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91st Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 10-June 1, 2008
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Stage 1 - Saturday, May 10: Palermo (Team Time Trial), 23.6km
Slipstream shows speed in Sicily
Vande Velde takes first maglia rosa
By Shane Stokes in Palermo, with additional reporting from Bjorn Haake
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Scooping its biggest ever win and simultaneously propelling Christian Vande Velde into the first American maglia rosa since Andy Hampsten 20 years ago, Slipstream Chipotle H30 thundered to team time trial success on day one of the Giro d'Italia.
Finishing with only five men in front, the American team scorched the 23.6 kilometre course in a time of 26 minutes and 32 seconds, six faster than CSC and a further one ahead of High Road. Vande Velde crossed the line just ahead of US TT champion Dave Zabriskie and in doing so, took the first Grand Tour leader's jersey of his career.
"This is amazing," the clearly delighted 31 year-old said. "I don't really think about being the first American in pink in 20 years, I think more about how much of a big coup it was for myself and the team.
"We came here with one objective and one objective only, and that was to win today. We did that. It is a pretty unreal thing to do, especially when you are a second division team and in your first year of really getting together. We are over the moon."
Vande Velde has spent much of his career in support of other riders, helping Lance Armstrong to his first Tour de France success in 1999 and riding for both US Postal and CSC. He moved to Slipstream Chipotle H30 over the winter and now has a chance to have a bit more ambition. When asked if today's success was payback for all the effort he had put in for others, he said that it could perhaps be seen as that.
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"That is a good way to put it," he said. "This [being in the pink jersey] is the picture that will be on our wall or the things that I will say to my grandchildren. I mean, my career is not over, I don't want to say that this is it, but at the same time it is an amazing achievement and definitely the highlight of my career so far."
Zabriskie spoke to the media immediately after his time trial and gave his reaction to the squad's effort. Sporting his now-customary moustache plus a new Captain America shield motif on his TT helmet, he said that they were pleased with how the race against the clock went.
"We have been practicing for about a week and a half, so we prepared as best we could. We have to be satisfied with however we do [in terms of results].
"Christian was first over the line...just in case we won, I didn't want the jersey...it's too much hassle with the press," he added, laughing. "For sure this [the TTT] was our biggest motivation of the race. I think we will be a little more relaxed now, we were pretty stressed beforehand."
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Vande Velde confirmed that there was no premeditated plan to have him cross the line first. "The main thing was that we wanted to win today," he said. "We didn't want to take the chance of making Dave go first or myself go first, because to lose by one second would be horrible.
"First and foremost we wanted to win the stage, and if one of us happens to be the first across the line, it is just luck or whatever. We didn't want to take a chance to achieve that. So we never decided. It was open. We just wanted to be the fastest people across the line.
CSC made a strong effort but were a few seconds shy of the bullseye at the end. Michael Blaudzun spoke to Cyclingnews after the finish and said at that point he didn't know if they had done enough or not. "I don't know if we got it at the end...it is pretty close," he stated. "The course was harder than I expected, because when you see it on the map you don't think there are so many corners there. But there are a lot of them when you actually ride it. And the little climb out there was harder than we had thought.
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"The team was super strong. We will have a good Giro for sure. If we can get a man in the top ten or two men in the top twenty it will be good, that is our goal. We don't have a real captain, but we have some young guys with good talent."
Although the Astana team came to the race with very little notice - and thus very little in the way of ideal preparation - the fact that it had riders of the calibre of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden meant that many were curious to see how they would do. In the end the riders performed satisfactorily rather than spectacularly, finishing 29 seconds back in seventh place.
"I think we did a pretty good time trial regardless of how the other teams performed," said Contador. "After so much time away from racing, we can't be dissatisfied with how we did. We could have gone a little better, but all things considered, we have to be content.
"This Giro is long, and with Levi and Andreas, we can expect to be among the protagonists. I started okay, but I was struggling to hold the wheel at the end. I hope to get better as the Giro progresses. Overall, we're happy to be in the race."
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The LPR Brakes team of defending champion Danilo Di Luca finished just ahead of Astana, limiting its losses. Di Luca had said yesterday that he'd be content to concede just 20 seconds; the riders were eight seconds off this target, but he's unlikely to see the day as a disaster.
The Rabobank team of Denis Menchov will be less happy. They were only 16th, losing one minute and three seconds to Vande Velde's Argyle army.
It's certain that the latter squad will take great satisfaction from their performance. They worked hard on their TTT in the leadup to the race, and were the only team today seen wearing ice vests during the warm-up. The measure is intended to keep the core temperatures down; it's impossible to know how much of a part that might have played in their success today, but they were certainly the coolest squad out there on day one of this Tour of Italy.
How it unfolded
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Morning rain had made the streets slippery, but with the late start of 15:30 and the rain having stopped it was unlikely that the weather would have much of an impact on the outcome. The first team to set off down the start ramp was Milram, minus their star sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. The Italian was suspended for a year a few days ago and it was Erik Zabel in the captain's role. The milk team could take it easy, however, not expecting to fight for the win today.
It was a different story for highly motivated Tinkoff Credit Systems. They set the early mark with 27'05, beating Milram by some 12 seconds. Caisse d'Epargne, Saunier Duval-Scott, Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli all followed, but none could touch the squad of Oleg Tinkov.
It was Slipstream that raised eyebrows for their gutsy ride - and for sacrificing David Millar who couldn't follow his own pace in the final kilometre. Instead, it was Christian Vande Velde who led home the American team in 26'32, more than half a minute faster than Tinkoff.
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Astana were next on the road, but were nine seconds off the pace at the intermediate check (kilometre 10.4) and eventually finished with 27'01 - a half minute behind Slipstream. Euskaltel rode through next, seemingly in a different kind of contest - trying to come last. Their time of 27'49 made them a strong contender.
Team CSC were next to come blasting by, eight seconds ahead of Slipstream at the 10 kilometre check. Then Barloworld shaved off another second at the halfway point. However, both teams faded to finish with 26'38 and 26'46 respectively.
High Road were going all out for the win but the team almost lost Kanstantsin Siutsou in the closing stages. It took some very kind (and loud) words of encouragement from Bradley Wiggins to get the Belarusian back in the pace line. That may have lost them the race, as they finished in third, only six seconds back.
The last team to put Slipstream in danger was Liquigas, but they too lost valuable time in the final part of the course. However, a fourth place with a time of 26'41 was nothing to be ashamed of. The only question left to answer was who would be the lanterne rouge? It was Française Des Jeux who ended up 'beating' Euskaltel, with a 27'59 - having the pride to finish under 28 minutes.
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- Bikes and riders weren't the only attractions in Palermo today.
- High Road had a good day but couldn't pull off the win.
- Liquigas used the home court advantage for a fourth place.
- Barloworld had a great ride and surprised many by finishing fifth.
- Slipstream were the focus of much attention and the American squad did not disappoint.
- Saunier Duval make their way through the crowds at the start.
- British rider Steve Cummings leads the Barloworld team.
- Slipstream rode extremely well and won the first stage.
- Danilo Di Luca led his LPR Brakes team to sixth place on the day.
- Christian Vande Velde and his Slipstream team-mates celebrate their TTT victory in Palermo.
- David Millar and Magnus Backstedt give race leader Christian Vande Velde a lift.
- Vande Velde described today's win as the best moment of his career.
Images by AFP Photo
- Milram's Erik Zabel warms up for only the second Giro d'Italia of his 15 year career.
- The team plates for the following cars are arranged by a race official.
- Italian road race champion Gianni Visconti (Quick Step) cruises about before the start.
- World champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) has a few words with his directeur sportif.
- Tinkoff Credit Systems set an early best time before being knocked off by Slipstream.
- Team Slipstream blitzed around the streets of Palermo to take a resounding victory on stage one.
- Team CSC were eight seconds faster than Slipstream after 10 km, but faded in the second half of the race.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) wore the pink jersey as defending champion.
- Di Luca's squad came in sixth, 28 seconds behind Slipstream.
- Christian Vande Velde (Slipstream) zips up the first maglia rosa of the 2008 Giro d'Italia.
- Vande Velde's victory comes 20 years after compatriot Andy Hampsten won the 1988 Giro d'Italia.
- Vande Velde salutes the crowd in Palermo, Sicily.
Results
1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 26.32 (53.366 km/h) 2 Team CSC 0.06 3 High Road 0.07 4 Liquigas 0.09 5 Barloworld 0.14 6 LPR Brakes - Ballan 0.28 7 Astana 0.29 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.33 9 Quick Step 0.42 10 Lampre 0.45 11 Team Milram 12 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.51 13 Gerolsteiner 0.54 14 Caisse d'Epargne 15 Saunier Duval - Scott 1.02 16 Rabobank 1.04 17 Ag2R La Mondiale 1.05 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 CSF Group - Navigare 1.15 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17 21 Silence - Lotto 1.18 22 Française Des Jeux 1.26 General classification after stage 1 1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 26.32 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 6 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.06 7 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 11 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 12 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 0.07 15 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 16 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road 17 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 19 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.09 21 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 22 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 23 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 24 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 26 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas 0.11 27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 28 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 29 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.14 30 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 31 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 32 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 33 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 34 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 0.17 35 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.18 36 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 0.19 37 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 0.23 38 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 39 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.28 40 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 41 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 42 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes 43 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 44 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 0.29 45 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 47 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 49 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana 51 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 52 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 53 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.33 54 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 55 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 57 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 58 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.42 60 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 61 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 63 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 64 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 65 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 66 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.44 67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 0.45 68 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 69 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 70 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 71 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 72 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 75 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 76 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 77 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 78 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 79 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 80 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 81 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 82 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.49 83 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.51 84 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 85 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 86 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 87 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 88 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 89 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 90 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.54 91 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 92 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 104 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.02 105 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 106 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 107 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 108 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 109 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 110 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.04 111 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 112 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 113 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 114 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 115 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 116 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 117 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1.05 118 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 119 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 120 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 122 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 123 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 124 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 125 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 126 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 127 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 128 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 129 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 131 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 133 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 134 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1.07 135 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 1.11 136 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1.15 137 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 138 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 139 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 140 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 141 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.17 142 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 143 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 144 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 146 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 147 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 148 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.18 149 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 150 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 151 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 152 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 153 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 154 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.19 156 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 157 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 158 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.20 159 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 160 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.22 161 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 1.26 162 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 163 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 164 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 165 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 166 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 167 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 168 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1.36 169 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.43 170 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 1.46 171 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2.02 172 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 173 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 2.11 174 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.12 175 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 2.14 176 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 2.17 177 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 178 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 179 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 2.26 180 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 2.31 181 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.50 182 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.00 183 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 184 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.07 185 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3.13 186 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.23 187 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 188 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.46 189 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3.52 190 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.07 191 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 192 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 4.20 193 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 4.25 194 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.37 195 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.09 196 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 5.17 197 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) CSF Group Navigare Best young rider classification 1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 26.38 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 0.01 3 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.03 6 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 7 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 0.08 8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.12 9 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 0.17 10 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.23 11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.27 12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 0.36 13 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 14 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 0.39 15 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 16 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 17 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 18 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 19 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.43 20 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.56 25 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 26 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 0.58 27 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 28 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.59 29 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 30 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1.09 35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.12 36 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 37 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 38 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 39 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.14 40 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 1.20 41 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 42 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.37 44 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 2.11 45 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 2.20 46 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.44 47 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.54 48 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.17 49 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 4.14 50 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 4.19 51 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.03 52 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 5.11 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Slipstream - Chipotle 26.32 2 Team CSC 0.06 3 High Road 0.07 4 Liquigas 0.09 5 Barloworld 0.14 6 LPR Brakes - Ballan 0.28 7 Astana 0.29 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.33 9 Quick Step 0.42 10 Lampre 0.45 11 Team Milram 12 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.51 13 Gerolsteiner 0.54 14 Caisse d'Epargne 15 Saunier Duval - Scott 1.02 16 Rabobank 1.04 17 Ag2R La Mondiale 1.05 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 CSF Group - Navigare 1.15 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17 21 Silence - Lotto 1.18 22 Française Des Jeux 1.26
