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62nd Tour de Romandie - ProT
Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008
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Stage 3 - May 2: Sion - Sion, 18.8km
He's back! Klöden seizes control in time trial
By Ben Atkins in Sion
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After a very quiet beginning to his season, Andreas Klöden (Astana) has taken victory in the stage three time trial and with it the overall lead as the race heads towards the mountains tomorrow. Starting the day in eighth place, ten seconds behind overnight leader Michael Albasini (Liquigas), the German proved fastest of all the favourites to take a narrow six second lead over defending champion Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
On a predominantly flat course, but featuring a tough climb with sections of 17%, the former German champion eclipsed the time set more than half an hour earlier by Dutch time trial specialist Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom). Dekker managed to beat his countryman but was just unable to match Klöden and lost his overnight one-second lead over the Astana rider – he now trails him by five.
Clement held on to his third place, just one second ahead of Tony Martin (High Road), whose time had stood on top of the leader board for well over an hour.
Approaching the finish on the twisting streets of Sion with a comfortably the fastest time so far, Klöden so very nearly lost everything with 200 metres to go as he overcooked it on a corner. "I went so fast that when I used my brakes, my back wheel locked. Fortunately I was able to keep myself on the bike by hitting the publicity boarding with my shoulders," Klöden described afterwards. "I was in a very big gear and so it was difficult to get going again afterwards." Despite this, he finished twenty seconds clear of Clement in a time that was just about good enough to hold off the challenge from Dekker. He led the Dutchman by 17 seconds at the top of the climb with just seven kilometres remaining; those final kilometre wobbles cut that to just six.
"It was quite challenging with the head wind," Klöden continued, "but I remained focused on having a strong ride up the climb and took the jersey." A jersey that the Astana team will be extra motivated to hang on to, excluded, as they are, from so many of the year's big races. "I know that tomorrow will be tough with four climbs," said the former German champion, "but I'm confident in the team's ability to control the race. With four riders in the top 11, it shows that we are in good shape and motivated to win here."
Dekker, the defending champion, was disappointed to have been beaten so narrowly, but took consolation in one fact. "The only positive thing is now Astana must control the race," he said. In tomorrow's decisive stage, the riders will face three climbs instead of the orginally planned four category one mountains due to a course diversion caused by landslides. Dekker hopes the Rabobank team can work together to put Klöden on the ropes. "Perhaps Denis [Menchov] and I can work together to isolate him," he hinted. The 2007 Vuelta a Espana winner now lies in seventh overall, forty five seconds behind Klöden and forty behind Dekker.
Other overall favourites remain poised to take advantage of any opportunities to escape the predicted Astana/Rababank battle; the biggest of these being 2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro Sio. He lost 46 seconds to Klöden today, but could take that back if the German falters. The main threats to Klöden's jersey though undoubtedly come from the Rabobank duo, but with three men in his own team – with Vladimir Gusev, Maxim Iglinsky and Steve Morabito – less than a minute behind him, Klöden should have all the support he needs.
How it unfolded
The time trial took place on a blistering hot day in the Southern Swiss town of Sion. Conditions were the same as those experienced by the women in the GP Suisse – Souvenir Magali Pache that had taken place an hour earlier. Temperatures were very warm and only a light wind was present to trouble riders in the early parts of the course.
Starting as the ninth rider due to his position on the overnight classification, time trial specialist Tony Martin (High Road) was the first to lay down a serious time, finishing in 25:53.66.
Martin's time was to last for almost an hour and a half until it was finally beaten by World championship bronze medallist Stef Clement – who started 97th – and even then the young Dutchman was only able to shave fractionally over a second off the German's time.
Starting three places behind Clement, Gustav Larsson (CSC) looked like he might better the Dutchman for a while, but in the end his time of 25:57.21 was only good enough for a provisional third place behind Martin.
Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was the first of the big favourites expected to do well, but he was unable to match his team-mate's time and he went into provisional fourth, behind Larsson.
Marco Pinotti (High Road) went a few seconds faster than Menchov, but Clement, Martin and Larsson seemed untouchable.
Vladimir Gusev (Astana) managed to beat Menchov and Pinotti, but it wasn't until his team-mate Andreas Klöden approached the finish that the lead looked like it would change hands. Klöden nearly came to grief when he overcooked a turn in the narrow, twisty final kilometre, but was able to use the advertising boards on the outside of one corner to keep himself upright. The incident undoubtedly cost him a few seconds, but he managed to cross the line twenty seconds faster than Clement.
2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro Sio finished 46 seconds back, seven slower than Menchov, so it seemed that the only man capable of overhauling Klöden would be last year's Romandie winner Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
Dekker began the stage well down on the German leader, and was 17 seconds behind at one point, but rallied in the final half. Despite burying himself in the closing stages, Dekker was unable to beat the German's time, but limited his losses by finishing six seconds back.
Roman Kreizinger (Liquigas) kept his GC hopes alive by finishing in sixth, 37 seconds back. The GC hopes of the overnight top three: Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) and Michael Albasini (Liquigas) all but disappeared though. Iglinsky wobbled theatrically around the final bend – overcooking it somewhat as Klöden had done – but the three of them all finished over a minute down and drifted out of contention.
Photography
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- Andreas Klöden gets the yellow jersey which he holds by just five seconds over last year's winner, Thomas Dekker.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) powers to the stage win and into the overall lead.
Images by Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com
- Robbie McEwan (Silence-Lotto) had a morale boosting sprint victory yesterday, but what's that he's riding?
- It looks to us like Robbie's riding an unpainted all-new Ridley Dean time trial frame.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) is all smiles as he warms up in the Swiss sunshine.
- Robbie McEwan (Silence-Lotto) doesn't have a spare time trial bike. No matter, his new improved Noah looks aerodynamic enough.
- Daniele Righi (Lampre) will get round today's course more than two minutes slower than winner Andreas Klöden.
- Jerome Coppel (la Française des Jeux) borrows the shade of the Rabobank bus to warm up in.
- La Française des Jeux is a family team, so much so that French cyclocross champion Francis Mourey has brought his young son along.
- Team CSC warms up in formation.
- John Gadret (AG2R-Prevoyance) is another cyclocross specialist, but also excels in the high mountains.
- World Madison champions Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish (both High Road) started just a minute apart but resisted the temptation to practice their handslings in today's time trial.
- Ian McKissick (BMC Racing) has finished his ride and is negotiating his way back to the team's hotel in the centre of Sion.
Results
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 25.32 (44.17 km/h) 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 0.20 4 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 0.21 5 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 0.25 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.37 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 0.39 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.41 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.46 12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.48 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.52 14 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 0.54 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 17 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.57 18 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.02 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.03 20 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 21 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 1.04 22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 1.06 23 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.11 24 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 1.14 25 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.15 26 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.16 27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.17 28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.18 29 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.19 30 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.21 31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 32 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 1.23 33 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.24 34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.25 35 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.28 36 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 37 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.29 38 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.30 40 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.31 41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 42 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 1.32 43 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.36 44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 45 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.38 46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.39 47 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.41 48 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1.47 49 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 50 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.48 51 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 52 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.49 53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.51 54 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 1.53 55 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.57 58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.58 60 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 61 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 62 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.00 63 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.01 65 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.02 66 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 67 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 68 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.03 69 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2.04 70 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 71 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.05 72 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 2.06 73 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 75 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2.08 76 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 77 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 2.09 78 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 79 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 2.10 80 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 81 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.11 82 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.13 83 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.14 84 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 85 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.17 85 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 87 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.20 88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 89 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 2.22 90 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.25 91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.26 92 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 2.31 93 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.32 94 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 95 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.34 96 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 98 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.36 99 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.37 100 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 2.38 101 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 2.39 102 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.41 103 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 104 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.43 105 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.44 106 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 107 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.46 108 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 109 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2.47 110 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.48 111 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.51 112 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 2.53 113 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 2.56 114 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 115 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.57 116 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 2.58 117 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 3.03 118 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 119 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 120 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 3.09 121 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.10 123 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.11 124 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 125 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.12 126 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 3.14 127 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 3.15 128 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.16 129 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.21 130 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 131 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.25 132 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3.31 133 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3.56 134 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4.01 135 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4.10 136 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4.11 137 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 4.14 138 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.16 139 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.24 140 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 4.27 141 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 5.05 General classification after stage 3 1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 9.31.28 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.05 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.35 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 0.38 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 0.43 6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.44 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.45 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.46 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.54 10 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 0.55 11 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.03 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.05 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 1.08 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.11 17 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.14 18 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 1.17 19 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.24 20 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.25 21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.28 22 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.31 23 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1.36 24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 1.37 25 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41 26 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 27 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.49 28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 2.00 29 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 2.03 30 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.09 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.10 32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.12 33 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 34 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.14 35 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2.16 36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.19 37 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.22 38 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 2.30 39 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 2.44 40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.51 41 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.52 42 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.53 43 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.02 45 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 3.08 46 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.09 47 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 3.13 48 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3.14 49 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 50 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3.19 51 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 52 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.22 54 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.23 56 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.27 57 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.33 59 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.34 60 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3.36 61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 3.47 62 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.56 63 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.58 64 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.59 65 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.03 66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.05 67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 4.08 68 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.12 69 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 4.21 70 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 4.22 71 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5.33 72 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.49 73 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.09 74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.47 75 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 9.11 76 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.43 77 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 9.47 78 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 10.06 79 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10.21 80 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10.24 81 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 10.32 82 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.40 83 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.47 84 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 10.48 85 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 10.58 86 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 11.05 87 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.06 88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 89 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 11.10 90 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 11.17 91 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 11.22 93 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 11.35 94 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.42 96 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 97 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 13.24 98 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 14.17 99 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14.20 100 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 14.27 101 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 14.35 102 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 14.45 103 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 14.56 104 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.04 105 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 15.06 106 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15.13 107 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.17 108 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 15.33 109 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 15.42 110 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 15.47 111 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.26 112 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 16.44 113 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.47 114 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 17.01 115 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 17.45 116 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 17.55 117 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 19.17 118 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 19.57 119 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 20.16 120 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 20.52 121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 23.17 122 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 23.31 123 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 24.23 124 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24.46 125 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.33 126 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 25.44 127 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25.51 128 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.08 129 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.10 130 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 26.24 131 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 26.34 132 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 27.04 133 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 27.15 134 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.26 135 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 28.23 136 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 28.32 137 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 29.29 138 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 30.50 139 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 32.00 140 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.32 141 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 45.09 Points classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 30 pts 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29 3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 26 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 25 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 24 7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 21 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 15 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 15 10 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 13 11 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 11 12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10 13 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 10 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 16 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 9 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 18 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 8 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8 20 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 8 21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 6 23 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 24 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 25 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 26 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 5 27 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5 28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 29 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 30 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 31 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 32 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 33 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 34 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 35 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 36 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 37 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 1 38 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 39 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 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 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 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 17 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1
