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62nd Tour de Romandie - ProT
Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008
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Stage 4 - May 3: Sion - Zinal, 126.5km
Strength wins it for "unknown" De Bonis
Klöden hangs on to overall lead
By Susan Westemeyer
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Francesco De Bonis of Gerolsteiner and Astana's Andreas Klöden put on amazing shows of strength Saturday afternoon, as the young Italian joined an early escape group and was able to hold on to sprint to the stage win. Klöden held on to his overall lead by nearly single-handedly controlling the chasing group on the final climbs. John Gadret of AG2R finished second in the dramatic finale and Manuel Beltran of Liquigas was third.
"The escape left very early and there was a lot of uncertainty in the middle," De Bonis said. "When I found myself alone, I felt very tired and following Beltran used up a lot of strength. At 100 meters to go I only saw Gadret and I was still very afraid. I didn't believe it until 50 meters before the finish!" His Directeur Sportif, Reimund Dietzen, called it "a dream ride".
The 25 year-old neo-pro took his first pro win in dramatic fashion. He joined an escape group which formed early, and went after the King of the Mountain points. On the final climb, only 20 km or so before the finish, he took off from the remains of the group to take the points that would assure him the coveted jersey, and just kept on going. Beltran caught up with him and the two went under the Flamme Rouge together. Gadret came up from behind and shot past them, looking like he would take the stage. But young De Bonis was not to be denied. He surprised the French rider with an attack and passed him with 100 meters to go, crossing the finish line with a three second advantage and a joyous demonstration.
Only the day before, the Italian had made his mark. He finished 20th in Friday's time trial, as the best of his team, 1'03" behind winner Klöden. It was an impressive performance by the rider who is better known for the climbing abilities he demonstrated Saturday.
Klöden was equally impressive in defending his yellow leader's jersey. Near the end of the race he had only Maxim Iglinsky at his side, and in the end the slender German was on his own. But he showed that he was rightfully team captain and race leader, often leading the pack up the long climbs, fast enough to drop the slower riders off the back and to pick up time on those ahead of him. He now goes into the final stage with a lead of 35 seconds over Roman Kreuzgier of Liquigas and 43 seconds over Marco Pinotti of High Road.
How it unfolded
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The race got off right on time under sunny skies, with one rider, Patxi Vila of Lampre not taking the start. The remaining riders were eager to get going on this short but mountainous Queen stage, which featured three category one climbs, plus a uncategorized climb up to the finish line, in only 112.4 kms. A landslide forced the organizers to cancel the third climb of the day, Saint-Luc, and the peloton took a flat way around instead.
Almost immediately the first attacks came out of the field, and only 20 km into the stage, an escape group had formed. It wasn't far ahead of the field, and the make-up of the group remained fluid. Some of the riders involved were Bauke Mollema (Rabobank), Chris Anke Sorenson (CSC), Luca Barla (Milram), Ludovic Turpin (AG2R), Nicolas Crosbie (Bouygues Telecom), Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre) and Jerome Coppel (Francaise des Jeux).
With 95 km to go, there were seven riders in the lead, but it was still only a slight lead and Astana wasn't going to let the race slip out of its hands. This group worked well together, though, and within six kilometres had built up a lead of 1'20". The group, which had grown, consisted of David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel), Hubert Schwab (QuickStep), Michael Albasini (Liquigas), Steve Zampieri (Cofidis), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), Volodymir Gustov (CSC), Francesco De Bonis (Gerolsteiner), John Gadret (AG2R), Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole), and Stef Clement (Rabobank).
Astana picked up the speed and pulled the peloton up the first mountain. The team increased the tempo enough that the first non-climbers were dropped off the back, and the escapees' lead stayed around 1'13" with 87 km to to go.
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Gerolsteiner's young De Bonis took the mountain points on the Cote de St. Martin, ahead of Zubeldia and Zampieri. The group had a lead of 1'38" at this point, Back in the field, Astana continued to keep watch over everything, and Thomas Dekker kept a close eye on Andreas Klöden. The young Dutchman went into the stage only five seconds behind the Astana rider in the GC.
The leaders started up the second climb, up to Vercorin, with a slowly increasing lead, nearly two minutes at this point. They then passed through the first intermediate sprint at km. 48.6, without contesting it. Albasini went across first, followed by Zubeldia and Halgand.
Astana startd to see the leader's jersey slipping off of Klöden shoulders and forced the speed again, pulling the lead down to 1'40" with 60 km to go. With 55 km to go, Saunier Duval started showing up behind Rabobank and Klöden in the peloton. The lead had dropped to about 1'10".
De Bonis was determined to win the KOM jersey, and took off shortly before the peak. He crossed under the banner first with Zampieri second and Zubeldia third. Their advantage was back up to 1'30". THe group got smaller, too, as at least Lopez Garcia couldn't keep up with the pace.
Zampieri was leading the escape group around a hairpin curve on the descent with 45 km to go. His front wheel slipped away and down he went. The Swiss rider appeared uninjured but had large black oil smears on his left leg. He quickly caught up again with Lopez Garcia, who was trailing the group, in his fight to catch up again. Zubeldia had meanwhile established a few meters lead over the group, which was starting to pull apart on the rapid descent. But by the time they hit the bottom, they were all back togehter again, with a lead of about 1'50".
With 38 km to go, the lead had picked up to just over two minutes as the peloton went through the feed zone. Astana had moved back into the lead. Soon after, at the second intermediate sprint, with 31 km to go, Albasini went through first again, picking up some more bonus seconds. He was the virtual leader at this point. Clement and Schwab were second and third. Astana led the peloton under the arch for the sprint, exactly two minutes later.
The attacks out of the escape group started with 26 km to go, with Halgand breaking out first. De Bonis went with him as behind them, the rest of the group fell apart. Schwab, Gustov and Zubeldia caught them, but the rest were dropped or struggled desperately to stay within sight.
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Maxim Iglinksy took over the lead work, and put enough pressure on to drop the lead to 1'20". He was so good, in fact, that at 24 km, an orange-and-blue clad rider dropped off the back of the peloton, and Thomas Dekker indicated that was it for his chances in this race.
Di Bonis took over the lead up front, and he and Halgand opened up a lead over their former escape copmanions. The field started overtaking those who had fallen out of the breakaway group, while individual riders tried their luck to jump out of the peloton. One of them, Triki Beltran, made his way up to near the front.
At 22 km, Klöden was alone, but still leading the group and looking confident. Gustov caught up with De Bonis and Halgand at 21 km and a 1'04" lead, and Zubeldia made the connection again. At 19 km, with 43 seconds, De Bonis took off, in hopes of more mountain points, quickly building up a sizeable lead.
Morabito and Iglinksy came up to help Klöden. The peloton was 24 seconds behind the remains of the former escape group, and De Bonis was 25 seconds ahead of them with 25 kms to go.
Sandy Casar decided to look for his chances for the overall win, and with 13 km left, had left the peloton and caught up with the remnants of the escape group. He changed places with Halgand, who was being absorbed back into the peloton, which was now 51 seconds behind De Bonis.
Iglinksy continued to pull the group up, with Klöden right behind him and Rabobank's Denis Menchov in fourth place. The peloton had shrunk to about 20 riders.
Klöden took over the lead, seeing the danger in Casar's attempt, and pulled the peloton apart as he overtook the former escape group. Juan Manual Garate of Quick Step jumped out and joined John Gadret (AG2R), who was slightly ahead. With only 10 km to go, De Bonis contined to hold a 10 second lead over Beltran and 39 seconds over the Klöden group, which could no longer be callled a peloton. Gadret and Garate caught Beltran and the three gave chase to the Gerolsteiner youngster, who was 28 seconds ahead with one kilometre to go to the mountain points.
De Bonis achieved his goal of taking the King of the Mountains pink jersey, with a narow 20 second lead over those behind him. He shot down the short descent, hoping desperately to hold up for the stage win. Klöden contined to hold control of the group, which had overtaken Beltran, Gerate and Gadret. At 7km, Beltran took off again, picking up a few seconds lead. High Road's Morris Possoni, wearing the green points jersey, was the next to jump out. But Klöden continued to pull the group along, not letting the Italian get away.
The last few kilometres wre uphill again, and Beltran pulled up to the young Italian, with the following group also coming closer and closer Jose Angel Gomez Marchante of Saunier Duval jumped out, halfway between the two leaders and the following pack.
Beltran led the way under the Flamme Rouge, with De Bonis on his rear wheel. The Spaniard did his best to shake the young Italian, but the Gerolsteiner rider wsn't going down without a fight.
With only a few hundred meters to go, the two were caught. Gadret shot by them and looked to have the win. But De Bonis was determined to have it all and somewhere found the strength to sprint past the French rider and take the win. He caught him at 100 meters and had enough of a lead to raise his arms joyfully before collapsing in exhaustion and happy tears in his soigneur's arms. The remains of the peloton, ihcluding leader Klöden, crossed the finish line only seven seconds later.
Photography
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- The pack passes by the pyramid of Euseigne, natural formations made of columns of stone.
- Italian Francesco De Bonis of Gerolsteiner celebrates as he wins the fourth and penultimate stage.
- Overall leader German of Astana is kissed by the podium women.
- Overall leader German Andreas Kloeden (center) rides behind French Sandy Casar (left) and Czech Roman Kreuziger at the finish.
Results
1 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.28.06 (36.472 km/h) 2 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 0.03 3 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 0.05 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.07 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0.16 12 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 0.28 14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.59 19 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 1.04 20 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.27 21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.53 22 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 1.57 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 28 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 2.04 29 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.05 30 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.10 31 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 33 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 2.26 34 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.28 35 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.09 36 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.47 37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 38 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 39 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6.55 40 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 7.03 41 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.05 42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 7.27 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 44 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 47 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 48 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 49 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.35 50 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.12 51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.16 52 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 10.02 53 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.07 54 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 10.16 55 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 57 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.27 58 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 10.34 59 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 60 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 61 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 62 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 63 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.06 64 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 13.57 65 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 16.37 66 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 68 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 69 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 72 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 73 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 74 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 75 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 76 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 77 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 78 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 80 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 81 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 20.32 82 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 83 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 85 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 86 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 87 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 88 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 89 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 90 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 91 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 92 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 93 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 20.49 95 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 21.44 96 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 23.20 97 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 27.16 98 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 99 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28.30 100 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 101 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 29.57 102 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 103 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 104 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 105 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 106 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 107 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 109 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 111 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 112 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 113 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 114 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 116 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 117 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 118 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 120 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 122 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 123 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 124 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 125 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 126 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 127 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 128 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 129 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 130 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 131 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 132 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 134 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne General classification after stage 4 1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 12.59.41 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.35 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 0.43 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.45 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.54 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.05 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 1.08 8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.14 9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 1.52 10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 1.58 12 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.00 13 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.05 14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2.10 15 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 2.12 16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.30 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.36 18 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.45 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 3.02 21 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 3.04 22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.14 23 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.23 24 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4.00 26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4.13 27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.15 28 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 5.02 29 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.05 30 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.09 31 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.17 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.54 33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 6.18 34 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.43 35 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8.01 36 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 8.22 37 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 8.59 38 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 9.01 39 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.11 40 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.20 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 11.07 42 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.32 43 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 11.44 44 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.49 45 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.14 46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.46 47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.23 48 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 13.40 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.18 50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.51 51 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.23 52 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 16.31 53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 17.03 54 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.37 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 19.53 56 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 19.56 57 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 19.57 58 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.26 59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20.29 60 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 20.38 61 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 20.51 62 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 21.33 63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.45 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 22.53 65 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 22.55 66 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 23.19 67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 23.44 68 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 23.47 69 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 23.58 70 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 23.59 71 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 24.11 72 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.28 73 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.02 74 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 25.22 75 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.13 76 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.10 77 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 27.28 78 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 27.47 79 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 28.12 80 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29.37 81 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30.12 82 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30.49 83 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 30.57 84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 85 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 31.35 86 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 32.00 87 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 32.58 89 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32.59 90 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33.17 91 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.02 92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 34.12 93 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 35.10 94 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 35.23 95 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.53 96 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 36.46 97 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 37.15 98 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.56 99 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 39.42 100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 40.38 101 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 40.53 102 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 40.55 103 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.56 104 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 41.12 105 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 41.16 106 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41.32 107 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 108 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43.56 109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 44.07 110 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 44.46 111 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.54 112 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 45.32 113 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 45.37 114 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.16 115 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 46.30 116 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 46.34 117 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 46.51 118 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 47.28 119 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 47.35 120 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 47.45 121 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 47.46 122 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 49.47 123 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 53.21 124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 55.34 125 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.58 126 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56.00 127 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 56.14 128 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 56.24 129 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 58.13 130 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 58.22 131 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 59.19 132 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.00.40 133 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.08.22 134 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.14.59 Points classification 1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 35 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 32 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 30 4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 26 5 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25 6 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 7 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 24 8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 23 9 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 17 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 15 12 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 15 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 13 15 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 13 16 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 11 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10 18 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 10 19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 9 20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 21 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 9 22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8 24 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 8 25 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 8 26 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 28 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 6 30 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 31 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 32 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 5 33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 34 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5 35 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 4 36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 3 38 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 39 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 40 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 42 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 43 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 44 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains classification 1 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 36 pts 2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 3 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 20 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 6 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 14 7 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 12 8 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 11 9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 8 10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 8 11 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 8 12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 14 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 6 15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 16 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 4 17 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 18 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 2 21 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 22 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 23 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 2 24 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 1 25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 1 26 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 27 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 28 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1 Sprints classification 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 12 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 12 3 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 12 4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 6 5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 6 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3 7 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 9 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1 10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 11 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1
