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11th Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 29-September 6, 2008
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Stage 5 - September 3: Mainz - Winterberg, 218.4km
A mountain win for sprinter Ciolek
By Susan Westemeyer
Columbia's Gerald Ciolek has always said that he is not a pure sprinter, and he proved it Wednesday, winning the Deutschland Tour's second mountain stage. He sprinted out of a favourites' group on the short but steep climb up to the finish line, finishing easily ahead of Rubens Bertogliati (Scott-American Beef) and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) in the rain. Ciolek's team-mate Linus Gerdemann finished in the same time and retained his leader's jersey.
The previous day the German sprinter set up the sprint win for his team-mate Andre Greipel, and this time it was Ciolek's turn to take the victory. He stayed with the favourites' group all the way on a cold and wet day, and was one of four Columbia riders near the front as they approached the top of the final climb. He jumped out of the group and showed that he can climb as well as he can sprint.
"I knew that this mountain wasn't so difficult," Ciolek said of the 400 meter, 10 percent gradient climb. Ciolek thanked team-mate Tony Martin, who brought him into position. "I only had to ride the last 300 metres to the end - and I can do that in an uphill finale."
Gerdemann was glad to see the finish line. "It was very, very difficult because of the rain and cold," he said. "I was afraid that my legs would seize up. I was frozen."
Team CSC-Saxo Bank's Gustav Larsson was in the escape group of the day, and he wasn't ready to give up when it became clear that the group would be caught. He went out on his own with 40 kilometres remaining, before finally being overtaken himself 20 kilometres later.
"He had to do something because they'd been in that break for more than 150 kilometers at that point, but the peloton was relentless so it was impossible," said CSCS Directeur Sportif sports Kim Andersen. "But strong effort by Gustav and a great show of morale to fight till the bitter end."
The final mountain stage turned out to be a cool and wet one, as fall weather moved in to Germany. A number of riders either did not start or did not finish the stage in light of the constant rain and 11 degree temperatures.
How it unfolded
A six-rider strong group was able to get away about 20 kilometres into the race: Gustav Larsson (CSC), Hector Gonzales Baeza (Scott-American Beef), Mario Aerts (Silence-Lotto), Pieter Weening (Rabobank), David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) and Amaël Moinard (Cofidis). Behind them, the peloton splintered in the pouring rain, and the sextet was able to build up a lead of 4.35 minutes.
The first climb of the day appeared at 160 km, and on the descent Larsson picked up the speed and tore his group apart. He continued with a small lead over his former break companions, with Gonzales Baeza falling back.
The gaps kept getting smaller, and with about 23 kilometres to go, Milram's Peter Velits broke out and caught Larsson by the 20 kilometre marker. Velits went on past, but in turn was then caught by Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas). Second-overall Thomas Lövkvist had a mechanical with 16 km to go, but team-mate Marcus Burghardt brought him safely back to the peloton.
Velits and Carlstrom maintained a slight lead. Behind them were numerous further attacks out of the favourites' group, but Columbia rode them all down.
The Finn was able to pull away from Velits with about 3.5 km to go, and he was soon absorbed by the following group. The group ground its way through the wet streets of Winterberg and caught Carlstrom with 1.3 km to go. David de le Fuente (Scott - American Beef) chose that moment to attack, managing to stay ahead until the final climb started with about 700 metres to go.
Columbia's Martin caught him, with Gerdemann right behind. Four Columbia riders led the way up the short but steep climb, and the most unexpected of them all pulled out to go for the win - sprinter Gerald Ciolek.
Results
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 5.39.35 (38.517 km/h) 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 5 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 8 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 9 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 15 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 16 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef 19 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef 22 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 24 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 26 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 27 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 28 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 0.19 29 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.24 30 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 32 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 33 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 34 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 0.36 35 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef 0.46 36 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef 0.53 37 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0.58 38 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 41 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.11 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1.27 43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 1.33 44 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1.36 47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.41 48 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 50 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.46 51 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 1.57 52 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 2.02 53 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.22 54 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 2.52 55 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 3.04 56 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 3.37 57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 3.42 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.49 59 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 3.56 60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.14 61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 6.49 62 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.02 63 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 9.54 64 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 9.54 65 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 14.10 66 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 67 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 68 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 69 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 71 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.41 72 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 20.37 74 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 75 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 76 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 77 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 79 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia 80 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 81 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 82 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 83 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.42 85 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 20.44 86 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 87 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 89 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 90 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 91 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 92 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 93 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 94 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 95 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 96 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 97 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 99 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 100 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 101 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 102 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 103 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 104 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 105 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 106 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 109 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 110 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 112 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 113 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 114 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 116 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 119 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef 120 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 121 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 123 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 124 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 126 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 127 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 128 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 129 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 131 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 132 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 133 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 134 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 136 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.06 DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole DNF Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram DNF Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank DNF Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank DNF Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano Points 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 25 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 20 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 16 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 13 5 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 6 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 10 7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 8 9 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 5 12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4 13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 14 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 2 15 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1 Mountains First 1 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 pts 2 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef 2 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Second 1 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 pts 2 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef 4 3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3 4 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 2 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 1 Sprints First 1 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 pts 2 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef 4 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 Second 1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 Third 1 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 pts 2 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 Young riders 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 5.39.35 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 3 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 0.18 12 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.23 13 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.23 14 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 0.36 15 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.57 16 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1.36 17 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 1.41 18 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 2.01 19 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 3.04 20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 6.48 21 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 9.53 22 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 14.09 23 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.09 24 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 20.36 25 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 26 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 27 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.42 28 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 20.44 29 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 30 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 31 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 32 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 33 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 35 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 38 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef 43 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 44 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 45 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 46 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.05 Teams 1 Team Columbia 16.58.45 2 Scott - American Beef 3 Astana 4 Liquigas 0.15 5 Caisse d'Epargne 0.24 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.24 7 Quick Step 1.03 8 Lampre 2.52 9 Credit Agricole 3.37 10 Team CSC-Saxo Bank 8.35 11 Rabobank 10.25 12 Française Des Jeux 16.39 13 Team Milram 18.12 14 Silence-Lotto 19.32 15 Gerolsteiner 22.23 16 Team Volksbank - Corratec 22.34 17 Skil-Shimano 22.42 18 Ag2R La Mondiale 23.54 19 Bouygues Telecom 35.52 20 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 36.25 General classification after stage 5 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 23.35.23 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 0.17 3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 0.20 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.58 5 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 1.13 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 1.16 7 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.27 8 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 1.31 9 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 1.50 10 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.40 11 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 2.51 12 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.52 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3.37 14 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 3.37 15 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 3.40 16 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef 3.41 17 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 3.43 18 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.23 19 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.35 20 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 4.42 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4.55 22 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 5.30 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.33 24 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 5.36 25 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.04 26 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 7.01 27 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.43 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7.51 29 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7.59 30 David Cañada (Spa) Scott - American Beef 8.08 31 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 8.09 32 Angel Gomez (Spa) Scott - American Beef 9.13 33 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 10.41 34 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.32 35 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.32 36 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11.36 37 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 12.02 38 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12.04 39 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 12.07 40 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 12.08 41 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.41 42 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.29 43 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 14.07 44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14.11 45 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.46 46 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef 14.56 47 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 15.40 48 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 15.51 49 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 16.52 50 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.55 51 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 17.35 52 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 18.26 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19.21 54 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.09 55 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 22.41 56 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 23.07 57 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 24.33 58 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24.48 59 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25.07 60 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 26.19 61 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 27.09 62 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 27.50 63 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 28.44 64 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 29.07 65 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 29.34 66 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 29.49 67 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 30.21 68 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 30.34 69 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.11 70 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 32.03 71 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33.17 72 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33.32 73 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 33.45 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.51 75 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 34.08 76 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.15 77 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 35.21 78 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 35.40 79 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 36.18 80 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36.55 81 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37.10 82 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 37.26 83 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 37.36 84 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 38.09 85 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 38.18 86 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 38.44 87 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38.52 88 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39.49 89 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.13 90 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.15 91 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 40.22 92 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef 40.32 93 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40.41 94 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 41.01 95 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.37 96 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 41.43 97 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 43.03 98 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43.26 99 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.03 100 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.05 101 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 44.49 102 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 44.57 103 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 45.41 104 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 45.41 105 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 47.08 106 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48.04 107 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48.05 108 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 48.37 109 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 49.06 110 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 49.24 111 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.28 112 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 49.29 113 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 49.34 114 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 49.52 115 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 49.52 116 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia 50.26 117 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 50.27 118 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 50.45 119 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.06 120 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 51.57 121 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 52.33 122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 53.15 123 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 53.26 124 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 53.47 125 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 53.58 126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 55.03 127 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 56.11 128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 56.57 129 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 56.57 130 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 57.37 131 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 58.04 132 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.23 133 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00.10 134 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 1.00.37 135 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.04.14 136 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 1.05.00 Points classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 70 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 57 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 48 4 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 44 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 38 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 37 7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 34 8 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 31 9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 29 10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 29 11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 29 12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef 28 13 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 26 14 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 24 16 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 21 17 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 20 18 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 20 19 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 20 20 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 21 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 17 22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 16 23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 25 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 26 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 13 27 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 13 28 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 30 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 10 32 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 10 33 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 10 34 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 35 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 9 36 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8 37 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 8 38 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 8 39 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 8 40 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 7 41 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 7 42 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 6 43 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 44 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 6 45 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 48 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 5 49 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 50 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 4 51 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 4 52 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 4 53 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 54 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef 4 55 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 57 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 58 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 3 59 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 60 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 2 62 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 63 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia 2 64 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Scott - American Beef 1 65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 18 pts 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 14 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Columbia 13 4 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 12 5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 11 6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 7 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 8 8 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 9 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Scott - American Beef 7 10 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6 12 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 3 14 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 3 15 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 16 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 17 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 2 18 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 19 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 2 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 21 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef 2 22 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 1 23 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 24 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 25 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 1 Young riders classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia 23.35.40 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 0.03 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.59 4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.10 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 1.33 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 3.23 7 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 3.26 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.47 9 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 6.44 10 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 7.52 11 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 10.24 12 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.15 13 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11.45 14 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 11.50 15 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.29 16 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 16.35 17 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 17.18 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 22.24 19 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.50 20 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 26.52 21 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 27.33 22 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 28.27 23 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia 28.50 24 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 29.32 25 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 30.17 26 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.54 27 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33.00 28 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33.15 29 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 33.28 30 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 33.51 31 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.58 32 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 37.09 33 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 37.19 34 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 37.52 35 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 38.01 36 Héctor González (Spa) Scott - American Beef 40.15 37 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.20 38 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43.46 39 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 49.17 40 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 50.28 41 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 52.16 42 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 53.09 43 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 53.41 44 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 56.40 45 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 56.40 46 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.06 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 70.52.30 2 Astana 0.02 3 Liquigas 1.25 4 Scott - American Beef 2.02 5 Credit Agricole 4.51 6 Team Columbia 7.18 7 Quick Step 9.33 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.55 9 Lampre 20.13 10 Rabobank 20.47 11 Team CSC-Saxo Bank 28.43 12 Ag2R La Mondiale 36.30 13 Gerolsteiner 44.41 14 Silence-Lotto 45.18 15 Team Volksbank - Corratec 45.47 16 Skil-Shimano 49.43 17 Française Des Jeux 50.39 18 Team Milram 51.53 19 Bouygues Telecom 54.08 20 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 54.50
