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10th Tour Down Under - ProT
Australia, January 20-27, 2008
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Stage 2 - Wednesday, January 23: Stirling - Hahndorf, 148km
Greipel wins the dash into Hahndorf
By Paul Verkuylen & Greg Johnson, in Hahndorf, South Australia
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In a virtual repeat of yesterday, an audacious and ambitious attack was snuffed out by the sprinters' teams who set up the finish in typical style, with very little kilometers remaining, for their big guns to fire. Despite many counter attacks in the final 30km it was all together for the final bunch kick and barrelling into Hahndorf was the German powerhouse on Team High Road, Andre Greipel, who took out the stage, followed by Rabobank's Graeme Brown in second place, and UniSA's Allan Davis in third.
Greipel, who was discovered by the same coach as 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, once again started his sprint from a long way out to hold off Australian's, Brown, and Allan Davis to take his second victory this season after he also won Sundays opening criterium in Glenelg.
"I feel good and I am in good shape," Greipel explained. "Last year I was strong as well, but I wasn't able to do well in some races because I had to work for the other sprinters other times I was just not in the right position."
"Now I try for myself and I have the support of my team," which has obviously paid divedends for the squad who are still on the look out for a new sponsor after losing T-Mobile last year.
Greipel's win took place, ironically in a town first settled by Germans in 1839. "I feel like I am in Germany here. Before the race I thought it would be nice to win here because it is a German city.
"I think the people from Hahndorf are also proud of me," Greipel added.
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After placing second today and third yesterday, Brown, who is on equal time with both Renshaw and Greipel, was awarded the overall leaders jersey. After a count back reveled that he has placed consistently higher than Renshaw and Greipel. Brown was initially disappointed with his second place, but having the jersey takes some of that disappointment away.
"I am pretty happy; leading a ProTour event is a pretty big thing. I would have preferred to win, but this is not a bad consolation," Brown explained shortly after stepping down off the podium in his new Ochre colored jersey.
"I got third yesterday, second today. I was coming quickly at the end, but I was just a bit late. I am a bit disappointed but they say that the jersey gives you a few more percent so hopefully its good enough for tomorrow.
"I am very happy to be leading this race, I am sure that we will see a lot of orange riding on the front tomorrow, like a team should when they have the leader's jersey."
We have a strong team, also for the overall. We will work hard for it." He said of his chances to take another stage, although he would not give away who the team's overall hope was. "We wont say," said.
Just five kilometers from the start, Yoann Offredo (Fra) from Francaise Des Jeux attacked the main field to quickly build up a thirty second lead. Shortly afterwards, two other French riders, Stephane Poulhies (Fra) of Ag2R-La Mondiale and Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) of Bouygues Telecom also broke free of the peloton.
After spending 15km away on his own, Offredo wisely sat up and allowed his two chasers to catch him. Worked well together they managed to stay clear until 118km into the stage, but the peloton was keen to bring it all back and it was set up for another sprint finish.
How it unfolded
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The ProTour was welcomed to the South Australian town of Stirling by clear conditions that were obviously going to see temperatures rise above those experienced in yesterday's opening stage. The majority of the 132 riders at the start were predicting the day's stage would end in a stage sprint, while the balance anticipated a small group getting away in the early phases and not coming back.
As the peloton rolled out of Stirling Yoann Offredo (Francaise des Jeux) quickly made it clear it was the latter option he was chasing. The French rider quickly pulled out a minute gap over the peloton in the 148 kilometre stage's opening kilometres.
Offredo stretched out the lead to 2.10 minutes in no time at all, as Nicolas Crosbie (Bouygues Telecom) and Stephane Poulhies (Ag2r-La Mondiale) gave chase. The French trio continued to pull time out over the peloton as the gap between Offredo and his compatriots slowly but surely narrowed.
As the Tour Down Under's second stage entered its 18th kilometre, Offredo had pulled a 6.10 minute margin over the 129-strong peloton, while his chasers were just 1.18 minutes behind. With the day's first sprint points fast approaching, Crosbie and Poulhies closed the gap down to just 200 metres before finally catching Offredo.
Back in the peloton Credit Agricole had taken control to ensure the margin to the trio stayed at a reasonable length as it sought to keep Stage 1 winner Mark Renshaw in the leader's jersey. Despite spending the first 15 kilometres off the front alone, Offredo mustered the energy to out sprint Crosbie and Poulhies for the first sprint points.
With the day's first sprint done and dusted the three riders turned their attention to the day's only King of the Mountain climb. As the peloton hovered at around five minutes behind the lead group.
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As thousands of people lined the day's big climb, while hundreds more rode the course ahead of the professionals, Poulhies made it to the top first to take full points from Offredo and Crosbie, who was several metres behind the pair. The peloton, which was strung out from the moderate climb, came across the line some five minutes later.
Despite the peloton pulling back over a minute from the French trio's lead, any hope of it chasing down the bunch early were dashed as it let the riders slip back out to nearly five minutes again. Meanwhile Crosbie took his share of the day's spoils at the second sprint, claiming the top spot from Offredo and Poulhies.
As Italian Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) called no joy and abandoned the race, out the front Rabobank and Credit Agricole's riders ramped up the pace on the finishing circuits to bring the leaders back. The gap quickly receded, with the peloton taking back nearly one minute in the next 10 kilometres and then nearly another minute over the following 10 kilometres.
With the peloton rapidly approaching the penultimate lap of the finishing circuit in Hahndorf it finally recaptured the three escapees, ending the trio's 120 kilometre escape. Despite catching the three Frenchman the riders hadn't yet settled on a sprint finish, with Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Jeremy Roy (Francaise des Jeux) and Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Team CSC) pulling a 500 metre gap by the time they reached the finish line. Having spent the past 40 kilometres chasing down the previous three man break the peloton was in no mood to let another go this close to the finish line and so Dmytro Grabovskyy (Quick Step) and Bernhard Eisel (Team High Road) launched a scathing push by the peloton that would see the attack naturalized.
France's Pierre Rolland (Credit Agricole) decided the French riders wanted one last crack at the stage victory and launched an ill-fated attack on the final lap. As the peloton entered the long finishing straight Rolland's attack was swamped as the peloton's top sprinters jumped for a long run to the line.
The furious sprint saw several riders burn out early leaving one man, Sunday night's Down Under Classic winner Andre Gripel (Team High Road), claim his first ProTour stage victory. Gripel proved too quick for Rabobank's repeated runner-up Graeme Brown who settled for second place and the leader's jersey, while Allan Davis (Unisa - Australia) took the podium's final spot for the second consecutive day.
Jersey Winners
Tour Down Under Leader's Jersey - Graeme Brown (Rabobank) SA Lotteries Sprint Jersey - Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone) A Brilliant Blend King of the Mountains Jersey - Philippe Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) Share the Road Young Rider's Jersey - Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Caisse D'Epargne) Hindmarsh Most Aggressive Rider's Jersey - Bartercard Winning Team Jersey - Astana
Photography
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- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) at the sign up.
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) and team mate Matt Goss looking pretty happy about being in South Australia, whilst at the start line.
- The peloton makes its way along the undulating terrain of Stage 2.
- The peloton enters the town of Echunga.
- The three break aways in action.
- The peloton ride the hills of Adelaide.
- Chief Commissaire Michael Robb with the best seat in the house.
- On the KOM Phillippe Gilbert (Fancaise Des Jeux) had plenty of support.
- Jan Boven (Rabobank) has a chat with his team director out the back of the race.
- Credit Agricole took to the front to make sure the escape group didn’t succeed.
- Credit Agricole stayed on the front for much of the race.
- The break was still in front with 40km to go.
- Handorf has a great finishing straight.
- Nearly at the line, but who will it be?
- Andre Greipel (Team High Road) takes the win.
- Silence-Lotto riders talk about the race at their team car.
- Andre Greipel (Team High Road) accepts his prize for his win in Handorf.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) is now the new leader.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) waves to the enthusiastic crowd.
- As usual a large crowd was there to watch the cycling.
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Chief Commissaire Michael Robb from Ireland poses for a photo with baby kangaroo in Stirling.
- Team-cars with bikes atop are ready to leave the startline in Stirling for stage two.
- Riders speed past some Tour fanatics on the road to Hahndorf on stage two.
- The leading trio in the main street of Hahndorf with a minute gap back to the peloton.
- Chief Commissaire Michael Robb is enjoying the sun in Australia so much as he keeps watch on the peloton.
- The peloton head up the main street in Hahndorf before another great crowd that has come out to see the Tour Down Under.
- Podium kisses for new Tour leader Graeme Brown of the Rabobank team.
- Are you really going to take that joey home? 2007 Tour winner Martin Elmiger (Ag2R-La Mondiale) from Switzerland cradles a baby kangaroo
- Last minute call-up: Tasmanian Richie Porte of the (UniSA-Australian National Team) was a late inclusion to the race and was a member of the breakway on stage one.
- Rabobank team-manager Erik Dekker chats with Graeme Brown in Stirling prior to Stage 2.
- Boy the scenery out here is great! Two members of the Caisse D'Epargne check out some Aussie girls in Stirling.
- Looking ahead: Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) has his eyes fixed on more victories in 2008.
- Adam Hansen (L) and Scott Davis both from Queensland in Northern Australia and team-mates with Team High Road.
- Awe aren't you a cutey: Theo Eltink (Rabobank) gets friendly with a joey in Stirling.
- Stephane Poulhies (Ag2R-La Mondiale) drives the leading trio into Hahndorf.
- Credit Agricole (with the help of a Rabobank rider) lead the peloton through Hahndorf with its Tour leader, Mark Renshaw, in seventh wheel.
- Stephane Poulhies (Ag2R-La Mondiale) grabs a bite to eat in the leading break.
- Credit Agricole found some support from a Rabobank rider in its chase to bring back the leading trio.
- Simon Gerrans (Credit Agricole) is sandwiched between some Caisse D'Epargne riders on a small rise out of Hahndorf.
- Frenchman David Moncoutie (Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone) has ridden the roads on the Pro circuit in Europe for many years and is now on the roads of Australia.
- The peloton head up a rise out of Hahndorf and close in on the leading trio of French riders.
- Fans can get up close and personal with the Tour as it speeds by on the roads of South Australia.
- Andre Greipel (Team High Road) takes stage two into Hahndorf ahead of Graeme Brown (far right) of Rabobank and Alan Davis of the Australia-UniSA team.
- Gee, what's so funny? I've just won a stage of the 2008 Tour Down Under!
- Hey, remember my name: Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone) is the leader of the SA Lotteries Sprint Points competition.
- Yoann Offredo (Francaise Des Jeux) is the leader of the King of the Mountains competion after the second stage.
- Australian Graeme Brown (Rabobank) is in the ochre jersey of the Tour leader after two stages.
Images by Greg Johnson/Cyclingnews
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) with his child Seth before the start of Stage 2.
- Igor Astarloa (Milram) gets familiar with the furry locals
- Riders hit the top of the K.O.M. section
Results
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 3.46.55 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 5 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 6 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 8 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 11 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 12 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 13 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 15 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 16 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 18 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 19 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 20 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 21 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 24 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 25 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 26 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 27 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 29 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 30 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 31 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 32 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 33 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 35 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 37 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 38 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 39 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 41 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 42 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 44 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 45 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 46 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 47 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 48 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 49 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 50 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 52 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 53 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 55 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 56 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 57 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 58 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 59 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 60 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 61 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 62 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 63 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 64 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 65 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 66 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 68 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 69 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 70 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 71 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 72 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 73 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 75 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 76 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 77 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 78 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 79 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 81 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 82 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 83 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 84 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 85 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 86 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 87 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 88 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 89 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 90 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 93 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 94 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 95 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 96 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 97 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 98 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 99 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 101 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 102 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 103 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 104 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 105 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 106 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 107 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 108 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 109 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 111 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 112 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 113 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 114 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 115 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 117 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 118 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 0.15 119 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.20 120 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 0.53 122 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 123 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 1.34 124 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.56 125 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.59 126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 127 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 128 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 129 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 130 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.45 131 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10.16 DNF Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas Points Sprint 1 Adelaide Road, Echunga at Institute - 15.4 km 1 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 1 Sprint 2 Onkaparinga Valley Road, near James Street, Balhannah - 64.1 km 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 3 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 2 Finish Arch - Main Street, Hahndorf at Visitor Information Centre - 148.0 km 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 8 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 Mountains Church Hill Rd, Echunga - 44.9 km 1 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 16 pts 2 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 4 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 4 Teams 1 Astana 11.20.45 2 Bouygues Telecom 3 Saunier Duval-Scott 4 Francaise Des Jeux 5 Caisse D'epargne 6 Team High Road 7 Rabobank 8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Silence-Lotto 11 Team CSC 12 UniSA - Australia 13 Lampre 14 Liquigas 15 Credit Agricole 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Team Milram 18 Ag2R-La Mondiale 19 Quick Step General Classification after Stage 2 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 7.00.18 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.04 5 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.05 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.06 8 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.08 10 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 0.10 11 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 12 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 15 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 18 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 20 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 21 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 22 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 23 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 24 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 25 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 26 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 27 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 29 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 30 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 32 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 34 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 35 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 38 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 39 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 40 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 42 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 43 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 44 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 45 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 46 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 47 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 49 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 50 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 52 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 55 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 56 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 57 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 58 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 59 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 60 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 62 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 63 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 64 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 65 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 66 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 68 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 70 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 71 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 72 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 73 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 74 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 75 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 76 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 79 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 80 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 81 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 83 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 84 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 85 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 86 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 87 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 89 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 90 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 92 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 93 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 94 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 95 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 96 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 97 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 98 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 99 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 100 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 102 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 103 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 105 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 106 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 107 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 109 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 110 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 111 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 112 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 113 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 114 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 115 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 0.29 116 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.30 117 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.34 118 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 0.47 119 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 1.11 120 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 1.14 121 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 1.44 122 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.04 123 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.06 124 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 2.09 125 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 127 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 2.51 128 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 3.36 129 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.50 130 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 8.50 131 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 11.03 Points classification 1 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12 pts 2 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 10 5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 8 6 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 8 7 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 6 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 10 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 4 11 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 Mountains classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 20 pts 2 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 16 3 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 4 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 5 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 6 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 8 7 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 9 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Under 25 Classification 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 7.00.22 2 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.01 3 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.04 4 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.06 5 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 6 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 8 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 13 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 14 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 15 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 17 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 18 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 20 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 21 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 22 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 24 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.26 25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.02 26 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 2.47 27 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10.59 Teams Classification 1 Astana 21.01.24 2 Ag2R-La Mondiale 3 Bouygues Telecom 4 Rabobank 5 Saunier Duval-Scott 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Caisse D'epargne 8 Francaise Des Jeux 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Team High Road 11 Quick Step 12 Liquigas 13 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14 Silence-Lotto 15 Team CSC 16 UniSA - Australia 17 Credit Agricole 18 Lampre 19 Team Milram
