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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 5 - Thursday, July 12: Chablis - Autun, 182.5km
Predictions come true for Pippo
Pozzato wins stage, Vinokourov loses time
By Shane Stokes and Gregor Brown in Autun, with additional reporting by Laura Weislo
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Three years after he won stage 8 of the 2004 Tour de France, sixteen months after he scooped Milan-San Remo, and one day after he vowed to go for stage five of the Tour de France, Filippo Pozzato delivered on that promise and took top honours into Autun.
The talented 25 year-old Italian came out best in a frenzied 74 man sprint to the line, hitting the jets from quite far back in the group and overhauling those in front of him before the flag. He edged out triple world champ Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), with Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) and new points leader Erik Zabel (Team Milram) next home. Fabian Cancellara (CSC) finished twelfth and thus takes his sixth yellow jersey of the race.
"The finale was very difficult," Pozzato said at the post-race press conference. "I was ready to make a go and I felt good on the last climb. I tried to stay up front on the hill. I saw Valverde there and he was worrying me.
"In the sprint, the other two were really closing on my side in the sprint and it was close. I had heard that the sprint was slightly uphill. In the last 200 metres it was tough because [Alessandro] Ballan swung off really soon and I was on the front. I could either put on the brakes or keep going. I saw [Oscar] Freire and I know he his good in explosive sprints. I was able to hold him; to take on Oscar in the sprint it is a great feeling.
"There was a lot of grinta today. Thanks to the team. This is a special group and we have a great union between us."
Stage win aside, the day's biggest news was the serious blow Alexander Vinokourov suffered to his general classification ambitions. He hit the deck with 25 kilometres to go. Team-mate Serguei Ivanov also fell and he, Antonio Colom, Maxim Iglinsky, Daniel Navarro, Gregory Rast and Paolo Savoldelli joined forces with Vino to drive a seven man team time trial and try to get their leader back to the bunch.
However, up front, the other teams continued to push hard. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) were clear and were both a threat to CSC's grip on the yellow jersey plus the stage-win aspirations of the fast finishers left in the bunch. This all meant that there was to be no mercy for Vinokourov; he dropped the rest of his team and chased hard on the final climb of the day, but nevertheless trailed in a full 1'20 back. He consequently dropped to 81st overall, 2'10 back.
"I had a problem with my chain," the unhappy rider told Jean François Quenet after the finish. "I fell on top of my bike and I ended up in the gutter. The race was going very fast at the time. My [right] knee is very painful. I asked for the support of the whole team. We were all exhausted because of the chase, and on the [final] climb I had to ride by myself. It is a very bad day for me."
Vino trailing
The Tour is not lost for Vinokourov, but he now has a lot of work to do when the race hits the mountains. Other GC contenders spoke to Cyclingnews after the stage and gave their reactions. Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) felt that the Astana rider limited his losses well.
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"It surprises me that Vino only lost that little time. When he crashed there was long way to go and we were really going full gas. I don't know how he lost only 1'16. His team went back for him but it is still very impressive. I would have expected him to lose a couple of minutes at least."
Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) felt it was an impossible task to rejoin. "It would have been hard to get back there - it was really fast at that point. If you lose position there, then you are out of it.
"I don't think the peloton was trying to stop him getting back on. The guys at the front were trying to bring back the break. For guys like Zabel and Petacchi, it is good for them if they can make it to the finish without Hushovd or McEwen and guys like that. It is obviously to their advantage if they can make it a sprint finish."
To back that up, Liquigas and Rabobank were the most prominent in the chase, and ended up getting first and second on the stage.
CSC leader Carlos Sastre seemed to echo the general feeling that it was a bad way for Vinokourov to lose time. "He is a strong rider and the important thing is that he is okay after the crash and he feels okay. He is important rider for the Tour de France."
He himself fell a few kilometres before the Astana rider but was able to rejoin. "I am completely okay after the crash. Today my goal was to survive, not to lose time, to stay in the first group and nothing more. It was a hard day for everybody, it was not easy, it was windy, it was up and down and using roads with rough asphalt. It was not easy. But I feel okay so far."
How it unfolded
With eight categorised climbs and 182.5 kilometres to ride on the stage, the 185 riders left in the race headed out of Chablis under sunny skies with somewhat cool temperatures that were expected to rise to almost summer like weather during the stage. The peloton was missing Rémy Di Grégorio (Française des Jeux) who finished stage four but then found out his elbow was fractured.
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Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) was the first to attack at the 8km mark, but was quickly reeled in. With a day tailor-made for a breakaway, Sylvain Chavanel attacked 13.5 kilometres into the stage and was marked by Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto) and Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), but the peloton still wasn't satisfied with the break's composition.
The peloton reeled the two chasers in William Bonnet (Crédit Agricole) and Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) bridged up to the Cofidis rider, and the elastic finally snapped. Barloworld's Giampaolo Cheula was a little slow to decide to bridge, and spent a long, difficult chase lasting more than 45 kilometres before joining the trio at the top of the second climb of the day.
While Cheula was practicing his time trialling, Gilbert took the first intermediate sprint in Avallon ahead of Bonnet and the now maillot jaune virtuel Chavanel as their lead blossomed. The sprint was quickly followed by the first climb, the Côte des Grandes-Châtelaines, and it was Chavanel who took over the polka dot jersey competition from his team-mate Augé by winning the category 4 hill ahead of Gilbert and Bonnet.
This would be the order of procession over all of the climbs, and with Cheula still chasing, the three extended their advantage to the field to 13'25 at the Côte de Domecy-sur-Cure. The trio enjoyed their maximum advantage of the day at 14'45 while Cheula dug deep and got within seconds of the trio by the top of the category three Côte de Champignolles-le-Bas just at the 58.5km mark.
With the four men out front now together, the peloton woke up and began their pursuit of the escapees, quickly bringing the gap down to a more manageable 7'28 at the Côte de Coulon, the fourth climb of the day. It was around this point that Milram's Brett Lancaster, who had been suffering stomach problems and saddle sores became the first abandon of the day.
Up in the break, Bonnet picked up some points by taking first at the second intermediate sprint ahead of Gilbert and Chavanel while some GC favourites suffered a bit of drama in the chasing peloton. Saunier Duval's Iban Mayo crashed on a sharp turn in the road, forcing his entire team to come back to help him chase back on, then Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) had a mechanical and was forced to chase back on.
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At the Côte de Saint-Maurice, Chavanel continued to gobble the mountain points ahead of Gilbert and Bonnet, and while Mayo and Moreau were able to join the next GC contender to experience the Tour the hard way was Astana's Andreas Klöden. The German crashed into a ditch, but was relatively unharmed. The CSC and Liquigas powered peloton continued in full flight as it brought the leaders well down to 3'44 at the feed zone.
As the peloton picked up their lunches in the feed zone in Saint Gy, there was yet another crash, and this time it was bloody. Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis) had a run-in with a wayward musette bag and crashed hard, ripping his skin to shreds. He would later finish 44 minutes behind the main field.
Chavanel continued his mountain sweep atop the Côte de Château-Chinon, with Gilbert and Bonnet taking their pre-determined positions, all four men working steadily to hold their 3'40 advantage. But as the long, gradual drag up to the category two Haut Folin slowed the progression of the lead quartet, their advantage fell sharply down to two minutes before Chavanel and Gilbert dropped Bonnet and Cheula. Gilbert allowed Chavanel to take the maximum points, while Bonnet and Cheula came over just ahead of the peloton and then surrendered on the descent.
In the field, the 12.9 kilometre climb proved too much for the sprinters, and Thor Hushovd, second on GC at the start of the day, was suffering from back pain and was among the first to lose the pace. When the peloton reached the top, Last year's polka dot jersey Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) mopped up the rest of the points along with Discovery's Portugese rider Sergio Paulinho.
With just under 40km to go, CSC's chase was interrupted when their overall leader Carlos Sastre suffered a minor crash, allowing the break to hold their two minute advantage. When Erik Zabel had a flat, the Milram and CSC trains were able to work together to rejoin the field quickly.
At the final intermediate sprint, Gilbert took the maximum bonus ahead of Chavanel while Barloworld's Robert Hunter took the last bonus spot before heading to the gruppetto on the final obstacle of the day, the third category Côte de la Croix de la Libération. "We attacked and build up a big lead but behind us the speed was just too high," a worn out Gilbert said to Cyclingnews
With 25km to go, the two men up front still held a 1'47 lead which was rapidly dwindling when more drama struck the GC hopefuls. Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) tumbled on bend, tearing his bib-shorts to shreds and exposing a red, raw right hip. With Liquigas up front, determined to nab a stage win, the pace was scorching. Vinokourov's desperate chase was aided by six of his team-mates, who brought the Kazakh to within one minute of the peloton on the final climb.
As Vino's frantic chase picked up dropped group after dropped group, the fireworks were igniting on the front of the peloton as it pulled the escapees under the minute mark with 16km to go. His plight became ever more severe when Gerolsteiner's Fabian Wegmann attacked and raised the pace of the peloton, bringing the main group onto the heels of the exhausted duo of Chavanel and Gilbert.
As the road kicked up the last climb, the pair waved good-bye and the countering Spaniard David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) didn't even take time to say 'chapeau' as he blasted out of the bunch. Rabobank reeled the man in yellow back as Vino's futile pursuit lagged 600 meters behind with 10 kilometres to go.
A succession of attacks by Bouygues Telecom's Laurent Lefevre surprised the Rabobank train, and he took the mountain points ahead of T-Mobile's Kim Kirchen, with Rasmussen third ahead of Alejandro Valverde. Over the top, Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) bombed his way up to the Frenchman, taking risks on the sharp, technical descent to hold the lead when Lefevre became more cautious and dropped back.
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Sensing danger, the yellow jersey, Fabian Cancellara, tucked down and accelerated up to the Ukranian only to follow him right off the road on a grassy bend. Fortunately, both riders stayed upright, but the off-road adventure was enough to slow their progress and send them back into the speeding Lampre-led peloton.
Lampre led the group safely through the sharp bends into Autun, and in sight of the one kilometre banner, Xavier Florencio launched another move, and was joined by David Millar (Saunier Duval), but the pair were no match for the charging sprinters. For the fifth consecutive day, no team could pull off the lead-out days of yore when one team delivered their sprinter to the 200 metre mark, and the lack of organisation led to a mad dash to the line.
Seemingly swamped in sixth wheel with 300 metres to go, Filippo Pozzato threaded his way through the chaos and blasted out of the front to take the sprint ahead of a frustrated Oscar Freire and Lampre's Daniele Bennati, who coasted across the line, defeated.
Photography
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- An ever aggressive Chavanel attacks early on with the goal of the Polka-dot Jersey in mind.
- Filippo Pozatto (Liquigas) wins the stage into Autun
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) grits his teeth as he tries to chase back after his crash
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) escapes through an unusual exit after stage four.
- The whole Saunier duval escaped the same as the Scot.
- The bike of Filippo Pozatto (Liquigas) before the start of stage 5.
- Pippo's bike waiting to go for a ride through French countryside.
- The polka dot jersey chats before the start of stage 5.
- Tom Boonen's bike is appropriatetly coloured.
- The Cyclingnews' Audi in the French contryside
- Thor Hushovd is very popular even when he's not winning. The previous day's stage win made him the target of all media outlets.
- The Liquigas car got hit by the car of Française Des Jeux. Everyday life in the Tour.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- French bulls are big Tour de France fans, at least in July every year.
- Vinokourov came in a minute later as the peloton, which couldn't wait for the crashed Kazakh.
- Klöden crashed also but in a tranquilo phase of the race and easily got back on.
- Miss Tour is on hand to shoot some pictures herself.
- Filippo Pozzato blows the winning kiss as he crosses the line ahead of Oscar Freire.
- Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld) caught up with the break and did what Barloworld promised - riding an aggressive race.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Oscar Pereiro signs autographs for the yellow-clad kids who were fortunate enough
- Levi Leipheimer uses one foot to pedal back from the sign-in.
- Christophe Moreau is easily recognized in his French Championship jersey.
- Erik Zabel rests on a flower pot. Cyclists don't like to waste any energy. Now if he only had a kickstand
- Erik Zabel (Milram) adjusts his speedometer. It clocked the incredible speed of almost 79 km/h during the sprint today.
- Oscar Freire leaves the sign-in area to get ready on what could be a good stage for him.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) at sign-in with his fellow teammates.
- Zabel also adjusts his helmet but fortunately didn't need it today.
- Alejandro Valverde in good spirits is still thinking about the overall.
- Zabel is always in a good mood and happy to pose for the photographer.
- Bennati hoped for a sprint in today's stage.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) with his race machine before the start.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles in the sign-in area.
- Pereiro poses with kids for a moment they won't forget.
- Tom Boonen with green bike which was painted to match his jersey colour.
- The yellow jersey on yellow background does not provide much contrast.
- Christophe Moreau smiles after signing in and is ready to tackle the day.
- A quietly confident Stefan Schumacher awaits the day's actions.
- George Hincapie went for the sprint in Autun, but was just off the mark
- The yellow jersey of Cancellara was spotted right behind the sprinters
- Bennati was denied by Pozatto and even coasted across the line
- Pozatto salutes after winning stage five
- Freire is annoyed at losing another sprint by such a small margin
- Pozatto number one on stage five in Autun
- Vinokourov finishes 1'20 down on the leaders
- Vino grimaces as Bernard Eisel (T-Mobile) offers condolences
- Show off the trophy Pippo!
- Pippo shows his tattoo when raising his arms on the podiums
- Zabel gets a new color to replace the blue of Milram
- Zabel in green after taking the jersey from Tom Boonen
- Bernard Hinault congratulates Zabel on the points leaders' podium
- Happy in spots Chavanel leads the grimpeurs classification
- The stage winner, Pozatto gives a wave after taking stage five
- The tour comes rolling in to Autun
- Freire comes up fast on the right of Bennati and Pozatto, but was too late
- Everybody lunge! The sprint to the line was a close one
- Zabel finishes third to take over the green jersey from Boonen, who was dropped
- Vinokourov leads the chase group home more than a minute down
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) finishes with bloody knees after crashing 25km from the finish
- The stage winner weaves his way through the crowds on his way to the podium
- Job well done for Pozatto
- Filippo Pozatto (Liquigas) said he'd win this stage and followed through
- Erik Zabel (Milram) in green again after all these years
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) in polka dots after taking all the mountain points in the stage except the final climb
Results
1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4.39.01 (39.67 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 17 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 28 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 33 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 37 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 39 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 46 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 48 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 50 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 52 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 54 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 55 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 58 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 60 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 61 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 62 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 63 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 66 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 68 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 71 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 72 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 73 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 74 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 75 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.28 76 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 78 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 79 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.50 81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.53 82 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.07 83 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 1.20 84 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 85 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 89 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 90 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 93 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 94 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 95 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 97 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 98 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 99 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.12 102 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.29 103 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 104 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 105 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 109 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 110 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 112 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.57 113 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 114 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 116 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 118 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 120 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 121 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 122 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 123 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 124 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 126 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 127 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 6.45 128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 129 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 130 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 131 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 132 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 133 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 7.04 134 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 135 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 136 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 137 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 138 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 139 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 140 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 141 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 142 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 143 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 144 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 145 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 146 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.53 148 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.04 149 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.36 150 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 151 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 11.15 152 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 153 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 154 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 155 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 156 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 157 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 158 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 159 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 160 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 161 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 162 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 163 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 164 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 165 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 167 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 168 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 169 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 170 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 171 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 173 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 174 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 175 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 12.14 176 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.06 177 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 178 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 179 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 180 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 181 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 18.32 182 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18.48 183 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 23.11 184 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.04 DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram DNS Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux Points Avallon - 36.0 Km 1 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 Montreuillon - 94.5 Km 1 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 Bibracte-Mont-Beuvray - 145.0 Km 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 Autun - 182.5 Km 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 25 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 22 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 18 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 10 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 9 13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 14 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 5 17 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 18 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 20 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Côte des Grandes-Châtelaines - 39.5 Km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Côte de Domecy-sur-Cure - 52.5 Km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Côte de Champignolles-le-Bas - 58.5 Km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1 Côte de Coulon - 86.5 Km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Côte de Saint-Maurice - 98.5 Km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1 Côte de Château-Chinon - 119.0 Km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Haut-Folin - 135.5 Km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9 3 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 8 4 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 6 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Côte de la Croix de la Libération - 174.0 Km 1 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Young rider 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.39.01 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.28 11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.07 12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.20 13 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.29 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.57 19 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.45 23 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 7.04 24 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 9.36 26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.15 27 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 14.06 29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 18.32 Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 13.57.03 2 Rabobank 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Team CSC 5 Predictor-Lotto 6 Lampre-Fondital 7 Bouygues Telecom 8 Caisse d'Epargne 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 AG2r Prévoyance 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 13 Crédit Agricole 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Française des Jeux 16 Astana 1.20 17 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.48 18 Agritubel 2.10 19 Team Milram 2.40 20 Barloworld 4.57 21 Liquigas 6.45 General classification after stage 5 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 24.28.56 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.33 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.35 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.41 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.45 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.46 8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.49 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.52 11 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.53 12 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.55 13 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 14 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.56 16 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.57 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.58 20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.00 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03 25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.04 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05 28 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.06 30 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.07 31 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.08 33 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 34 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.09 37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.11 39 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.12 41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.13 42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 43 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.14 44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 45 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 46 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.15 47 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 1.16 48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.17 49 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 51 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.18 53 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.20 54 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.21 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 56 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.22 57 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 58 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 1.23 59 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.24 60 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.26 61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 65 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.27 66 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28 67 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.32 68 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.36 69 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.38 70 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 71 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 72 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.43 73 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.46 74 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.47 75 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.48 76 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.50 77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.51 78 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.56 79 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.05 80 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.06 81 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 2.10 82 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.13 83 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.25 84 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 85 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2.29 86 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32 87 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.33 88 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.35 91 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 92 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.38 93 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 2.40 94 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.43 95 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.48 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50 97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.52 98 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.56 99 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.01 101 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.36 102 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.21 103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.34 104 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5.36 105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.40 106 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 5.50 107 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 5.55 108 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.56 109 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6.01 110 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.02 111 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 6.05 112 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.08 113 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 6.12 115 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.17 116 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.21 117 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 6.23 118 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.27 119 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 120 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.30 121 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6.36 122 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 6.43 123 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.48 124 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 8.01 125 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 8.02 126 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8.03 127 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 8.07 128 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.08 129 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.15 130 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.17 131 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 8.19 132 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 8.25 133 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 134 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.27 135 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 8.29 136 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 8.30 137 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 8.33 138 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8.34 139 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.43 140 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.47 141 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8.49 142 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 8.50 143 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 8.57 144 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 9.16 145 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.13 146 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.17 147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 10.49 148 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.51 149 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 10.53 150 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 11.31 151 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 12.07 152 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.14 153 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12.19 154 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 12.22 155 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12.24 156 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.25 157 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 12.27 158 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 12.30 159 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 12.31 160 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 161 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 12.36 162 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12.39 163 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 12.41 164 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.43 165 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.16 166 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.26 167 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 13.54 168 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 13.55 169 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 13.59 170 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14.35 171 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 15.09 172 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15.17 173 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.29 174 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 15.38 175 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 16.02 176 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.27 177 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.37 178 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 18.24 179 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18.45 180 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 20.16 181 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20.33 182 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 22.29 183 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 25.19 184 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 45.38 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 102 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 98 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 84 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 84 5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 83 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 79 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 8 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 66 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 63 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 57 12 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 55 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 53 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 47 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 35 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 20 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 33 21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 32 22 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 23 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 31 24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 25 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 24 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 21 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 30 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 31 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 32 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 18 33 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 17 34 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 36 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 15 37 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 38 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 39 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 41 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 43 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 12 44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 45 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 10 46 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 10 47 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 48 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 50 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 51 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 52 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 53 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 54 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 55 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 56 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 57 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 58 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 59 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 5 60 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 61 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 62 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 64 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 65 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 66 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 67 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 3 68 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 69 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 70 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 71 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 72 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 73 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 75 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 76 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 77 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 Mountains classification 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 37 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 5 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8 7 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 9 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 10 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 12 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 13 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 19 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 20 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 21 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 Most combative 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Young rider classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.29.42 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.07 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.10 5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.13 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.19 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.23 8 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 0.38 9 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.02 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.28 11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.40 12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.48 13 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.03 14 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.11 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4.36 16 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.51 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.17 18 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.23 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.32 20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.36 21 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.51 22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.03 23 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.30 24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 7.34 25 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 10.08 26 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11.37 27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.40 28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 14.53 29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 21.44 Team classification 1 Team CSC 73.29.08 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.03 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.16 4 T-Mobile Team 0.43 5 Rabobank 0.45 6 Française des Jeux 0.46 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.52 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Crédit Agricole 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 11 Predictor-Lotto 0.59 12 Bouygues Telecom 1.01 13 Lampre-Fondital 1.08 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Astana 1.18 16 AG2r Prévoyance 1.23 17 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.06 18 Agritubel 3.33 19 Team Milram 3.39 20 Barloworld 6.18 21 Liquigas 7.35
