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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
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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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Images by AFP
- Dutch rider Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) (right), second for today, reacts as Spanish winner Igor Anton (Euskaltel - Euskadi) crosses the finish line.
- Stage 4 winner Igor Anton (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
- New overall leader American Christopher Horner (Predictor Lotto) smiles with his yellow jersey on the podium.
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
