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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 7 - Saturday, July 14: Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand, 197.5km
Gerdemann scores one for the new breed
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Le Grand-Bornard, with additional reporting from Shane Stokes
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The vocally antidoping young T-Mobile rider Linus Gerdemann gave fresh hope to fans looking for an exciting, clean Tour when he attacked a break of 15 on the final climb of the day. Heroically pushing through dehydration, cramps and fatigue, Gerdemann launched his attack with 10 kilometres to go up the fan-packed Colombière pass, and then plummeted down in a daredevil descent into Le Grand-Bornand. With the win, the 24 year-old German gained enough time to take over the race leader's Maillot Jaune, the white jersey of best young rider and most aggressive rider in one fell swoop. Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) finished the 197.5-kilometre stage second and third at 42" and 1'42".
"Today is the biggest day in my career," said a baby-faced Gerdemann at the finish. "I only believed in the win with 300 metres to go. I had cramps; I was over my limits."
The win was the second professional victory for the former German U23 Champion following a stage in the 2005 Tour de Suisse, but the rider had made a name for himself by being openly critical of doping in the sport. "Cycling has a big problem so we need to do something to show that we are clean," Gerdemann noted, referring to the internal doping tests that T-Mobile utilises. It carried out one in London and one yesterday morning.
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Gerdemann topped the chasing group containing most GC favourites by 3'38". The rider from Münster will start stage eight to Tignes with 1'24" over Spaniard Landaluze. Riders like Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Christophe Moreau (Ag2r Prévoyance), Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) and even a bandaged Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) remained in the favourites' group and with their minds on tomorrow.
After a day long chase by Evans' Predictor-Lotto team aided by the CSC team of yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara, the Lampre team came to the fore at the base of the final climb of the day, the 16-kilometre run up the Alpine Colombière. Working for Slovenian Tadej Valjavec, the team's efforts had brought the gap down (near 5'00") but could not touch the hard-men in the escape up the road.
On the lower slops of the Colombière, Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r Prévoyance) opened up the attacks for team captain Christophe Moreau, hoping to split the group. "Unfortunately nobody followed me, however, my form is improving," said the 28 year-old domestique to Cyclingnews' Jean-François Quénet. "There will be better days. I will be able to help Christophe Moreau. He is at his best." Moreau is promising to light the race up tomorrow, and was satisfied with his team's performance today.
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"It was difficult and nervous since the first climb of the day," noted Moreau to Quénet. "We rode flat out and it was important to stay in the front. As we had Martin Elmiger in the leading group, it was a perfect situation for us. At the bottom of La Colombière, I was well positioned. ... I managed to observe the other riders. The Spaniards are doing great. Tomorrow, will be the first crucial day. There will be some K.O's. At the Dauphiné I've realised that it suits me to be on the offensive."
Today's winner Gerdemann escaped with the group at 44 kilometres from the start in Bourg-en-Bresse, and although the breakaway started to fall apart, there were a few that persisted and, subsequently, rewarded for their efforts. Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) launched the artilleries with a dig at 2.5 kilometres into the climb. His move was marked by a sharp-eyed De La Fuente and then Gerdemann. Kazakh Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) surged up to the 'Guti' trio before the gap got out of hand.
A possessed Gerdemann set off the second artillery blast 1200 metres later that popped the two Spaniards and left only Fofonov to follow. The German/Russian duo gunned up the eight percent gradients while their old escape companions were left scattered over the roads lined with tifosi.
Linus did not hesitate, and hit his companion with a death blow, leaving the Crédit Agricole rider alone with 5.7 kilometres to climb while De La Fuente chased solo. Only Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) could react; the Spaniard closed to De La Fuente and was 18 seconds back to solo Gerdemann at the top of the Colombière.
The gap was stretched by 32 seconds at the line in Le Grand-Bornard where Lance Armstrong took a 'no gifts' win in 2004 over Klöden.
Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep-Innergetic) led the GC-favourite gruppo home. All of the favourite were in this group including Australians Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) and Evans as well as Discovery Channel's Levi Leipheimer. Evans is now at 4'02" in 13th and Rogers at 4'03".
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"Today, the plan for me was to stay protected," Rogers commented at the finish. "I was good on the last climb. I suffered over the top. I was out off water so I suffered from the heat and I would not mind jumping in the pool." An inviting Le Borne river flowed right along the finishing stretch.
"It was a hard day; he rode super, super strong," Rogers continued regarding Gerdemann. "For the team it was perfect. We wanted to have Kirchen, Sinkewitz or Gerdemann up the road so everything went to plan. The guys will be on the front again tomorrow. It will be a big day."
General Manager Bob Stapleton waited to clarify the team's plan for the overall classification. "We will see after the weekend. It is too early," said the American.
"There was about as many riders over the last climb as I thought," said Leipheimer, who now sits in 16th at 4'06". "I was thinking a few less [would arrive at the finish]. It was a hot day it was import to eat and drink a lot. It was the first day in the mountains and I think some selection was made. ... Too bad the break was not in reach because I think [Yaroslav] Popovych had a chance."
Gerdemann, Landaluze and De La Fuente made the GC-jump thanks to their early escape while Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) surprised many to attack out of the favourites' group to gain 1'24" and move into fifth overall. Gerdemann not only took the stage and Maillot Jaune but also the Maillot Blanc of best young rider, the first rider to do such a feat since Cancellara's 2004 prologue ride.
Scot David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was impressed with Gerdemann's day. "It is great to see Linus win. This is the sign of a new generation coming through," Millar noted.
How it unfolded
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Bastille Day brought bright, hot weather for the 181 riders who lined out in Bourg-en-Bresse for the start of the 197.5 kilometre seventh stage. The race was due to pass through some stunning scenery in the Ain and Rhône-Alpes regions, travelling close to a number of waterfalls including the spectacular Cascade de Cerveyrieu.
Missing from the village du depart were two competitors. Triple world champion Oscar Freire had started the day third in the points standings and fifth overall, but decided to call it quits due to his ongoing undercarriage problems. Fellow Spaniard Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) also did not line out after a death in his family, while yesterday's crash victim Enrico Degano (Barloworld) began the race but withdrew before the halfway point.
There was a rapid start to the stage but the Astana team tried to keep things under control in order to spare their two injured leaders, Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Klöden. Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) managed to get clear at kilometre nine and after his recapture some three clicks later, then Milram's Andryi Grivko slipped away. However he was brought back just before the first bonus sprint at Pont d'Ain (16.5 km), where Tom Boonen (Quick Step – Innergetic) fortified his points jersey lead by beating closest maillot vert challenger Erik Zabel (Team Milram) and Daniele Bennati (Lampre – Fondital).
A 16 man group of riders went clear very soon afterwards, including riders such as Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Christian Vandevelde (CSC), George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). They were brought back a couple of kilometres later.
Mountains leader Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) then attacked on the approach of the climb of la Côte de Corlier, 26.5 kilometres after the start. His aggression spurred others into action and he was joined by Francisco Perez, David Arroyo and Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile), Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), Ballan (Lampre Fondital), Dmitry Fofonov and Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole), Sergio Paulinho (Discovery Channel), Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval - Prodir), Charly Wegelius (Liquigas) and Laurent Lefèvre (Bougyues Telecom).
There was a regrouping of sorts, though, enabling double KOM classification winner Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) and Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) to spring away. They nabbed first and second at the line, with Chavanel and Paulinho next over the summit. Amongst those in trouble and dropped by the peloton were yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara (CSC), yesterday's stage winner Tom Boonen (Quick Step – Innergetic) and Robbie McEwen (Predictor Lotto).
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Six riders went clear a couple of kilometres after the top, namely Gerdemann, Lefèvre, Fofonov, Egoi Martínez (Discovery Channel), Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) and Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel - Euskadi). They were then joined by double Giro d'Italia winner Paolo Savoldelli (Astana), and then Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and last year's most aggressive rider David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) bridged across after approximately 44 kilometres of racing. Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Bram Tankink (Quickstep) and Tour of the Med victor José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) also realised that it was a strong-looking move and were chasing hard.
Further back, Cancellara was also in pursuit mode and he rejoined the main bunch 52 kilometres into the stage. The peloton stalled and this also enabled the grupetto of riders such as McEwen and Boonen to get back on.
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Up front, Flecha, Tankink and Gutierrez chased the leaders for several more kilometres and then got across. This increased the leading group to twelve, and the number jumped to fifteen when Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Martin Elmiger (Ag2r) and German champion Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) arrived some 70 kilometres after the start. The peloton was at this point almost eight minutes back.
The Bastille Day hopes of the home riders rested on the three Frenchmen in the break, namely Pineau, Lefèvre and Vaugrenard. The latter had started the day in 12th overall, 52 seconds back, and was the maillot jaune virtuel. However with 85 kilometres of racing complete Gerdemann gave a sign that he was the strongest rider in the move when he attacked strongly to take the intermediate sprint in Anglefort. Pérez took second ahead of Tankink.
Behind, teams such as Predictor-Lotto and CSC were riding hard to limit the gains. The gap was hovering around eight minutes with 100 kilometres to go and when they hit the feed zone in Les Bonnets (Musieges), it was just over six. This went out a little to 6'47 at the top of the Cruseilles climb (category 3, km 122.5), where de la Fuente jumped clear to take the points ahead of Lefèvre and Vaugrenard. He did the same 11.5 kilometres later at the Côte Peguin, beating Lefèvre and Fofonov.
With approximately 36 kilometres to go Perez kicked off the aggression in the break when he attacked. Tankink joined him but they were hauled back. Behind, yellow jersey Cancellara was one of those driving the pace, the Swiss rider sacrificing himself for the team before the final first category climb of La Colombière. These efforts meant that the gap was down to 4'20 with 28 kilometres remaining.
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Gutierrez jumped hard at this point and was joined by De La Fuente. Gerdemann got across, and after a brief pause in the group jumped hard; Fovonov got up to him but could hold on no longer with still 5km to go to the summit. Behind the T-Mobile rider, the remnants of the break detonated, with Landaluze putting in a strong push to overtake him. Gerdemann was 18 seconds ahead of the hard chasing Landaluze at the top, but was riding strongly; he pushed hard on the descent, using every inch of the road, and extended his lead to the line. He raced on into the finish in Le Grand-Bornand, throwing his arms in the air for a superb win.
Landaluze trailed in 40 seconds back, while De La Fuente had gone over the top of the climb in third position and finished 1'39 back. Barloworld's Colombian rider Mauricio Soler rode very strongly in the final kilometres to place fourth, 2'14 down, while Lefèvre was the best Frenchman on Bastille Day in fifth, one place ahead of Wegmann.
The chasing group containing the main favourites came in 3'38 in arrears, their losses limited by the efforts of teams such as Rabobank and Caisse d'Epargne. That ensured that Gerdemann ended the day 1'24 ahead of Landaluze in the general classification, taking the stage victory, the yellow and white jerseys plus the most aggressive rider award on what is clearly the best day of his career.
Photography
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Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) before the start of what will be hard day in the saddle.
- Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) is one of many weapons the team has along with Pereiro, Valverde and Karpets.
- Cofidis is trying to defend Chavanel's jersey.
- French village along the route on stage 6
- Marc Sergeant The directeur sportif of Predictor-Lotto
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) has no pressure after already winning a stage
Images by AFP Photo
- Oscar Pereiro and Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) chase back on after Karpets had an incident
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) is quietly confident in his chances
- Bram Tankink (Quickstep) stayed with the break until Gerdemann rode them all off his wheel
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabonank) couldn't hold the on to the front of the break on the final climb
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) wins the seventh stage of the Tour in Le Grand Bornard
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) douses himself with water on the long, hot ride to Le Grand Bornard
- Gerdemann basks in the glory on the overall leader's podium
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) takes over yellow on stage seven
- Gerdemann was elated to win a Tour de France stage
- Gerdemann cherishes the yellow
- Linus Gerdeman took risks on the final descent into Le Grand Bornard
- Predictor-Lotto and CSC chase as the race heads toward the first category 1 climb
- Fans hold up signs "no to doping"
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) in the main group of GC contenders, ahead of Discovery's Alberto Contador
- Caisse d'Epargne leads the chase up the final climb of stage seven
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- Wim Vansevenant Hallo? Yes, I'll be on the front all day again… yes, it's fine, I'll roll in with the grupetto
- French champion Christophe Moreau always has time for young fans
- Predictor-Lotto gets ready for the long haul
- Credit Agricole relaxes in the village depart
- Axel Merckx reads the paper
- Vladimir Karpets' bike gets a quick adjustment
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
- Tom Boonen in green getting ready for the first big mountains
- Benjamin Noval is mighty bandaged up but still riding
- Boonen signs autographs
- Mark Cavendish at the start
- Former Swiss champ Martin Elmiger at the village depart
- Sunflowers! Imagine that in the Tour de France?
- The field passes sunflowers
- Linus Gerdemann on his heroic descent
- Barloworld's Mauricio Soler attacked on the final climb
- Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) descends to the finish
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) gets low and aero for the plummet to the finish
- Gerdemann hammers into town
- The citizens of Capponex were out in force to cheer on the Tour
- Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara descends
- Boonen leads the autobus
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The field is coming up the Colombière.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) is solo in the front
- The German is cheered on by many spectators as he is approaching the summit.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) chases the German in vain.
- Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prévoyance) was in the break all day before settling into his own rhythm.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) had a good day in the mountains and stayed with all the overall contenders.
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) was in the main break as well.
- Wegmann got caught but attacked again to finish sixth. Chapeau.
- All the favourites stayed together and Vino and Klöden were able to hold the tempo.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) knows a thing or two about descending fast.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) looking good on the final downhill of the day.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) worked all day for his team, but then did the last climb easy.
- The peloton coming down the final descent.
- Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has Gerdemann in sight, but can't close the gap.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) struggles up the hill to catch the two guys in front.
- Valverde leads Contador and Evans.
- Evans looks good and has Moreau on his wheel.
- Christophe Moreau is happy that on Bastille day he can stay with all the favourites on this first real climb of the Tour.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) stayed in the group also.
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) on the right (111)
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) suffers from his injury, but was able to hold the pace.
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) crashed earlier in the Tour and is bandaged up.
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) lost the White Jersey to the stage winner.
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) grits his teeth.
- Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) chased in vain for several kilometres.
- He came close a couple of kilometres from the top, but then bonked and lost a few seconds on the remaining uphill.
- The Spaniard couldn't match the German on the descent.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) is not unknown to good mountain showings.
- De La Fuente got third today, the same place he finished in the overall mountains classification in the last Tour
- Christophe Moreau finishes in the group with all the GC favourites. Good Bastille Day for him.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was also looking good for the day.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) looks exhausted after a hard day in the mountains.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) could count on team and he and Rasmussen finished in the top group.
- Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile wins the stage to Le Grand Bornand.
- The German gets his first Tour stage win.
- He can't quite believe it yet himself.
- Gerdemann was extremely happy with his solo win.
- The German received the yellow jersey.
- And the jersey fits very well which is another reason why the young gun is smiling.
- And the sun shades fit into the new jersey as well. Cool.
- Stage winner Gerdemann with flowers and lion.
- The young German wins the white jersey as well. What a day.
- The new young rider classification leader smiles to the crowd.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Cancellara enjoys the downhill after he worked for his team all day long.
- Red-dotted Sylvain Chavanel couldn't climb with the best but saved his polka dot for another day.
- Predictor-Lotto worked for Evans and shared lots of bottles on a hot day in the French Alps.
- Thousands of people lined the roads on the first big climb of the Tour, the Col de Colombière.
- Flecha zooms by the French spectators, who are always willing to dress up and get picked out by the photographers.
- Gerdemann passes the polka-dot spectator. He left the real mountain's leader behind earlier, but could 'only' manage stage, overall and young rider's classification.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) suffers up the final climb, dehydrated and cramping. But he held off the chasers. Chapeau.
- Linus Gerdemann in his best-ever career moment so far.
- Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) known for descending like a maniac, but unfortunately it is the uphill he got dropped from the main break.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) passes spectators that are also trying to draw attention. They couldn't get the German's eye contact, though, who was concentrating on finishing the climb.
- Communities always celebrate Le Tour and come with special ways of doing so, but all centred around the bicycle.
- Cows were not interested in the passing cyclists as they enjoyed the hot summer day with other activities.
- Vino follows Valjavec up the climb that didn't offer the attacks of the favourites just yet.
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) was in the main break then got joined by peloton before attacking again to finish sixth, honouring his German Championships jersey.
- Gerdemann doesn't really have to hide now after his refreshing performance. He'll be getting lots of attention in the coming days.
Results
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.53.13 (40.41 km/h) 2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.40 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.39 4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 2.14 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.21 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.32 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.38 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 16 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 17 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 21 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 24 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 28 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 33 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 34 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 35 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 36 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 39 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 42 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.59 44 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 45 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 47 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 48 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.44 49 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 5.25 50 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 53 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 56 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7.04 57 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 58 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 60 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 61 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.01 63 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 8.03 64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 65 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 67 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 68 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 10.14 70 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 72 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 73 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 74 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 75 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 76 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11.54 78 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 80 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.01 81 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13.07 82 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 83 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 84 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 85 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 86 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 88 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 89 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 90 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 13.22 92 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 93 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 96 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 97 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 98 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.42 99 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 102 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19.45 103 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 104 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 105 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 107 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 108 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 109 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 110 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 111 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 112 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 113 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 114 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 115 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 117 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 118 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 119 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 124 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 125 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 126 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 21.10 127 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 128 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 130 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 131 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 132 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 133 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 134 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 135 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 136 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 137 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 138 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 139 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 140 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 141 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 142 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 143 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 144 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 145 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 146 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 22.47 147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 148 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 149 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 150 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 151 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 152 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 153 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 154 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 155 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 156 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 157 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 158 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 160 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 161 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 163 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 164 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 165 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 166 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 167 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 168 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 169 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 170 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 171 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 172 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 173 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 174 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 175 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 24.16 176 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 177 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 178 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 179 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.19 180 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto DNS Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNS Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank DNF Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld Points Pont-D'Ain - km 16.5 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 Anglefort - km 86.0 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 pts 2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 Le Grand-Bornand - km 197.5 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Mountains Côte de Corlier - km 35.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 4 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Côte De Cruseilles - km 122.5 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 pts 2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 4 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Côte Peguin - km 134.0 1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 pts 2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1 Col De La Colombière - km 183.0 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 4 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 5 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16 6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 14 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 Young Rider 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.53.13 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 2.14 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.38 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 6 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.59 8 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.04 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 10.14 10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.01 12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13.07 13 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 13.22 15 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.42 16 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.45 17 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 19 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.10 21 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.47 24 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 25 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 28 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 29 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner Most Aggresive Rider Linus Gerdemann (T-mobile) Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 14.46.55 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.38 5 Caisse d'Epargne 6 Rabobank 7 Astana 8 Bouygues Telecom 4.08 9 Gerolsteiner 4.14 10 AG2r Prévoyance 4.44 11 Crédit Agricole 5.25 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 5.46 13 Team CSC 7.04 14 Predictor-Lotto 15 Liquigas 8.24 16 Barloworld 8.50 17 Lampre-Fondital 11.29 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.54 19 Agritubel 15.09 20 Française des Jeux 20.24 21 Team Milram 35.50 General Classification after stage 7 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34.43.40 2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.24 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.45 4 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.55 5 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.05 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3.39 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.51 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 3.52 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.55 10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.57 11 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.01 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4.02 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4.03 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.06 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.09 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.14 20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.15 22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 4.19 24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 25 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.20 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 4.22 28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4.23 29 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 31 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.26 32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.27 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4.28 34 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.30 36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.31 37 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 4.32 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.42 40 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.43 41 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.44 42 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 4.53 43 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.54 44 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 5.16 45 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.33 46 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.50 47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.00 48 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.04 49 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6.19 50 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.20 52 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.49 53 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.13 54 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.15 55 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 7.33 56 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7.43 57 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 7.49 58 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.34 59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.45 60 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 9.03 61 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.14 62 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.20 63 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 10.04 64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.49 65 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 10.50 66 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.15 67 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12.20 68 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.21 69 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.43 70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 12.48 71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.05 72 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13.12 73 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 13.25 74 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.27 75 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 13.35 76 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 13.36 77 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.40 78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13.43 79 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 13.56 80 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.28 81 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14.48 82 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.10 83 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 15.58 84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.14 85 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 17.44 86 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 17.49 87 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 18.11 88 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 89 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 18.17 90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.24 91 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 18.45 92 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 18.51 93 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 19.57 94 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 20.07 95 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.25 96 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 20.27 97 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.06 98 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 21.15 100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21.16 101 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 21.32 102 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 21.41 103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 21.42 104 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.45 105 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 21.56 106 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22.02 107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.03 108 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 22.15 109 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22.49 110 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23.03 111 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 112 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 23.30 113 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 23.47 114 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.06 115 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 116 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 24.50 117 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 25.07 118 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.15 119 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.21 120 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 25.25 121 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 25.40 122 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 26.28 123 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.55 124 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.57 125 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27.01 126 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 127 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 27.05 128 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 27.21 129 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 130 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27.30 131 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 27.43 132 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 28.03 133 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 28.11 134 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 28.22 135 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 28.37 136 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 28.41 137 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.45 138 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 28.51 139 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 28.57 140 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 29.11 141 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29.27 142 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 30.06 143 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.30 144 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.36 145 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 30.45 146 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.55 147 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.19 148 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31.29 149 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 31.43 150 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 31.54 151 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 31.56 152 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 32.13 153 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.14 154 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.28 155 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 32.45 156 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 33.04 157 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 33.09 158 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 33.17 159 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.29 160 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 34.32 161 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 34.37 162 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.40 163 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.31 164 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.40 165 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 36.10 166 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 36.11 167 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 168 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 36.14 169 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 36.40 170 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 36.50 171 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 37.53 172 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 38.09 173 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38.34 174 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38.52 175 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 39.01 176 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 39.29 177 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 39.55 178 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 42.29 179 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 42.48 180 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 44.44 Points Clssification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 147 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 134 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 103 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 101 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 97 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 74 9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 68 10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 67 11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 63 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 53 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 47 14 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 47 15 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 16 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 42 17 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 19 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 23 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 33 24 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 32 25 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 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 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 21 31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 32 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 33 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 34 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 36 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 19 38 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 39 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel 18 40 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 17 41 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 42 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 43 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 45 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 47 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 48 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13 49 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 50 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 51 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 52 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 11 53 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 54 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 10 55 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 10 56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 57 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 58 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 61 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 62 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 63 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 64 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 65 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 66 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 67 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 68 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 5 69 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 70 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 71 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 72 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 73 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 4 74 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 75 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 76 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 77 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 78 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 79 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 80 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 81 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 82 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 83 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 85 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1 86 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 87 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -5 88 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -15 Mountains Classification 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 4 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 5 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 22 8 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16 9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 10 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 12 12 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 13 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 14 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 15 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 16 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 17 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5 18 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 19 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 20 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 21 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 25 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 26 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 27 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 28 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 29 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 30 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34.43.40 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.05 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.51 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.57 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.01 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.31 7 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 4.53 8 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.20 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 10.50 10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.15 11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.21 12 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14.48 13 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 18.11 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.06 16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23.03 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.15 18 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.21 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.55 20 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27.01 21 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 28.51 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 28.57 23 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 30.06 24 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.30 25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30.36 26 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 34.37 27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.40 28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 37.53 29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 44.44 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 104.19.43 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.52 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.04 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.58 5 Caisse d'Epargne 3.11 6 Rabobank 3.40 7 Astana 4.13 8 Gerolsteiner 4.23 9 Bouygues Telecom 4.26 10 AG2r Prévoyance 5.24 11 Crédit Agricole 5.34 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 5.55 13 Team CSC 6.21 14 Predictor-Lotto 7.20 15 Lampre-Fondital 11.54 16 Barloworld 14.25 17 Liquigas 15.16 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.17 19 Agritubel 17.59 20 Française des Jeux 20.27 21 Milram 38.46
