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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
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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.
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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!"
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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.
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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."
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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".
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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
Photography
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- Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) powers away in his new Spanish Champ jersey.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) took second for the day.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel)
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) powered away to give himself taking the Maillot Jaune in the coming sprint stages.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC)
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) in his TT Worlds jersey.
- World TT Champion Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) on his way to taking the prologue and Maillot Jaune.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) rode well.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finished outside of the top ten.
- A fan watches in London.
- 2007 Tour race leader Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC).
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) puts on the coveted Maillot Jaune.
- Podium times for Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC). He took the stage, the Maillot Vert and the Maillot Jaune.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- Powerful domestique Steven De Jongh (Quickstep) is by no means a prologue specialist.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) was uncertain over his Tour participation due to an ongoing problem with a saddle sore.
- Frederik Willems will play the domestique role for Liquigas.
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) is the newly crowned Russian TT champion.
- French hope Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom).
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) was over a minute off the pace.
- Huge crowds gathered in front of Buckingham Palace.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) looked solid and is always a good bet for a stage win.
- Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) pours on the power.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) sporting his customary grimace.
- Alberto Contador (Discovery) might be an outside hope for the overall.
- Gert Steegmans (Quickstep) will form part of Tom Boonen's formidable leadout train.
- Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) will celebrate his 33rd birthday during this Tour.
- British rider Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) doesn't race at home too often.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) was conserving his legs for tomorrow's sprint into Canterbury.
- Belgian TT champ Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto)
- Rabobank youngster Thomas Dekker had a storming ride for eighth place.
- George Hincapie (Discovery was disappointed with his third place having trained specifically for the prologue.
- Andreas Kloden (Astana) showed his form is right on track by finishing second.
- Dario Cioni (Predictor-Lotto)
- Paolo Savoldelli forms part of a formidable-looking Astana team.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was feeling the pressure in London today.
- The Tour made its first ever visit to London, and the crowds turned out in force.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) wanted to stay within sight of the yellow jersey for the upcoming sprint stages.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) was there or thereabouts in seventh.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) was sporting some super-fast overshoes but couldn't get close to Cancellara's time.
- Last year's prologue winner Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
- Levi Leipheimer has been billed as Discovery's undisputed leader.
- Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) is riding his last Tour de France.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) was the last man off the ramp.
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) is looking for a podium finish in this year's Tour.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) made the top 20.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) had a great ride in his home city but was no match for Cancellara.
- Spanish TT champion José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery)
- David Zabriske (CSC) wasn't holding anything back.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Eparge) looks to have maintained his good form from the Tour de Suisse.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) during the prologue in London.
- The reigning world champion during his effort, the only one that lasted less than nine minutes.
- Cancellara has been dreaming about taking the yellow in London since the route was announced.
- Cancellara in yellow, lion in hand.
- The Swiss Champion celebrating even with the jersey not completely zipped up yet.
- Cancellara is all smiles
- Fabian Cancellara also gets to enjoy the stage win on the podium.
- The prologue stage winner also will get the green jersey.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- London had plenty of nice scenes to offer, like Tower Bridge
- The crowds in London came out in full force and the police had everything under control.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) on his winning ride through London.
- Cancellara starts his winning ride
- The world champ near Buckingham palace
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC)
- The Swiss rider had his dream come true.
- Cancellara on the podium in London.
- The yellow jersey fits well.
- A winning smile.
- The podium is clad in yellow.
- David Zabriskie (Team CSC) is the American Champion in this discipline.
- Riders warming up on the course.
- Buckingham Palace was a nice backdrop.
- The area attracted many, many spectators.
- The crowds were five deep.
- Police had a watchful eye on everything.
- Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) the Spanish Champion heads into a turn.
- Off we go with the first rider, Enrico Degano of Barloworld, the 2007 Tour is underway.
- German Champion Bert Grabsch
- Nice scenery all along.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) heads off.
- Johan Bruyneel who heads the Discovery Channel team, is all smiles.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) takes the start of the race he hopes to win in three weeks.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) concentrating before the start.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) adjusts his helmet before the start.
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) enjoyed racing at home.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) concentrated before the start.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) stretches before the start.
- And this is the face of Stefan Schumacher.
- Leipheimer heads off into the 2007 Tour.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) right before the start.
- Fabian Cancellara about to start his winning ride.
- Oscar Pereiro starts this year's Tour without knowing how he had done the year before.
- Cancellara kisses the yellow jersey.
Images by David Reinhardt
- Oscar Pererio checks out the route
- Barloworld takes a moment to enjoy the spectacular location
- David Millar tests lines through the corner
- Stuey O'Grady was the first big name of the day to come through
- Popo (Yaroslav Popovych) powers through
- Robbie McEwan is caught in the flashlight
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom)
- Fabian Wegmann shows the strain
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank)
- Jens Voigt almost makes it look easy
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) showed he is in good form and only lost out to Mr. Chrono.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) rode a brilliant TT to get third on the day.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) could start Le Tour on home soil and is now looking for sprint finishes.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) said the day was "magic" and reckons he can try to win other stages.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) tried hard to stay close to yellow, but with 46 seconds behind it'll be hard to get enough time bonsues.
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) enjoyed the day but could not fulfill the dream of winning the prologue.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) had a good day and finished in the top 10
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) accomplished his mission for the year.
Images by Andrew Kennedy/www.kennedyimages.co.uk
- The Devil entertains the crowd in front of Buckingham Palace, London.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) excites the massive crowd as he passes Buckingham Palace
- Welshman Geraint Thomas looks comfortable in his 1st Tour de France.
- David Millar lays down the power as he attempts to secure the yellow jersey on the London stage.
- Londoner Bradley Wiggins received huge applause from his home crowd.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) adopts a tucked-in ski position to keep his speed high in the London prologue.
- World Champion Cancellara takes control in London, and puts his rivals in the shade.
Images by Rick Wilson
- Robbie McEwen looking focused on the job at hand
- Tom Boonen stomping around the prologue
- The low position of Boonen
- Brad Wiggins was one of the favourites but only managed 4th
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
