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11th Deutschland Tour - ProT

Germany, August 29-September 6, 2008

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Stage 4 - September 2: Wiesloch - Mainz, 174km

A dozen for Greipel

By Susan Westemeyer, with additional reporting by Monika Prell in Mainz

André Greipel of Team Columbia made it a full dozen on the season as he captured the fourth stage of the Deutschland Tour for his 12th win. He came across the finish line a half a wheel ahead of Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto), with Gerolsteiner's Robert Förster third in the bunch sprint. Greipel's team-mate Linus Gerdemann stayed in the leader's jersey.

The finishing margin was close, but "I did not doubt my victory," Greipel said. "I want to thank my team-mates for their great work. Yesterday we worked a lot. Today was a bit easier for us. Tomorrow I won't be able to win, so it will be a quiet stage for me."

The sprint was set up for him by team-mate and fellow sprinter Gerald Ciolek. Although there had been public speculation as to which sprinter the team would ride for, there was no question within the team. "We agreed that the team would race for me, my team-mates did an excellent work," Greipel said. "Gerald Ciolek was very fast, so nobody had the possibility to be faster than me."

The 26 year-old opened the year by dominating the Tour Down Under, winning four of six stages and taking not only the overall title but also the first ProTour leader's jersey of the season.

Looking to the immediate future, Greipel said, "The yellow jersey is now our biggest objective. Tomorrow we expect another full day of work, but we can be calm, we already have a stage win." And with an eye on the more distant future, he noted, "The World championships in Varese are said to be quite difficult. I don't know the objectives of the team. I raced many days this year but I still have a good form, so I would be pleased to support the team."

Third place-finisher Förster was hoping for a win to recommend himself for a new team, since Gerolsteiner is ending this season. "It went well," he said. "But there was simply no way to get by the two ahead of me. I noticed, though, that I could do it and will continue to look for my chance here."

His team-mate, Bernhard Kohl, said, "Everybody expected an easy stage, but it was very hard. We rode an average speed of 47 km/h. When the two riders escaped, we tried to reach them. We gave all to chase them down, and I think that we can be happy about the third place of Robert Förster."

The race got off to a fast and nervous start, with multiple escape attempts by various groups, none of which was allowed to stay away. Finally, after not quite 80 kilometres, Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Tom Stubbe of Francais des Jeux successfully attacked out of the field. Neither was a threat to the yellow jersey, so they were allowed to build up a lead of nearly six and a half minutes. That was enough for the sprinters' teams to get nervous, so Columbia and Silence-Lotto led the chase, foreshadowing the outcome of the stage.

The two were caught with about seven kilometres to go, and then the preparations for the bunch sprint started. Columbia led the way under the one kilometre mark with three men in front, and Ciolek prepared the way for Greipel, with McEwen not far behind the larger powerful German – but nevertheless behind him.

Photography

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Results

1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                      3.59.37
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto
3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia
10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana
11 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano
12 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step
13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
15 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
16 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
17 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas
18 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
19 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank
20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia
21 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre
23 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto
24 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia
26 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
27 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
28 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
29 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step
30 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef
31 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
32 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
33 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
35 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
36 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia
38 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
40 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef
41 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
42 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
43 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia
44 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
45 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
46 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank
47 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
48 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux
50 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
51 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
52 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
53 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
54 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
55 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
56 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step
57 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
58 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
59 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
60 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
62 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
63 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
64 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef
65 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
66 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank
68 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
69 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto
70 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank
71 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
72 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
73 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux
74 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto
75 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef
76 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
77 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
78 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
79 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre
80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
81 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step
82 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
83 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
84 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
85 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
86 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
87 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
88 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
89 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
90 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano
91 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
92 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
93 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
94 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne
95 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
96 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
97 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
99 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
100 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
101 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto
102 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
103 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef
104 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
105 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
106 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
107 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef
108 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
109 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
110 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
111 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano
112 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step
113 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
114 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas
115 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
116 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
117 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
118 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
119 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux
120 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
121 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
122 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
123 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
124 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank
125 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre
126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
127 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
129 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef
130 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                        0.27
131 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
132 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
133 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
134 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef
135 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia
136 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                             0.42
137 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto             0.50
138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
139 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                             0.52
140 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                         1.15
141 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                      1.25
142 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                2.58
143 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
144 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                3.26
145 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                     4.51
146 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
147 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                   6.03
148 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                        6.44

Points

1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                           25 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                         20
3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           16
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          13
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                 11
6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                           10
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                9
8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              8
9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                            7
10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                               6
11 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                        5
12 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                         4
13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 3
14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                2
15 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 1

Mountains

Neuleinigen, Cat. 3, 68 km
1 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                             3 pts
2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                      2
3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                   1


Eisenberg, Cat. 3, 82,9 km
1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                          3 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       2
3 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                           1

Sprints

Speyer, 24,1 km
1 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                6 pts
2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              4
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       2

Kirchheimbolanden, 100,5 km
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       6 pts
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                          4
3 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia                             2

Alzey, 117,6 km
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       6 pts
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                          4
3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  2

Young riders

1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                 3.59.37
2 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
4 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
5 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia
7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
8 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
9 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
11 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
12 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia
13 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank
14 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
15 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
16 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
18 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
19 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step
21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
22 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef
23 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
24 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale
25 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank
26 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
27 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux
28 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre
29 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
30 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
31 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
32 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano
33 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
35 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
36 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
37 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
38 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
39 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
40 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
41 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
42 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
43 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
44 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef
45 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.27
46 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia
47 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         0.50
48 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                         0.52
49 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               6.03

Teams

1 Team Columbia                                                    11.58.51
2 Rabobank
3 Astana
4 Quick Step
5 Team Volksbank - Corratec
6 Gerolsteiner
7 Credit Agricole
8 Team Milram
9 Silence-Lotto
10 Française des Jeux
11 Skil-Shimano
12 Lampre
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi
14 Liquigas
15 Scott - American Beef
16 Bouygues Telecom
17 Caisse d'Epargne
18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
19 Ag2R La Mondiale
20 Team CSC Saxo Bank


General classification after stage 4

1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                   17.55.48
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                                 1.31
10 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne           2.13
11 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         2.16
12 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                    2.39
13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         2.42
14 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                      2.51
15 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                2.52
16 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                      3.19
17 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                          3.22
18 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                       3.25
19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                  3.28
20 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef              3.41
21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                  3.52
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                4.14
23 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.23
24 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                   4.42
25 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                    5.25
26 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                 5.30
27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef           5.36
28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone   6.04
29 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef                 7.15
30 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                7.41
31 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             7.43
32 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                            7.57
33 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank             7.59
34 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                               8.00
35 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                           8.09
36 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                           8.50
37 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           8.58
38 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                    9.05
39 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef                  9.13
40 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank           9.53
41 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                9.57
42 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank               10.03
43 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                         10.17
44 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                      10.25
45 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux             10.34
46 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             10.34
47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                 10.35
48 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    10.38
49 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                       11.06
50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                            11.19
51 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                          11.44
52 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        11.56
53 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                   12.07
54 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                12.18
55 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                12.33
56 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         12.41
57 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     12.48
58 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                               12.59
59 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  13.07
60 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       13.08
61 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef  14.10
62 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.31
63 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                  14.46
64 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                       15.11
65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       15.32
66 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                    15.34
67 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                               15.51
68 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                    15.52
69 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               16.11
70 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                    16.42
71 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto             16.52
72 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     17.01
73 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                           17.25
74 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                             17.34
75 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                 18.00
76 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                               18.26
77 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    19.05
78 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank              19.31
79 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi     19.36
80 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                          19.38
81 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                   19.46
82 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef             19.48
83 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     20.04
84 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                           20.15
85 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                         20.17
86 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             20.45
87 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 20.53
88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                            20.59
89 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                          21.11
90 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef         22.19
91 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                22.42
92 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   23.00
93 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone   23.11
94 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        23.19
95 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      23.21
96 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                      24.09
97 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                     24.22
98 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                    24.57
99 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone24.57
100 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                       26.24
101 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                       27.20
102 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               27.21
103 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Télé    27.34
104 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                      27.50
105 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux            27.53
106 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                     28.29
107 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                          28.30
108 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                        28.31
109 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphon   28.40
110 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom             28.42
111 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                    28.45
112 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                 28.50
113 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             28.51
114 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux             29.08
115 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                        29.08
116 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux             29.08
117 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                         29.10
118 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                 29.22
119 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia                       29.49
120 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                      29.50
121 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank  30.01
122 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                  30.05
123 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        30.22
124 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                            30.47
125 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                     31.13
126 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                     31.56
127 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                    32.06
128 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                    32.31
129 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                        32.42
130 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                        32.47
131 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                    32.51
132 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                       33.03
133 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                             33.14
134 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                           33.54
135 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                  34.19
136 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                       34.44
137 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                     35.12
138 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                          35.27
139 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                            36.13
140 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                            36.53
141 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                   37.27
142 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       37.41
143 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                      38.25
144 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux            39.00
145 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      39.26
146 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                       40.00
147 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                    43.30
148 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                       44.16

Points classification

1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                         57 pts
2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                         52
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                37
4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                     34
5 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                           31
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                29
7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                   29
8 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                         28
9 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef      28
10 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                         25
11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         24
12 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                          23
13 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           20
14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank             20
15 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                      20
16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        20
17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           18
18 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                         17
19 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                          16
20 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          16
21 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     14
22 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank      14
23 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                 13
24 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        12
25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     12
26 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            12
27 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas                                  11
28 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                   11
29 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                            10
30 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                        10
31 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       10
32 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                          10
33 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       9
34 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                               9
35 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       8
36 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                       8
37 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                 8
38 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                   7
39 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                               6
40 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                               6
41 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                          6
42 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                 6
43 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            5
44 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                        5
45 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              4
46 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                      4
47 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                              4
48 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 4
49 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             4
50 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                         4
51 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                               3
52 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 3
53 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   2
54 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            2
55 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                        2
56 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                 2
57 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia                            2
58 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef                 1
59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           1
60 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 1

Mountains classification

1 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                          18 pts
2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia                         13
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                         13
4 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                             12
5 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                   8
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                 8
7 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank        8
8 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          7
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                      6
10 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Bee       3
11 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      3
12 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                            3
13 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                         3
14 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                         2
15 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                           2
16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      2
17 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     2
18 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                   1
19 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                  1
20 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                          1

Young riders classification

1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                            17.56.05
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 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                3.02
7 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                 3.08
8 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           4.06
9 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                              5.08
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            5.47
11 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                         7.24
12 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                        7.43
13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                    7.52
14 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    8.41
15 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                             8.48
16 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                         9.40
17 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                  10.00
18 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                      10.17
19 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                            11.50
20 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         12.16
21 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              12.31
22 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                        12.42
23 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                12.51
24 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          14.14
25 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           14.29
26 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                14.54
27 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                             15.35
28 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                             16.25
29 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      16.35
30 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              16.44
31 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                    17.08
32 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                      17.17
33 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            19.29
34 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef                      19.31
35 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          20.36
36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 23.02
37 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                27.33
38 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia                                  28.14
39 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       28.25
40 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                           28.33
41 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank            29.44
42 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                               31.39
43 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                              31.49
44 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                  32.25
45 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              32.34
46 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                       32.57
47 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                 34.27
48 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                      35.56
49 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 37.24

Teams classification

1 Caisse d'Epargne                                      53.53.21
2 Astana                                                    0.26
3 Liquigas                                                  1.34
4 Credit Agricole                                           1.38
5 Scott - American Beef                                     2.26
6 Team Columbia                                             7.42
7 Quick Step                                                8.54
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       9.55
9 Rabobank                                                 10.46
10 Ag2R La Mondiale                                        13.00
11 Lampre                                                  17.45
12 Bouygues Telecom                                        18.40
13 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                        18.49
14 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                      20.32
15 Gerolsteiner                                            22.42
16 Team Volksbank - Corratec                               23.37
17 Silence-Lotto                                           26.10
18 Skil-Shimano                                            27.25
19 Team Milram                                             34.05
20 Française des Jeux                                      34.24

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