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10th Tour Down Under - ProT
Australia, January 20-27, 2008
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Stage 4 - Friday, January 25: Mannum - Strathalbyn, 134km
Greipel grabs second ProTour victory, Renshaw holds on to the lead
By Greg Johnson and Paul Verkuylen in Adelaide, South Australia
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Germany's Andre Greipel (Team High Road) outclassed his rivals in a crash-marred finish to claim his second ProTour stage victory on the Tour Down Under's Stage 4. Greipel started out Australia's first ProTour event on high by taking the pre-race criterium win on Sunday night, before following up the victory with another sensational sprint win into Hahndorf on Wednesday's Stage 2.
"I felt not so good the whole stage, it was really busy today," explained Greipel after the finish. "There were a lot of breakaways and a lot of wind today, I think everybody was a little pissed off because of the wind today. But at the end we were lucky and second win in Tour Down Under."
Greipel attempted to conserve his energy over the course of the day, something that was made difficult by the high heat and humidity as well as the constant attacking in the peloton. Greipel again paid tribute to his supportive squad.
"It was fantastic again, everyone supports me very good and at the end I just need the last 12 metres," he said.
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The Team High Road rider just managed to pass tour leader Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) on the line, leaving Renshaw to take second place. Third place went to Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Caisse D'Epargne) who beat home fourth placed Australian Matthew Goss (Team CSC)
The sprinters managed to avoid the carnage that unfolded behind them when Rabobank's Mathew Hayman fell hard after allegedly being head butted by another rival. Hayman is believed to have broken his collar bone in the fall, while Elia Rigotto (Team Milram) was disqualified for not holding his line and endangering other riders.
While his second stage victory came close to putting Greipel in the leader's jersey, after some quick mathematics the 25 year-old just marginally fell short of Renshaw's time. The Credit Agricole rider from Bathurst continues to lead the tour by four seconds over Greipel while Stage 3 winner Allan Davis (UniSA-Australian National Team) is still in contention a further three seconds back in third place.
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"It was really on there for the first two hours," said Renshaw. "I mean, we were getting hit from left, right and centre with all the power of Team CSC and Caisse D'Epargne, and as it worked out most of the peloton ended up in 1000 pieces, but it all came back together there and most importantly ended in a bunch sprint."
Renshaw recalled the hectic finish, describing it as dicey and adding that he hoped his compatriot Hayman was okay after the incident.
"It got a bit dicey there at the finish, there were a few corners where I wasn't too sure where I was going but that's always the case when you're fifth or sixth wheel, you're too busy watching the guy in front of your just hoping he knows where he's going. It's really unfortunate there was a crash, it's not the pretty side of cycling and you'd never wish it upon anybody."
The Tour Down Under's general classification is expected to break apart tomorrow, with the famed Willunga climb expected to break up the race. Despite the obstacle posed to the sprinters by the climb some, including Renshaw and Davis, are expected to capitalize on the tough penultimate stage and remain as contenders for the overall win.
How it unfolded
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Clear blue sky's greeted the ProTour peloton at Mannum for the start of the 134kilometer stage that would see them make their way back towards Adelaide to the rural town of Strathalbyn, where the local crowd was waiting to present the winner with a piece of local memorabilia. A live cow dressed with a jersey representing the town was patiently waiting next to the podium for its new owner.
The peloton was active right from the gun with a number of small moves making their way off the front in the opening kilometers. A move that was initiated by three riders, Nicki Sorensen (CSC), Mathieu Perget (Caisse D'Epargene) and Simon Clarke (UniSA) finally broke the strangle hold that the main peloton had over the previous escapes, building a lead of 30 seconds by the foot of the first climb.
Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Saunier Duval-Scott) bridged across to the small group shortly before the start of the climb and set about increasing the lead of the break.
Unfortunately for the leaders, the main field was feeling too frisky and sensing the opportunity that the four kilometer climb presented, the big hitters made their way to the head of the field and lifted the pace too high for some. By the time the leaders reached the top of the climb the main field, which had splintered into three groups, was close on their heels.
Arkaitz Duran (Saunier Duval-Scott) took the points on offer as they crested the climb, with Perget (Caisse D'Epargne) coming second and Nicki Sorensen (CSC) third.
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The fast descent was enough for the 60 strong group which had ridden away on the climb to bring back the four riders out front with the rest of the field chasing hard as the gap to the first peloton grew to over a minute. It was too early in the race however for such a large group to stay away, and the second peloton pulled back the first over the next ten kilometers.
Shortly after the group was complete a brief lapse in concentration coupled with some confusion in the peloton as they rounded a bend, Stuart O'Grady (CSC) and Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) came down, however both were able to rejoin the field shortly after with only minor abrasions.
The attacks kept coming as they headed towards the first of two intermediate sprints, with Australians William Walker (Rabobank) and O'Grady both active on the front. Once again the field split in two and as Allan Davis (UniSA) crossed the line to take the bonus seconds from Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Caisse D'Epargne) and Phillip Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux), to move him close to the overall lead, the gap was around 500meters.
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Jan Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner) took the second sprint in to Woodside after 60 kilometers from Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) and Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Caisse D'Epargne). For the next 15 kilometers more attacks ensued, but again the main field was reluctant to let any go as the groups were too big and the field ultimately stayed together.
An attack by Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) a few kilometers later caught the field napping and he quickly built up a two minute lead. Powering towards the finish, he was rapidly gaining time over the field that was now being controlled by Credit Agricole. As the field passed the 100 kilomter mark, Lorenti was exactly four minutes ahead, the maximum he would get.
With Rabobank coming to the front to help Credit Agricole chase, Lorenti's lead quickly deteriorated as they took two minutes in just seven kilometers.
With ten kilometers to the finish, Lorenti's day was over as the sprinters began moving to the front of the field. CSC, Rabobank, UniSA and High road took control of proceedings as they prepared their riders for the technical run into the line which included a small climb in the final two kilometers along with a series of corners before the final six hundred meter straight.
Rounding the bend for the final sprint to the line an erratic move by Elia Rigotto (Team Milram) brought Rabobank's Matt Hayman, which later resulted in his disqualification from the race. Greipel once again proved too strong for the others taking his second stage and possibly his first ever cow.
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- Luke Roberts (UniSA-Australian National Team) and team-mate Karl Menzies await the start of the days racing.
- The peloton head out of Mannum.
- Attacks were on from the begining today.
- Simon Clarke (UniSA-Australian National Team) lead a trio up the KOM.
- The peloton head up the early climb.
- The four riders out front at the top of the climb.
- The locals even dressed up in ocre for the day.
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) came off the worst after the peloton missed a tight bend.
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) kept goin though.
- Before too long the pace was on again after the corner incident.
- Richie Port (UniSA-Australian National Team) out in front.
- All the teams were trying to make the all important break today.
- At the sprint into the finish Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) took a tumble.
- Plenty of action as the riders head to the line.
- Andre Greipel (Team High Road) takes a close win in front of Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole)
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) escorts team mate Mathew Hayman over the finish line.
- Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) had some nasty scratches after his fall.
- Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) haa a broken collarbone.
- Jose Rojas (Caisse D'Epargne) throws his flowewrs into the crowd after receiving the Young Riders jersey.
- Good Aussie girl.
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) retained his KOM jersey.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) in ocre and loving it.
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- A little rock grafitti on the climb up Adelaide road near Palmer on stage four of the Tour.
- The peloton roll through a one-tree landscape on the 134 kilometre stage from Mannum to Strathalbyn.
- UniSA-Australia team-mates Karl Menzies (left) and Alan Davis in the peloton approaching the outskirts of Strathalbyn.
- Race Doctor, Peter Barnes (left), comforts Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) after he broke a collarbone falling in the home straight in Strathalbyn.
- Stage winner Andre Greipel (Team High Road) got more than he bargained for when he won into Strathalbyn.
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) tries on his A Brilliant Blend King of the Mountains jersey in Strathalbyn.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) remains in the Tour leader's ochre jersey after the fourth stage.
- The oldest rider in the race; Fabio Baldato (Lampre) relaxes prior to the stage four start in Mannum.
- The Tour hit Mannum for the start to stage four in thirty degree plus heat.
- Support from a lone fan for the leading trio on the climb up Adelaide road at the 20 kilometre mark.
- Riders corner at Mt.Torrens heading for Woodside and the next intermediate sprint at the 60 kilometre mark.
- Riders cross a railway-line during stage four of the Tour.
- Credit Agricole on the front of the peloton and keeping their Tour leader, Mark Renshaw, handy for a bunch sprint in Strathalbyn.
- Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Euskaltel Euskadi) was awarded the stage's most aggressive rider and deserved a drink for his breakaway attempt.
- The peloton corner approaching the final twenty kilometres and closing the gap on the lone rider at front.
- Urgency required for a mechanical problem with Euskaltel Euskadi's Mikel Chaurreau Astarloza.
- Mmm, this stuff isn't as nice as the local drop: Team High Road's Frantisek Rabon would rather a Coopers Ale at the Hilton bar perhaps?
- Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) minutes before crashing out of the Tour on stage four.
- The Tour sprint to the finish with Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) sitting on the ground in the distance after a nasty fall.
- Andre Greipel (Team High Road) throws his bike at the line and wins another stage of the 2008 Tour Down Under.
- A bruised and battered Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) rides back into the finish after falling heavily in the sprint to the line.
- Andre Greipel (Team High Road) is a happy man after claiming his third stage (including the Classic Criterium) of the Tour.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) remains in SA Lotteries Sprint Points leader's jersey after four stages.
- Francaise Des Jeux's Philippe Gilbert looks forward to the podium kisses when he claims his King of the Mountains jersey.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Denis Flahaut laughing with reporters prior to Stage 4 of the Tour Down Under.
- Amets Txurruka has his race face on at the Tour Down Under.
Results
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 3.14.46 (41.280 km/h) 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 4 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 5 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 8 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 9 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 10 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 12 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 14 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 16 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 18 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 19 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 21 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 22 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 23 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 24 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 26 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 28 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 29 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 30 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 31 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 32 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 33 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 34 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 35 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 36 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 37 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 39 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 40 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 41 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 42 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 43 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 44 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 45 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 47 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 49 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 51 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 52 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 53 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 54 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 56 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 57 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 58 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 59 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 60 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 61 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 62 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 63 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 64 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 65 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 66 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 67 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 68 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 69 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 70 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 71 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 74 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 76 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 77 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 78 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 80 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 81 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 84 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 85 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 86 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 87 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 88 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 90 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 91 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 92 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 93 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 94 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 95 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 96 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 97 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 99 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 100 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 101 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 102 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 103 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 104 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 105 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 106 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 108 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 109 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 110 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 112 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 113 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 115 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 116 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 117 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.26 118 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.26 120 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 121 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 1.03 124 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 1.21 125 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.28 126 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.45 127 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.48 128 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 129 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DSQ Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram DNF Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom Sprints 1. Townsend Street, Mt Torrens at General Store - 47.9 km 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 6 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 4 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2 2. Main Street, Woodside at Bedford Hotel - 60.2 km 1 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 4 3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Finish Arch - Dawson Street opposite IGA Arcade, Strathalbyn - 134.0 km 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 8 pts 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 6 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 4 Mountains Adelaide Road near Palmer - 19.2 km 1 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 pts 2 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 12 3 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 8 4 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 6 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 4 Team 1 Team CSC 9.44.18 2 Caisse D'Epargne 3 Team High Road 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Francaise Des Jeux 6 UniSA - Australia 7 Saunier Duval-Scott 8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 Ag2r-La Mondiale 10 Astana 11 Rabobank 12 Credit Agricole 13 Liquigas 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Quick Step 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Silence-Lotto 18 Lampre 19 Team Milram General Classification after Stage 4 1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 13.28.38 2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 0.04 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.07 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.14 5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.18 7 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 8 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.19 9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.20 10 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 11 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.21 12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.22 13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 14 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.23 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 0.24 18 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 20 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 22 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 23 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 24 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 25 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 26 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 27 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 29 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 30 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 31 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 32 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 34 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 35 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 36 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 37 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 39 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 40 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 43 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 44 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 45 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 46 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 47 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 48 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 49 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 50 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 51 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 52 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 53 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 54 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 55 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 56 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 58 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 61 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 62 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 63 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 65 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 66 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 67 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 68 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 69 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 70 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 72 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 73 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 74 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 75 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 76 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 77 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 78 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 80 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 81 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 83 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 84 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 85 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 86 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 87 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 88 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.44 89 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1.01 90 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 1.58 91 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.12 92 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2.39 93 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 94 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 3.29 95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 3.36 96 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 3.50 97 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 3.51 98 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.28 99 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 100 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 101 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 102 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 104 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 105 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 106 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 107 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 108 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 109 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 110 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 111 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 112 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 113 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 114 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 115 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 4.47 116 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.50 117 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.54 118 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 119 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 120 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 5.29 121 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 5.31 122 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6.13 123 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 6.16 124 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 6.22 125 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.24 126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 6.27 127 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 7.35 128 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 9.04 129 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.08 Sprints classification 1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 24 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 18 3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 16 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 5 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12 6 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 7 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 10 9 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 10 10 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 8 11 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 12 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 13 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4 14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 4 15 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 16 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 4 17 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2 19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Mountains classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 30 pts 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 3 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 4 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 16 5 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 6 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 12 7 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 8 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 12 9 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 12 10 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 8 11 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 8 12 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 13 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 6 14 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 16 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Under 25 classification 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 13.28.52 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.04 3 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.05 4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.08 5 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 0.10 7 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 10 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 11 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 12 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 13 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 16 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 17 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 18 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 19 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.30 20 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4.14 21 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 23 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.10 26 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 7.21 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 40.27.06 2 Team High Road 3 Ag2r-La Mondiale 4 Astana 5 Caisse D'Epargne 6 Bouygues Telecom 7 Rabobank 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Saunier Duval-Scott 10 Francaise Des Jeux 11 Credit Agricole 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 UniSA - Australia 14 Quick Step 15 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 Liquigas 17 Silence-Lotto 18 Lampre 19 Team Milram
