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62nd Tour de Romandie - ProT
Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008
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Stage 2 - May 1: Moutier - Fribourg, 170.0km
Rockin' Robbie McEwen gets 2008 win
By Susan Westemeyer
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Australia's Robbie McEwen of Silence-Lotto took his first win of the season, capturing a sprint finish in Fribourg ahead of Italy's Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Denmark's Matti Breschel (CSC). Swiss Michael Albasini (Liquigas) kept the leader's jersey.
The stage was marked by a three-man breakaway. Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale) and Ian McKissick (BMC Racing Team) took off four kilometres into the race, and the last of them, Di Gregorio, wasn't captured until there were only eight kilometres left. That opened up the way for the mass sprint.
The Australian called his win "very satisfactory, because it is the first of the seaon after a few rather difficult months. I crashed in February, then I got sick. The Tour de Romandie was really the race where I had sworn to myself that I would return at my best level. It is very enouraging for the Giro."
How it unfolded
Thursday's stage got off at 1:07 p.m., with 145 riders taking the start without Milram youngster Christian Kux, who missed out on a beautiful sunny stage which was in sharp contrast to the previous day's miserable conditions.
Three riders took off only four kilometers into the stage: Rémy Di Gregorio (FDJ), Jose Louis Arrieta (AG2R) and Ian McKissick (BMC). By kilometer 25, they had a lead of 4'59", and as the peloton basked in the warm sun, the leaders stretched their advantage to over nine minutes with 100 kilometres to go.
After the race turned the halfway point, High Road, Lotto and Liquigas were sharing the lead work in the peloton, and the advantage had dropped to 6'40" with 67 kilometers to go.
The trio probably had high hopes of getting through to the end of the stage, but with 40 kilometers to go, it was beginning to look as if their hopes would be dashed as the lead had dropped to four minutes.
At 36 km, the trio started up the Cote de la Lorette, an 800 meter long climb with an average gradient of nearly 12 percent. Arrieta fell back almost immediately on the cobbled road, and Di Gregorio led the way.
Behind them, Gerolsteiner's Francesco De Bonis took off after the leaders, who were now less than three minutes ahead. He quickly passed Arietta, while High Road led the following peloton.
McKissick struggled a bit on the climb, but then caught up with Di Gregorio on the descent only to drop off again on the next slight climb. De Bonis, meanwhile, gave up his attempt to bridge the gap and was absorbed back into the peloton while Di Gregorio held on to a two minute lead with 30 kilometers to go.
At 15 km to go, the peloton under the leadership of Liquigas and High Road was roaring along, cutting the lead to 1'40" and then slashing it to just 34 seconds with 10 km to go. Liquigas was putting on the speed to set up a sprint win for Daniel Bennati, and with 8 km to go, Di Gregorio's escape was finally over.
The next attack came almost immediately from Alex Moos of BMC. He was soon joined and then passed by Jose Garcia Acosta of Caisse d'Epargne, but the Spaniard was quickly overtaken by Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner), who won a stage in this race last year. The German put in a good effort, but could not withstand the force of the teams hungry for a bunch sprint.
It was a wild final sprint with everyone looking for their chance, but in the end Robbie McEwen of Silence-Lotto proved to be the man of the hour. Bennati took second and third place went to CSC's Matti Breschel.
Photography
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- Robbie McEwen (Silence Lotto) gets his first victory of the 2008 season in Friborg.
- Robbie McEwen and Daniele Bennati go head to head in the final sprint of stage two of Tour of Romandie.
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4.16.16 (39.8 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 10 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 13 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 15 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 16 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 17 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 21 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 22 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 23 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 25 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 26 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 27 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 29 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 34 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 36 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 37 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 38 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 43 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 44 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 44 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 46 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 47 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 49 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 51 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 52 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 53 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 54 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 56 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 57 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 59 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 61 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 62 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 64 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 65 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 66 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 67 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 68 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 69 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 70 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 71 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 72 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 73 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 74 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 76 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 78 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 79 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 82 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 83 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 84 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 85 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 86 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 87 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 90 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 91 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 92 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 93 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 94 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 97 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 99 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 100 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 102 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 103 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 104 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 105 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.13 107 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 108 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0.23 109 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 110 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.36 111 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 112 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 113 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.33 114 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.22 115 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.41 116 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.19 117 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 118 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 7.37 119 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 9.46 120 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 121 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 122 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 125 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 127 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 128 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 10.26 130 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 131 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 132 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 133 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 134 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 135 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 136 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 137 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 138 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 11.43 139 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 140 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 141 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 13.19 142 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner General classification after stage 2 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9.05.46 2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 0.01 3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.08 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.09 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.10 7 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.11 10 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 11 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 13 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 14 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 16 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.13 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 21 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 22 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.14 23 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 24 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 0.15 25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 0.16 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 28 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 29 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.17 30 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 31 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.18 32 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 0.19 33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.20 34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.21 35 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.23 37 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.30 38 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.47 39 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 1.17 40 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.24 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.25 42 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.26 43 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 44 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 45 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 47 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.27 48 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.28 49 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.29 50 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 51 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 52 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 1.31 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 56 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 59 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.32 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 61 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 62 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.33 63 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.34 65 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 68 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.35 69 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1.36 71 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 73 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.15 74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.32 75 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.41 76 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8.24 77 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8.26 78 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 8.27 79 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 8.28 80 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 8.29 81 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 82 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.30 83 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 8.31 85 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 8.32 87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 88 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 89 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.33 91 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 8.34 92 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 93 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 94 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.44 95 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 8.56 96 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 8.58 97 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 9.08 98 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 11.12 99 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 11.18 100 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 12.31 101 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 13.10 102 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.11 103 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.17 104 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 13.19 105 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 106 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 13.20 107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 13.23 108 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.24 109 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 13.25 110 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 111 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 112 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.26 113 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 114 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 115 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 13.28 116 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.00 117 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 14.51 118 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 17.56 119 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 18.14 120 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 18.20 121 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 19.13 122 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20.50 123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 21.51 124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 23.01 125 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 23.04 126 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.08 127 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.09 128 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.11 129 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 130 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 23.45 131 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 23.47 132 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 133 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 23.48 134 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 24.12 135 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.08 136 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.07 137 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 26.39 138 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 27.01 139 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 27.04 140 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 27.05 141 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.26 142 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 42.03 Points classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 30 pts 2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 26 3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 24 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 15 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 15 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14 9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 13 10 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 11 11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 10 12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 10 13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8 16 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 8 17 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 20 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 22 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 23 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5 24 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 25 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 27 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 30 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 31 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 1 32 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Sprint classification 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 12 pts 2 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 12 3 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 6 4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 6 5 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1 7 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 30 pts 2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 3 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 20 4 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 14 5 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 11 6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 9 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 2 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 12 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 2 13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 1 14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 1 15 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 16 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1 17 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1
