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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 17 - Thursday, July 26: Pau - Castelsarrasin, 188.5km
'Benna' blasts to first Tour stage win in Castelsarrasin
Tuscan Daniele Bennati nails stage while Contador passes first day of
race leadership in maillot blanc
Tuscan Daniele Bennati nails stage while Contador passes first day of race leadership in maillot blanc
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Castelsarrasin with additional reporting by Shane Stokes
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Italian sprinter Daniel Bennati has beaten the likes of Alessandro Petacchi, but has never achieved a victory in the world's largest cycling race until today in Castelsarrasin. The 26 year-old Tuscan entered into an early escape of eight and then made the final selection of four with 19 kilometres remaining. The sprinter from Lampre then made easy work of beating Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) to the line. Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Jens Voigt (Team CSC) finished in third and fourth.
Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) spent his first day ever in the race leadership of the Tour but he was strangely not wearing the coveted maillot jaune. Tour de France organisers decided this morning that no-one would wear the yellow jersey after its former wearer Michael Rasmussen left the Tour in disgrace after being fired by his Rabobank team for lying about his whereabouts leading up to the Tour. Contador wore the maillot blanc of best young rider, a competition he also leads, and he was awarded his first maillot jaune following the stage.
Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic), resplendent in the best sprinter's maillot vert, led the peloton containing Contador home 9'40" after Bennati.
"The sprint was not like a bunch sprint but clearly the speed was there. We arrived with our space, after an escape of 180 kilometres where it was a matter of having the most energy. Luckily, I had good legs," summarised Bennati after his win.
'Benna' had a rough start to the Tour, and after crashing on the second stage in Gent, he was forced to give up his role as protected sprinter to his Sicilian team-mate Danilo Napolitano on the following stages. He soldiered through to finally take his stage win, however, and thanked his family for supporting him. "The first person I thought of was my wife. She has stayed with me in the hard moments. She gives me the strength to battle."
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The four had gone clear with a group containing David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Matteo Tosatto (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Bennati's team-mate Daniele Righi at kilometre 12. They faced difficult moments over the five categorised climbs that dotted the area east of Pau with their gap hovering around only two minutes.
The eight powered over the climbs outside of Tarbes before turning north towards the finish in Castelsarrasin, and then the axe fell when the Scot, Millar, launched an attack. The Saunier Duval rider punched the gas on the final climb of the day, the 1400-metre Côte de la Montagnère. The move dropped Righi and then Quinziato but 'Benna' stayed locked on target, knowing his only chance to win would be if the race came down to a sprint. "I was lucky that no on put in a good attack. It went well that we were able to arrive in a sprint," explained Bennati.
Millar faded under counterattacks along with Tosatto, while up front the die had been cast; 'Benna' was clear with the former Swiss champion Elmiger and Germans Voigt and Fothen. The four worked smoothly together to establish a gap on their former companions.
"My legs are not quite there but it is getting better," recalled Millar post-stage. "I was not in control today. I have been riding aggressively, trying to show myself."
As the afternoon sun beat down on the riders, fatigue from the long effort and a night spent up late discussing Rasmussen's case surely affected the tactics heading into the finale. 'Benna' is recognised as a top sprinter and one that no one wants to take to the line, but at the same time there was only a small gap back to the pursuers.
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A stage winner in last year's Tour, Voigt is well known for his vicious attacks, and when he nailed the accelerator at 4.1 kilometres to go along the Garonne river to Castelsarrasin, Bennati was on the cagey German, with Elmiger working hard to close the gap and towing Fothen along as uncooperative company. These tactics led the race into the final two kilometres when the pace dropped off.
Bennati, who had been on the front, took a log sip of his bottle and looked over his right shoulder while the four rolled down the left side of the road. Like a showdown out of Clint Eastwood's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Elmiger was forced to the front to lead through a right-hand corner at 1400 metres to go while the others readied their pistols for the final shoot-out. Another right-hander led on the four under the flamme rouge to start the last kilometre.
Fothen, who had been sitting last wheel, was first to unholster his weapon, and took off in a huge blast down the right side to anticipate the sprint. 'Benna' jumped on the anxious German and easily came around the left for his first-ever Tour de France win. The victory made up for a spring of bad luck and two hard weeks of fighting in La Grande Boucle.
"I am happy with second place since Bennati is a top sprinter," said 25 year-old Fothen who finished second last year in the young riders' competition. "He has beat guys like Boonen. I tried to surprise him but it wasn't enough. The sprinters' teams were a little bit tired so this was one of the last chances for us. Overall, I am not happy with this Tour."
Contador thought of the upcoming time trial and saving his recently accepted maillot jaune. "55 kilometres is a lot of kilometres. It depends on the day," predicted the 24 year-old. "I think it will be substantially hard to keep the yellow jersey but I think my condition in this third week is good.
How it unfolded
The 17th stage of the Tour de France began with a very different look to 24 hours earlier. The Cofidis team were missing thanks to the positive test of Christian Moreni and, more significantly, previous race leader Michael Rasmussen was far away from a Tour he had looked set to win after Wednesday's final mountain leg.
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There was some speculation as to whether or not his Rabobank team would actually start the stage to Castelsarrasin but, come the time, they were there at the depart. Their morale was seriously dented and they'd spend the day far from the front, but for Thomas Dekker, Denis Menchov, Bram de Groot, Juan Antonio Flecha and Grischa Niermann, the race would continue. All would make it to the finish bar Menchov, who pulled out with approximately 100 kilometres to go.
A total of 124 riders lined out in Pau for the sunny, relatively flat stage. They'd face six climbs along the 188.5 kilometre parcours but with these being a third category ascent plus five fourth category hills, it was far removed from the gruelling battleground of the higher Cols.
The attacks began right from the start. Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) jumped clear and was joined by Mickaël Delage (Française des Jeux) in a short-lived move. After their recapture eight riders went clear and opened a decent gap. The riders concerned were Martin Elmiger (Ag2r – Prévoyance), Daniele Bennati, Daniele Righi (Lampre Fondital), Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step Innergetic), Jens Voigt (CSC) and David Millar (Saunier Duval – Prodir).
Recognising the danger, eleven others tried to get across. The pursuers were Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto), Simon Gerrans (Ag2r Prévoyance), Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel Euskadi), Paolo Bossoni (Lampre Fondital), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Jérôme Pineau, Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), Benoit Vaugrenard (Française Des Jeux) and Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step – Innergetic). However the peloton was trying to keep things under control and succeeded in hauling this chasing group back eleven kilometres after the start.
Twelve clicks later Tosatto beat Voigt, Fothen and Righi to the top of the third category Côte de Baleix. The break had an advantage of 1'10" at this stage and continued to work hard. Quinziato took the intermediate sprint at Rabastens-de-Bigorre (km 44.5), ahead of Millar and former Swiss national champ Elmiger. By this point the octet had 2'15".
The peloton wasn't going to let the break go that easily, though, and with Caisse d'Epargne leading the chase in the hope of taking their first win of this Tour, the lead started to drop. By the time Fothen beat Tosatto and Elmiger to the top of the fourth category Côte de Villecomtal, this was down to 1'30".
This hill was followed in rapid succession by two identically-ranked ascents, the Côte de Miélan (km 55) and the Sainte-Dode-aux-Croix (km 63.5). The order over the first was Fothen, Tosatto and Elmiger, while Millar took the prime over Righi and Bennati on the second of these ascents. Millar and Righi were also first and second on the Côte de Theux (km 72.5), with Fothen nabbing third.
The gap had gone up to 1'50" at this point and continued to grow. With 90 kilometres left they were 2'35" ahead and twenty clicks later it was up to five minutes. The peloton had started to lose interest, helping the break to pull further away.
The eight leaders knew they had a strong chance and were co-operating well. Bennati took the sprint in Solomiac ahead of Voigt and Elmiger and here, with 42 kilometres to go, they still had over seven and a half minutes.
A little earlier, Voigt had gone back to the team car with a problem and, without stopping, the mechanic switched his saddle and seatpost on the move. He had another issue just before the 25 kilometre to go banner and had to pull over to the side of the road with a flat rear wheel. The double Tour stage winner quickly remounted and, aided perhaps by a short period of time holding onto the team car while the mechanic adjusted his brakes, chased back on to the seven others.
Co-operation turns to aggression
Voigt recommenced working and the break moved on to the final climb of the day, the fourth category Montagnère. By this point the Discovery-led peloton had given up thoughts of a bunch finish and were rolling along at a respectable – but not hectic - pace, soaking up the July sun. The break was itself very much still in race mode and Millar set the attacks in motion when he jumped hard on the climb. Elmiger and Voigt covered the move, then the CSC rider countered. However the other riders were able to get back on terms.
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Fothen then attacked but the sprinter-turned-rouleur Bennati was straight on to him. Voigt countered and had a slight gap over Bennati, Fothen and Elmiger at the top of the climb. Driven by the powerful CSC rider, these four pushed on but Tosatto and Millar clawed their way back across.
Bennati, Fothen and Elmiger then went yet more, jumping with approximately 18 kilometres to go. Voigt accelerated and Millar wasn't able to hold the wheel. He and Tosatto slipped back while the other four set about consolidating their lead.
With five kilometres remaining Voigt, Fothen, Bennati and Elmiger had a lead of 1'20" over the next two. Righi and Quinziato were 2'15 back. The main field was 9'44" in arrears and completely out of it as regards the stage win.
One kilometre later Voigt set off the aggression when he jumped. Bennati was looking very strong though, covering the move and looking confident enough to ride on the front. The other three resumed going through until Fothen attacked just before hitting the kite with one kilometre to go. Elmiger tried to cover it but Bennati was the one with the stronger legs, bringing the others up to the German rider.
Elmiger tried to jump with about 500 metres to go but eased back when the others got his wheel. Then Fothen went with 300 metres remaining, trying to steal a march on Bennati. The Italian was far too strong, however, jumping hard, shedding Voigt and Elmiger and then surging past Fothen to take his first Tour de France stage win.
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Voigt kept going for third but was pipped just before the line by Elmiger. Millar and Tosatto then came in 2'41" back, the Saunier Duval – Prodir rider taking the gallop for fifth, and then Quinziato finished ahead of Righi for seventh. They were 3'20" down. Six minutes 17 seconds later the main bunch was led home by maillot vert Tom Boonen, ahead of Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux), Robert Hunter (Barloworld), Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Erik Zabel (Team Milram). This extended his lead to 22 and 25 points respectively over Hunter and Zabel.
Contador hadn't worn the yellow jersey during the stage due to the organisers' decision not to award on this morning, but he received his first ever Tour maillot jaune after the stage. There was no change to the top ten during the race to Castelsarrasin and so the Spaniard will set off on stage 18 with a 1'53" lead over Evans. Leipheimer is 2'49" back while everyone else is at least six minutes down and surely out of it as regards the fight for a podium place.
Stage 18 - Friday, July 27: Cahors - Angoulême, 211km
With one day remaining before the time trial, Friday's stage will see the GC contenders keeping their power dry while anyone else with available energy will chase a victory. Breakaway riders and sprinters will be hoping for success on the stage, which crosses four category four climbs, passes northwest through the Dordogne region and then concludes after 211 kilometres total in Angoulême, also the finish for Saturday's TT.
Climbs:
Km 15: Côte de Salvezou: 1.3 km climb @ 6.5 % grade / 4th Cat.
Km 24: Côte de Lavercantière: 1.2 km climb @ 5.9 % grade / 4th Cat.
Km 39.5: Côte de Saint-Martial-de-Nabirat: 1.5 km climb @ 4.3 % grade / 4th
Cat.
Km 70.5: Côte de Saint-Cyprien: 2.8 km climb @ 4.9 % grade / 4th Cat.
Sprints:
Km 66: Saint-Cyprien
Km 192: Dignac
Photography
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Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Media scrum around Prudhomme and Clerc.
- Prudhomme and Clerc address the media.
- Rabobank arrives.
- Discovery Channel receives the attention with its race leader Contador.
- Johan Bruyneel looks towards a clean cycling.
- Disco Team Manager Johan Bruyneel speaks of Rasmussen case.
- Discovery's Bruyneel speaks at the start of stage 17 about his rider taking the race overall lead due to Rasmussen's departure.
Images by AFP Photo
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) wins stage 17
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) takes the win.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) celebrates winning Stage 17.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) has plenty of time to celebrate.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) makes it look easy.
- All smiles on the podium for stage winner Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital).
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) raises his arms in celebration.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) gets to wear the yellow now.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) doesn't look too sure about the yellow jersey.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) holds up the lion.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) wins the yellow jersey in the post-Rasmussen part of the Tour.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) accepts the winner's flowers.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) adjusts his new yellow jersey.
- Contador pulls on his first maillot jaune
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) smiles as he dons the green jersey again today.
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) gazes skyward
- A little message on a Rabobank helmet.
- David Millar (Saunier-Duval) smiles after Stage 17.
- David Millar answers questions despite his apparent exhaustion
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) assumed the lead today.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) crosses the line.
- The best of the rest Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic)
- David Millar (Saunier-Duval) after a long day in the saddle.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) was denied again
- The lead group of eight riders motors on.
- Juan Antonio Flecha shows the mood of Rabobank
- Grischa Niermann was without both GC leaders after Rasmussen's sacking and Menchov's withdrawal
- Michael Boogerd has a long look after yesterday's GC leader Michael Rasmussen was fired.
- Frederik Willems concentrates before the start.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) crashed on Wednesday's stage, but would have a chance to celebrate Thursday night
- The peloton streams down a long straight road.
- The lead group flies down the road.
- A message for the Tour from would-be fans
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) stands atop the podium.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) comes in for the win.
- Italian Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) won stage 17.
- Stage 17 winner Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital)
- Not the happiest yellow jersey wearer ever, Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) dons his new outift.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Jens Voigt battles for scraps behind Bennati
- Bennati made easy work of the sprint win from the break of four
- Bennati salutes after winning his first Tour stage
- Benna shows the pearlies
- A hard day's work worth the effort for Daniele Bennati
- They have nice flowers in France Bennati admires his bouquet
- Pleased with his stage win Daniele Bennati celebrates
- Bennati gets face time with Bernard Hinault
- Contador dresses in yellow after taking the leader's role from the sacked Rabobank rider Michael Rasmussen
- Zip me up, says Contador
- It's starting to sink in for Alberto Contador
- Contador looks right
- Alberto Contador is serious on the yellow jersey podium
- Bernard Hinault greets Contador
- Bennati has plenty of time to celebrate after winning stage 17 by lengths
- Clap for me! Bennati wins
- One for Italy!
- At long last! Daniele Bennati gets his stage
- Bennati celebrates his first Tour stage win
- Millar not pleased with missing the final split
- Tosatto looks pained after a day in the break
- Quniziato and Righi come trailing in
- The sprint from the peloton
- Boonen dares anyone to come around
- Boonen leads the peloton home
- The softspoken Italian Daniele Bennati gets his first Tour stage win
- Bennati greets the crowds
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) on the stage winner's podium
- Contador steps up to the leader's podium
- Contador seems thrilled with his new outfit
- His first trip onto the leader's podium Alberto Contador waves
- Contador accepts the yellow begrudgingly?
- Alberto Contador looks apprehensive on the yellow jersey podium
- Soler basks in polka dot glory
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) resplendent in dots
- Daniele Bennati after winning stage 17
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4.14.04 (44.52 km/h) 2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.41 6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.43 7 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.20 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.37 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 14 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.39 15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 18 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 24 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 25 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 26 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 29 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 30 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 32 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 34 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 37 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 38 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 41 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 43 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 45 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 46 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 48 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 49 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 50 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 51 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 53 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 57 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 60 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 61 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 62 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 64 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 66 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 67 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 68 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 70 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 71 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 72 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 73 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 74 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 76 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 77 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 78 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 83 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 84 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 85 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 87 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 88 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 90 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 91 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 92 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 93 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 94 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 95 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 96 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 97 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 98 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 99 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 102 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 103 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 104 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 107 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 108 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 109 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 110 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 111 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 112 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 113 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 114 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 115 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 116 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 117 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 118 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 119 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 120 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 122 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 129 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 130 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 132 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 133 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 134 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 135 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 136 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 137 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 138 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 139 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 10.08 140 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 10.22 DNS Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis DNS Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis DNS Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis DNS Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis DNS Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis DNS Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis DNS Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis DNS Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank DNF Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank Points Rabastens-de-Bigorre (D.934-n.21) - km 44.5 1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 2 Solomiac - km 146.5 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 2 Castelsarrasin - km 188.5 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 35 pts 2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 26 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24 5 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 7 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 19 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 17 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 15 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 13 14 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 9 18 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 8 19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 7 20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5 22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 23 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 24 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 2 25 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 Mountains Côte De Baleix - km 23.0 1 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 3 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 4 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 Côte De Villecomtal - km 54.0 1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Côte De Miélan - km 59.5 1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Côte De Sainte-Dode-aux-Croix - km 63.5 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 pts 2 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 Côte De Theux - km 72.5 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 pts 2 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 3 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Côte De La Montagnère - km 169.5 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 3 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Young Rider 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.23.43 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 8 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 14 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 17 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.29 Most Aggressive Rider 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc Teams 1 Lampre-Fondital 12.55.11 2 Gerolsteiner 6.17 3 Team CSC 6.19 4 AG2r Prévoyance 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 9.00 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Liquigas 9.39 8 Barloworld 15.56 9 Française des Jeux 10 Team Milram 11 Crédit Agricole 15.58 12 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Predictor-Lotto 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Agritubel 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Caisse D'Epargne 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Rabobank General Classification After Stage 17 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80.42.08 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.53 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.49 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 6.02 5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.29 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.18 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 11.36 8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.50 9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13.31 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.42 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.07 12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.58 13 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22.14 14 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 23.12 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 24.27 16 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 27.50 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 28.38 18 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 29.48 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 33.21 20 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34.32 21 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 36.13 22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45.23 23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.54 24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 53.23 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 54.05 26 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54.35 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.01.47 28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.03.57 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04.47 30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.07.47 31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.10.20 32 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.11.57 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.16.32 34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.36.00 35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.27.05 36 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.28.10 37 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.28.51 38 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.29.20 39 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.29 40 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.31.03 41 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.31.38 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.33.49 43 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.33.52 44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.36.33 45 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.41.05 46 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.46.10 47 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.46.55 48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.49.01 49 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49.18 50 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1.51.58 51 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.53.31 52 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.55.11 53 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.00.02 54 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.00.42 55 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.01.38 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 2.03.42 57 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.11.53 58 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2.13.28 59 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.13.53 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.14.03 61 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.16.12 62 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.17.40 63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.18.12 64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.19.00 65 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.19.25 66 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.19.49 67 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.19.54 68 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.24.12 69 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 2.25.00 70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.26.44 71 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.27.28 72 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.31.02 73 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.31.03 74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 2.32.59 75 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.34.00 76 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.34.40 77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.35.13 78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.35.29 79 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.37.27 80 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 2.37.46 81 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.39.05 82 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.42.57 83 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.44.27 84 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.49.11 85 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.49.14 86 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.49.37 87 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.52.25 88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.53.05 89 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.53.59 90 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2.55.31 91 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.55.45 92 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.57.07 93 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.57.48 94 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.02.31 95 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 3.03.12 96 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.03.24 97 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 3.05.37 98 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.07.15 99 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 3.07.26 100 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3.08.10 101 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.08.27 102 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 3.09.15 103 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.10.22 104 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3.12.51 105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.14.01 106 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.14.28 107 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3.14.29 108 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.15.34 109 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.16.38 110 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.17.08 111 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.17.18 112 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.17.35 113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.17.58 114 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.18.49 115 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.19.13 116 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 3.19.23 117 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.19.43 118 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.19.48 119 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.19.56 120 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 3.20.02 121 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.20.22 122 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.20.41 123 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 3.20.59 124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.21.00 125 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3.21.51 126 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.22.22 127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.22.46 128 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.23.44 129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.25.35 130 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.27.28 131 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.28.01 132 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.28.48 133 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.28.51 134 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.30.30 135 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.31.32 136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.33.47 137 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.33.58 138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.34.53 139 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37.19 140 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 3.38.57 141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.44.40 Points Classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 212 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 190 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 187 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 143 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 140 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 125 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 93 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 85 10 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 83 11 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 75 12 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 67 15 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 64 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 63 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 63 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 54 20 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 45 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 22 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 24 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 43 25 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 43 26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 28 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 41 29 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 40 30 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 31 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 38 33 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 34 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 35 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36 36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 37 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 38 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 39 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 40 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 41 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 42 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 43 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 44 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29 45 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 46 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 47 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 48 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 49 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 50 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 51 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 53 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 54 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 55 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 56 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 58 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21 59 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 60 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19 61 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 62 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18 63 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 18 64 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 17 65 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 17 66 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 67 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 68 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 69 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 70 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 71 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 14 72 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 14 73 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 75 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 76 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 77 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 79 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 80 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 9 81 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8 82 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 83 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 84 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 86 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 88 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 89 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 90 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 91 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5 92 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 93 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 94 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 95 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 96 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 97 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2 98 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 99 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 100 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 101 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2 102 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 103 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -1 104 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 105 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance -5 106 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 107 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5 108 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -10 Mountains Classification 1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 206 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 92 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 77 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 74 8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 10 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 11 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 13 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 14 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 16 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 45 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 20 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42 21 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 26 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 38 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 25 30 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23 32 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 35 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 38 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 40 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 41 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 42 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 43 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 44 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 12 45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 46 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12 47 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 50 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 51 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9 52 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 53 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7 54 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 55 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 56 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 57 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 59 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 60 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 61 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 62 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 63 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 64 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 65 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 66 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80.42.08 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13.31 3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.54 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.10.20 5 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.11.57 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.26.36 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.28.10 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.28.51 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.19.54 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.39.05 11 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.42.57 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.44.27 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.57.48 14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.17.18 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.19.13 16 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.19.43 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.20.22 18 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.21.00 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3.21.51 20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.25.35 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37.19 22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 3.38.57 Teams Classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 242.20.41 2 Team CSC 15.22 3 Caisse D'Epargne 16.48 4 Rabobank 35.00 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.04 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.30.03 7 Predictor-Lotto 1.46.21 8 Lampre-Fondital 2.08.44 9 AG2r Prévoyance 2.11.01 10 Crédit Agricole 2.13.19 11 Liquigas 2.14.36 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 2.48.29 13 T-Mobile Team 3.19.56 14 Bouygues Telecom 3.43.56 15 Barloworld 3.44.02 16 Gerolsteiner 4.00.28 17 Agritubel 5.58.44 18 Team Milram 6.35.16 19 Française des Jeux 6.42.25
