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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 6 - Friday, July 13: Semur-en-Auxois - Bourg-en-Bresse, 199.5km
Boonen is back in Bourg-en-Bresse
By Gregor Brown, Brecht Decaluwé and Tim Maloney in Bourg-en-Bresse
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Tom Boonen went back to his winning ways in the Tour de France by taking stage six to Bourg-en-Bresse. The 26 year-old Belgian won the 199.5-kilometres stage after five hours and 20 minutes of racing over Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Erik Zabel (Milram) and marked his first stage win in the Tour after two years and five days.
"At last another victory. You need so much luck," blasted Boonen after the win. The sprint did not come easy for the man from Flanders. "Someone touched my rear wheel in the final kilometre. The bike's rear end was making noises. I was forced to do my sprint in my 11 [tooth gear] and it was not possible to shift."
Boonen's wheel touched that of T-Mobile's Mark Cavendish. "I was on the wheel of Tom Boonen," confirmed the 21 year-old to Cyclingnews. "I got my front wheel caught in his rear mech [derailleur] and it blew all my spokes out." He ended in 181st for the day while GC-rider Michael Rogers was the best-placed T-Mobile rider.
"Someone has to make sure there is some entertainment," stated Brit Bradley Wiggins simply after an escape of 190 kilometres. The hot and long day was dominated by an escape of the 27 year-old Cofidis rider, who gained over 17 minutes but the move remained under the control of the sprinters' teams, which allowed Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) to stay in the Maillot Jaune.
"Tomorrow, we have Carlos Sastre and Fränk Schleck. They are climbers and it will be up to them," said Cancellara after another day in the leader's yellow jersey. "I will do my best and try but for me the 15-kilometre Colombière will be tough. ... For me, now, I want to give all my energy to the team." The day also brought another Crédit Lyonnais stuffed lion. "It will go to my daughter, tonight, because my family surprised me by being at the finish. They made the one hour journey from Switzerland."
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Once Wiggins was caught at seven kilometres to go and over five hours of hot racing south towards the French département of Ain it was time for the sprinters' henchmen to take control. Milram put the most men into the effort for Erik Zabel in order to save his Maillot Vert of best sprinter that he had lost to Boonen, thanks to the intermediate sprints on the way.
Milram's efforts were aided by T-Mobile for Bernhard Eisel and Robbie McEwen's Predictor-Lotto team. The boys were not letting any counter-attacks go on the narrow roads west of Mâcon. Organizers had promised roads of eight metres wide but the bunch was crushed in the final five kilometres.
Fabian Wegmann of Gerolsteiner came up to the front in his white German Road Champion jersey for his team's designated sprinter, Robert Förster. He kept the pace ultra-high from 3200 to 2900 metres to go with Quickstep edging up behind for 2005 World Champion Tornado Tom. Matteo Tosatto took over and drove like a freight train in the five hundred metres leading to 2000 metres to go. The Italian noted the team's intentions at the start of the race, "up to now we did well with the stage for Gert Steegmans and, today, we will retry with Tom."
Milram went back to the front with two of its lead-out men followed by the teams of T-Mobile and Crédit Agricole. Clad in green, Zabel sat on the wheels of his boys as the road bent slightly in the final 1300 metres. The narrow roads helped edge out some of the competition and the race entered its final kilometre. Shortly after, Milram was overtaken by Julian Dean for Crédit Agricole leader Thor Hushovd.
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T-Mobile followed the Kiwi with Robert Hunter (Barloworld) also in the mix. A surge from Gerolsteiner on the left ignited Boonen's sprint on the right. Boonen had already helped teammate Gert Steegmans take his first Tour win in Gent and this time it was his turn. Boonen finished a bike-length over Oscar Freire (Rabobank). The Spaniard had jumped hard to finish in second and the placing is a sign that the Spaniard is improving, while Zabel's third did not repay his team's efforts.
To the right of Boonen and Freire was Frenchmen Sébastien Chavanel (Française Des Jeux). The 26 year-old brother of Sylvain is improving day by day and could soon get his sprint victory in a Tour that has seen a different sprinter win in every occasion.
"I was interrupted in my sprint," said Chavanel after the sprint to Jean-François Quénet of Cyclingnews. "If I could have done what I wanted I would have finished second or third, but I am not disappointed because all the best sprinters are in the Tour de France. To be up there every day is a big satisfaction for me. I am not really afraid of the mountains to come. Apart from Zabel, who can climb, all the other sprinters will form a big enough gruppetto."
Hushovd, Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) rounded out places five through seven.
"My back was hurting a lot this morning but it got better after halfway into the race," Hushovd noted to Quénet. "I tried to sprint and I finished fifth. I am happy that my back is better but I am not happy with my sprint. I hope I can continue [without back problems] when the race hits the mountains."
Boonen gained points at two of the intermediate sprints along the way to Bourg-en-Bresse and maximum points on the line to take the Maillot Vert from Zabel. He leads into tomorrow's mountainous stage by 11 points over the German. For Wiggins' efforts, he was awarded the Prix de la Combativité for the most aggressive rider.
How It Unfolded
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After losing almost three quarters of an hour yesterday, Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis) did not take the start on Friday the Thirteenth in the tiny country village of Semur-en-Auxois. 183 riders started Stage 6 on a bright, sunny day with a moderate wind blowing from the southwest out of the Rhône River valley, which offered a headwind along the almost two hundred kilometre stage. The previous day's Stage 5 had been a nightmare for Astana, an early Friday the Thirteenth where first, Andreas Klöden had crashed hard into a ditch with 76 kilometres to go and X-rays at the hospital Thursday evening revealed a small fracture of the coccyx, a bone Klöden had fractured in a crash three years ago.
Then, with 25 kilometres to race, Astana team leader Alexandre Vinokourov had his chain jump while racing downhill at 60 km/h, crashed hard, scraping both knees, his right elbow and sustained heavy bruising on his right thigh. Vinokourov got 15 stitches in each knee, and both Astana riders started Stage 6, heavily bandaged up.
As the first Friday stage of Le Tour 2007 headed south through the bucolic farms of Auxois towards the famed wine region of Mâcon in the departement of the Saône, Cofidis rider Bradley Wiggins decided to borrow a page from David Millar's Stage 1 playbook as the long, lean World Pursuit champion made a solo attack with 197km still to race just outside Semur.
There was virtually no interest in chasing the Cofidis rider as he was no threat to win the overall so he quickly gained time on the peloton. After only 14km in Saint-Thibault, Wiggins became the Maillot Jaune Virtuel when his lead was already 5'40".
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Across the rolling farm roads through the bucolic countryside, Big Wig powered along as the tune of Roule Brittania played on his mental iPod and at the first sprint in Bligny-Sur-Ouche came and went after 51.5 kilometres, 'Wiggo', as the French call him, easily took the sprint points as he was over a quarter of an hour ahead of the next rider, Tommeke Boonen (Quickstep). Hanging on to the back of the disinterested peloton were the wounded leaders of Astana, Vino and Klödi who were surrounded by their teammates and probably happy for the slow pace behind Wiggins.
Next was the 4th category Côte de Grandmont, a 2.4-kilometre climb at a 5.1-percent average grade after 55 kilometres that climbed the north side of the hill and then dropped down to the west of Beune among the notable vineyards of Rully, Mercurey and Givry, just to the west of Chalone-sur-Sâone. Wiggo's teammate, Maillot à Pois Sylvain Chavanel took the next points behind the British rider atop the Grandmont climb. At the feed zone in Fontaines, with 110 kilometres still to race, Bradley Wiggins just didn't have time for a glass of vin rouge out of his musette to celebrate his Maillot Jaune Virtuel, as CSC had been increasing the pace on the front of the peloton and the Cofidis' riders lead was down to 10'30".
With 93 kilometres to go in Buxy, Big Wig was still cruising along, 7'30" ahead of the peloton as his smooth style sped him south along the Sâone River Valley and with 72 kilometres to race at the days second sprint in Cormatin, home to a noted château, Wiggins took the points again, but the sprinters teams had upped the chase pace behind and his lead was hovering around 3 minutes ahead of Tommeke Boonen, who bested Zabel and became the Maillot Vert Virtuel , with the final sprint in Bourg-en-Bresse giving additional points to decide who will wear the jersey tomorrow.
Wiggins turned left and headed east towards the second rated climb of the day, the fourth category Col de Brancion, which is 3.5 kilometres long and averages 3.6 percent. He was still riding slowly as the peloton was not chasing yet. Then, with 48 kilometres to go, near Thurissy, Wiggo had a rear flat and impetuously whipped his thousand-euro Fulcrum Speed carbon fibre wheel into the bushes as the team mechanic came up to change the wheel. At that point, Wiggo had a 5-minute lead as Crédit Agricole, Milram, T-Mobile and CSC were riding tempo on the front but had slowed the chase slightly as the big Brit was now catchable. But Big Wig wasn't giving up so soon and as he pounded across the bridge over the Sâone River in the late summer afternoon, the Cofidis man still had almost a four minute lead on the chasing peloton.
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At 20 kilometres to race, Wiggins still had 1'28" but the long, lean Cofidis rider, born in Gent, Belgium, to an Aussie bike racer dad and a British mum was starting to slow his pace. 10 kilometres later, in the outskirts of Bourg-En-Bresse, the big Brit had only 30 seconds and then was finally caught with 7 kilometres to go as Milram, Gerolsteiner, Quickstep and T-Mobile sucked up the valiant Wiggins. After 191 kilometres of freedom, the courageous Cofidis man was caught and the exhausted rider went out the back as the sprinters pace was too much to follow.
Predictor-Lotto hit the front but no team managed to impose a dominant train on the run-in to Bourg-En-Bresse. In the sprint, there was a headwind that made the lead out timing difficult to calculate, as Quickstep and Milram duelled on the front, with the other sprinters lurking behind. With 500 metres to go, no team was in command, but as the road curved left, Gerolsteiner hit the front for Frösi Förster, but Boonen saw an opening on the right after 200 metres to go and punched it hard. Only Freire and Zabel could stay close and Boonen took a clean win on the Boulevard A. Levrier in Bourg-En-Bresse on a stage that finished 40 minutes slower than the slowest time schedule posted by the Tour organizers.
With his stage win today, Boonen took back the Maillot Vert he had lost to Erik Zabel the day before in Autun, while CSC's Fabian Cancellara maintained the Maillot Jaune, likely his last day in the most coveted jersey in cycling as Saturday's Stage 7 will be the first in the mountains at the 2007 Tour De France. Maillot à Pois Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) has a good chance to keep his polka-dot tunic as does Maillot Blanc Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), the Tour's Best Young Rider.
Stage 7 - Saturday, July 14: Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand, 197.5km
After a week of racing at Le Tour 2007, the first mountain stage in the Alps will certainly upset the status quo at Le Tour and likely show who the real contenders are for Tour victory. Saturday is France's national holiday and huge crowds should be lining the road. Stage 6 starts out with an early climb up Côte de Corlier in the foothills of the Ain region, where key team riders will try and get out front early to help their team leaders on the decisive final 16 kilometre ascent of the Col de la Colombière before the descent to Le Grand-Bornand.
With his cracked coccyx, Andreas Klöden (Astana) may be in trouble when the real climbing starts on the 16 kilometre ascent of the Col de la Colombière begins with 32 kilometre to go. Same deal for his Astana teammate Vinokourov, who may also have problems from his crash injuries of Thursday. Meanwhile, look for Dauphiné Libéré' winner, French champ Christophe Moreau and his Ag2r team to go on the attack with his teammates Calzati and last years Maillot Jaune Dessel on their home Alpes, as the team's headquarter is located close by in Chambéry. Will it be two rockin' Russians, Gusev and Karpets who will battle for the Maillot Jaune in Le Grand-Bornand on Saturday?
Climbs:
Km 35.5: Côte de Corlier: 6.4 km climb @ 5.3 % grade / 3rd Cat.
Km 122.5: Côte de Cruseilles: 7.1 km climb @ 4.4 % grade / 3rd Cat.
Km 134: Côte Peguin: 4.3 km climb @ 4.1 % grade / 4th Cat.
Km 183: Col de la Colombière: 16.0 km climb @ 6.8 % grade / 1st Cat.
Sprints:
Km 16.5: Pont d'Ain
Km 111.5: Anglefort
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) finally gets his first win of this Tour in stage six
- Enrico Degano (Barloworld) crashes in the feed zone
- Cancellara takes a drink on the long hot day
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) was the lone breakaway for 190km
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- A castle along the route in stage five.
- Fans crowd the Bouygues Telecom bus.
- Milram bikes of Alessandro Cortinovis (182) and Enrico Poitschke.
- Lampre bikes look small against their gigantic team bus.
- Saunier Duval is all set for the day.
- The Astana bus was swamped by fans who wanted to know how Vino and Klöden are doing.
- The rollout with Cancellara in yellow and Chavanel in the polka dot.
- The start on cobbles required concentration from the first turn on.
- The field is still not together as some riders took longer in the coffee shops.
- José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) is the last guy leaving the start town.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) finally gets his stage win after a two year wait.
- Tom Boonen wins double by getting not only the stage win but also the green jersey back.
- Tom Boonen puts on green that he had lost the day before.
- The Belgian is all smiles as the luck has come back.
- Bernard Hinault is happy for the Quickstep rider Tom Boonen as well.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) believes he can stay in the Polka-dot even in tomorrow's first rendezvous in the Alps.
- Chavanel gets help to put on another red-dotted jersey.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) in his fourth day in yellow.
- Cancellara is well aware that his days in yellow are numbered, with the Alps looming.
- Cancellara puts on another yellow jersey after the sprinters' teams helped him bring back Wiggins.
- Vinokourov (Astana) was relieved that the pace was slow, but will have a rough weekend ahead of him.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) dons his helmet before stage six
- Stage five winner Pozzato (Liquigas)
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) looking surprised to see the cameras
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) will be interested in a repeat win in Bourg en Bresse.
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) smiles at the start of stage six
- Vinokourov started stage six despite being wrapped in bandages
- Cancellara greets Vinokourov at the start of stage six
- Both knees bandaged Vinokourov still signed in to start stage six
- A visibly pained Vinokourov descends the stairs after signing in
- Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval) isn't having anything to do with the neon Oakleys - he prefers white
- Photographers swarm Vinokourov to get photos of his injuries
- Vinokourov at the start in neon glasses and gauze
- ASO president Patrice Clerc and Bernard Hinault at the start of stage six
- The four jerseys Zabel (green), Chavanel (polka dots), Gusev (white) and Cancellara in yellow
- The sprint in full swing.
- Boonen comes to the line ahead of the others.
- The Belgian throws his bike over the line just before Freire in orange on the left and Zabel on the right.
- Zabel in green sees the man ahead of him take the green away.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) wins the stage and the green jersey. Almost better than a birthday.
- Freire lets his head hang as he collects another second place two days running.
- Cancellara gets a pat on the back for yet another day in yellow survived. There may not be another pat tomorrow.
- Vinokourov and Astana teammates roll in, having survived a day that wasn't too fast so he could recover a bit.
- Boonen salutes and Zabel can only look behind to see where the rest is.
- Boonen smiles on the podium.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) is happy with another day in yellow.
- Boonen has the green back and is therefore in a good mood.
- A smiling Boonen celebrates his return to Tour de France greatness..
- Cancellara gets a lion for his daughter, who made a surprise visit with the rest of the family
- Boonen back in green after a perfect sprint in his 50x11, which was all that was left after a tangle with another rider one kilometre from the line.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.20.59 (37.29 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 14 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 16 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 17 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 24 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 25 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 26 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 31 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 36 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 40 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 41 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 42 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 43 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 45 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 47 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 49 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 53 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 56 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 57 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 59 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 63 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 66 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 68 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 69 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 70 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 71 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 72 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 74 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 75 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 76 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 78 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 79 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 80 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 82 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 83 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 86 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 87 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 88 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 90 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 93 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 94 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 95 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 96 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 97 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 98 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 99 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 100 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 101 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 103 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 104 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 105 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 106 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 108 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 109 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 110 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 112 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 113 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 114 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 116 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 118 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 119 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 120 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 121 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 122 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 123 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 124 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 126 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 127 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 128 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 130 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 131 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 132 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 133 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 134 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 136 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 137 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 138 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 139 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 140 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 142 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 143 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 144 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 146 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 147 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 148 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 149 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 150 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 151 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 152 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 153 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 154 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 155 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 156 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 157 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 158 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 159 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 160 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 161 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 162 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 163 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 164 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 165 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 166 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 167 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 168 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 169 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 170 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 171 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 172 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 173 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 175 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 176 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 177 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 178 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.53 179 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 0.56 180 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.00 181 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 182 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.00 183 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.42 DNS Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis Bligny-Sur-Ouche - 51.5 Km 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 Cormatin - 127.0 Km 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2 Pont-De-Vaux - 161.5 Km 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 Côte de Grandmont - 55.0 Km 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Col de Brancion - 138.0 Km 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Young rider 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5.20.59 2 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 13 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 21 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 25 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 27 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 28 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.00 29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team Teams 1 Barloworld 16.02.57 2 Lampre-Fondital 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Agritubel 6 Française des Jeux 7 Predictor-Lotto 8 Quickstep-Innergetic 9 Crédit Agricole 10 Liquigas 11 T-Mobile Team 12 Team Milram 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Rabobank 17 AG2r Prévoyance 18 Team CSC 19 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 Astana 21 Caisse d'Epargne General classification after stage 6 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 29.49.55 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.33 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.35 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.41 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.43 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.45 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.46 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.48 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.49 11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.52 13 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.53 14 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.55 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.56 17 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.57 19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.58 21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.00 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03 25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.04 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05 28 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.06 30 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.07 31 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.08 33 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 34 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.09 37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.11 39 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.12 41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.13 42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 43 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.14 44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 45 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 46 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.15 47 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 1.16 48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.17 49 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 51 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.18 53 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.20 54 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.21 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 56 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.22 57 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 58 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 1.23 59 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.24 60 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.26 61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 65 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.27 66 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28 67 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.32 68 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.36 69 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.38 70 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 71 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 72 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.43 74 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.46 75 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.47 76 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.48 77 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.50 78 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.51 79 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.56 80 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.05 81 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 2.10 82 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.13 83 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.25 84 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 85 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 2.29 86 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32 87 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.33 88 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.35 91 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 92 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.38 93 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 2.40 94 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.43 95 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.48 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50 97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.52 98 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.56 99 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.01 101 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.36 102 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.21 103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.34 104 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5.36 105 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 5.50 106 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 5.55 107 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.56 108 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6.01 109 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.02 110 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 6.05 111 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.08 112 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 6.12 114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.17 115 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 6.23 116 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.27 117 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.30 119 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6.36 120 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 6.43 121 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.48 122 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 7.59 123 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 8.02 124 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8.03 125 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 8.07 126 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.08 127 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.15 128 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.17 129 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 8.19 130 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.21 131 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 8.25 132 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 133 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.27 134 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 8.29 135 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 8.30 136 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 137 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 8.33 138 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.43 139 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.47 140 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8.49 141 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 8.50 142 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 8.57 143 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.04 144 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 10.12 145 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.13 146 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.17 147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 10.49 148 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.51 149 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 10.53 150 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 11.31 151 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 12.07 152 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.14 153 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12.17 154 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 12.22 155 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12.24 156 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.25 157 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 12.27 158 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 12.30 159 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 12.31 160 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 161 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 12.36 162 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 12.39 163 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 12.41 164 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.43 165 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.16 166 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.26 167 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 13.55 168 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 13.59 169 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14.35 170 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 15.09 171 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15.17 172 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.29 173 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 15.38 174 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 15.54 175 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 16.02 176 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.27 177 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.37 178 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18.45 179 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 19.17 180 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 20.16 181 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20.33 182 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 22.29 183 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 25.19 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 141 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 130 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 114 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 103 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 101 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 97 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 74 10 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 68 11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 67 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 63 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 53 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 47 15 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 47 16 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 17 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 40 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 20 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 23 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 24 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 33 25 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 32 26 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 27 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 29 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 24 30 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 22 31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 21 33 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 36 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 37 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 18 38 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 18 39 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 17 40 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 41 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 43 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 45 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 47 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 11 48 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 49 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 10 50 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 10 51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 52 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 54 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 55 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 56 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 57 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 58 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 59 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 60 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 61 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 62 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 5 63 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 64 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 65 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 66 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 67 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 68 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 69 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 70 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 71 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 72 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 73 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 74 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 75 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 76 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 77 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 78 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 79 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 80 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1 81 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 Mountains classification 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 37 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 5 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8 7 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 9 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 10 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 12 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 13 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 19 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 20 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 21 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 Young rider classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.50.40 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.07 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.10 5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.13 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.19 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.23 8 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 0.38 9 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.02 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.28 11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.40 12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.48 13 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.03 14 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.11 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4.36 16 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.51 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.17 18 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.23 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.32 20 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.51 21 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.03 22 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.30 23 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 7.34 24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.36 25 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 10.08 26 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11.37 27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.40 28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 14.53 29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 21.44 Team classification 1 Team CSC 89.32.05 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.03 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.16 4 T-Mobile Team 0.43 5 Rabobank 0.45 6 Française des Jeux 0.46 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.52 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Crédit Agricole 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 11 Predictor-Lotto 0.59 12 Bouygues Telecom 1.01 13 Lampre-Fondital 1.08 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Astana 1.18 16 AG2r Prévoyance 1.23 17 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.06 18 Agritubel 3.33 19 Team Milram 3.39 20 Barloworld 6.18 21 Liquigas 7.35
