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61st Tour de Romandie - PT

Switzerland, May 1-6, 2007

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Stage 4 - May 5: Charmey - Morgins, 155.9 km

Anton and Horner take the honors in the rain

By Susan Westemeyer

Dutch rider Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) (right), second for today,
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Igor Anton of Euskatel sprinted from the back of a four-man group to take the win in the Queen stage of the Tour de Romandie, a stage dominatd by rain and mountains. Predictor-Lotto's Chris Horner finished third in the stage and took over the leader's jersey, dropping Paolo Savoldelli to fourth.

A group of Anton, Horner, Thomas Dekker (Rabobank), and John Gadret (AG2R) formed out of the remnants of the peloton with only a few kilometers to go in the finale. As they approached the finish line, Horner opened the sprint from the front position, but was passed by Dekker, who was ultimately passed at the last minute by Anton, much to the Dutch man's disgust.

Horner took over the GC lead, with Anton second, Dekker third and previous leader Savoldelli fourth, 15 seconds down.

"The Tour de Romandie is a great race and this was a tough mountain stage so it's a great win for a climber," Anton said. "I'm not a time trial specialist but there is a climb at the finish tomorrow so who knows."

The new leader was a happy to settle for the leader's jersey. "I always prefer to win stages, but the others wouldn't let me have both the yellow jersey and the stage win," said Horner. "At the finish, it was a very simple situation - if you want a slice of the pie, you can't go for the whole pie, you can't gamble as Pinotti did yesterday."

Horner doesn't see himself as a favorite in Sunday's time trial, saying, "If I had to pick someone now, I would pick Dekker. He looked incredibly strong to me today and he is an excellent time trial specialist. If I led by 30 seconds, I would be much more confident. But it's not the case and I will be happy to finish in the top five."

How it unfolded

The peloton set out on a cold and wet day without eight riders: Robbie McEwen, David Millar, Serhiy Gonchar, Andrea Tonti, Davide Vigano, Jaime Castaneda, Julian Dean, and Fabio Sacchi. A breakaway group formed at kilometer 17, a group which was eventually made up of 10 riders, Andrey Mizourov (Astana), Benoit Poilvet (CA), Andreas Dietziker (LPR), Chris Anker Sorensen (CSC), David Lopez (EC), Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile), Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre), Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), and Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel). The group rode well together and built up a steady lead of over four minutes.

Coming down the Cat. 1 climb on the Pilon, the escapees had very bad conditions, with heavy rain, a wet road and even fog. They were all obviously riding as carefully as possible and not taking any chances, but it didn't help. Mouncoutie slipped, apparently on the stripe in the road, and fell, Although it at first looked as if he was uninjured, he was soon lying on the side of the road, waiting for medical transport. He was diagnosed with a broken femur and scheduled for surgery directly on Saturday evening.

The lead group hit the feed zone at the bottom of the mountain with a lead of about three and half minutes. As they started up the next climb, with 55 kilometers still to go, Lampre's Stangelj took off on his own up the mountain. He quickly gained about a minute's advantage in the pouring rain. Guerini led the reamining escapees up the mountain, as he so often did in the past for his former captain Jan Ullrich. His relentless pressure was enough to drop Sorensen and Dietziker.

They retained a three minute lead over the Astana-led peloton. The team had to momentarily give up the lead when Savoldelli had to stop for a mechanical, but his teammates quickly brought him back.

Meanwhile, Stangelj doggedly continued his wet and lonely way up the mountain in a lighter but steady rain, with his lead over the rest of the escape group climbing to nearly a minute and a half, with the peloton three and half minutes behind them.

The pace was too slow for some of the peloton, and attacks started. QuickStep's Schwab broke out and was joined by Triki Beltran of Liquigas and Rigoberto Uran of Unibet.

A tram track in the road caught Txurruka in the leading group, bringing him down.

With 33 kilometers to go, there was a confusing situation with bad weather -- fog and heavy rain. All of the groups were falling apart and it was impossible to know who was where. At 25 kilometers, Stangelj was still riding steadily in the lead, with Beltran, Brochard and Uran now following him. The peloton, with two Astana riders in front of Savoldelli, overtook the former breakaway group. The trio around Beltran was caught only a few minutes later.

Four Astana helpers led the peloton as it it drove under the arch starting the final climb of the day, a peloton that was noticeably smaller. Stangelj's lead was getting smaller, too, only 1.02. His dream was over only three kilometers later, as the peloton drove by him in the rain. Savoldelli had only one helper at this point, Eddy Mazzoleni, who held the tempo high to prevent further attacks. But the tempo wasn't enough to discourage Horner, who stuck on Savoldelli's rear wheel like a shadow.

The group kept growing smaller and smaller, and with eight kilometers to go, Lampre's Sylvester Szmyd got yway for a small lead. There were only about 10 in the group at this point, with Mazzoleni still leading.

Euskatel's Anton shot out of the group with five kilometers to go, quickly joining and then going by Szmyd. Mazzoleni finally paid the price for his hard work and had to fall back, leaving Savoldelli to lead the small group.

Shortly thereafter, Horner, Dekker and Gadret jumped out and joined Anton. Savoldelli didn't try to join the break, but continued riding in his own rhythm. The four riders remaining in his group stayed behind him, forcing him to do the work to try and retain his leader's jersey.

At 1.5 kilometers to go, Horner gestured to the others to share the lead work, which they did until the usual guessing games started shortly after the Devil's Triangle with one kilometer to go. Horner opened the sprint from the front. Dekker overtook him and went for the win, but was passed at the last minute by Anton. The Dutch rider gestured in disgust as he crossed the finish line. He filed a protest that Anton had interfered with him in the sprint, but the race jury turned him down.

Savoldelli came in only 16 seconds later, but it was enough to cost him his jersey. Only seconds later, Joaquim Rodriguez of Caisse d'Epargne slid in the rain in the final meters, making a spectacular crash.

Sunday's closing stage is a 20.4 kilometer time trial over a demanding course through Lausanne. It features a climb of 252 meters over the last seven kilometers.

Photography

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Results

1 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     4.36.56
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              
3 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                      
4 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     0.02
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   0.16
6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               
8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                        0.23
10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      0.16
11 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             0.37
12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       0.48
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
17 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                   1.50
18 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                              
19 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                              2.16
20 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
21 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
22 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
24 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
25 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                    
26 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                      
28 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           
29 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
30 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     2.56
31 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        3.23
32 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
34 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                   
35 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
37 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
38 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                      3.49
39 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                          
40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
41 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     4.33
42 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                             
43 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                          
44 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
45 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                4.51
46 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5.09
47 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                      
48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                 5.34
49 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         5.46
50 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             5.54
51 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        5.59
52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                6.26
53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                 6.59
54 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                  7.24
55 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               7.44
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
58 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team                                    8.46
59 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      
60 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
61 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
62 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                  
63 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                      9.04
64 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                       10.06
65 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
66 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Team L.P.R.                             
67 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        11.19
68 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                          12.04
69 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           12.09
70 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                13.20
71 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   13.36
72 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
73 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              
74 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
75 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
76 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                          
77 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
78 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             14.28
79 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            18.14
80 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
81 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
82 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
83 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                          
84 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
85 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                                 
86 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
87 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                        
88 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
89 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
90 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
91 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
92 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                         
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
94 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
95 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                      
96 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                           
97 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                             
98 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                          
99 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
100 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
101 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
102 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
103 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                           
104 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                        24.37
105 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                             
106 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
107 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                    
108 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                     
109 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                                           
110 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
111 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                      
112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                      
113 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                         
114 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                            
115 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                              
116 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
117 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                              28.34
118 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                     29.16
119 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                      
120 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
121 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                        
122 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                    
123 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
124 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                   
125 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                    
126 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              31.42

General Classification after stage 4

1 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                              17.00.17
2 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        0.07
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.09
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                         0.15
5 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     0.22
6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       0.28
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   0.29
8 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                               0.31
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                            
10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          0.33
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       0.52
12 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             0.56
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.04
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                         1.08
15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              1.11
16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        1.25
17 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                   2.05
18 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       2.25
19 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                       2.27
20 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     2.34
21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                  2.35
22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  2.36
23 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                              2.40
24 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                2.41
25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
26 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            2.43
27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               2.50
28 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             2.52
29 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     3.10
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3.28
31 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        3.34
32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      3.40
33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
34 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        3.41
35 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      3.42
36 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                               3.55
37 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                      4.07
38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
39 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                      4.09
40 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         4.47
41 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     4.53
42 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                      5.14
43 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                          5.38
44 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               6.01
45 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             6.05
46 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         6.06
47 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        6.09
48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                6.43
49 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                 7.23
50 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                           7.54
51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               8.06
52 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             8.26
53 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team                                    9.01
54 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                 9.19
55 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           9.40
56 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        10.27
57 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Team L.P.R.                        10.47
58 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                       10.52
59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               12.09
60 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 12.24
61 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                     12.47
62 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   13.39
63 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                13.43
64 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     13.45
65 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  13.55
66 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                13.58
68 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             14.49
69 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        14.57
70 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                          15.59
71 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              16.45
72 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             16.55
73 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           17.03
74 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         17.25
75 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             17.47
76 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    18.19
77 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                             18.21
78 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                18.31
79 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                       18.32
80 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                     18.35
81 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     18.41
82 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           18.51
83 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            19.20
84 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            19.22
85 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                 19.31
86 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                 21.56
87 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                        22.06
88 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               22.58
89 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                    23.08
90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          23.12
91 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         23.14
92 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                     23.24
93 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    23.29
94 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     25.11
95 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      25.21
96 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 29.01
97 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                       29.30
98 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                 29.45
99 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                        30.21
100 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                         31.06
101 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             31.17
102 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                31.40
103 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              32.56
104 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                        33.22
105 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      34.03
106 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           34.56
107 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                     35.12
108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    36.21
109 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                               37.31
110 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                                      37.33
111 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 37.55
112 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                  40.46
113 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                41.03
114 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                        41.28
115 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              42.26
116 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                              43.30
117 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                           43.34
118 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                              46.04
119 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 46.39
120 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                   48.18
121 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               49.15
122 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                    49.18
123 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                     51.55
124 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                 51.59
125 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 54.44
126 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               54.57

Points Classification
 
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   32 pts
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       28
3 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                               26
4 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     25
5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                      23
6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    22
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                22
8 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     20
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                     16
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                    16
11 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 13
12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        12
13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           11
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                           10
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       10
16 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                   10
17 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 10
18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       9
19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               8
20 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                               8
21 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                      7
22 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                7
23 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                       7
24 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                              7
25 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                        6
26 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                  6
27 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           5
28 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                         5
29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                       3
30 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                    3
31 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    3
32 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      2
33 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      2
34 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2
35 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1
36 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                1
37 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                           1
38 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       1
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            64 pts
2 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                      42
3 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       30
4 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                            18
5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  18
6 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                               12
7 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    12
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        8
9 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               8
10 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           8
11 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               8
12 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          8
13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  6
14 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           5
15 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                 5
16 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     4
17 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                   4
18 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               4
19 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                    4
20 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                4
21 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               4
22 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                      2
23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                        2
24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           2
25 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            1
26 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    1
 
Sprint Classification
 
1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    10 pts
2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                9
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                7
4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   7
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             7
6 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                             7
7 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                3
8 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3
9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            3
10 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                     3
11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1
12 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                       1

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