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61st Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, May 1-6, 2007
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Stage 5 - May 6: Lausanne - Lausanne, 20.4 km
Dekker takes it all
By Susan Westemeyer
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It was the second consecutive year that the winner of the finishing time trial has moved up into first place to take the victory overall. Last year's winner Cadel Evans finished fourth this year in both the stage and the GC.
"I'm happy but it's also a bit of a surprise because this Tour de Romandie was not on my schedule at the beginning of the season," Dekker said. "Time trialing is my specialty and actually I was sixth in the same stage two years ago." Dekker was the Dutch time trial champion in 2004 and 2005.
"I expected to be on the podium, but not necessarily to win. I did not know I was so strong at that stage of the season. It's pretty big for me to beat big champions like Savoldelli and Kasheshkin today. Now I'll have time to celebrate a little prior my next race in a month," the young Dekker said. He was the first Dutchman to win the race since 1988.
Savoldelli, who wore the leader's jersey for the first few stages after winning the opening time trial, congratulated his young rival, and noted that "My team Astana worked very hard all week to help me and Kashechkin, and we were all a little tired. But Dekker is a great rider."
How it unfolded
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121 riders went down the starter's ramp in brilliant sunshine, a welcome change after the heavy rains of the last few days. The riders were thankful for the dry conditions as they rode the 20.4 km over the hilly, winding city course with lots of corners, curbs, traffic islands and narrow lanes, not to mention a few cobblestone sections.
Milram's Sebastian Schwager was the first to go, and the first to come in, with a time of 30.32. He was followed by Laszlo Bodrogi, who rode the course in 28 minutes flat, good enough for an 18th place in the end.
Bodrogi's time stood for nearly 45 minutes, until Liquigas' Charley Wegelius came through in 27.52. Then many quicker times followed, with Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile Team), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), and Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana) bringing in new best times.
Finally, Kascheckin blasted through, 34 seconds faster than teammate Mazzoleni, and becoming the first man in under 27 minutes. His time was good enough to hold off Evans, who also broke the 27 minute barrier, but was 11 seconds behind the Kazahk.
Savoldelli, riding smoothly and steadily, came in with over six seconds advantage for the lead, but Dekker was the next behind him. In contrast, the young Dutchman was a jittery-looking rider, with his long thin legs pumping wildly.
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Dekker was so fast that he had ridden into the virtual overall win along the way, but it remained to be seen whether he could keep his speed and strength up the whole distance. Finally, going all out and with his tongue hanging all the way out, he crossed the finish line over five and a half seconds faster than his Italian rival.
Forgotten in the excitement was Euskaltel - Euskadi's Igor Anton, who started the day in second place overall and finished it in seventh, losing 1.53 and coming in 41st on the stage.
The final rider over the line was Chris Horner of Predictor-Lotto, who won the leader's jersey in Saturday's mountain stage. He finished seventh on the day, with a time of 27.31, and fell to fifth overall.
Dekker is now ready for a racing break, having had a full spring schedule. He will return to racing action in the Tour de Suisse in preparation for the Tour de France, where he has his eye on the young rider's white jersey.
Photography
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- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) rides, tongue hanging out, on his way to win the stage and the overall.
- Winner of the Tour of Romandie, Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) of the Netherlands smiles while he receives kisses.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) of Italy rode to second today and in the overall.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) of Kazakhstan took third today and overall.
- Australian Cadel Evans (Predictor Lotto) on his way to fourth overall.
- The podium (left to right): Paolo Savoldelli (Astana), Thomas Dekker (Rabobank), and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
- Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) dropped from first to fifth overall in the final stage.
Results
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 26.36.24 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 0.05 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 0.12 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.23 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 0.46 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.52 7 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 0.55 8 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.57 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.01 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.08 12 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 13 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.11 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.13 15 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.15 16 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.18 17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.21 18 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.24 19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.25 20 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 1.27 21 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28 22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.29 23 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 1.30 24 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 25 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.32 26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1.33 27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 28 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.34 29 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.36 31 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.37 32 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 1.38 33 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.44 34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.47 36 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.48 38 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 39 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.50 40 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 41 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.53 42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 43 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.54 44 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.59 46 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.05 47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 48 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.07 49 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team 2.09 50 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 51 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 2.10 52 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.11 53 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 2.12 54 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 56 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.14 57 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.15 58 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.18 59 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.19 62 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.20 63 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 2.22 64 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 2.24 65 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.25 66 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 2.26 67 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.27 69 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.28 72 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.29 73 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.30 74 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 75 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.31 76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2.33 77 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 78 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 79 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.35 80 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.36 81 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 82 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.37 83 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.38 84 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 2.39 85 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 86 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.41 87 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 2.43 88 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 2.45 89 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 90 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 91 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.46 92 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.49 93 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2.51 94 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.54 95 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 96 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.56 97 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.57 98 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 2.58 99 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.08 100 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.09 101 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.10 102 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 3.12 104 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 105 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.13 106 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.18 107 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 3.19 108 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 3.27 109 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.30 110 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.34 111 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Team L.P.R. 3.36 112 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 3.47 113 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 3.48 114 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 3.56 115 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 4.13 116 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 4.19 117 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 118 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.28 119 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.42 120 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R. 5.20 121 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 5.35 Final General Classification 1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17.27.02 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 0.11 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 0.34 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.43 5 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 0.46 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.35 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.51 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.53 9 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1.55 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.00 11 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.03 12 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.23 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.46 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.50 15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.02 16 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3.15 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.43 18 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.44 19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 4.01 20 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 21 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.11 22 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.20 23 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.43 24 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 4.50 26 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.52 27 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5.08 28 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 29 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.10 30 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 31 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5.17 32 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.23 33 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.41 34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.42 35 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5.46 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.51 37 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.09 38 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 6.12 39 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 6.15 40 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.18 41 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 6.37 42 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.56 43 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.03 44 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7.21 45 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 7.28 46 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.24 47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.49 48 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 8.53 49 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.22 50 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 9.26 51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.16 52 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team 11.01 53 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.11 54 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11.26 55 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 11.43 56 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.00 57 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 13.16 58 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Team L.P.R. 14.14 59 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 14.16 60 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.37 61 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 14.43 62 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team 14.54 63 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.05 64 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 16.18 65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 16.21 66 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.34 67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 68 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 17.20 69 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 17.49 70 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 18.02 71 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18.41 72 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 19.41 73 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.54 74 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19.56 75 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.02 76 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.06 77 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.51 78 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 20.57 79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 21.05 80 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.08 81 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.31 82 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.02 83 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 22.49 84 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 23.24 85 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 24.01 86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 24.43 87 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 24.48 88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.33 89 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 25.53 90 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.02 91 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.30 92 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.20 93 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.17 94 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 32.33 95 Luca Celli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 32.34 96 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 32.54 97 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.55 98 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34.12 99 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com 35.16 100 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 36.01 101 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 36.32 102 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 36.46 103 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.15 104 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 38.57 105 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 40.36 106 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.56 107 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 41.09 108 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42.59 109 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 43.03 110 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 44.15 111 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 45.31 112 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 46.23 113 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46.59 114 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 48.38 115 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 49.00 116 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 50.30 117 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team 51.48 118 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) Team L.P.R. 53.44 119 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 56.05 120 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Team L.P.R. 57.10 121 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 58.44 Points Classification 1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 43 pts 2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 35 3 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 4 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 32 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 31 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 26 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 23 9 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 10 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 11 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 13 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 12 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 10 17 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 10 18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 10 19 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 9 20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 8 21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 8 22 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7 23 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 7 24 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 7 25 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 7 26 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 6 27 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 6 28 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 29 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5 30 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 32 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3 33 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 3 34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3 35 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 36 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 38 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 39 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 1 40 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1 41 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 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 10 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 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 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1 Sprints 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 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 11 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 1
