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GP Ouest France-Plouay - CDM & ProT
France, September 1-2, 2007
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Race 2 - September 2: Men's ProTour GP Ouest-France, 210.1km
Voeckler wins for the courageous crowd
By Jean-François Quénet in Plouay
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Thomas Voeckler claimed the biggest win of his career so far as he anticipated the bunch sprint of the GP of Plouay and finished ahead of Thor Hushovd and Danilo Di Luca, the latter increasing his lead in the UCI Pro Tour standings. The event's dark horse Alejandro Valverde, whose participation had been overshadowed by renewed links to Operación Puerto, came home anonymously at the back of the main field.
As the race looked set for another bunch sprint, there was some speculation that a win by Valverde could mean a repetition of the scenario from two years ago, when George Hincapie wasn't a welcome winner just days after doping revelations about Lance Armstrong appeared in French newspaper in L'Equipe. The Breton public aren't very friendly towards riders suspected of doping.
In the context of the post-2007 Tour de France, it was a relief for everyone in Plouay that a Frenchman was still able to pull off a true exploit. In the morning of the race, Voeckler, who just finished the Tour du Poitou-Charentes as an overall winner told L'Equipe: "I have a lot of respect for the spectators who come numerously at the Tour de France. They have to wait for a few hours. They watch us just a few seconds and they get stuck in the traffic jams for ages while we get escorted by the police forces.
"Considering all that, we can't say that cycling is a crap sport, that I'd like to quit, etc. No, many people believe in us and we can't forget that cycling isn't just a job, it's our passion. Last Tuesday, I hadn't raced for three weeks and I was so excited to start the Tour of Poitou-Charentes."
On the podium in Plouay, he repeated that he was dedicated to his job because of what the crowd deserves. No surprise, he received a lot of applause. Voeckler's last minute attack actually saved the ProTour event from becoming a frustrating race, had it finished in another bunch sprint. "When Voeckler attacked, nobody followed him," runner up Thor Hushovd explained. "I won the sprint quite easily. I felt really strong all day. I'm not happy to come second, but it's a good result and I'm happy that Thomas is the winner."
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Di Luca was another happy loser. "My goal here was to score as many UCI ProTour points as possible," the Italian said. "I'm satisfied with third place. I thank my team for having done the hard work. During the final sprint, I followed Filippo Pozzato who was kind to slow down and let me come third instead of fourth. Now I'll go to the Tour of Poland with the ambition to score a few more points. I think the ProTour is almost won but I'll wait for the results of the Tour of Spain where Cadel Evans can also threaten my lead."
One of the team-mates who did a fantastic job for Di Luca was defending champion Vincenzo Nibali, who forgot about his own ambitions despite being in a great shape. He put himself at the service of his leader as much as he did it at the Tour of Italy. "I was always ready to break clear but I've played the cards of the team and I'm quite happy with the result we got at the end," Nibali said at the finish line.
As usual in Plouay, the winner was lavished with gifts and the ceremony was a huge success, as well as a relief for the French cycling community. "I won the Tour du Poitou-Charentes on Friday but I didn't grab a stage win," recalled Voeckler. "The feeling of winning alone is the best one. It's unforgettable. In the finale, I didn't think much, except about winning.
"This is one of the biggest races in France, I should say this is one of the biggest races in the world, it's a ProTour race! In my career, I've often attacked with 3km to go, but I didn't often succeed. This is a huge satisfaction to have made it. I wasn't sure of anything when I attacked. I did it for the win, not for the show. I knew I was riding at 55km/h and the bunch was able to ride at 75km/h. That's why I didn't believe in my win before the 200 metres to go mark."
The GP Plouay might have been a boring race but it produced a great finale.
How it unfolded
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Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux), Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis) and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) attacked during the first of 11 laps of the GP Plouay. They reached a maximum lead of 8'51 after 60 kilometres of racing.
With 50km to go, they got reinforcements from Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom), Jens Voigt (CSC), Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Anthony Charteau (Crédit Agricole), Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com).
Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Andy Capelle (Landbouwkrediet) and Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick Step) went in search of the break but the trio fell victim to the reaction from the peloton. Liquigas asked Quinziato to step down and they started chasing hard as the gap was 1'41 with 33km to go.
Smelling a bunch sprint, Quick.Step became the most active team in the peloton with Liquigas and Caisse d'Epargne giving a hand. Italian champion Giovanni Visconti looked to be in superb condition but never got the opportunity to profit from it.
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With one lap to go, Vandenbergh was dropped. On the côte du Lézot, the first of the three hills in the final lap, the three remaining leaders were Voigt, Fedrigo and Lastras with the German doing most of the work as usual. The Quick.Step rider on the counter-attack was Cédric Vasseur who rode strongly with defending champion Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and Wegmann still holding their wheels. Martin Elmiger (Ag2r) and Andriy Grivko (Milram) then joined the chasing trio.
The next spectacular move was from UCI ProTour leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) with 12km to go, but he was heavily marked and returned to the shrinking peloton. With 9.5km to go, it was Bradley Wiggins' turn to show up, but his attack also came to nothing. The leading trio of Voigt, Fedrigo and Lastras were finally reeled in with 5km to go.
Thomas Voeckler's attack with 2.8km to go was absolutely brilliant. In the bunch behind, there was some hesitation as to who should take up the chase, and that was all the Frenchman needed. He created a small gap for himself, and with 200 metres to go, looked back and realised he was the winner of the GP Plouay. He was welcomed by a totally enchanted crowd.
Photography
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- Last minute adjustments
- Confidence before the start.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) is ready to ride.
- Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile) wears glasses fitting to the weather.
- Look, I am all wired up for the race!
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) leads the ProTour and has a white jersey to show it, too
- A Band Aid will help with about anything.
- Tristan Valentin (Cofidis) works for his race leader Chris Sutton.
- The escape of the day with Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom), Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) and Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis).
- Pieter Weening (Rabobank) in the bunch.
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) at the head of the race.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) with one lap to go.
- Pablo Lastras with his team mate Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Danilo Di Luca (Liguigas).
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) wins the Grand Prix Ouest-France Plouay following his success in the Tour Poitou Charentes on Friday.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) answers the press.
- The podium (l-r): Thor Hushovd (Crédit-Agricole), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Danilo Di Luca (Liguigaz).
- The three strong men of the day.
Results
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.32.47 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.02 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick.Step - Innergetic 6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 8 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 16 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 17 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 18 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 19 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis 20 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 21 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 22 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick.Step - Innergetic 23 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 24 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 28 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick.Step - Innergetic 29 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 30 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 32 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 34 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Slipstream-Chipotle 36 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 37 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 40 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 41 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 42 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 43 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 45 Peter Stetina (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 46 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 47 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 48 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 49 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 51 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 52 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Emilien Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 54 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 55 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick.Step - Innergetic 57 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic 58 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 59 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 60 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 61 Ruben Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 63 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 64 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 65 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 66 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.10 68 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 0.12 69 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 0.16 70 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 0.38 71 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43 72 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.31 74 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 76 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 77 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 78 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick.Step - Innergetic 79 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 83 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 84 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 85 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 87 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 88 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 89 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 90 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 91 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 92 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 93 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 94 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram 95 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 97 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 98 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.09 100 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 101 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.35 103 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 104 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 105 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 106 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 107 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 108 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 109 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.25 110 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 111 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 5.06 112 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 6.05 113 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 6.30 114 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic 115 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 116 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick.Step - Innergetic 117 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 118 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 119 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 120 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel 121 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile 123 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 124 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 125 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 126 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 127 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 128 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 129 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 130 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 131 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 8.30 Outside time limit (Hors delai) HD Alex Howes (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas DNF Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Reinbert Cornelis Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana DNF Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana DNF Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana DNF David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner DNF Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner DNF Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner DNF Steven Klenen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank DNF Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank DNF Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC DNF Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC DNF Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC DNF Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel DNF Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel DNF Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto DNF Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNF Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto DNF Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile DNF Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis DNF Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com DNF Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com DNF Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream-Chipotle DNF Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Slipstream-Chipotle DNF Craig Lewis (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle ProTour standings Individual ranking 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 232 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 191 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 190 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 174 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 172 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 129 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 125 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 118 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 115 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 115 11 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 110 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 88 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 87 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 86 15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 85 16 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 81 17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 79 18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 78 19 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 77 20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 74 22 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 70 24 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 70 25 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 69 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 67 27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 66 28 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 65 29 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 64 30 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 63 31 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 62 33 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 62 34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 58 35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 57 36 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 37 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 56 38 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 39 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 54 40 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 54 41 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 42 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 50 43 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48 44 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 45 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 45 46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 47 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 48 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 49 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 42 50 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 42 51 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 52 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.Com 41 53 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 54 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 55 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 38 56 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 37 57 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 36 58 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 59 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35 60 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34 61 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34 62 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 33 63 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33 64 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 32 65 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 31 66 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 67 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 30 69 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 30 70 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.Com 30 71 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 30 72 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 30 73 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 29 74 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 75 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 76 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 77 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 78 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 22 79 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 80 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 20 81 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 82 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 83 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 84 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R Prevoyance 18 85 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 86 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 18 87 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 17 88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 89 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 15 90 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 15 91 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 92 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com 15 93 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step - Innergetic 15 94 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 95 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 96 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 15 97 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 98 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 99 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team CSC 11 100 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 11 101 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 102 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 104 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 10 105 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 106 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 107 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 108 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 109 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 10 110 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 10 111 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 112 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 9 113 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.Com 8 114 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8 115 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 116 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 8 117 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 8 118 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 8 119 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 8 120 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 8 121 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 8 122 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 123 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 8 124 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 8 125 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 8 126 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 7 127 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.Com 7 128 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7 129 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 130 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 7 131 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 132 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 133 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 134 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 135 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 136 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 137 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 138 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 139 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 140 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 141 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6 142 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 143 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 6 144 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 5 145 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 146 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 5 147 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 148 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 149 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 150 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 151 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 152 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 5 153 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 154 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 5 155 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 156 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 157 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 158 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 4 159 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 160 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 161 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 162 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana 4 163 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 164 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 165 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 166 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 167 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 168 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 169 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 3 170 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 171 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 172 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 173 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 174 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 175 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 176 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 177 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 178 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 179 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 3 180 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 181 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 182 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 183 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Credit Agricole 3 184 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 185 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 3 186 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 3 187 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 188 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 189 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 190 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 191 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 192 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 193 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2 194 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 195 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 196 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2 197 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 198 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2 199 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 200 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 201 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 202 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 203 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 204 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2 205 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 206 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 207 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 2 208 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 2 209 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 2 210 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 211 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 212 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1 213 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 214 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 215 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 216 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 217 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1 218 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 219 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 1 220 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 221 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 222 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1 223 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 224 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 225 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 226 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 227 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 228 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 229 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 230 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Team ranking 1 Team CSC 326 pts 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 292 3 Liquigas 289 4 Caisse d'Epargne 283 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 273 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 262 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 259 8 Rabobank 256 9 Predictor-Lotto 238 10 Lampre-Fondital 218 11 T-Mobile Team 209 12 Astana 207 13 Credit Agricole 174 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 169 15 Gerolsteiner 162 16 Bouygues Telecom 151 17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 138 18 Team Milram 133 19 Unibet.Com 127 20 Française Des Jeux 118 Nation ranking 1 Italy 700 pts 2 Spain 632 3 Australia 415 4 Germany 324 5 Luxembourg 296 6 Russian Federation 258 7 Belgium 240 8 Netherlands 221 9 United States of America 213 10 France 178 11 Great Britain 109 12 Kazakhstan 89 13 Slovenia 83 14 Norway 76 15 Ukraine 67 16 Sweden 57 17 Switzerland 38 18 Denmark 33 19 Czech Republic 30 20 Lithuania 27 21 Colombia 25 22 Poland 7 23 People's Republic of China 7 24 Portugal 7 25 Belarus 7 26 Brazil 6 27 Hungary 5 28 Austria 3 29 Ireland 3 30 Japan 2
