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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.
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- André Greipel (Team Columbia) throws his bike to beat Robbie McEwen (Silence - Lotto).
- André Greipel (Team Columbia) takes victory with a smile over Australian Robbie McEwen (Silence - Lotto).
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
