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11th Deutschland Tour - ProT

Germany, August 29-September 6, 2008

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Stage 2 - August 31: München - Region Hesselberg, 182.6km

De La Fuente makes good on uphill skills

By Susan Westemeyer

David De La Fuente (Scott-American Beef), 27, wins stage two of the Deutschland Tour
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David de la Fuente of Team Scott-American Beef won the difficult uphill finish at the second stage of the Deutschland Tour, shooting out to the lead with only a few hundred metres to go. Second was Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) ahead of Thomas Lövkvist. The top five was rounded out by Janez Brajkovic (Astana) and Columbia's Linus Gerdemann. Gerdeman still holds the leader's jersey, ahead of Lövkvist and Brajkovic.

David de la Fuente, 27, turned pro with Vini Caldirola in 2003, and joined Saunier Duval (now Scott-American Beef) in 2004. He has proved his climbing abilities by wearing the polka-dot jersey for a number of Tour de France stages in 2006 and 2008. In 2006 he won the Tour's Most Aggressive Rider award.

"The stage was damned fast and really hard at the end," said Gerdemann. "So I'm happy to be able to continue in the yellow jersey. The whole team fought hard and caught all the escapees. That was a lot of hard work."

It was a very fast race, and for a long while no one was able to get away on the overwhelmingly flat course. Finally, about halfway through the race, a foursome was able to escape: Bernhard Kohl (Gerolstener), Kasper Klostergaard (CSC), Yoann Le Boulanger (Fraincaise des Jeux) und Markel Irizar Aranburu (Euskaltel). They were never able to get more than about two minutes, but were able to stay away a long time.

Finally, with about six kilometres to go, the peloton decided to stop toying with the breakaway group and roped them in. Columbia kept control of the field, helped by Astana and Milram. That meant a lot of blue jerseys on the front.

With about two kilometres to go, they ran into the only ranked climb of the day, the category three Hesselberg. As the field started up, Johan van Summeren of Silence-Lotto was the first to attack, but he soon tired on the climb which seemed to be much steeper and harder than anticipated. The peloton fell apart as it ground its way up.

Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) was the next to go, and was soon passed by Rigoberto Uran of Caisse d'Epargne, who built up enough of a lead that he looked like the sure winner. But the last kilometre was steep and seeming unending. With about five hundred metres to go, de la Fuente led a group past Uran and flew by the tiring Colombian to pull away and take the win.

The Spaniard won by two seconds ahead of a high-powered group of five, which included the top four riders in the race. That guaranteed no change in the top of the overall rankings.

Photography

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Results

 
1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef      3.48.38 (47,917 km/h)
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                        0.02
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                                
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                       
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                                
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                       
7 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                             0.08
8 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                    0.10
9 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                          
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                
11 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                          
12 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas                                         
13 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
14 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                        
15 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
16 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           
18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       0.19
19 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                    
20 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                             
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                         
22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                               
23 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef                    
24 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
25 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef                       
26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
27 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef                           
28 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                         
29 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                           0.29
30 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           
31 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             
32 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
33 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   0.33
34 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                    
35 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      0.39
36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                            
37 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
38 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                   
39 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef                          
40 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.44
41 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
42 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    
43 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       
44 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
45 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     
46 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                         0.50
47 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      0.54
48 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                0.56
49 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                    1.00
50 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.01
51 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                         
52 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
53 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                          
54 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
55 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                   
56 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                              
57 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        1.13
59 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                             
60 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           1.17
61 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
62 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
63 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                     1.24
64 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                            1.29
65 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                 
66 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
68 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                 
69 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                              
70 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                         
71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
72 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
73 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                     
74 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  
75 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
76 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                               
77 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
78 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                 
79 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                             2.06
80 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
81 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                           
82 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                
83 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
84 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
85 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                     
86 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                
87 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
88 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
89 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                      
90 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    
91 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                            
92 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     
93 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    
94 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
95 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
96 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
97 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                
98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                       
99 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                               
100 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                             
101 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                          2.34
102 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
103 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                       
104 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                   
105 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  
106 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                        
107 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                   
108 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                     
109 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
110 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
111 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              
112 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
113 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
114 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia                             3.24
115 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
116 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
117 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                             
118 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                 
119 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                                
120 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            
121 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
122 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
123 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                               
124 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                             
125 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank            
126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                     
127 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
128 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               
129 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef                  
130 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
131 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                                
132 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                      
133 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                  
134 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
135 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                 
136 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef                      
137 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
138 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
139 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                  4.26
140 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                              4.49
141 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                      
142 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                5.32
143 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                                  
144 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
145 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
146 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
147 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
148 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                  5.55
149 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             7.16
 
Points
 
Finish
1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef           25 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                          20
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              16
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                     13
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                              11
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                     10
7 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                9
8 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                       8
9 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                         7
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                               6
11 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                         5
12 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas                                        4
13 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 3
14 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                       2
15 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                1
 
Dachau - km 13.1
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  6 pts
2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   4
3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                     2
 
Augsburg - km 61.9
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  6 pts
2 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                    4
3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                              2
 
Donauwörth - km 107.3
1 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank             6 pts
2 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                       4
3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  2
 
Mountains
 
1 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef            3 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                           2
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               1
 
Young rider
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                         3.48.40
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                       
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                       
4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                             0.06
5 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                    0.08
6 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                          
7 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                 
8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                 0.18
9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                          0.20
10 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                           0.27
11 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                0.42
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
15 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     
16 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                         0.48
17 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                    0.58
18 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                     0.59
19 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
20 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                   
21 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                              
22 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
23 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
24 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         1.11
25 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                     1.22
26 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                             1.29
27 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                         
28 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                           1.37
29 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                             1.57
30 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                 
31 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                            2.08
32 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                            
33 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
34 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
35 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                    2.38
36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         3.22
37 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                           3.24
38 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                              3.29
39 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           3.36
40 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                          3.46
41 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank         3.50
42 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              3.54
43 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                               4.03
44 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
45 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef                   4.09
46 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              4.19
47 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                   4.49
48 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                               5.32
49 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        5.45
50 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              7.14
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                     11.26.26
2 Scott - American Beef                                              
3 Credit Agricole                                                0.02
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                               0.10
5 Rabobank                                                       0.24
6 Liquigas                                                       0.39
7 Quick Step                                                     0.40
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            1.01
9 Team Columbia                                                  1.31
10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                              1.35
11 AG2R La Mondiale                                              1.38
12 Silence-Lotto                                                 1.39
13 CSC                                                           1.47
14 Bouygues Telecom                                              2.23
15 Lampre                                                        2.58
16 Team Volksbank                                                3.18
17 Team Milram                                                   3.22
18 Française Des Jeux                                            3.47
19 Skil-Shimano                                                  3.59
20 Gerolsteiner                                                  5.06
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                         8.35.37
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                            0.17
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                   0.20
4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                        0.58
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.01
6 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                     1.13
7 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                             1.27
8 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                      1.31
9 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas                                          
10 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         1.54
11 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              2.03
12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef        2.10
13 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                2.13
14 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              2.16
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                       2.43
16 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                           2.51
17 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     2.52
18 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef                   3.00
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     3.05
20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       3.07
21 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      3.14
22 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                           3.19
23 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                               3.22
24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                            3.25
25 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                    4.19
26 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef                4.27
27 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                4.28
28 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef                       4.30
29 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                4.34
30 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                        4.42
31 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                      5.11
32 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         5.24
33 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                         5.25
34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                      5.30
35 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                   5.34
36 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       6.00
37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        6.04
38 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef                      6.06
39 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   6.18
40 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     6.22
41 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  6.50
42 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                 
43 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                     6.56
44 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          6.57
45 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  6.58
46 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                 7.31
47 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                7.38
48 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                      
49 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              7.40
50 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef                   7.48
51 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                8.03
52 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                8.13
53 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   8.45
54 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                     8.48
55 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      8.52
56 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           9.07
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                            9.16
58 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                     9.18
59 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                   9.25
60 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        9.26
61 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                               9.34
62 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                9.53
63 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                      10.35
64 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      10.50
65 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                            10.55
66 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        11.00
67 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       11.05
68 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                         11.09
69 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        11.11
70 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                         11.18
71 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             11.19
72 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           11.21
73 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              11.56
74 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                            11.59
75 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                        12.07
76 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                           12.09
77 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                          12.22
78 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          12.45
79 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   12.52
80 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        13.26
81 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                13.44
82 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                          14.34
83 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                    14.42
84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                    14.45
85 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            14.47
86 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             14.53
87 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  15.17
88 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     15.21
89 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         15.24
90 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    15.26
91 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                         15.33
92 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     15.34
93 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          15.48
94 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                            15.50
95 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                  15.53
96 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          15.55
97 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              16.01
98 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     16.03
99 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           16.29
100 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                               16.30
101 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                             16.31
102 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     16.37
103 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       16.40
104 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  16.42
105 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                         16.45
106 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                      16.50
107 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  16.51
108 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                              16.55
109 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    17.06
110 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                  17.08
111 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  
112 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
113 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                              17.10
114 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                17.18
115 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                      17.22
116 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                          17.48
117 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia                            17.49
118 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                           17.50
119 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             17.55
120 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank       18.01
121 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef             18.03
122 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                 18.05
123 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            
124 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                            18.33
125 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                               19.12
126 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                             19.32
127 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            19.47
128 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                          19.56
129 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                         20.31
130 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                        20.41
131 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                             20.42
132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                         20.51
133 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                            21.03
134 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                  21.14
135 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                            21.16
136 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                21.27
137 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       22.19
138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          22.22
139 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                            22.44
140 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                               23.17
141 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                 23.21
142 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                 24.53
143 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            25.14
144 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                        25.27
145 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                           26.25
146 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                         26.39
147 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 27.00
148 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                            27.25
149 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           27.26
 
Points classification
 
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                              45 pts
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                              41
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                          33
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                     29
5 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef           28
6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                 20
7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                     20
8 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   20
9 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 18
10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                       16
11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                               16
12 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                              15
13 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank           14
14 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                      13
15 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             12
16 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas                                       11
17 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              11
18 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                 10
19 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            10
20 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            8
21 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                      8
22 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                        7
23 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                               6
24 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                         6
25 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           6
26 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                    6
27 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                               6
28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 5
29 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   4
30 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                   4
31 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                      4
32 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  4
33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              3
34 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 2
35 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                             2
36 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                    2
37 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef                      1
38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                               16 pts
2 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                  12
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                              10
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                               9
5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                      8
6 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank             8
7 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               7
8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                           6
9 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef            3
10 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                       2
11 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                         8.35.54
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                   0.03
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.44
4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                             1.10
5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                      1.14
6 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       2.57
7 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                            3.02
8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                             3.08
9 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                     4.02
10 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                4.12
11 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         5.07
12 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                         5.08
13 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                   5.17
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        5.47
15 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                     6.41
16 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                7.56
17 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef                   8.18
18 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                     8.31
19 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      8.35
20 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                     9.01
21 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           9.04
22 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                   9.08
23 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                               9.17
24 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      10.33
25 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                            10.40
26 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       11.03
27 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                         11.16
28 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                            11.35
29 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                        11.53
30 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             11.59
31 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          13.09
32 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
33 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                13.27
34 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                          14.27
35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  15.00
36 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                         15.16
37 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                            16.03
38 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                              16.16
39 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      16.24
40 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   16.29
41 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                       16.37
42 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank        18.12
43 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             19.30
44 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                           19.43
45 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          20.36
46 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                   21.03
47 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                              21.06
48 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                             22.34
49 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                  23.06
50 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             25.29
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                     25.52.08
2 Caisse d'Epargne                                               0.43
3 Credit Agricole                                                1.12
4 Scott - American Beef                                          1.19
5 Liquigas                                                       2.17
6 Team Columbia                                                  4.36
7 Quick Step                                                     5.53
8 Rabobank                                                       7.19
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            9.05
10 Bouygues Telecom                                             11.13
11 AG2R La Mondiale                                             11.46
12 Lampre                                                       13.09
13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                             14.39
14 Gerolsteiner                                                 15.12
15 CSC                                                          16.22
16 Team Volksbank                                               16.24
17 Skil-Shimano                                                 22.27
18 Française Des Jeux                                           22.29
19 Silence-Lotto                                                25.20
20 Team Milram                                                  25.40

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