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62nd Tour de Romandie - ProT
Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008
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Stage 5 - May 4: Le Bouveret - Lausanne, 159.4km
Klöden caps comeback with Romandie title
Bennati dominates sprinters in final stage
By Susan Westemeyer
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Astana's Andreas Klöden became the first German ever to win the Tour de Romandie, easily holding on to his overall title win in a final stage which saw Daniele Bennati of Liquigas take the sprint finish. Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas was second overall, followed by Marco Pinotti of Team High Road.
The slender German turned his attention immediately to the upcoming Giro d'Italia, to which his controversial team finally received a last-minute invitation. "Winning the Tour de Romandie is not a dream, but a great satisfaction in one of the most beautiful tests in the ProTour. It is true that this happiness is doubled by being able to take part in the Giro, knowing that the Tour de Romandie is the best preparation."
His team indicated that Klöden would be the team's captain in the Giro. "Now Andreas can focus on the overall title in the Giro d'Italia," said team spokesman Philippe Maertens. "Right now, he is the strongest of our three captains – himself, Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer, all of whom will be at the start in Italy. After the first time trial we will see how he is."
The 32 year-old had a difficult start to his season, as he battled with various illnesses, starting with the team's training camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He slowly came into form, hitting his peak for Romandie. Klöden established the basis for his overall win by taking the third stage time trial, which he won by six seconds over last year's race winner Thomas Dekker of Rabobank.
The final stage was marked by a five-man escape group for a long time. It got away on the first climb and built up a lead of up to 3'28, before being absorbed back into the peloton with about 15 kilometres to go. Astana, Liquigas and High Road took charge of things and brought back the escape attempts to set up a sprint finish. The last few hundred metres of the race contained a short, but steep climb, and Bennati proved to have the strongest legs. Gerolsteiner's Markus Zberg finished second, with Astana's Maxim Iglinsky third.
It was Bennati's first win of the season, much to his relief. "My team-mates did a great job to bring me up to the one-kilometre mark," he said. "From there on, I tried to take advantage of the train High Road formed for Cavendish. It carried me to Zberg's wheel and I launched the sprint with 180 metres to go." He dedicated his win to his team, which has continued to support him all season, his masseur and to his wife, who will give birth to the couple's son in July.
The 27 year-old was also looking forward to the Giro d'Italia, which starts in six days. "My objective? At least one stage win...."
Gerolsteiner's Francesco De Bonis took home the mountain jersey, and High Road's Morris Possoni took the sprinter's jersey. Bennati won the final points jersey.
How it unfolded
The final stage got up off promptly at 11:30 Sunday morning, with four riders deciding not to tackle the final 152.4 kilometres: Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto), Albert Fernandez (Saunier Duval), Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) and Leonardo Scarselli (Quick Step).
The first climb of the day was the Col des Mosses, at 31km, with 1,035m of climbing over 19.1 km, with an average gradient of 5.4 percent. On the way, Alexandre Moos of the American team BMC took off, and with one kilometre to go until the top, he had a one minute lead over the peloton. Four other riders went after him: Mathias Frank (Gerolsteiner), Jerome Coppel (Francaise des Jeux), Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) and Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom).
Moos took the mountain points, and in so doing, assured that Saturday's hero, Francesco De Bonis of Gerolsteiner, would be the overall winner of the mountain jersey. The five escapees came together on the descent and built up a 1'30" lead.
A closed railroad crossing held up the escapees for a brief time, but they were still able to work up a lead of over two minutes. Moos showed that he is a sprinter as well as a climber, taking the first intermediate sprint ahead of Frank and Coppel.
With 70km to go, Alexandr Pliuschin (AG2R) took off in pursuit of the breakaway group, which was over three minutes ahead. In the peloton, Liquigas and Astana shared the duties of shepherding everyone along at a comfortable pace.
Shortly after the feeding zone, several riders hit the pavement in a mass crash. Among them were Ian McKissick (BMC), Nick Gates (Silence-Lotto), and three Euskaltel riders, Haimar Zubeldia, Amets Uxurruka and Ruben Perez Moreno, all of whom were able to get back on their bikes and keep going. Not so for Bauke Mollema – the Rabobank youngster had to drop out of the race.
At 39km, Astana, Liquigas and Cofidis combined to bring the lead down even more, under two minutes, as they rode along the banks of the beautiful Lake Geneva on their way to Lausanne. The five managed to maintain a one-minute lead at the second intermediate sprint, which Moos took again ahead of Coppel and Botcharev. But with 33km still to go, the group began to have doubts as to whether it would be able to stay away to the end. Clement wasn't ready to give up and took off from his team-mates, as the lead shrunk to 53 seconds.
The Belgian had a 10 second lead as he started up the day's second ranked climb and the final one of the race. High Road sent two riders to the front of the peloton to help lead things and keep an eye on the break, which held at just about a minute.
With some 30 km left, Jens Voigt (CSC) lived up his reputation and took off out of the peloton. Clement took the mountain ranking, 14 seconds ahead of his former breakaway group and about 45 seconds ahead of Voigt, who in turn was about 15 seconds ahead of the peloton. Astana kept a close eye on the wiley German, who was only 2'45" behind their captain Andreas Klöden
The four followers caught Clement again and about 30 seconds behind them, Jussi Veikkanen of Francaise des Jeux caught up with Voigt. Another 30 seconds back was the peloton, where High Road sprinter Mark Cavendish was trying desperately not to drop off the back.
With 23km to go, Voigt realized he wouldn't get away and sat up to get back in the peloton. Veikkanen tried it on his own for a little longer, but was also absorbed back into the peloton. At 21km there was also 21 seconds between the two groups.
Coppel and Botcharov took off with 18km to go, with Clement dropping off the back and not able to hang on with Moos and Frank. He was quickly passed by the peloton, which was flying along in single file. Up ahead, the four remaining escapees got together again with a 17 second lead, but again Coppel and Botcharov shook them off. Moos managed to get back up to the leaders, as Frank was also absorbed back into the peloton.
They fought doggedly to hold on to their lead, and Botcharov took off as the peloton reached them with 15km to go, but he was only able to postpone the inevitable for one kilometre. Astana had things firmly in hand at the head of the fast moving peloton, with one Liquigas rider also up front.
The next attacks came at 12km to go from Rick Flens (Rabobank), Wim Van Huffel (Silence Lotto) and Laurent Mangel (AG2R). Astana wouldn't let them go, though, and quickly brought them back. Nick Nuyens of Cofidis took off as the peloton crossed under the 10km arch. He rocketed off the front on a light climb, followed by Alesander Kolobnev (CSC). Nuyens quickly built up a lead of 18 seconds.
A Lampre rider tried his luck as well, Paolo Tiralongo. The sprinters' teams had now lost control of the peloton as more riders tried to get away and dribble out the front.
Nuynes ground his way ahead, keeing a steady 20 second lead. Kolobnev was unable to make up any time on him and Tiralongo caught him with 6km to go, with Nuyens just visible ahead of them.
Osscar Pereiro was one of the bigger names to jump out of the peloton, catching Kolobnev and Tiralongo, but the three were then quickly caught by the peloton. Tiralongo jumped again but was unable to build up a lead of more than a few meters. Gerolsteiner sent two riders to the front of the peloton and the quickly moving group made up time on Nuyens, whose lead had shrunk to five seconds at 4km. He was passed through the peloton and quickly fell off the back.
Four of the mineral-water riders took over the head of the peloton, pushing a high speed until High Road took over with 2km left, with young Mark Cavendish looking for a win. He was closely followed by Daniele Bennati (Liquigas). At one kilometre to go, the road headed uphill, with a 4'25" percent gradient.
Bennati led the sprint up the climb to the finish line, and Cavendish proved again that he is a sprinter and not a climber, as he was unable to power his way up. Markus Zberg of Gerolsteiner finished second and Maxim Iglinsky of Astana third. Andreas Klöden, safely tucked in the peloton, had no trouble maintaining his overall lead and taking the title.
Full report coming!
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) wins the final stage near Lake Geneva, in Lausanne
- A smiling Bennati crosses the line in first.
- Bennati wins the final dash in Lausanne.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) takes the overall and is now lookin gforward to the Giro
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 3.43.39 (42.763 km/h) 2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 5 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 7 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 12 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 13 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 17 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 21 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 22 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 28 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 29 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 30 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 33 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 38 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 39 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 41 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 42 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 43 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 45 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 46 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 47 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 49 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 51 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 52 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 54 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 55 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 57 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 58 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 60 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 62 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 63 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 64 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 66 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 68 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.21 69 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 70 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 71 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 73 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.27 74 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 75 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 76 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 0.32 77 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 78 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 81 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 83 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.37 84 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 85 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.39 86 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 0.41 88 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 89 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 90 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 0.45 91 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 0.46 92 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.49 93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 94 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 95 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 0.51 96 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 98 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.00 99 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 100 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 1.18 101 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.26 103 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 104 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.03 105 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.08 107 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 108 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.11 109 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.24 110 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 4.29 111 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.25 112 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 113 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 114 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 115 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 117 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 6.58 118 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 10.26 119 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 120 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 121 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 17.33 Final General classification 1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 16.43.20 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 1.48 10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.52 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 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.14 22 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 3.23 23 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.50 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4.00 25 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.15 26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 4.28 27 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 5.02 28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.09 29 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.17 30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.54 31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.43 32 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8.50 33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 8.59 34 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 9.22 35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.11 36 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.20 37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 11.07 38 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.30 39 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.49 40 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.04 41 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 12.29 42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 12.43 43 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 12.46 44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.50 46 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 13.40 47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.44 48 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.42 49 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.23 50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 16.31 51 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 17.35 52 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.37 53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 19.53 54 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.26 55 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20.29 56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.43 57 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 20.51 58 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 20.57 59 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 21.19 60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 22.05 61 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.45 62 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 23.19 63 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 23.27 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 23.39 65 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 23.47 66 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 23.58 67 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 23.59 68 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 24.04 69 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.28 70 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 24.35 71 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 25.22 72 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 27.28 73 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.31 74 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 27.47 75 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 28.12 76 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29.31 77 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30.49 78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 30.57 79 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 80 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 31.35 81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 32.00 82 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32.38 84 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 33.30 85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 34.02 86 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 34.21 87 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34.43 88 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.30 89 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 37.23 90 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 38.15 91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 40.38 92 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.56 93 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 41.27 94 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 41.34 95 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 41.44 96 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 41.59 97 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.58 98 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43.25 99 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.35 100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 45.32 101 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 46.04 102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46.12 103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 47.23 104 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 47.28 105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 47.48 106 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 48.16 107 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 48.17 108 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 50.08 109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 50.32 110 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 50.38 111 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 53.21 112 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 54.11 113 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 55.34 114 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 58.43 115 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.01 116 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 59.17 117 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.08 118 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 119 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.05.09 120 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.08.39 121 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.21.57 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 39 pts 2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37 3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 36 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 35 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 32 6 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 30 7 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25 8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 23 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 22 10 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 21 11 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 19 12 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 17 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 13 16 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 11 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10 18 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 10 19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 20 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 9 21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 22 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 9 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8 25 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 8 26 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 8 27 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 29 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 30 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 6 32 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 33 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 34 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 5 35 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 4 36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 3 39 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 41 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 42 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 43 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 44 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1 45 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains classification 1 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner 36 pts 2 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 28 3 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20 5 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 20 6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 8 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 14 9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 12 10 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 11 11 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 8 13 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 14 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 8 15 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8 16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 17 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 6 18 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 19 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 4 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 2 25 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 2 26 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 1 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 1 28 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 30 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1 Sprints classification 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 12 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 12 4 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 12 5 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 6 6 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 8 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3 9 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 10 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 12 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1 13 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1
