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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, September 9-15, 2007
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Stage 5 - September 14: Liverpool - Kendal, 170.1 km
Serov scores second Tinkoff victory
By Gerry McManus
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Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) arrived alone to the town of Kendal on Friday, September 14 to claim a well deserved stage victory. Serov had left his breakaway companion Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) in the closing stages of the tough 170 kilometre stage. Cavendish tired in the closing kilometres and just held off the challenge of Romain Feillu (Agritubel), who charged up the hill to finish third, and took over the green jersey as points leader. Race leader Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) finished in seventh place to retain the yellow jersey going into the final day, but with the narrowest possible lead of one second over David Blanco Rodriguez (Duja Tavira). In fact only 21 seconds separate the top 10 overall to leave the race wide open with only Saturday's stage to go.
"The team worked extremely well today," said Palomares: "It is very hard to defend the lead and it we sacrificed from start to finish and were able to achieve our objective which was to keep the yellow jersey."
"Duja Tavira helped at the front of the race but they were racing for their own interest," continued Palomares: "Rodriguez Blanco is only one second behind me so it was more a case of self interest than help. Yesterday was the hardest day for me, but you are under a lot more stress as leader. I prefer long climbs as I am not an explosive rider. It's going to be very difficult day tomorrow. We will defend the jersey to the end. We might end up losing but who ever beats us won't do it without a fight."
How it unfolded
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Trusov had been in the action all day since a group of 10 riders went clear soon after the neutralised section. The riders were faced with strong cross winds along the West coast to Southport. The group included Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile), who had taken first blood at the Southport sprint prime and then doubled it up at Walton le Dale. Other key members of the break were Wesley Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) Anders Lund (Team CSC), Emilen Berges (Agritubel), Geraint Thomas (Barloworld), Alex Dowsett (Great Britain), Martijn Keizer (Rabobank) and Kristian House (Navigators Insurance).
As the race reached the hilly section on the edge of the Forest of Bowland there were only seven leaders left on the road. House, Dowsett and Keizer had inexplicably sat up earlier and went back the bunch. The Fuerteventura-Canarias and Duja Tavira teams were at the head of the bunch and had started to bring the gap to the leaders down to within four minutes.
Trusov and Cavendish decided to attack the group and the duo forged a strong alliance to distance the rest. Serov was first over the KOM climb at Grizedale, while the chase group were working together with the dual purpose of bringing back the leaders and holding off the bunch.
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Cavendish took the sprint prime at 137 km in Hornby and secured the sprinter's jersey for the final day on Saturday, but he was really looking for his 11th victory in his first season as a professional. Serov wasn't going to risk sprinting against Cavendish and he left the 22 year-old behind with about 16 km to go after he had taken the KOM primes at Old Town and Blease Hill. 170 km of racing had left all the riders tired and Serov had to work hard to get up the final 16 percent climb up to the finish but he had plenty of time for a victory celebration.
Some fierce activity behind had seen the chasers mopped up by a strong contingent from the main field just after the final KOM climb.
Cavendish went up the last steep climb to the finish at a slower place but held on for second sport with a large group closing in. Feillu just failed to catch him on the line but had the consolation of taking command of the points leadership by nine points.
The stage victory signalled the second stage success for the Tinkoff team in the British tour after Nikolai Trusov had won Stage 2 into Taunton and took the leadership in the yellow and green jersey competition.
Ben Swift (Barloworld) retained the king of the mountains jersey and is almost certain to keep it when the race ends in Glasgow on Saturday. It is still just mathematically possible to catch him however.
The biggest cheer of the day went to Cavendish who was presented with the sprinters jersey where he now has a two point lead over Zakk Dempster (SouthAustralia.com-AIS). There are three sprints on the 156.5km final stage that travels from Dumfries to Glasgow in Scotland.
Photography
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- The Duja Tavira and Fuertevenruta - Canarias teams lead the chase just after the Grizdale climb on the way to Kendal.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) leads Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) as the duo leave the Forest of Bowland with a lead over five chasers heading to Kendal.
- Geraint Thomas (Barloworld) leads the five man chase group as they leave the Forest of Bowland heading for Kendal.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) leads Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) as the duo stay clear of five chasers.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) works hard on the climbs with Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) wearing the sprinter's jersey.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) gets kisses from Polly and Angel.
- Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) wins the tough stage from Liverpool to Kendal.
- Kisses from Polly and Angel for Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) after he won the stage into Kendal.
- Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) celebrates winning the tough 170km stage from Liverpool to Kendal.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) with the trophy he received for winning the most combative rider award on the stage.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) stops for a photo on the way to signing on for the stage.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) is cheered on by the home fans in Kendal as he finishes the stage in second place.
- Britain's Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) just holds on to finish in second place.
- Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) celebrates in style after the Spaniard retained the yellow jersey.
- Palomares prepares to be kissed.
- Romain Feillu (Agritubel) on the podium with the green jersey as points leader.
- Ben Swift (Barloworld) finds that keeping the mountains jersey has its benefits.
- Ben Swift (Barloworld) in the mountains jersey.
- Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems) amuses the crowd by pulling a banana from the front of his shorts before the stage start.
- Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems) offers the banana to the crowd.
- The race reaches the coast and the beach at Southport.
- The CSC team line up at the sign in.
- Palomares is interviewed before the start of the stage.
- Former pursuit world champion Hugh Porter interviews popular Briton Mark Cavendish.
Results
1 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.00.53 (42.87 km/h) 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 1.43 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.45 4 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 1.47 5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 6 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.49 7 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 9 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 11 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 12 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 13 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 18 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 19 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 1.53 20 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 22 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 23 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 24 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 25 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 26 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 27 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 28 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 29 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 30 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 31 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 32 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 33 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 34 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 35 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 36 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 37 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 38 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 39 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 40 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 41 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 2.05 42 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 43 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 44 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 45 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 46 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 47 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 48 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 49 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 2.10 50 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.12 51 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2.21 52 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 53 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 54 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 2.30 55 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2.32 56 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 57 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 58 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2.34 59 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 60 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 2.38 61 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 62 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 63 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.43 64 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 2.46 65 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 66 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.48 67 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.54 68 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 3.08 69 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3.37 70 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 3.44 71 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 4.09 72 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 4.36 73 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 7.12 74 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 7.28 75 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.23 76 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 9.51 77 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 78 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 9.52 79 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 10.01 80 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 13.27 81 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13.37 82 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 83 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 85 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 86 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 87 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 88 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 89 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 90 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld DNF Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed Sprints Sprint 1: Southport 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 5 pts 2 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 3 3 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 4 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 1 Sprint 2: Walton le Dale 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 5 pts 2 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 3 3 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 4 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 1 Sprint: Hornby 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 5 pts 2 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 3 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 4 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountains KOM 1: Cat 2 - Grizedale 1 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 5 3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 4 4 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 5 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 2 6 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1 KOM 2: Cat 2 - Old Town 1 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 5 3 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 4 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 3 5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 2 6 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 1 KOM 3: Cat 2 - Blease Hill 1 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 5 3 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 4 4 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 5 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 6 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Team 1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.06.17 2 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 1.53 3 Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 T- Mobile 1.57 5 Skil-Shimano 6 Rabobank Continental Team 7 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2.01 8 Duja Tavira 2.03 9 South Australia.com-AIS 2.05 10 Great Britain 2.09 11 Recycling.co.uk 2.13 12 Agritubel 2.21 13 Team Konica Minolta 2.29 14 CSC 2.42 15 Barloworld 3.06 16 Navigators Insurance 3.16 17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 8.01 General classification after stage 5 1 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 17.50.12 2 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 0.01 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.03 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.08 5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 0.12 6 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.13 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 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.21 11 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.26 12 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.36 13 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 0.42 14 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1.07 16 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.08 17 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.10 18 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1.12 19 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 1.14 20 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 1.15 21 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1.20 22 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 1.23 23 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.31 24 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 25 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 1.35 26 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1.44 27 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2.33 28 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 3.54 29 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 6.16 30 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 6.39 31 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 6.40 32 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 8.10 33 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.07 34 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 10.12 35 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 11.11 36 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 11.18 37 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 38 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 11.22 39 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 12.04 40 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 12.11 41 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 12.16 42 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 12.20 43 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 12.44 44 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 12.46 45 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 46 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12.52 47 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 13.03 48 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 13.08 49 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 50 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 13.12 51 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 13.18 52 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 14.01 53 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 14.12 54 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 14.59 55 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 15.25 56 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 16.19 57 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 16.23 58 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 17.37 59 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 21.57 60 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22.04 61 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 22.18 62 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 22.20 63 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 22.22 64 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 22.31 65 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22.50 66 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 23.35 67 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 24.35 68 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 24.47 69 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26.47 70 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 27.28 71 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 27.38 72 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 28.08 73 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 29.17 74 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 31.36 75 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 33.52 76 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 34.37 77 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 34.41 78 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 34.43 79 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 34.53 80 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 35.56 81 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 37.53 82 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 38.50 83 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 40.22 84 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 41.41 85 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 42.18 86 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44.03 87 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 44.29 88 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 44.52 89 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 45.37 90 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 47.13 Sprint classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 22 pts 2 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 20 3 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 4 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 5 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 10 6 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 7 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 7 8 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 6 9 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 6 10 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 6 11 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 12 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 15 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 4 16 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 17 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 18 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 3 19 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 3 20 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 21 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team 2 22 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2 23 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 2 24 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 25 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 1 26 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 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 19 6 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 18 7 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 16 8 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13 9 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 13 10 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 13 11 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 8 12 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 13 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 14 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 7 15 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 7 16 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 7 Points classification 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 45 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 36 3 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 30 5 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 29 6 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 29 7 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26 8 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 26 9 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 25 10 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 24 11 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 23 12 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 22 13 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 19 14 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 15 15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 14 16 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 14 Team classification 1 Fuerteventura-Canarias 53.31.31 2 Duja Tavira 0.47 3 Skil-Shimano 0.55 4 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 1.39 5 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2.36 6 South Australia.com-AIS 5.59 7 Agritubel 6.30 8 CSC 6.45 9 Barloworld 9.52 10 Rabobank Continental Team 16.50 11 Great Britain 18.05 12 Navigators Insurance 25.31 13 T- Mobile 27.41 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 33.16 15 Team Konica Minolta 50.38 16 Recycling.co.uk 55.25 17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles1.14.02
