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10th Tour Down Under - ProT
Australia, January 20-27, 2008
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Stage 1 - Tuesday, January 22: Mawson Lakes - Angaston, 129km
Renshaw's day in the sun
By Paul Verkuylen & Greg Johnson
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Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) went one better than his second place on Sunday evening in Glenelg at the Down Under classic take the first stage of the Tour Down Under and in doing so the overall lead in the race as well as the ProTour.
"This is probably my best pro victory on the road, that's for sure. I have had some pretty great success on the track but definitely on the road to take a ProTour stage and to start off here in Australia it is one of the best," Renshaw said after the finish.
"I have finally stepped up to the mark on the ProTour. It has been a few years, but it has definitely paid off.
"Last year I missed the win here on the last stage where Robbie and I had a bit of a tussle, but I knew this year I could come up with the goods," he said thinking of his close call last year helped to motivate himself for victory.
"My director [Serge Beucherie] sat me down at the start of the week and said 'this year has to be the year that you step up' I am 25 now, not that old in cycling terms but, now is when I had to start to win some big races." His win here today has surely shown his boss as well as the rest of the cycling world that he is definately one to watch out for in the future.
The race started, unexpectedly for some, at a steady pace, with the entire peloton cresting the top of the first KOM, just 12km into the race, complete. Many thought that the first climb would shake things up with the possibility of a large group going clear. When that scenario didn't pan out, many small attacks went clear albeit briefly.
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With 40 kilometers covered, a small group of three riders went clear, including Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom), Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis) and wildcard for the event Ritchie Porte who only found out after finishing the national title a week ago fourth that he had earned a place on the UniSA squad for the race. With a little help from the peloton, who took the opportunity of restocking their bottle cages with fresh water, as well as tending to the call of nature shortly after feeding was allowed the gap to the leaders quickly rocketed to over three minutes.
For the next 75km these three riders worked well together to maintain there advantage, at one point extending it to over six minutes. But with Rabobank, Caisse de Espagne, Credit Agricole and other teams all looking to get their sprinters to the line first, it always looked likely that it would be brought back. With just over ten kilometers remaining they had just 40 seconds. "They can have up to about 1.30' at this point and still it would likely come to a bunch sprint," explained Silence-Lotto director Hendrik Redant to Cyclingnews as they passed the ten kilometer to go marker.
With three kilometers remaining, the bunch was well and truly in full swing, and the leaders were brought back into the fold. With the final three kilometers being slightly uphill the finish definitely favored the fast men who had built up the necessary form. Renshaw open his sprint quite early, as he did on Sunday but, this time he was able to take it all the way to the line. Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Cassie D'Epargne) claimed second place from Sydney's Graeme Brown (Rabobank).
"All day I had confidence in myself and the team had confidence in me. At one stage Rabobank came to us and said if we don't start to ride they will stop, but I knew the bunch was big enough to pull back six minutes here and it paid off," Renshaw explained.
"The last 300 meters seemed to go on for about four or five minutes, but with 15 meters to go I knew I had it. This is definitely a great day," he concluded.
How it unfolded
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The 132-strong professional peloton eased into the year's first ProTour race, setting a steady tempo in the opening phases of the Tour Down Under's 129 kilometre opening stage. A few riders splintered from the front at the King of the Mountain climb, just 11 kilometres into the race, which saw France's Philippe Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) claim the day's only KOM points, before returning to the peloton.
The riders remained together throughout the opening 40 kilometres of the stage, which passed through the dry, rolling hills that surrounds Adelaide. Shortly after the 40 kilometre mark, a charge by Australian rider Richie Porte (UniSA-Australian National Team) saw a three man break move rapidly up the road.
In just a few kilometers Porte, Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) and Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis), had pulled out a 2.20 minute margin over the 129 remaining riders in the peloton. By the time the trio reached the day's first sprint - where Buffaz claimed full points from Champion and Porte - the margin had doubled to 4.40 minutes.
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The escapees were allowed more headway by the peloton, with the gap fluctuating out to six minutes by the 55 kilometre mark. By this point, as the peloton weaved its way through South Australia's Barossa Valley winery district, the trio's lead out front started to hold steady at 6.35 minutes.
After allowing the gap to stand for 15 kilometres, Credit Agricole's Laszlo Bodrogi and Christophe Kern decided it was time to start drawing the leaders back in and set about their way off the front of the main peloton. The Hungarian and his French counterpart pulled a 300 metre margin over the peloton as their rivals slowly warmed to the chase.
As the 80 kilometre mark approached the French ProTour team's duo had taken 50 seconds out of the leading trio's buffer, while the main peloton behind kicked into a higher pace. As the Credit Agricole duo were swallowed back into the main peloton the leading trio's margin tumbled down to 4.40 minutes by kilometer 85.
Any hopes that Buffaz, Champion and Porte may have held of staying away were well and truly dashed over the next seven kilometres, where the peloton slashed the lead margin by half again. With the peloton's intentions made clear, it was obvious Australia's first ever ProTour stage would end in a bunch sprint.
The lead margin continued to fall over the following 20 kilometres, first to 1.50 minutes where it steadied for some time before dropping to 1.30 minutes where it again held still.
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The first major incident of the race occurred as it entered its final 20 kilometres, with last year's general classification runner-up Karl Menzies (UniSA-Australian National Team) the victim. As the bunch came up a climb Menzies was brought down to terra firma after hitting a white reflector post on the side of the road. While the Tasmanian walked away with cuts and bruising, his hopes of another podium finish were all but dashed as he watched the peloton disappear down the road while a mechanic worked to repair the rider' shattered bike.
With 15 short kilometers left the race to the finish was well and truly on as the peloton pulled the stage leaders back to 45 seconds and then 25 a few minutes later. As the peloton approached the finish town of Angaston, with three kilometers remaining, it was gruppo compacto as the riders prepared for a bunch sprint.
As the peloton rounded the dog-legged finishing straight, Australia's Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) jumped with 300 metres remaining. Despite admitting it was earlier than he likes to go, Renshaw held the outside wall all the way to the finish, with his rapidly closing rivals simply running out of time to catch the 26 year-old.
There was much discussion over the minor placings, so close was the finish, but Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Cassie D'Epargne) claimed second place from Sydney's Graeme Brown (Rabobank) in third. Allan Davis (UniSA-Australian National Team) claimed fourth spot from German Jan Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner).
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 - Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone) Bartercard Winning Team Jersey - Ag2r-La Mondiale
Photography
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Images by Greg Johnson/Cyclingnews.com
- Silence-Lotto riders before the race.
- Lounging about a café is a perfect start to the day.
- The loudest shirt competition is tomorrow, Miguel, not today.
- The lead bunch consisting of Mickael Buffaz (Fra) of Cofidis, Dimitri Champion (Fra) of Bouygues Telecom and then Richie Porte of UniSa.
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Tasmanian Karl Menzies (Australia UNISA) lost time after crashing at the feed-station in Seppeltsfield and will be stiff and sore in the morning.
- Credit Agricole Team Manager, Serge Beucherie, congratulates Mark Renshaw after his sizzling sprint to win stage one into Angaston.
- A guarded walk: With the national jersey comes fame for 2008 Australian Road Race Champion Matthew Lloyd of the Silence Lotto team.
- Bernard Eisel (Team High Road) from Austria after signing on for stage one of the Tour Down Under in Mawson Lakes.
- Wes Sulzberger (Australia-UNISA) signs on in Mawson Lakes and may well be still feeling the effects of a nasty fall in the Australian Road Championships last week.
- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) has won more stages of the Tour Down Under than any other rider in the race's history.
- A neutral-spares moto-pilot has the team's wheel specifics on the back of his vest to assist his support passenger.
- Frenchman David Moncuitie (Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone) is a long way from home but will enjoy the weather in sunny South Australia.
- The leading trio (L-R): Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone), Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom), and Richie Porte (Australia-UNISA) opened up a gap of over five minutes at one point on the peloton.
- Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) corners ahead of his partners in crime in the leading break on stage one.
- The peloton weren't smelling the roses at the half-way mark of the 129km stage with the leading trio over five minutes up the road.
- Mickael Buffaz (left) of the Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone team edges out Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) at an intermediate sprint in Lyndoch.
- Some of the Tour convoy make their way under the banner at the finish to stage one in Angaston.
- The field were all together by the time they hit Angaston and the sprint to the line was on.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) take the stage with the rest of the Tour behind him in Angaston.
- A delighted Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) from Bathurst in New South Wales has started the year in great form winning the Bay Classic Criterium Series and now the first stage of the Tour Down Under.
Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone) was awarded the Hindmarsh Most Aggressive rider's jersey for stage one.
- The SA Lotteries Sprint Points jersey for stage one went to Mickael Buffaz of the Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone team.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) gets his podium kisses after being presented with the Tour leader's ochre jersey for stage one.
- Local boy Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) signs on.
- Bobbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) makes his way to the sign on area.
- As usual fans lined the route on Stage 1.
- The main bunch makes its way through some stunning scenery.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) rides in the bunch.
- Christophe Kern and Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) stuck in no man's land trying to bridge the gap.
- The peloton rides through the vineyards.
- The peloton rides past the palms on its way to Angaston.
- 15km from the finish the hopeful teams get on the front.
- The three breakaways close to home, but not close enough.
- The sprint was furious.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) was far too strong though and took the first Pro Tour win of the season.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) answers question put forward by the hungry media.
- Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) finished in the bunch today.
- Miguel Indurian pleased the crowd before the presentation.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) waves to the crowd, to celebrate his win.
- Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis) became less aggressive after winning the most Aggressive jersey.
- Jose Rojas (Caisse D'Epargne) is now wearing the Young Riders jersey.
- Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis) was happy with receiving the Sprint Jersey.
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) happy to be back on the TDU podium, this time for the KOM jersey.
- Mark Renshaw(Credit Agricole) enjoys the spoils of success.
- Mark Renshaw(Credit Agricole) looking good in ocre.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) at the stage start in Mawson Lakes.
Results
1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 3.13.33 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 5 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 7 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 8 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 9 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 10 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 14 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 16 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 18 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 19 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 20 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 21 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 23 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 24 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 25 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 26 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 27 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 30 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 32 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 34 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 35 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 36 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 37 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 38 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 40 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 41 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 42 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 43 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 44 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 45 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 46 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 48 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 49 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 52 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 53 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 54 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 55 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 56 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 59 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 60 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 61 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 62 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 64 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 65 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 66 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 68 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 70 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 71 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 72 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 73 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 74 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 76 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 77 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 78 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 80 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 83 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 84 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 85 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 87 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 88 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 89 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 90 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 91 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 92 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 94 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 95 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 96 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 97 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 99 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 100 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 101 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 102 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 103 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 104 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 105 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 106 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 107 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 108 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 109 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 110 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 111 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 113 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 114 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 115 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 116 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 117 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 119 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 120 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 121 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 122 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 123 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 0.19 124 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.24 125 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 0.37 126 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 127 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.44 128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 0.49 129 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 1.01 130 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 131 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 1.27 132 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 7.47 Points Sprint 1 - Barossa Valley Highway, Lyndoch - 50.6 km 1 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 pts 2 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 2 Sprint 2 - Murray Street, National Bank - 86.4 km 1 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 pts 2 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 2 Sprint 3 - Murray Street, Angaston - 129.0 km 1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 8 pts 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 6 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 Mountains 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 16 pts 2 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 8 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 5 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Teams 1 Ag2r-La Mondiale 9.40.39 2 Rabobank 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Caisse D'Epargne 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Quick Step 8 Liquigas 9 Silence-Lotto 10 Saunier Duval-Scott 11 Francaise Des Jeux 12 Credit Agricole 13 Team CSC 14 Unisa - Australia 15 Astana 16 Team High Road 17 Lampre 18 Team Milram 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone General Classification after Stage 1 1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 3.13.23 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.04 3 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.06 5 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.08 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.10 8 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 12 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 13 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 14 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 15 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 17 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 19 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 21 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 22 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 23 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 24 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 26 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 28 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 29 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 30 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 33 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 35 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 36 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 37 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 38 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 39 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 40 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 41 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 43 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 44 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 45 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 47 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 48 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 49 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 51 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 52 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 55 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 56 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 57 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 58 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 59 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 60 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 62 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 64 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 65 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 67 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 68 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 69 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 70 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 71 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 73 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 74 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 75 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 76 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 77 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 79 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 80 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 81 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 83 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 85 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 86 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 88 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 89 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 90 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 91 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 92 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 93 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 94 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 95 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 96 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 97 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 98 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 99 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 100 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 101 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 102 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 103 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 104 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 105 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 106 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 107 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 108 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 109 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 110 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 111 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 112 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 113 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 114 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 115 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 116 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 117 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 119 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 120 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 121 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 122 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 123 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 0.29 124 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.34 125 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 0.47 126 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 127 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.54 128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 0.59 129 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 1.11 130 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 131 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 1.37 132 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 7.57 Points classification 1 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12 pts 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 8 3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 6 5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 6 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 Mountains classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 16 pts 2 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 8 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 5 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Under 25 classification 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 3.13.27 2 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.04 3 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 0.06 4 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 7 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 8 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 11 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 12 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 13 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 14 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 17 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 19 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 21 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 22 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 23 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 25 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 26 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 27 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.43 28 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.50 Teams classification 1 Ag2r-La Mondiale 9.40.39 2 Rabobank 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Caisse D'Epargne 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Quick Step 8 Liquigas 9 Silence-Lotto 10 Saunier Duval-Scott 11 Francaise Des Jeux 12 Credit Agricole 13 Team CSC 14 Unisa - Australia 15 Astana 16 Team High Road 17 Lampre 18 Team Milram 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
