2 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                        
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                       
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
7 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                              
8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                          
9 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                       
10 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
11 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                          
12 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
17 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                            
18 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
19 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                     
20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                         
21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                  
22 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
23 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
24 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
25 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
26 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team                                        
27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
28 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
29 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
30 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
32 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                          
35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
36 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                            
37 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           
38 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
39 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                          
40 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                       
41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                           
42 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
43 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
44 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                   
45 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
46 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                    
47 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
48 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
49 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
50 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Team L.P.R.                             
51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
52 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             
53 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                  
54 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
55 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
56 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
57 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
58 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
59 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                          
60 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                            
61 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
62 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                   
63 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
65 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
66 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                  
67 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
68 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
69 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
70 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
71 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                       
72 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
73 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
74 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                          
77 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
78 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
79 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                      
80 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           
81 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              
82 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
83 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
84 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      0.14
85 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                          2.58
86 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas                                             
87 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                           3.33
88 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                               
89 Jaime Castaneda (Col) Lampre - Fondital                                  
90 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                        
91 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                      
92 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                            
93 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                             
94 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                             
95 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                      
96 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                              
97 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
98 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
99 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
100 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
101 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                             
102 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
103 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
104 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
105 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
106 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
107 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
108 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
109 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
110 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
111 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                     
112 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
113 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                         
114 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
116 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
117 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
118 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
119 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                          
120 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
121 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                    
122 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        
123 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
124 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                       
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
126 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R.                                           
127 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
128 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                        
129 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                                      11.37
130 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
131 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 13.26
132 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
133 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                    
134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                       
135 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                          
136 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                        
137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                      
138 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
139 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                          
140 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                                   
141 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      
142 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                                
143 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
144 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                   
145 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                             
146 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
147 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                           
148 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                         
149 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
150 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                         
151 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
152 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
153 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                    
154 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
155 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
156 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                
157 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
158 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
159 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                      
160 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
161 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      14.08
162 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                              14.15
163 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          19.59
164 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
 
General classification after stage one
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                      4.13.33
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        0.05
3 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      0.06
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  0.07
5 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                      
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                        0.09
7 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.10
8 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.11
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        0.12
11 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
12 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      0.13
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  0.14
15 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                          
16 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                     0.15
17 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                         
18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                             
19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                   0.16
20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             
21 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                  
22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
23 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
24 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
25 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team                                        
26 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              0.17
27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          0.18
29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
30 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                   
31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
32 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
34 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
35 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                        0.19
36 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
37 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                          
38 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
41 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                       
42 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               0.20
43 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
44 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                      
45 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
46 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
47 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
48 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         0.21
49 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
50 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
51 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
53 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
54 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                          
55 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                0.22
56 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                          
57 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
58 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
59 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               0.23
60 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
62 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 0.24
63 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
64 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
65 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                  0.25
66 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
67 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                  
68 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
69 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                0.26
70 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
71 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            0.28
72 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
73 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                               0.33
74 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             0.34
75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               0.35
76 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.38
77 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
78 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             0.39
79 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Team L.P.R.                         0.42
80 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                          
81 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     0.43
82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                              0.44
83 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  0.47
84 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      0.58
85 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                          3.24
86 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas                                         3.39
87 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                         3.43
88 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                      3.44
89 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                 3.46
90 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            3.48
91 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        3.50
92 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                         
93 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              
94 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  3.51
95 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  3.52
96 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
97 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                    3.53
98 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                         3.54
99 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
100 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 3.56
101 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                             
102 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
103 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                              
104 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              3.57
105 Jaime Castaneda (Col) Lampre - Fondital                             3.58
106 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
107 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                3.59
109 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   4.01
110 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
111 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                    4.02
112 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R.                                       4.04
113 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      4.05
114 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                              
115 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
116 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          4.06
117 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              4.08
118 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
119 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4.12
120 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       4.13
121 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4.14
122 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               4.15
123 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               4.16
124 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                     
125 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  4.17
126 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           4.22
127 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    4.23
128 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                      4.26
129 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                                      12.04
130 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            12.05
131 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                  13.37
132 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                    
133 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                              13.38
134 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           13.40
135 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                 13.46
136 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                   
137 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  13.48
138 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                        13.49
139 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                           13.50
140 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         13.52
141 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    13.53
142 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                13.54
143 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         13.55
144 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                      13.56
145 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                            13.57
146 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                      
147 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           13.58
148 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                          
149 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
150 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                      
151 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                13.59
152 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                         
153 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                14.02
154 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                 14.05
155 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                         14.09
156 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
157 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               14.11
158 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                     14.12
159 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           14.34
160 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                   14.37
161 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      15.05
162 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                              15.45
163 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          20.14
164 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                20.27

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