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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, September 9-15, 2007
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Stage 4 - September 13: Rother Valley Country Park - Bradford, 163.3 km
Palomares wins in Bradford
By Gerry McManus
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Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) powered his way to the stage victory in Bradford and took the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) in the process. Palomares won the three man sprint into Bradford with Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport) and David Rodriguez Blanco (Duja Tavira). The stage will be remembered for two reasons in addition to Palomares's victory. Firstly, the stage from Rotherham to Bradford was re-named in tribute to the gallant fundraiser Jane Tomlinson who lost her battle with cancer recently. Secondly, the stage featured a bizarre neutralised section of 25 km in North Yorkshire.
"I am very happy," said Palomares. "It was my second victory of the season. I won the last stage of the Regio Tour in front of Alessandro Pettacchi and I am happy. I knew the last climb was going to decide the stage. I attacked at the bottom of the climb because there were some Skil-Shimano riders there and I knew I had to drop them. I knew that Rodriguez Blanco was strong too and the two of us rode with Stubbe and we worked very well together."
"I came here with the ambition of winning a stage and if I leave here with the yellow jersey, then obviously that is even better, but it is going to be difficult because there are good riders here but I will be trying."
"I thought that Rodriguez Blanco would be in the yellow jersey today but it turned out to be me because of time bonuses," continued the 31 year-old from Valencia: "It will be very hard to defend the lead. The Tinkoff team tried and they suffered. We know that we have very good riders and we will suffer but we will sell this lead at a very high price."
How it unfolded
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The race was led off by the family of Jane as a tribute to the woman who raised money for cancer charities having been diagnosed with the illness a number of years ago. Brave Tomlinson took on tough challenges including running marathons and cycling across America in her quest to raise cash for cancer charities.
When the racing finally got going on the flat stage, it was apparent that many riders had fancied their chances and attacks were thick and fast. Race leader Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) consolidated his lead by winning the sprint prime at Wickersley to gain three seconds bonus.
Britain's Paul Manning had already won the most combative rider award in Wednesday's stage and was looking good for the double when he won the third category KOM prime at Limestone Hill with Roger Hammond (T-Mobile) close behind. Fifteen riders had gone clear and were rocketing along the straight and narrow roads towards Thorne in Yorkshire with Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles Tony Gibb leading the break over the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. Team CSC were driving the bunch behind with Trusov tucked in nicely behind their train.
The leaders were quickly caught and the bunch split into two at the 70km mark with 26 rides going clear to build up a 29 second advantage. Trusov had missed the break but second placed CSC rider Luke Roberts had made the cut along with third place Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano) and fourth place Romain Feillu (Agritubel). Trusov was now in serious trouble and had lost the leader's jersey on the road.
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Bizarrely after around 80km of racing, the whole race was neutralised. Race officials used the rule normally applied when riders are caught at railway crossings. The race organisers' official statement was that North Yorkshire Council had failed to issue a document in time which gave the police permission for the rolling road closures and thus the race had to be neutralised until it went through the council boundary. The race was stopped for fifteen minutes while everyone was informed of the problem.
According to the race organisation, they only discovered the error on Wednesday evening and decided to make the race neutralised after consulting the police motorcycle escort group. The decision was a surprise to everyone else on the race including team managers and riders. The peloton rode at a steady pace and were allowed to go through the traffic junctions with traffic lights but race photographers on motorbikes were told that they had to obey the rules of the road and had to stop at red lights.
The whole peloton rode together for around 25km and the race was stopped and re-started again to allow the race leaders to regain their 29-second advantage. Problem solved - and the leaders got back into a rhythm and gained more time on the bunch. The lead was over a minute 10km later.
Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano) won the sprint at Otley and a front group of 23 was together at the bottom of the tough climb of the Cow and Calf. Luke Roberts was in yellow on the road and looked good for the overall lead. Palomares and Blanco Rodriguez put in a powerful attack on the climb. Roberts couldn't respond going over the summit only in sixth place and it wasn't enough. The race winning break had been formed with Palomares, Blanco Rodriguez and Stubbe. The trio had a 20 second lead with nineteen riders chasing on the fast run in to the finish in Lister Park, Bradford. Palomares made sure he was first round the hairpin bend just 200 yards from the finish and the Spanish professional powered his way to the chequered flag.
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Romain Feillu (Agritubel) has been steadily moving up in the points classification and received the green jersey thanks to winning the group sprint for fourth place. Australia's Zak Demspter (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) leads the sprints competition four points ahead of Rooijakkers.
Ben Swift (Barloworld) held on to the mountains jersey which must further improve his chances of a professional contract with the team for next season.
"It was nice to have the jersey on the podium in my hometown of Rotherham this morning," said Swift: "It is where I started my cycling career really. There was a big group of people I knew at the top of the first KOM. There were three guys away and I attacked to pick up the last point available."
"The first hour was stupidly fast," continued Swift. "None of the breaks were staying away until the big group went with most of the teams in it. I was a bit worried that Paul (Manning) was in the break as he was second in the mountains competition but I knew I had a comfortable lead."
Swift talked about the race being stopped. "Nobody really knew what was happening, said Swift: "It was a big shock getting started again as my body just seized up. Some of the riders weren't too happy but some were glad of the rest especially after the hectic start. Tomorrow is the last real danger day for the mountains competition with three category two climbs and will try to pick up as many points as I can. The team are pleased and they have given me the all-clear now to go and pursue it which is quite pleasing."
Blanco Rodriguez is only one second behind Palomares going into the penultimate stage from Liverpool to Kendal with Roberts eight seconds back. Rooijakkers lies in fourth at nine seconds. The 170km Friday stage has 50km pan flat followed by undulating roads that include three second category climbs. The yellow jersey could change hands again with nine seconds bonus on offer to any rider who can win all three sprint primes.
Photography
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- Joker in the pack: Ed Clancy (Great Britain) enjoys a joke with the team before the stage start.
- School kids enjoying some pre-race entertainment.
- Geraint Thomas (Barloworld) drops in on some old friends in the GB team - Alex Dowsett and Russell Hampton.
- Scotland's James McCallum (Plowman Craven – Evans Cycles) in celebratory mood after his team beat France in the football European Championships on Wednesday evening.
- Aussies on Tour: SouthAustralia.com Director Sportif with T-Mobile Director Sportif Alan Peiper.
- Britain's Geraint Thomas (Barloworld) enjoying a joke with his old Great Britain team-mates.
- Race leader Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) in the yellow jersey crosses the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation canal at over 30mph.
- Britain's Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles) leads the 15 man breakaway group at over 30mph approaching Thorne in Yorkshire.
- Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven – Evans Cycles) leads the break at speed over the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation canal.
- The Tomlinson family lead out the Tour of Britain on the stage renamed in memory of Jane Tomlinson who died recently after her long battle with cancer..
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) beats Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport) in the sprint to win the stage into Bradford.
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) beats Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport) in the sprint to win the stage into Bradford and takes over the yellow jersey from Nokolai Trusov (Tinkoff).
- Ben Swift (Barloworld) from Rotherham flanked by the race leader Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) at the post-race press conference.
- Race leader Adrian Palomares wearing the yellow jersey at the press conference.
- Race leader Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) from Valencia is happy wearing the yellow jersey after he won the stage into Bradford.
- Kisses from Polly and Angel for Britain's Ben Swift (Barloworld) who retains the king of the mountains jersey going into Thursday's stage to Kendal.
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) beats Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport) to win the stage into Bradford and take over the yellow jersey.
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) on the winners podium clad in the yellow jersey after he won the stage and took over the race lead.
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) on the podium wearing the race leader's yellow jersey after he won the stage into Bradford.
- Britain's Ben Swift (Barloworld) on the podium wearing the polka dot king of the mountains jersey after he retained the lead in the competition after the stage into Bradford.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) beats fellow Briton Ben Swift (Barloworld) in the bunch sprint for the line.
Images by Rick Wilson
- Ben Swift (Barloworld) is proud to be starting in his home town wearing the King of the Mountains jersey.
- Crowd favourite Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) chats to Hugh Porter during sign-on.
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) celebrates as he takes a very exciting stage.
- An ecstatic Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) finally comes to a halt.
- Simon Holt (Recycling.co.uk) crosses the line looking tired after a very hard stage nearly four minutes down.
- Boy Van Poppel (Rabobank) and Andrew Tennant (Great Britain) lead a small group a further few seconds behind.
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) cannot hide his joy on the podium.
- Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) receives the Madison-Shimano Combativity award for the stage from Mike Tomlinson.
- Zakkari Dempster (South Australia.com-AIS) needs little more incentive than this to keep going for the Sprints jersey!
- Romain Feillu (Agritubel) receives similar attention as the new holder of the green Points jersey.
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) now resplendent in the Yellow jersey, his lead just an amazing solitary second!
- Ever want to get rid of those pesky photographers? Here's how...
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) happy to show of his Stage Trophy only his fourth career win and Bradford Bear!
Results
1 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2.43.41 (43.01 km/h) 2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.12 5 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 7 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 8 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 9 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 12 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 13 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 15 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 16 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 17 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 18 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 19 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 20 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 0.16 21 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 0.18 22 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.22 23 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 0.29 24 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 0.57 25 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 26 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 27 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 28 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 29 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 30 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 32 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 33 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 34 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 35 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 36 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 37 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 38 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 39 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 40 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 41 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 42 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 43 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 44 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 45 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 46 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 47 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 48 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 50 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 51 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank 52 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 53 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 54 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 55 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 56 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 57 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 1.10 58 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 3.23 59 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 3.32 60 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3.47 61 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 3.50 62 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 63 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 64 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 65 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 66 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 67 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4.01 69 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4.20 70 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 71 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 6.30 72 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 73 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 74 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 10.32 75 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 11.45 76 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 77 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 78 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 79 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 80 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 81 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 82 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 83 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 84 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 12.49 85 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 86 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 87 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 88 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 89 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 90 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 91 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 92 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.56 Sprints Wickersley 1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 pts 2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 3 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 4 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 1 Moorends 1 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1 Otley 1 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 pts 2 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 3 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 2 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1 Mountains KOM Cat 3: Limestone Hill 1 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 4 pts 2 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 3 3 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 1 KOM Cat 1: Cow and Calf 1 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 10 pts 2 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 8 3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 4 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 5 5 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 3 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1 Teams 1 Fuerteventura-Canarias 8.11.27 2 Duja Tavira 0.45 3 Skil-Shimano 0.57 4 South Australia.com-AIS 5 Rabobank 6 T- Mobile 1.01 7 CSC 1.07 8 Agritubel 1.14 9 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 1.30 10 Barloworld 1.42 11 Great Britain 12 Navigators Insurance 1.48 13 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2.27 14 Recycling.co.uk 5.17 15 Team Konica Minolta 8.13 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.34 17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 14.37 General classification after stage 4 1 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 13.47.30 2 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 0.01 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.08 4 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.09 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.11 6 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 0.14 7 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.17 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.18 10 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.20 11 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.21 12 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.22 13 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 0.42 14 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1.03 16 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1.08 17 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 1.10 19 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 1.11 21 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1.16 23 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 1.19 24 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.27 25 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 1.31 26 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1.40 27 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.13 28 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2.29 29 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 3.38 30 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4.31 31 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4.35 32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 5.51 33 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 6.00 34 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 6.07 35 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 7.54 36 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 9.07 37 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.08 38 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 11.13 39 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 11.18 40 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 41 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 11.31 42 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 11.39 43 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.52 44 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 11.53 45 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 12.00 46 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12.03 47 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 48 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 12.04 49 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 12.07 50 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 12.11 51 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 12.14 52 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 12.33 53 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 12.36 54 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 12.42 55 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 14.29 56 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 14.59 57 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 15.09 58 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 15.33 59 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 16.54 60 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 17.29 61 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 21.34 62 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank 21.37 63 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 21.48 64 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 21.53 65 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 22.01 66 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 22.02 67 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22.46 68 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 22.53 69 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 22.55 70 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 24.31 71 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 24.43 72 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 25.40 73 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 25.50 74 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.53 75 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 26.13 76 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 27.38 77 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 28.34 78 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 29.14 79 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 31.32 80 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 32.51 81 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33.04 82 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 33.09 83 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 33.27 84 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 33.38 85 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 33.49 86 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 33.56 87 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 34.05 88 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 34.06 89 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 35.25 90 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 35.52 91 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36.29 92 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36.54 Points classification 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 32 pts 2 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 26 3 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 25 5 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 24 6 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 23 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 22 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 22 9 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 18 10 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 16 11 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 15 12 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 15 13 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 14 14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 14 15 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 13 16 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 12 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 12 18 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 20 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 11 21 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 10 22 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 10 23 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9 24 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 25 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 9 26 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 8 27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 7 28 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 29 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 6 30 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 31 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 4 32 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 4 33 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 34 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 35 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 36 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 37 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 38 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2 39 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 1 40 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprint classification 1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 20 pts 2 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 3 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 10 4 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 5 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 7 7 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 7 8 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 6 9 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 6 10 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5 12 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 13 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 4 14 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 15 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 16 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 3 17 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 3 18 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 19 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 2 20 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2 21 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 2 22 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 1 Mountains classification 1 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 32 pts 2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 22 3 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 20 4 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 18 5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 16 6 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13 7 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 13 8 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 8 9 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 8 10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 11 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 7 12 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 7 13 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 15 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 6 16 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 5 17 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 5 18 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 19 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 20 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 4 21 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 22 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 23 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 3 24 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 25 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 2 26 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 27 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 28 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2 29 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1 30 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 1 31 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1 32 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Team classification 1 Fuerteventura-Canarias 41.23.21 2 Duja Tavira 0.37 3 Skil-Shimano 0.51 4 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 1.39 5 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2.28 6 South Australia.com-AIS 5.47 7 CSC 5.56 8 Agritubel 6.02 9 Barloworld 8.39 10 Rabobank 16.46 11 Great Britain 17.49 12 Navigators Insurance 24.08 13 T- Mobile 27.37 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 35.09 15 Team Konica Minolta 50.02 16 Recycling.co.uk 55.05 17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 1.07.54
