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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 4 - Wednesday, July 11: Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny, 193km
Thor Hushovd hits in Joigny
Day's escape crushed in sight of Gondi Chateau
By Gregor Brown, Shane Stokes and Brecht Decaluwé in Joigny, with additional reporting from Laura Weislo
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Thor Hushovd hit his opponents with a hard reminder that he is a sprinter to reckon with by taking victory at the end of 193 kilometres into Joigny. The 29 year-old Norwegian benefited from the work of teammate Julien Dean and went long to overtake Robert Hunter (Barloworld) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
"It was very fast with big roads at the end," noted Hushovd at the end of the day.
The sprinters' teams had sucked in the escape of Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sébastien Chavanel (Française Des Jeux) and Christian Knees (Milram) that had been clear since 25 kilometres into the day. The race-conclusion saw Sprick bolting free at eight kilometres to go as the peloton was only 30" back. The Frenchman was clawed back 4.8 kilometres from the finish and the way was clear for a sprint-fest.
"My team did a lot of work for me with riders such as Sébastien Hinault and William Bonnet helping a lot," Hushovd continued. Dean was the star domestique when he personally escorted me in the crucial closing metres. "I trusted Julian Dean, I stayed on his wheel and he started the sprint very strongly with about 450 metres to go. He led me out and then I jumped with about 200 metres to go."
Hushovd rode the New Zealand express through the gentle right-hand bend and then launched off to the lead-out man's left. Hushovd led from what appeared to be a long 300 metres to go, using the power that gave him four stage wins and one Maillot Vert to hold off Robert Hunter (Barloworld) on his right.
"This win is very good for me because I didn't have a very good start to the season. I prepared the season to be good in the Classics, in Milano-Sanremo, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, but I fell sick the day before Milano-Sanremo and I didn't do well in the Classics. ... Then I did the Giro. I was second twice there. It is great to win a stage because of that and I am very happy. I hope the rest of the race goes as well as today."
Hunter continues to improve and makes well on ASO's invite of the Professional Continental team Barloworld. "I wasn't too happy when I crossed the line because I don't like to lose but as I told you this morning I am feeling good and I am ready for a big result," noted the South African to Jean-François Quénet.
"I was trying to get into the right position but I was a little way back because of a Lampre guy. I had to pull on the right. Had I been closer to Hushovd it could have been a different story. I was sprinting faster than him but I came from too far back. It's the way it goes; it's the Tour de France. But I am slowly closing the gap to the first win of my career at the Tour de France."
Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank) made the top-three followed by Erik Zabel (Milram), Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital), Gert Steegmans (Quickstep-Innergetic), Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Steegmans' teammate Tom Boonen.
"The last kilometres were very chaotic," Boonen noted after his eighth place. "Riders were everywhere. We tried our best. We made into a gap. There was a corner at five hundred metres and that is where it went wrong. Where the other sprinters went for it, we had to brake. When Thor Hushovd went we had to brake and that is where it happened."
Tom appeared angered at the finish, maybe because he had lost the sprint but maybe it was because stage 2 winner Steegmans finished ahead of him to take some of his precious sprint points. Boonen continues to hold the sprinter's Maillot Vert by 12 points over Zabel and 14 over Robbie McEwen (Predictor).
Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) retained his race leader's Maillot Jaune as he finished safely in the group in 47th. The winner of the prologue in London and yesterday's stage to Compiègne holds 29" over Hushovd and 33" over Andreas Klöden of Astana.
The Swiss cronoman has no illusions of holding the Maillot over the Alps. "When the mountains are coming it is 'game over' for me," stated Cancellara. "My other job will start; I will look out for Schleck and Sastre. ... I want to repay those guys for what they did for me."
For his efforts Sprick was given the Prix de la Combativité for most aggressive rider. The prize is awarded at the end of each stage by a panel of judges including Tour Director Christian Prudhomme and journalists.
How it unfolded
187 riders headed out from the birthplace of Count of Monte Cristo author Alexandre Dumas, Villers-Cotterêts, just before 13:00, and rode into some into unseasonably cool weather - a dramatic difference from last year's scorching temperatures in the Tour. After a moderate start to the day, the first action of the day was an early category four climb, the Côte De Veuilly-La-Poterie, where Alexander Kuchynski (Liquigas) took the maximum points ahead of David Millar (Saunier Duval) and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) - two of his breakaway companions from stage one.
The first attacks began ahead of the 30 kilometre mark, and the successful break of the day was launched by Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom). He was joined by Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Christian Knees (Milram) to form the day-long escape that would take all of the intermediate sprint bonuses and mountain points.
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With Chavanel protecting the polka dot jersey of Augé, and none of the men up front threatening the points jersey of Tom Boonen (Quickstep), it was up to yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara's CSC team to control the pace yet again. The team didn't play any games today, and kept the gap to a maximum of four minutes with occasional help from Quickstep and Predictor-Lotto.
At the second climb of the day, the Côte De Doucy at kilometre 62.5, Chavanel mopped up the points in defense of his team-mate's polka dot jersey while Flecha came second ahead of Verdugo. Flecha then went on to take maximum points at the first intermediate sprint in La Ferte-Gaucher (km 69) in front of Chavanel and Sprick.
As the peloton worked to close the gap to the leaders, a crash in the back of the peloton felled Rémy Di Grégorio (Française des Jeux) and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne). The latter would immediately abandon the stage, while the Frenchman continued, finally chasing back on 12 kilometres later.
The crash split the peloton into three groups, causing a little panic for the Discovery Channel team, who had to work hard to bring white jersey holder Vladimir Gusev back to the front. Averaging just over 40 kilometres per hour, the peloton held the breakaway at a near steady three to four minute lead for the majority of the day. The second intermediate sprint in Soligny-Les-Etangs was taken again by Flecha ahead of Chavanel and Milram's Knees, and then the race crossed into Yonne.
The lead began to sink as the breakaway headed up into the hills above the Yonne River valley, where they tacked the third category four climb of the day, the Côte De Galbaux holding just two minutes' advantage on the field. Chavanel bested Knees and Flecha, and as they headed toward the Côte De Bel-Air, the final climb of the day, Verdugo flatted, causing a little pause in the break's efforts.
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A crash in the field slowed the chase when Cofidis' Staf Scheirlinckx ran into some cars on the road side. Up front, Verdugo had just rejoined his companions before the GPM line when Knees attacked to take the points, beating Sprick and Chavanel as the chase behind began in earnest.
Just ten kilometres down the hill into Theil-Sur-Vanne, the breakaway reached the final intermediate sprint while holding just over 90 seconds advantage on the Quickstep-led field, all the while knowing the sprinters' teams were barreling down toward them. Flecha again took the maximum points while Chavanel and Verdugo came second and third, and then it was time for the five men to gather their wits for the struggle ahead.
With the chase coming hard, the gap ticked down like a clock, and fell below one minute with 25 kilometres to go. Sensing danger, Knees attacked, and while the other four did not let him go, the increase in pace allowed the break's advantage to dangle at the one minute mark for a suspenseful seven kilometres before more teams lent their strength to the chase.
At 10km to go, it was 26 seconds, and at 9km to go it was 16, but Sprick wasn't going to take defeat lying down and launched an attack with 8.5km to go that was marked by Flecha and Knees, but spelled the end of Verdugo and Chavanel.
When a slight lull in the pace proved unsatisfactory to Knees, the German attacked again, this time shedding Verdugo, while Flecha held on for a few more kilometres. But Flecha and Knees were no match for the sprint-hungry peloton, and they finally gave up with 7 kilometres to go with a sportsmanlike shake of hands
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With T-Mobile, Gerolsteiner, Credit Agricole, Quickstep and Predictor-Lotto all vying for control, the lead in the final kilometres changed again and again. Even within the last kilometre there was no clear grip on the front, and the opportunists in the peloton fired off surge after surge.
In the end, it was the perfectly timed lead out of New Zealand champion Julian Dean which launched his team-mate Thor Hushovd to victory ahead of a feisty late charge by South African sprinter Robert Hunter (Barloworld). Oscar Freire rolled in a disappointed third ahead of Erik Zabel (Milram) and Lampre's Danilo Napolitano.
Stage 5 - Thursday, July 12: Chablis - Autun, 182.5km
Starting in the town famous worldwide for crisp white wine, after five days of racing in the 2007 Tour de France, stage 5 contains some serious racing on a winding, rolling parcours with eight categorized climbs. A break will certainly get away and in the second half of the stage, the road ascends to the windy roads of Morvan Plateau before a final ascent of the Cat. 3 Côte de la Croix de la Libération with eight kilometres to race, which could make the difference for the race winning move.
Climbs: Km 39.5: Côte des Grandes-Châtelaines: 1.5km climb @ 6.7% avg. grade
/ 4th Cat.
Km 52.5: Côte de Domecy-sur-Cure: 1.3km climb @ 6.2% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 58.5: Côte de Champignolles-le-Bas: 2.0km climb @ 6.5% avg. grade / 3rd Cat.
Km 86.5: Côte de Coulon: 1.0km climb @ 6.2% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 98.5: Côte de Saint-Maurice: 3.0km climb @ 5.2% avg. grade / 3rd Cat.
Km 119: Côte de Château-Chinon: 2.5km climb @ 3.8% avg. grade / 4th Cat.
Km 135.5: Haut-Folin: 12.9km climb @ 3.7% avg. grade/ 2nd Cat.
Km 174: Côte de la Croix de la Libération: 3.4km climb @ 5.4% avg. grade / 3rd
Cat.
Sprints: Km 36: Avallon
Km 88: Montreuillon
Km 145: Bibracte-Mont-Beuvray
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) rockets to victory in stage four
- The breakaway rides through the Burgundy vineyards
- Sunflowers turned their backs on the racing peloton
- The stage four break of five Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Christian Knees (Milram)
Images by AFP Photo
- Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) made up part of the long breakaway on stage four
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) lead the break ahead of Christian Knees (Milram) and Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom)
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) roars after winning stage four
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) tries to get ahead of Thor Hushovd, but just misses.
- Hushovd leads the finale in Joigny
- Hushovd exults in his win
- Thor Hushovd wins his first stage of the 2007 Tour
- Hushovd sends Erik Zabel (Milram) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) to the back seat
- The sunflowers were out with the sun on stage two
- Hushovd waves from the podium
- Cancellara is still in yellow after stage four
- Hunter gives a push but can't get Hushovd
- Boonen kept the green jersey and McEwen fell to third.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) before the start of the race.
- The Spaniard is coleader together with Alejandro Valverde
- Tall women at the pre-race activities in Villers-Cotterêts
- The entire Astana team on the podium at the sign.
- Relaxed before the start the riders can gather their thoughts before heading off to race.
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) is in the white jersey leading the young rider classification.
- The Tour village allows riders, management and to relax and get their hair done.
- Jersey signed by Cancellara and then displayed for everyone to see at the start who's the boss.
- Saunier Duval's bikes feature drawings such as this 'coq sportif'
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The sprint in Joigny and Hushovd wins!
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) came on strong but was inches behind Hushovd
- Thor leaves the rest disappointed
- Vroom! Thor Hushovd zooms to victory
- Hushovd was all smiles after winning stage four
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) on the stage winner's podium
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) stands atop the leader's podium
- Tom Boonen gets another green jersey
- Nearly celebrating too soon Hushovd begins his salute as Hunter comes up fast on the right
- The sprint in Joigny Hushovd comes out on top
- All cheer for Hushovd hail the mighty Norwegian!
- Thor Hushovd roars into Joigny winning stage four
- Cancellara rolls through the line with David Millar
- Bernard Hinault won the Tour five times and now works for it
- Hushovd gets his blooms on the stage podium
- Hushovd looks surprised to have won the stage today
- Fabian Cancellara enjoys another day in yellow
- Tom Boonen kept the green but was annoyed in the sprint
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epagne) prepares to mount his steed for stage four
- Cancellara sees the tour through rose tinted lenses
- Schleck and Cancellara chat with Bernard Hinault at the start
- Cancellara in yellow at the start of stage four
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) was in third at the start
- Robbie McEwen was feeling stiff after the crash on stage two
- Tom Boonen in green led the points competition ahead of McEwen at the start
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.37.47 (41.69 km/h) 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 17 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 20 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 30 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 34 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 35 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 36 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 38 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 39 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 40 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 48 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 50 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 52 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 53 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 54 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 57 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 59 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 61 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 64 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 65 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 67 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 68 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 69 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 70 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 72 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 73 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 74 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 75 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 77 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 79 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 80 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 81 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 82 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 83 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 85 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 86 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 87 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 88 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 89 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 90 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 95 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 96 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 97 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 98 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 99 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 102 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 103 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 105 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 106 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 108 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 109 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 110 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 111 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 112 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 113 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 114 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 115 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 116 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 117 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 120 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 122 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 124 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 126 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 127 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 128 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 130 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 132 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 133 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 135 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 136 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 137 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 138 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 139 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 140 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 141 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 142 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 143 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 144 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 145 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 146 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 148 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 149 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 150 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 151 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 152 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 153 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 154 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 155 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 156 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 157 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 158 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 159 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 160 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 161 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 162 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 163 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 164 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 165 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 166 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 167 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 168 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 169 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 170 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 171 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 172 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 173 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 174 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 0.18 175 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 176 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.39 177 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2.41 178 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 179 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 180 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 181 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 182 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.45 183 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.06 184 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.08 185 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.09 186 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.58 DNF Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Points La Ferte-Gaucher - km 69.0 1 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 Soligny-Les-Etangs - km 122.5 1 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 Theil-Sur-Vanne (D.905-D.27) - km 158.5 1 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Joigny - km 193.0 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 35 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 30 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 26 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 24 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 18 9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 16 11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 12 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 13 14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 15 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11 16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 10 17 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 18 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 19 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 7 20 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 21 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 3 24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 25 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountains Côte De Veuilly-La-Poterie - km 23.5 1 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Côte De Doucy - km 62.5 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 3 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Côte De Galbaux - km 144.0 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1 Côte De Bel-Air - km 148.5 1 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 3 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Young Rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 4.37.47 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 7 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 11 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 19 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 20 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 21 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 23 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 26 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 28 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 30 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.58 Most Aggressive Rider 1 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Teams 1 Credit Agricole 13.53.21 2 Gerolsteiner 3 T-Mobile Team 4 Liquigas 5 Predictor - Lotto 6 Lampre-Fondital 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 8 Team Milram 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 Discovery Channel Team 12 Team Csc 13 Barloworld 14 Francaise Des Jeux 15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 16 Ag2R Prevoyance 17 Caisse D’Epargne 18 Agritubel 19 Astana 20 Rabobank 21 Bouygues Telecom General Classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 19.49.55 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.29 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.33 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.41 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.44 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.45 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.46 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.49 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.50 13 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.52 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.53 17 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.55 19 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.56 22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.57 25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.58 27 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 28 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 30 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.59 31 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 32 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.00 34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03 37 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.04 40 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 41 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05 43 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.06 46 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 1.07 48 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 49 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 50 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 51 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 1.08 53 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 56 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.09 58 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10 62 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.11 63 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 65 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.12 67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.13 70 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 73 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.14 76 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 77 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 78 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 1.15 79 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 80 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 81 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 82 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 83 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 85 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 86 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.16 87 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 88 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 89 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.17 90 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 91 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 92 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 93 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 94 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.18 95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 96 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 97 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 98 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.20 99 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 100 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 102 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.21 104 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 105 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 106 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 107 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 108 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.22 109 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 110 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 111 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23 112 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 113 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.24 116 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 117 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 118 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 119 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.25 120 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.26 121 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 122 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 123 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 124 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 125 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 128 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.27 129 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28 130 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 131 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 132 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.29 133 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.30 134 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 135 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 136 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 138 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.32 139 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 140 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 141 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.33 142 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.34 144 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.35 145 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.36 146 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 147 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 148 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.38 149 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 150 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 151 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.39 152 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 153 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1.40 154 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 155 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.41 156 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.45 157 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 158 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.46 159 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 160 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.47 161 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.59 162 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.01 163 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.05 164 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 2.08 165 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.11 166 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 2.12 167 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.13 168 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.21 169 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.31 170 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.40 171 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.44 172 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 3.54 173 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 3.57 174 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4.04 175 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.14 176 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 177 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 178 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.18 179 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 4.19 180 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 4.21 181 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.46 182 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.47 183 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 7.09 184 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7.30 185 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 9.01 186 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.31 Points Classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 98 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 86 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 84 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 81 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 79 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 66 8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 62 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 57 11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 55 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 54 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 47 14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 17 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 33 18 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 32 19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 20 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 31 21 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 28 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 24 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 21 26 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 17 27 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 28 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 29 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 15 30 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 31 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 32 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 13 34 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 37 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 12 38 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 10 39 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 40 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 41 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 42 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 43 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 44 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 47 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 49 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 51 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 5 52 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 53 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 54 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 56 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 57 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 58 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 3 60 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 61 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 62 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 63 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 64 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 65 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 67 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 Mountains Classification 1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 5 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 8 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 9 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 10 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 11 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 13 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.50.40 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.07 4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.08 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.10 6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.11 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.13 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.19 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.21 10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.22 11 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.23 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25 14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.26 15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 0.30 16 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.32 17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.33 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.35 19 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 0.38 20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.39 21 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.43 22 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.45 23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.47 24 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.48 25 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.51 26 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.54 27 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.02 28 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.20 29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 3.12 30 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.46 Teams Classification 1 Astana 59.32.03 2 Team Csc 0.02 3 Discovery Channel Team 0.05 4 Caisse D’Epargne 0.18 5 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.20 6 T-Mobile Team 0.45 7 Rabobank 0.47 8 Francaise Des Jeux 0.48 9 Liquigas 0.52 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.54 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Credit Agricole 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.57 14 Predictor - Lotto 1.01 15 Team Milram 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.03 17 Lampre-Fondital 1.10 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 Barloworld 1.23 20 Agritubel 1.25 21 Ag2R Prevoyance
