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94th Tour de France - ProT

France, July 7-29, 2007

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Stage 2 - Monday, July 9: Dunkirk - Gent, 168.5km

Steegmans and Boonen rule Belgian finish

By Gregor Brown and Laura Weislo in Gent

Gert Steegmans (Quickstep)
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Gert Steegmans worked with team captain Tom Boonen to deliver his Quickstep team a one-two finish in front of an estimated 75 to 100 thousand spectators in Gent, Belgium. Steven De Jongh led the Belgians to the line and it was 26 year-old Steegmans who was allowed to take his first Tour de France win by Boonen.

A crashed marred the final two kilometres, holding up many sprinters and Maillot Jaune Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC). The Swiss still holds the race lead but will need to be checked for possible injuries. Andreas Klöden (Astana) is in second and David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) in third overall.

"There was no one coming and when there is a chance like that he should be able take it," said 26 year-old Tom Boonen of Steegmans after the finish. "He has done a lot for me in the past."

It is an appropriate reward for the fifth-year professional, who did lead-outs for Robbie McEwen in 2006 before making the switch to rival-Belgian team Quickstep this last winter. Steegmans is a winner of three stages this year (one in Volta Algarve, one in Three Days of De Panne and one in 4 Jours de Dunkerque) but usually does his work for 'Tommeke' Boonen in races like Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix.

"It was sometimes dangerous for us in the finale," a smiling Steegmans noted. "The team told me to wait a long time and then do the lead-out. Steven [De Jongh] pulled so hard it was very hard to follow. I went from long." It was a nice surprise win for Steegmans, and he has paid his dues. "Last year it was me it was a lot of hard work for McEwen."

Fabian Cancellara grimaces with pain
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The Belgian win was extremely important for Quickstep, and the team could have not done any better with Sébastien Rosseler and then De Jongh leading the charge into East Flandrian capital Gent, about eighty kilometres from the hometown of Steegmans. Following in Quickstep's wake were Erik Zabel (Milram), Robert Hunter (Barloworld), Philippe Gilbert and Sébastien Chavanel (both Française Des Jeux), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas).

Zabel could not hold on to the charge of Quickstep and when he faded, a gap opened, making an obvious chance for Boonen to gift the win. As Zabel lost the wheel of Boonen it was Italian 'Pippo' Pozzato appeared who charged hard on the German's right while South African Hunter bolted up the left side. The duo took third and fourth, respectively. It was a great result for Hunter, who finished third in a stage in 2001 with Lampre, but 2004 stage 7 winner Pozzato will be wanting more.

"I am not going to risk my life to win a sprint," said 'Pippo' Pozzato after his third place.

Romain Feillu (Agritubel) and stage 1 winner Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) took fifth and sixth. "I was second last to avoid the crash, after that I lost some energy getting across," said Feillu. "I missed that [energy] from my sprint. But I feel I can get a good placing again. Twice fifth at the Tour de France and that means my Tour is a success already."

"The crash yesterday had a part to play," noted McEwen, who crashed before yesterday's win. "Both my knees are hurting. I feel like I am sitting a little sideways on the bike. I didn't feel real good, but I tried anyway. I am still in the race, so I will keep trying."

Unlucky, George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
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The crash in the final two kilometres held up an estimated thirty riders and most were left watching the sprint on the big monitor mounted just behind. Reviewing the crash, it was in fact Zabel who touched his front wheel with Boonen's rear wheel. Both riders stayed up right but a chain-reaction followed when a Liquigas rider fell to his right, taking down a T-Mobile rider and two Lampres.

In addition race leader Cancellara, there was Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile), Americans Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) and George Hincapie (Discovery Channel).

"I was behind it, with three kilometres to go I started backing off," said Chris Horner after the finish. "Everybody went down. Thor [Hushovd] went down, Cancellara went down, [Francisco José] Ventoso went down, two guys from my team too – Leif [Hoste] and Freddy Rodriguez both crashed. Luckily I was pretty far back so I wasn't involved."

With the second place finish, Boonen took the sprinter's Maillot Vert from Australian sixth place finisher Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto). "I would like to have the green jersey in Paris," noted Boonen.

With no mountains, Millar kept the Maillot Blanc à Pois Rouges and Russian Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) keeps the Maillot Blanc of best young rider.

How it unfolded

The streets of Dunkerque were slightly damp after morning showers when the peloton rolled out at 13:25 local time, but the skies cleared and the riders were treated to unexpectedly pleasant conditions for the majority of the stage.

The only non-starter of the day was Agritubel's Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez, who crashed through the rear window of the Caisse d'Epargne team car on stage one. All 188 riders departed from the coastal port town at a leisurely pace to face their fast, flat 168.5-kilometre spin to the East Flanders province capital of Gent.

Just as soon as the race left its brief visit to France and crossed into Belgium, the first attack of the day went clear. Milram's Marcel Sieberg was the first aggressor, and surprisingly was able to go clear. He was quickly joined by two riders: Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Cédric Hervé (Agritubel). The three would form the only break of the day.

With a gap of 1'35 to the field, Pérez, became the 'virtual' yellow jersey as the best placed rider in the overall classification in the breakaway at the 20 kilometre mark.

With nothing to break the level terrain except the occasional highway overpass, the trio built up their lead to just over two minutes at the first intermediate sprint of the day in Boezinge at kilometre 45. The three rolled through the line with Hervé ahead of Pérez and Sieberg.

Riders had been expecting the strong crosswinds that normally characterise the spring races in this part of the country, but they never quite materialized, and the peloton was safe from the dreaded echelons that can split the field to shreds. They gave the breakaway a long leash, and the maximum advantage of 5'55 was reached 65 kilometres into the stage.

When the breakaway approached the second sprint of the day in Westende, just before the midway point of the stage, Hervé attacked to take the points much to the dismay of Sieberg, who seemed to indicate that they should share the bonuses.

Heading inland from the coast, the peloton took advantage of the tailwinds to pick up the pace and close down the gap to the leaders, with the CSC team of GC leader Fabian Cancellara doing most of the pace making for the second day in a row.

Predictor-Lotto's tall Wim Vansevenant took advantage of the parade-like pace of the peloton to ride off the front of the bunch to wave hello to family and friends in his home town of Ichtegem before getting down to business to work for his stage one winning teammate Robbie McEwen.

The going started to get rough when the blue skies turned to grey and then black over the riders and then the rain began to fall as the race entered the final 40 kilometres. With the gap falling steadily thanks to the help of Predictor-Lotto, the leaders held just over two minutes at the final intermediate sprint of the day. Pérez took the sprint ahead of Hervé and Sieberg, and the German took the opportunity to attack immediately after the line, but his two companions weren't giving any ground and quickly caught up.

The hard work of the sprinters' teams brought the gap under two minutes as the field passed through the start town of Gent-Wevelgem, Deinze, and in pouring rain the leaders were desperate to maintain their advantage.

When Quickstep decided to put their weight behind the chase, and sent hard man Steven De Jongh to the front, the writing was on the wall for the escapees. In just ten kilometres, the gap went down a full minute, and as the peloton hit the long, flat, straight road into Gent and had the break in their sights, the time for glory was over for the three men in front. Pérez gave a last minute attempt to get clear just inside three kilometres to go, but Sieberg was straight on his wheel and they all knew it was over.

The peloton hurtled through the final turn and up the 'ring road' into the centre of Gent and breakneck speeds on the newly paved roads, but just a few hundred metres into their flight to the finish a touch of wheels at the very front of the peloton set off a horrendous crash, taking down many of the sprinters who were fighting for the wheel of Tom Boonen, and even bringing the yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara down as well.

Held up behind the crash, the majority of the peloton was left watching the finish on the big screen television, and they were able to witness Quickstep's Rosseler and then De Jongh drop Boonen and his last lead-out man Gert Steegmans off with well-oiled precision. But to everyone's surprise, Boonen was unable to come around the hard-charging Steegmans, but saluted as he crossed the line in joy for the team's win before his surprised teammate could even celebrate his first Tour stage victory.

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Results

1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           3.48.22 (44.2 km/h)
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                               
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                               
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                        
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                            
10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
11 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                          
13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   
15 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                              
16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                    
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
20 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                               
21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                 
22 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                          
23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                             
24 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
25 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
27 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                          
28 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                                
29 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                     
30 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                   
31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                           
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
33 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
34 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
35 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                       
36 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
37 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
38 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
39 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                              
42 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                           
43 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                           
44 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              
45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                       
46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
47 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          
48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                 
52 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                              
53 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                      
54 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                          
55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                              
56 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                    
57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
58 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                         
59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
60 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                              
62 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                            
63 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                
64 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
65 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
67 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
68 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
69 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      
70 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
71 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            
72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                            
73 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
74 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
75 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
76 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                            
77 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                           
78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   
79 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                        
80 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                         
81 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                         
82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
83 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
84 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            
85 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
86 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                          
87 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                          
88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                   
89 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
90 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                             
91 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   
92 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                
93 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                        
94 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                  
95 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
96 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                   
97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                              
98 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
100 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                          
101 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                              
102 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               
103 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                               
104 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
105 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
106 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        
108 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
109 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
110 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                              
111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                            
112 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                      
113 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                              
114 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
115 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
116 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              
117 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         
118 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                         
119 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                            
120 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
121 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
122 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      
123 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
124 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
125 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                     
126 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
127 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                        
128 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
129 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
130 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                                
131 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
132 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
133 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
134 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
135 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
136 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                              
137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
138 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
139 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
140 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                               
141 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
142 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
143 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
144 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
145 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
146 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            
147 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
148 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
149 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
150 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                       
151 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
152 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
153 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
154 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
155 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
156 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           
157 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
158 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
159 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                  
160 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                            
161 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
162 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
163 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                
164 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                           
165 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                            
166 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                         
167 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                         
168 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
169 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
170 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
171 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
172 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
173 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                           
174 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    
175 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
176 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
177 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                             
178 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                          
179 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                            
180 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                              
181 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      
182 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
183 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
184 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
185 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                            
186 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            
187 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
188 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                     
 
Points
 
Boezinge - km 45
1 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                                6 pts
2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                4
3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            2
 
Westende - km 81.5
1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            6 pts
2 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                                4
3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                2
 
Aarsele - km 140.5
1 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                6 pts
2 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                                4
3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            2
 
Finish
 
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                35 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    30
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                             26
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                             24
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                              22
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                      20
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               19
8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       18
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                          17
10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               16
11 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      15
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                        14
13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   13
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                 12
15 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                            11
16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                10
17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   9
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               8
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       7
20 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                              6
21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                5
22 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                         4
23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                            3
24 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            2
25 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                1
 
Young rider
 
1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                         3.48.22
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
3 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                    
5 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                     
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
8 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               
9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              
11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
13 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      
14 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            
16 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                         
18 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                         
19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            
20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                
21 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                       
23 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                          
24 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
25 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
27 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
28 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                          
29 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
30 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                             
31 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                             
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                             
 
Teams
 
1 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                 11.25.06
2 Française des Jeux                                                           
3 Barloworld                                                                   
4 T-Mobile Team                                                                
5 Team Milram                                                                  
6 Crédit Agricole                                                              
7 Liquigas                                                                     
8 Rabobank                                                                     
9 Gerolsteiner                                                                 
10 Astana                                                                      
11 Agritubel                                                                   
12 Bouygues Telecom                                                            
13 Predictor-Lotto                                                             
14 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                          
15 AG2r Prévoyance                                                             
16 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                           
17 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                        
18 Lampre-Fondital                                                             
19 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                             
20 Team CSC                                                                    
21 Caisse d'Epargne                                                            
 
General classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      8.36.13
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                              0.13
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                0.21
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 0.23
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  0.25
7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  0.26
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       0.29
10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                       0.30
11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.31
12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.32
13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.33
15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              
16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                          0.35
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                              
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                     0.36
21 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        
22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
24 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      0.37
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     0.38
27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                               
28 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         0.39
29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                0.40
31 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                
32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  0.42
33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        0.43
34 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
35 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
36 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana                                              
37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        0.44
38 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
39 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     
40 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.45
41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
42 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               0.46
44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                         0.47
46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                         
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      
48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
49 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                            0.48
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                    
52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
53 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                             
54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                   
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 0.49
56 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                       
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                            
58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            0.50
61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
62 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                          0.51
63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          
65 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  0.52
67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
68 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        0.53
70 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                        
71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
72 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
73 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
74 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                        
75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
76 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.54
77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                             
78 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
79 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
80 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                      
81 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                             
82 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                             0.55
83 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                             
84 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                          
85 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
86 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
87 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                           
88 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
89 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
90 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                            
91 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                         0.56
92 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                         
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                             
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
95 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            0.57
96 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
97 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                   
98 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               
99 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                          
100 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  0.58
101 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                
102 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
103 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                              
104 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           
105 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                   1.00
106 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
107 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                          
108 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
109 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
111 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                                
112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                      1.01
113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            
114 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                           
115 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                      
116 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                             
117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1.02
118 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
119 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                             
120 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                     
121 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1.03
122 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                            
123 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                      
124 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
125 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
126 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  1.04
127 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
128 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                              
129 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
130 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 1.05
131 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
132 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  1.06
133 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                             
134 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                                  
135 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        
136 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
137 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
138 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                 
139 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                  
140 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.07
141 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
142 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  1.08
143 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                         
144 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
145 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                1.09
146 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            1.10
147 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
148 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                              
149 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
150 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                         
151 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                1.12
152 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                   
153 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
154 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1.13
155 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
156 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
157 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          1.14
158 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
159 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                          1.15
160 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           1.16
161 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                           
162 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
163 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                          1.18
164 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                          
165 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       
166 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 1.19
168 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
169 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
170 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                     1.20
171 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                          
172 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         1.21
173 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          1.23
174 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       1.25
175 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                  1.26
176 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
177 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                     1.27
178 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                        
179 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                         1.30
180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              1.33
181 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       1.51
182 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                      2.15
183 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                         2.59
184 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                3.04
185 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     3.37
186 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  3.54
187 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                           4.01
188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     8.41
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    56 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                      55
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                46
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                              44
5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                40
6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                          36
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                               32
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                         30
9 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                             29
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                        29
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                            26
12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      25
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                 21
14 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                             20
15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         20
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                          19
17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      18
18 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               17
19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    16
20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              16
21 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              15
22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      15
23 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel                                              14
24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   13
25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 12
26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               12
27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  12
28 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             12
29 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                            12
30 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                          10
31 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                        10
32 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                            10
33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                           10
34 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                10
35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   9
36 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    8
37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                            8
38 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  7
39 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    6
40 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                5
42 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                          4
43 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                              4
44 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                         4
45 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               3
46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                            3
47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            2
48 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 1
49 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                1
50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                   5 pts
2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       5
3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                               3
4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                              2
5 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                          2
6 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               8.36.38
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             0.06
3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                               0.07
4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                           0.08
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.10
6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     0.11
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      0.13
8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   0.17
9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         0.19
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               0.21
11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                         0.22
12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                         
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                0.23
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          0.25
15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        0.30
16 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                      0.32
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   0.33
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.35
19 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          0.37
20 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                         0.38
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    0.39
22 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                              0.40
23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                0.43
24 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             0.45
25 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 0.48
26 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                           0.49
28 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             0.51
29 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 0.54
30 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld                                     1.02
31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                      3.12
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                                25.49.57
2 Team CSC                                                                 0.02
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       0.05
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                         0.18
5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                          0.20
6 T-Mobile Team                                                            0.45
7 Rabobank                                                                 0.47
8 Française des Jeux                                                       0.48
9 Liquigas                                                                 0.52
10 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                    0.54
11 Crédit Agricole                                                             
12 Gerolsteiner                                                                
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       0.57
14 Team Milram                                                             1.01
15 Predictor-Lotto                                                             
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                        1.03
17 Lampre-Fondital                                                         1.10
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                        
19 Barloworld                                                              1.23
20 Agritubel                                                               1.25
21 AG2r Prévoyance                                                             

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