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94th Tour de France - ProT

France, July 7-29, 2007

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Prologue - Saturday, July 7: London - London, 7.9km

Rainbow fades to yellow in London Town

World Champion Cancellara conquers Maillot Jaune

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in London, with additional reporting by Laura Weislo

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
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Two years after the tragic terrorist events of July 7, 2005 London welcomed the Tour de France to England for Le Grand Départ in Angleterre. On a simply super summer Saturday, Swingin' London was cycle city UK as over one million spectators lined the 7.9-kilometre course through central London for the best attended and most festive prologue ever in the history of the Tour de France. As Big Ben rang out at 1500 Italian Enrico Degano was first off on a spectacular course that started in Whitehall, past the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace then through the green heart of London via Green Park, Hyde Park, along the Serpentine where the stately swans swam unperturbed as the cyclists sped by at 50 kilometres per hour. Then it was back for home through Green Park, over the gentle rise of Constitution Hill and in with a run along The Mall.

Three years ago in Liège, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara shocked defending Tour champion Lance Armstrong by winning the Tour prologue by two hundredths of a second, and today, resplendent in the rainbow jersey of World Time Trial Champion, he produced a powerful performance worthy of his nickname "Raging Bull." The CSC man pounded through the intermediate time check on South Carriage Drive fastest and consecrated his effort with a huge final kilometre to ride a 8'50"740, the only rider under the nine minute mark to take the first Maillot Jaune of the 2007 Tour de France.

The Swiss Champion
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Cancellara explained post-race that "Today is the second prologue win for me at the Tour; the last time I won in Liège and beat Lance and today it was great to win here in London as a race favourite. In Liège, no one really talked about me as a winner but here it was different and I had a lot more pressure because I am World Champion. I showed already that I was in good condition in the Tour de Suisse. And I also think that it's a great thing for cycling that the Tour starts in London with such great crowds."

Although CSC team boss Bjarne Riis was declared persona non grata by Le Tour, the enigmatic Dane was out and about anyway today in London as a private citizen. Cancellara commented that "Without Bjarne, it's different on the team, but we have good directeurs and we are all going the same way on this team. It's the number one team in the world. Yes, it's really hard that he's not with us but we are old enough to handle this and are professional bike riders, after all. It's important for the team and the sponsors to show what we can do and here. CSC has a headquarters in London and we've showed that the team is ready for the Tour."

Cancellara continued his positive message in London and explained, "I want to set an example for the other riders, for the young riders and for the future by my performance here. I have always given the maximum to my sport and I think that when you give it your all and work hard it can pay off." But the bemused Maillot Jaune then explained why he had a five o'clock shadow by saying "I have a message for British Airways," joked Cancellara. "I haven't shaved because I don't have anything to shave with! I'm still waiting for my suitcase that hasn't showed up yet so I hope I get it back soon!"

Andreas Klöden (Astana)
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Runner-up today was one of Astana's overall Tour de France favourites Andreas Klöden. The slim German has deceptive power in his elegant style, resulting in a superb ride, second, a long 13" adrift from Cancellara but the best of all the 2007 Tour's GC contenders. "Things went pretty much the way I had hoped. I am very happy with my performance and I am also happy I put time into my main GC competitors," said Klöden after his run. Quite clearly in superb form, but still a further 10" behind Klöden in third place was American George Hincapie of Discovery Channel.

Likely riding his final Tour for Discovery before he goes to T-Mobile in 2008, the US Road Race Champion didn't disappoint. But Hincapie himself wasn't so pleased with his ride in London. "Yeah, I'm disappointed," Big George told Cyclingnews. "I wanted to win today. I worked very hard to try to win today and so third place is not a good thing. During the race, I went very hard. I pushed it all the way. He [Klöden] must have really flown."

Hincapie reflected, "I got second last year so it was a disappointment not to win today. I gave it my all. I felt like I left a little bit for the end, but in the last kilometre I was really on the limit." But Hincapie had shown he is back and bad; a real strongman for the Tour de France in 2007. "Yes, the prologue was one of my objectives. I am in great shape, I am fresh and I reckon I will be lucky one of these days in the Tour."

It was close but no cigar for Londoner Brad Wiggins, who finished just behind Hincapie in fourth. The World Individual pursuit champion, just didn't fire on all cylinders in his hometown today. Fifth place went to another Discovery Channel rider, Russian Vladimir Gusev, who came home 25" behind the Maillot Jaune and gave the Disco boys two riders in the top 10. Gusev was quick enough to be first in the competition for the Maillot Blanc of best young rider. Just behind Gusev in sixth was another talented Russian, Caisse d'Epargne's Vladimir Karpets. Based on his excellent prologue ride today, the long, lean Karpets, recent winner of the Tour de Suisse, is now a dark horse overall contender.

David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
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Astana's Alexander Vinokourov ended up seventh with a discreet ride today, 30 seconds behind Cancellara and just ahead of Rabobank's young talent Thomas Dekker. As for the best of the rest, US Time Trial Champion Dave Zabriskie was just outside the top 10 in 11th, a decent performance that was somewhat slower than expected from the Z-man. And despite waves of adulation from the gathered masses, in London, it wasn't Millar time today as Saunier Duval's pre-race favourite David Millar could only manage 13th. Millar told French TV post-stage that "I tried to win but I didn't have the form. I am satisfied with the way things went. It was a magic day anyway and it's far from finished for me since I want to win a stage at the Tour. Today is so special with all the English people who came out to see the Tour."

Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel)
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Discovery Channel's Alberto Contador was the first pure climber in today's totally flat prologue and the Tour sophomore finished an excellent 15th place today, just ahead of Astana's dangerous Kazakh Kashechkin. While Contador's Discovery team leader passed the finish line with a chagrined look and a sub-par performance in 26th place, 40" behind Cancellara and already 27" behind rival Klöden in the race for the Tour de France title.

Another Tour contender who may in fact be a pretender is Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde, who had a poor ride today to finish 32nd and lost a half-minute to rival Klöden. Today's La Gazzetta dello Sport repeated the possible Operación Puerto evidence relating to the Spaniard whose team doctor during his years at Kelme was Eufemiano Fuentes, the same doctor at the heart of the doping affair. Page three of the investigation documents published on June 27, 2006 referenced blood bags with a "VALV. (PITI)" code name. Further, Valverde was linked with the "18" that was used in the Puerto shelving documents issued by Spanish judge Antonio Serrano March 8 of this year, however, the Spanish cycling federation has always denied that the code number related to the cyclist.

Needless to say, the 2006 ProTour winner showed he was clearly feeling the pressure today in London. Post-race Valverde was not too worried, "I felt good but it was really a course for the specialist but I am pleased with my performance."

How it unfolded

After torrential rains and disastrous floods put a furrow in the brow of organisers and racers alike in the weeks before the start, the magic that is the Tour de France shined on the prologue in London and fans and riders were treated to crystal clear blue skies and mild temperatures for the 7.9-kilometre route through central London.

All 189 riders took the trip down the start ramp and sped past Buckingham Palace to the delight of massive crowds stacked five deep along the roads of London. Even Rabobank's Oscar Freire soldiered through a painful cyst to take on the prologue.

Enrico Degano was the first rider to set out onto the sometimes bumpy, sometimes technical parcours, but Crédit Agricole's William Bonnet, the young French rider who took second to prologue favourite Bradley Wiggins, set the most durable early fast time with a 9'26. It wasn't until Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Mikel Astarloza rode two seconds faster that Bonnet could step down from the 'hot seat.'

CSC's Paris-Roubaix champion Stuart O'Grady was setting the new fast time at the intermediate sprint, but he took one of the last turns too hot and clipped a barricade. The contact set him off course into another of the dividers, and he tumbled dramatically to the pavement. Not seriously injured, he climbed back onto his machine and finished the race with his number flapping in the wind.

After 25 minutes atop the leader board, Astarloza was unseated by the American time trial champion David Zabriskie, but Dave Z's lead ended before he could climb off his bike when Russian Vladimir Karpets smashed his time by six seconds with a 9'16".

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
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Karpets enjoyed a cool half-hour on the hot seat before another Russian Vladimir, Discovery Channel's Vladimir Gusev, man-handled his time trial bike to a time less than one second faster than Karpets.

As GC prospects Alejandro Valverde and Fränk Schleck gingerly worked his way to the finish to avoid any accidents on the tight turns, and the sprinters muscled their way through the course in an attempt to stay within time-bonus distance of a yellow jersey. Gusev enjoyed his time on top but he could only sit back and watch in dismay as Astana's Andreas Klöden rocked the house a full 13 seconds faster in 9'03.

Hometown heroes Bradley Wiggins and David Millar couldn't touch Klöden's time, much to the disappointment of the British crowds. Wiggins came within ten seconds, but was pushed down a rung on the board by Discovery's George Hincapie by a fraction of a second.

After Levi Leipheimer, Stefan Schumacher and Cadel Evans failed to unseat the German's seemingly unreachable time, CSC's World TT champion Fabian Cancellara was on the course tackling every turn with perfect lines and making his rainbow jerseys a blur to the spectators. He demolished the intermediate time check a full seven seconds faster than Klöden, and continued his domination to the line taking 13 seconds out of the Astana rider to win his second career Tour prologue (first in 2004).

Stage 1 - Sunday, July 8: London - Canterbury, 203km

After a roll-out through London across the Greenwich Meridien where stage one officially starts, the peloton heads east along the Thames, then south across the North Downs and eventually back east across Kent to the finish within sight of the famous cathedral of Canterbury.

A rolling course that will favour an early break that will then be pulled back before the finale, where sprinters like Petacchi, McEwen, Freire, and Boonen will be looking for the first victory.

Climbs: Km 94.5: Côte de Southborough: 2.3 km climb @ 4.1% avg. grade / 4th Cat. Km 121: Côte de Goudhurst: 1.6 km climb @ 5.3% avg. grade / 4th Cat. Km 183: Côte de Farthing Common: 1.1 km climb @ 6.1% avg. grade / 4th Cat.

Sprints: Km 46: Gillingham Km 76: Teston Km 140: Tenterden

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Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                        8.50 (53.7 km/h)
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             0.13
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                0.23
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 0.25
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 0.26
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                       0.30
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.31
9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.32
10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                             
12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    0.33
13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      0.35
16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                             
17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    0.36
18 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     0.37
21 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
22 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    0.38
23 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              
24 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        0.39
25 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               0.40
27 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                               
28 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     0.41
29 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 0.42
30 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.43
31 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
32 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
33 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
34 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                             
35 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             
36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       0.44
37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.45
39 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
41 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                0.46
42 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                          
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  
44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                        0.47
46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                        
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
49 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                           0.48
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   
51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
53 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                            
54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                  
55 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
56 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                0.49
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                           
58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           0.50
61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
62 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                         0.51
63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                         
64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.52
67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
68 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
69 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                         
70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       0.53
71 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                       
71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
73 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
75 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                       
76 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
77 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.54
78 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                            
79 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
80 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
81 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                     
82 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                            
83 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                            0.55
84 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                            
85 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                         
86 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
87 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
88 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                          
89 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
90 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
91 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                        0.56
92 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                        
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                            
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
95 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           0.57
96 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
97 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                  
98 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
99 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                         
100 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.58
101 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                               
102 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
103 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                             
104 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          
105 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1.00
105 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                      
107 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                         
108 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
109 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
111 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                               
112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                     1.01
113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                           
114 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                          
115 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                     
116 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                            
117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                1.02
118 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
119 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            
120 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                    
121 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1.03
122 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                           
123 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
123 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                        
125 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
125 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
127 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 1.04
128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
130 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
131 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                1.05
132 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                          
134 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1.06
135 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                            
136 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                 
137 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       
138 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
139 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
140 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                
141 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                 
142 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          1.07
143 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
144 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.08
145 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
146 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                             
147 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
148 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 1.09
149 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                   
150 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
151 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           1.10
152 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
153 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             
154 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
155 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                        
156 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               1.12
157 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
157 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  
159 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.13
160 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
161 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
162 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                         1.14
163 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
164 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                         1.15
165 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1.16
166 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          
167 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
168 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                         1.18
169 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         
170 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
171 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
172 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                1.19
173 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
174 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                   
175 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
176 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                    1.20
177 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                         
178 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        1.21
179 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         1.23
180 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      1.25
181 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                 1.26
182 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
183 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.27
184 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                       
185 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                          1.30
186 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                            
187 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               1.32
188 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             1.33
189 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1.51
DNF Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
 
Points
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                          15 pts
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               12
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  10
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    8
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    6
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                          4
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               3
9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            2
10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1
 
Young rider
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 9.15
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 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    0.11
6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     0.13
7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  0.17
8 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          0.18
9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        0.19
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              0.21
11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                        0.22
12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                        
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                               0.23
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         0.25
15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     0.27
16 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                     0.32
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  0.33
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.35
19 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         0.37
20 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                        0.38
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   0.39
22 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                             0.40
23 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                           
24 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               0.43
25 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            0.45
26 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                0.48
27 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          0.49
29 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            0.51
30 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                0.54
31 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
32 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                    1.02
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                                 27.48
2 Team CSC                                                                0.02
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      0.05
4 CAISSE D’EPARGNE                                                        0.18
5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                         0.20
6 T-Mobile Team                                                           0.45
7 Rabobank                                                                0.47
8 Française des Jeux                                                      0.48
9 Liquigas                                                                0.52
10 Gerolsteiner                                                           0.54
11 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                       
12 Crédit Agricole                                                            
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      0.57
14 Team Milram                                                            1.01
15 Predictor-Lotto                                                            
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                       1.03
17 Lampre-Fondital                                                        1.10
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                       
19 Barloworld                                                             1.23
20 Agritubel                                                              1.25
21 AG2r Prévoyance                                                            
 
General classification after the prologue
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                        8.50
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             0.13
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                0.23
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 0.25
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 0.26
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                       0.30
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.31
9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.32
10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                             
12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    0.33
13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      0.35
16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                             
17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    0.36
18 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     0.37
21 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
22 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    0.38
23 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              
24 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        0.39
25 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               0.40
27 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                               
28 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     0.41
29 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 0.42
30 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.43
31 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
32 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
33 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
34 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                             
35 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             
36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       0.44
37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.45
39 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
41 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                0.46
42 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                          
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  
44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                        0.47
46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                        
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
49 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                           0.48
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   
51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
53 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                            
54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                  
55 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
56 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                0.49
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                           
58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           0.50
61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
62 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                         0.51
63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                         
64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.52
67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
68 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
69 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                         
70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       0.53
71 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                       
71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
73 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
75 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                       
76 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
77 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.54
78 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                            
79 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
80 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
81 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                     
82 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                            
83 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                            0.55
84 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                            
85 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                         
86 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
87 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
88 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                          
89 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
90 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
91 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                        0.56
92 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                        
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                            
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
95 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           0.57
96 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
97 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                  
98 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
99 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                         
100 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.58
101 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                               
102 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
103 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                             
104 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          
105 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1.00
105 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                      
107 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                         
108 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
109 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
111 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                               
112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                     1.01
113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                           
114 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                          
115 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                     
116 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                            
117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                1.02
118 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
119 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            
120 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                    
121 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1.03
122 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                           
123 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
123 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                        
125 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
125 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
127 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 1.04
128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
130 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
131 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                1.05
132 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                          
134 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1.06
135 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                            
136 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                 
137 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       
138 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
139 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
140 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                
141 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                 
142 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          1.07
143 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
144 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.08
145 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
146 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                             
147 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
148 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 1.09
149 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                   
150 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
151 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           1.10
152 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
153 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             
154 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
155 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                        
156 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               1.12
157 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
157 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  
159 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.13
160 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
161 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
162 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                         1.14
163 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
164 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                         1.15
165 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1.16
166 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          
167 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
168 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                         1.18
169 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         
170 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
171 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
172 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                1.19
173 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
174 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                   
175 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
176 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                    1.20
177 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                         
178 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        1.21
179 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         1.23
180 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      1.25
181 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                 1.26
182 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
183 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.27
184 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                       
185 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                          1.30
186 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                            
187 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               1.32
188 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             1.33
189 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1.51
 
Points classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                          15 pts
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               12
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  10
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    8
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    6
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                          4
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               3
9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            2
10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 9.15
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 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    0.11
6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     0.13
7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  0.17
8 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          0.18
9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        0.19
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              0.21
11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                        0.22
12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                        
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                               0.23
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         0.25
15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     0.27
16 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                     0.32
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  0.33
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.35
19 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         0.37
20 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                        0.38
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   0.39
22 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                             0.40
23 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                           
24 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               0.43
25 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            0.45
26 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                0.48
27 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          0.49
29 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            0.51
30 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                0.54
31 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
32 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                    1.02
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                                 27.48
2 Team CSC                                                                0.02
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      0.05
4 CAISSE D’EPARGNE                                                        0.18
5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                         0.20
6 T-Mobile Team                                                           0.45
7 Rabobank                                                                0.47
8 Française des Jeux                                                      0.48
9 Liquigas                                                                0.52
10 Gerolsteiner                                                           0.54
11 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                       
12 Crédit Agricole                                                            
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      0.57
14 Team Milram                                                            1.01
15 Predictor-Lotto                                                            
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                       1.03
17 Lampre-Fondital                                                        1.10
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                       
19 Barloworld                                                             1.23
20 Agritubel                                                              1.25
21 AG2r Prévoyance                                                            

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