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61st Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, May 1-6, 2007
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Stage 2 - May 3: La Chaux-de-Fonds - Lucens, 166.9 km
McEwen gets 'last chance' win in Romandie
By Susan Westemeyer
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Predictor Lotto racer Robbie McEwen's sprint win in the second stage of the Tour de Romandie was overshadowed by a mass crash shortly before the finish line. Overall leader Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) was caught up behind the crash, but managed to stay upright and finished with the same time as McEwen, thus protecting his lead.
Only 10 or so riders were able to ride out the sprint. The crash blocked the road as riders piled on to each other on the narrow street. Borut Bozic of LPR finished second and Enrico Gasparatto (Liquigas) was third on the stage. There was no change in the top three of the GC.
"The team let the escape go and let the sprinters's teams do the work, since it was their stage," Savoldelli said. "When we saw they couldn't organize the chase, we took over again. It was a beautiful day, the more so as I avoided the fall, even if I had to put a foot to the ground. "
McEwen confirmed the chaotic ending, saying "guys were going left and right, and it took a bit of luck to pick the right line." This was his only chance for a stage win in the otherwise mountainous race, he noted. He had cramps the day before and hadn't want to take any risks in the prologue.
How it unfolded
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Three riders weren't at the start in Le Chaux de Fonds: Sylvain Calzati (AG2R), Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) and Tadej Valjavec (Lampre) . The early part of the stage was dominated by a long solo ride by Nicolas Crosbie of Bouyges Telecom, who broke away on the descent from the col des Etroits, at km 68. He built up a lead of up to nine and a half minutes, earning the virtual yellow jersey for much of that time. The peloton let him go and kept on at a moderate pace.
With about 50 km left to go, the peloton finally decided to react and picked up the speed. Crosbie's lead started steadily dropping. Milram and Euskatel shared the lead work with Astana.
As the following peloton started in on the round course which finished off the race, FDJ's Timothy Gudsell banged into the barriers and hit the ground, but was able to get back up and continue the race.
Euskatel took over at the head of the peloton as they started up the next climb, and Crosbie's lead had fallen to 2.12 at the mountain ranking atop the Cote de Surpierre. The peloton flew down the mountain in a long line, and it was clear that Crosbie's time in the lead was not going to last.
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Jussi Veikkanen of FDJ shot out of the peloton and looked to have good chances to get away, but he was eventually overtaken, as was Crosbie. The group was uncontrolled and unorganized at this point, with repeated break out attempts, none of which succeeded. The whole group was strung out along the road because of the high speed, but still seemed to be together.
Unibet's Rigoberto Uran made a momentarily successful break, and was eventually joined by Bobby Julich (CSC) and Martin Elmiger (AG2R), but the three were re-absorbed back into the flying peloton.
With 10 km to go, the peloton still held together, but as it started on the round course again, Astana and Savoldelli were clearly leading the group. They set such a high pace that the first riders were dropped and the peloton started breaking apart.
Astana finally lost control of the group, and the unorganized group flew chaotically under the red triangle signalling the last kilometer. No sprinter trains were organized, and it was every man for himself.
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McEwen was already powering toward the finish line as behind him, Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) of Cofidis hit the ground in the middle of the road. Those behind and around him had no chance to avoid the chaos, and riders and bikes flew around. Those lucky enough to stop without going down were literally stopped, as the street was blocked by the mass crash.
Finally things cleared up enough to let them trickle through, riding past a disgusted-looking David Millar of Saunier Duval sitting on the curb, leaning against the barrier. Miraculously, no injuries were reported.
Friday's third stage runs 163 km from Moudon to Gruyere. It features 1,690 m worth of climbing over one Cat. 2 mountain and two Cat. 3 mountains.
Photography
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- Overall leader Italian Paolo Savoldelli wears the yellow jersey.
- A crash in the peloton mars the final sprint.
- Riders fall during the final sprint.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto) gives his victory salute.
- Robbie McEwen of Australia raises his arms on his way to win.
- Spain's Ignac Gutierrez Cataluna (front) and Colombia's Leonardo Duque sit on the asphalt after crashing in the final yards of the race.
- France's Nicolas Crosbie in a solo break.
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4.01.41 2 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 6 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 7 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 8 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 12 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 15 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 16 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 17 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 20 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 21 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 25 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 27 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 28 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 29 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 34 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 35 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 36 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 38 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 39 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 40 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 41 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 42 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 46 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 47 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 48 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 51 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 52 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 54 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 55 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 58 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 59 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 60 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 61 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 62 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 63 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 66 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 67 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 71 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 72 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 73 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 74 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 75 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 76 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 77 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 78 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 79 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 80 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 81 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 82 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 83 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 84 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 85 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 86 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 87 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 88 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 92 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 93 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 94 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 95 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 96 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 97 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 98 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 99 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 100 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 102 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 103 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 104 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 105 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 106 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 107 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 109 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 110 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 111 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 112 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 113 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.03 114 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1.23 115 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 116 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 1.32 117 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team 118 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 119 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 2.27 120 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.34 121 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 122 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3.22 123 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 124 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 125 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 126 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 128 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.03 130 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.19 131 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 5.25 132 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.27 133 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 134 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 5.53 135 Jaime Castaneda (Col) Lampre-Fondital 136 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 137 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 138 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 139 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 140 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 141 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 142 Reinbert Cornelis Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir 143 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 144 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 145 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 149 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.36 150 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.28 151 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 152 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 153 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 154 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 155 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux 156 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 157 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R. 159 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto General classification after stage two 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 8.15.14 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.05 3 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 0.09 7 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 0.10 8 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.11 10 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.12 13 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 14 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.13 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.14 17 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 0.15 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) Quick Step - 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 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 32 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 0.19 34 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 35 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 36 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 39 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 40 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.20 41 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 42 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 43 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 45 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.21 46 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 48 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 49 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 51 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 52 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22 53 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 54 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 56 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.23 57 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 58 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 59 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.24 60 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 61 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 62 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 0.25 63 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 64 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 65 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.26 67 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.28 69 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 70 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 0.33 71 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.34 72 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.35 73 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0.38 74 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 75 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.39 76 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 0.42 77 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 78 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 79 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 0.47 80 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.21 81 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 3.24 82 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 3.39 83 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 3.43 84 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 3.44 85 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.46 86 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.48 87 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.50 88 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3.51 89 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.52 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 91 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.53 92 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3.54 93 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 94 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 3.56 95 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 96 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 97 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team L.P.R. 3.58 98 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.01 99 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 100 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 4.02 101 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.05 102 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.06 103 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.08 104 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.12 105 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.16 106 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 107 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 4.17 108 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.22 109 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.23 110 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.26 111 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 5.37 112 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.39 113 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 6.23 114 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 6.24 115 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 6.25 116 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6.37 117 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 7.19 118 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.22 119 Jaime Castaneda (Col) Lampre-Fondital 9.51 120 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 9.52 121 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.01 122 Reinbert Cornelis Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.06 123 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.08 124 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 12.04 125 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.26 126 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.42 127 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 13.38 128 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 13.40 129 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 13.46 130 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 13.49 131 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 13.52 132 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 13.58 133 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 14.02 134 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.05 135 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 15.35 136 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 16.00 137 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 16.57 138 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 17.15 139 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 17.18 140 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.58 141 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 19.00 142 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 19.30 143 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 19.37 144 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.41 145 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit Par Téléphone 19.47 146 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 19.48 147 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.52 148 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20.02 150 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux 22.18 151 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 22.25 152 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.26 153 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 154 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 155 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R. 22.33 156 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.37 157 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 22.39 158 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.20 159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27.50
