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10th Tour Down Under - ProT
Australia, January 20-27, 2008
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Stage 3 - Thursday, January 24: Unley - Victor Harbor , 139km
Davis takes victory for UniSA - Australia
By Paul Verkuylen & Greg Johnson in Victor Harbor
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An unstoppable Allan Davis took the third stage of the Tour Down Under into Victor Harbor in a sprint finish that saw an emotional Davis dedicate his win to the UNiSA team. After a break away group of three riders once again dominated the stage, the sprinters teams took control of the race to reel them back in a calculated display of power, before Davis took the final surge to the line from new leader Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole).
"The boys did a great job in the last couple of kilometers and I would just like to dedicate this victory to UniSA," Davis said shortly after the finish. After finishing his 2007 season with Discovery Channel Davis has yet to sign for a new team. An offer from the wildcard team of UniSA allowed him to start his tenth tour this year, the only rider to do have ridden every edition.
The final kilometer of today's stage included a series of tight corners before finishing in a stiff breeze, that had riders seeking shelter on the left of the road as they rounded the last slight right hand bend making the sprint perfect for the stronger sprinters as the shortest line to finish was also directly into the wind.
"I was in a good position coming into the finish through the S bend," Davis explained. "I probably started my sprint a bit earlier than I would have liked to but Philip Gilbert had a really good gap and I had to go about 350 out."
Phillip Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) attacked early in the final two kilometer surging clear as the bunch rounded the technical S bend, just 600 meters from the finish. Sensing the stage was getting away from him, Davis began his sprint to overtake the Belgian and take the victory on the line from Renshaw by a bike length.
With overnight leader, Graeme Brown (Rabobank) no where to be seen on the line, and with the six bonus seconds he received for his second place, Renshaw once again finds himself in the overall leaders jersey.
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"Its nice to have the jersey back on my shoulders," he said.
"It was a bit unfortunate what happened yesterday but it gave my guys a bit of a rest in today's stage as it was Rabobank's job to ride on the front, so it gave them a bit of a break before tomorrow," Renshaw said referring to the mix up with the overall leaders jersey yesterday.
"Them [the team] having a rest is not such a bad thing, it could be just the thing that wins me or Simon [Gerrans] the jersey.
"It's just so tight with just a few seconds between everyone; it really looks like it will come down to the wire," he concluded.
After some attacking early in the stage, things settled down as the race followed the same formula as the past two stages, with three riders escaping and gaining a maximum of 5'40" before the peloton began winding up the pace with 40 kilometers remaining to reel them with just three kilometers to the line.
The attack from Belgian Gilbert ensued, but Davis was too strong in the final punch to the line as he held off Renshaw and Hayman for the win.
How it unfolded
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Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under set about with a promising start as the peloton ignited attacks up the Southern Expressway, signalling its ferocious intent. A group of three riders - Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Simon Clarke (UniSA-Australian National Team) and Frantisek Rabon (Team High Road) - went off the front as soon as the peloton crossed the official start line from the neutral zone.
The trio were caught some five kilometres down the road, but the reunion of the peloton ignited a flurry of breakaway attempts. At first it was Stage 1's day long breakaway rider Ritchie Porte (UniSA-Australian National Team) that led a group 200 metres up the road which included Allan Johansen (Team CSC), Bernhard Eisel (Team High Road), Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) and Yann Huguet (Cofidis).
When the group was brought back at kilometre nine it took no time at all before Philippe Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) and Nicolas Portal (Cassie D'Epargne) went off the front. Liquigas and Team CSC clearly weren't happy with the pair's position and move their respective riders toward the front to chase down the escapees.
A cluster of riders went off the front in order to neutralize the duo's attempts and by kilometre 14 the peloton was back where it started as a single group. The union wouldn't last long however, with an attack by Wesley Sulzberger (UniSA-Australian National Team) being followed by Mickael Delage (Francaise des Jeux) and Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas).
While Spanish outfit Euskaltel-Euskadi took to driving the peloton's efforts, the trio's escape put to bed any hope of a larger break going down the road and staying away for the stage's duration. Similar to the previous two stages, the escape group's lead ballooned rapidly from 1.10 minutes at the 27th kilometre, out to 5.45 minutes just 10 kilometres later.
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As Rabobank took control of the peloton and the race headed inland from the coast, Delage claimed the King of the Mountains points from Carlstrom and Sulzberger. Once up in the mountains the lead group's margin continued to surge, increasing to 6.30 minutes - a similar gap to which the peloton allowed Tuesday's escape group to hold.
The leading trio crossed the day's first sprint in the same order as the King of the Mountains, before descending Mount Compass as an impressive 85 km/h, before tackling the second sprint in the same order yet again.
Behind the leaders the peloton had finally ramped up its efforts to bring the leaders back, with the margin falling to 5.30 minutes by kilometre 90. As the peloton entered the final 40 kilometres disaster struck for Stage 1 winner Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) as he suffered a puncture. The French squad held back three of its riders to time trial its general classification contender back into the running, just in time for the run into Victor Harbour's finish line.
The bunch continued to reel in the leaders, brining the margin back to 4.20 minutes with 20 kilometres remaining. The pace however started to prove too hot for the peloton, with the group fracturing into two distinct sections.
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The margin had dropped to 40 seconds inside the final 10 kilometres. As the peloton reached the five kilometres remaining marker the escape group's time out front had all but come to an end, with just 200 metres separating the two.
With the racing entering its final stages, Australian national champion Matt Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) was dealt a cruel blow - suffering a puncture like compatriot Renshaw.
As Lloyd sought to salvage his race, the leading trio were brought back by the front half of the peloton. The reunion in the final three kilometres saw Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Caisse D'Epargne)launch a counter attack that would be followed by Pineau, Alessandro Proni (Quick Step) and Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC).
The riders would re-unite one final time before Gilbert shattered the remnants of the lead group with an early bid for glory. The Belgian's push out front forced the sprinters hands, leaving the riders with a kilometre-long sprint for home.
As Gilbert's margin of only a few meters reduced in to nothing, it was Australia's Allan Davis (UniSA-Australian National Team) that crossed the line a clear winner. Davis' victory topped an all-Australian podium in the nation's first ProTour race, with Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) taking second place from Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) in third.
Jersey Winners
Tour Down Under Leader's Jersey - Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) SA Lotteries Sprint Jersey - Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) A Brilliant Blend King of the Mountains Jersey -Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) Share the Road Young Rider's Jersey - Jose Rojas (ESP - Caisse d'Epargne) Hindmarsh Most Aggressive Rider's Jersey - Mickhael Delage (Francaise des Jeux) Bartercard Winning Team Jersey - Team High Road
Photography
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- Allan Davis (UniSA-Australia) looking picture perfect before today's stage.
- Wesley Sulzberger (UniSA-Australia) leads the break.
- The trio of breakaways were looking strong.
- Rabobank lead the peloton on a sharp descent.
- Rabobank were on the front in hope of protecting Graeme Brown's lead.
- The break were cheered on all the way.
- The colourful peloton from a birds eye view.
- The peloton take a corner at high speed.
- Team High Road out front as the race was in its later stages.
- William Walker (Rabobank) in the bunch.
- Wesley Sulzberger (UniSA-Australia) giving his all.
- The break with 15kilometres to go.
- After the break was caught Caisse D'Epargne and CSC pushed the pace.
- Allan Davis (UniSA-Australia) takes an easy win.
- Allan Davis (UniSA-Australia) answers questions for the media.
- Allan Davis (UniSA-Australia) makes his way to the podium.
- Allan Davis (UniSA-Australia) was joined by his daughter on the podium.
- Allan Davis (UniSA-Australia) and his little fairy on the podium.
- Jose Rojas (Caisse D'Epargne) gets the spoils of being the Young Jersey wearer.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) in the sprinter's jersey.
- Miguel Indurian was there to see the action.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) loving being back in the leaders jersey.
- Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) is showing some good early season form.
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) gets friendly with a local in Unley for the stage three start.
- Members of the Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone team relax before the start of racing on stage three.
- Stage winner, Alan Davis (Australia-UNISA), has the odd microphone thrust beneath him for quotes in Victor Harbor.
- It's all the fun at the fair for stage three winner Alan 'Alby' Davis of the Australian UNISA team.
- Hey! My dad's just won another stage of the Tour Down Under.
- R is for Robbie: Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) puts pen to the sign-on board in Unley.
- Hey Alby I reckon you can win this stage: Tour leader Graeme Brown (Rabobank) inspects his front wheel with Alan Davis (UniSA-Australia) on the startline in Unley.
- Riders await the start to stage three; A 139 kilometre trip to Victor Harbor.
- How much can a koala bear? A fair bit if it's the Tour Down Under - it's great!
- Spectators get a great view of the Tour as it passes beneath them leaving Unley in Adelaide.
- A helicopter provides television footage as the Tour heads towards Sellick's Hill.
- Saunier Duval's Camano Ortuzar Iker (177) and Del Nero Montes Jesus (172) take fresh bidons and drinks to team-mates further up in the peloton.
- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) chats with Team CSC's Matt Goss (L) back in the peloton during a quieter moment in the stage.
- The three leaders (L-R) Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas), Wes Sulzberger (Australia-UNISA), and Mickael Delage (Francaise Des Jeux) head up Sellicks Hill leaving the waters of South Australia behind them.
- Alan Davis of the UniSA-Australia team takes stage three into Victor Harbor after the peloton caught the breakaway trio with about five kilometres remaining.
- I bet you say that to all the girls: Philippe Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) from Belgium is the King of the Mountains leader after three stages.
- Credit Agricole's Mark Renshaw from Australia is back in the Tour leader's ochre jersey after the third stage.
Images by Greg Johnson/Cyclingnews
- A group of Astana riders relax just before the start in Unley, ahead of stage 3 of the 2008 Tour Down Under.
- Kiwi sprinter Greg Henderson from Team High Road talks to television commentator Paul Sherwen prior to the start.
- Quick Step riders assemble just before the start in Unley.
- Race director Mike Turtur interviewed by ABC Radio at the start.
- The winner of stage 3 of the 2008 Tour Down Under, Allan Davis, nurses his son after the stage win in Victor Harbour.
Images by Jean-François Quénet
- Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole) before the start of the stage.
Results
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 3.13.48 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 5 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 6 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 7 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 11 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 12 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 15 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 16 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 17 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 18 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 19 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 20 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 21 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 22 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 24 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 28 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 29 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 30 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 31 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 32 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 33 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 34 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 35 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 37 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 38 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 39 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 40 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 41 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 43 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 45 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 46 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 47 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 49 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 50 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 51 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 52 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 54 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 55 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 56 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 57 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 58 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 59 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 60 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 61 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 63 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 64 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 65 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 66 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 67 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 68 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 69 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 70 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 71 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 73 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 75 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 77 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 78 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 79 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 80 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 81 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 82 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 83 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 84 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 86 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 87 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 88 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 89 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 90 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 91 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 92 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 93 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 94 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 0.47 96 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 1.06 97 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 98 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2.15 99 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 100 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 4.04 101 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 102 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 104 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 105 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 106 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 107 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 109 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 110 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 112 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 113 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 114 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 115 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 116 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 117 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 118 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 119 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 120 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 121 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 122 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 123 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 125 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 126 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 128 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 130 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 131 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 15.58 Sprints 1 - Victor Harbor Road, Mt Compass - 66.7 km 1 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 4 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 2 2 - Cadell St, Goolwa - 92.0 km 1 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 4 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 2 Finish Arch - Esplanade, Victor Harbor - 139.0 km 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 8 pts 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 6 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4 Mountains 1 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 12 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 8 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 6 5 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 4 Teams 1 Team High Road 9.41.24 2 Team CSC 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Credit Agricole 5 Rabobank 6 Bouygues Telecom 7 Francaise Des Jeux 8 Quick Step 9 Saunier Duval-Scott 10 Lampre 11 Liquigas 12 Caisse D'epargne 13 UniSA - Australia 14 Team Milram 15 Silence-Lotto 16 Ag2r-La Mondiale 17 Astana 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi General Classification after Stage 3 1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 10.14.00 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.02 3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 0.06 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.10 6 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.11 9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.12 10 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 11 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.14 12 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 13 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 0.16 14 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 17 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 18 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 19 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 20 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 22 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 24 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 28 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 29 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 30 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 32 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 33 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 34 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 35 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 38 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 39 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 40 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 42 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 45 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 47 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 48 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 49 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 50 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 51 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 52 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 53 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 54 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 55 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 56 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 57 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 59 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 61 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 62 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 64 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 65 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 66 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 68 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 69 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 70 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 71 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 74 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 75 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 76 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 77 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 78 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 79 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 80 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 81 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 83 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 84 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 85 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 86 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 87 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 88 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 89 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.36 90 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.40 91 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 0.53 92 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 1.50 93 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 2.07 94 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 2.15 95 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2.31 96 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 97 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 3.21 98 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 3.42 99 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.16 100 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.20 101 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 102 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 103 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 104 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 105 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 107 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 108 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 109 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 110 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 111 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 112 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 113 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 114 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 115 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 116 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 118 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 119 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 120 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 121 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 122 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 123 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 4.39 124 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 5.21 125 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 6.14 126 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.16 127 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 6.19 128 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 7.01 129 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 8.56 130 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.00 131 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 27.07 Points classification 1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 14 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 12 3 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 5 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 6 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 10 8 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 8 9 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 8 10 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 6 12 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4 13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 14 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 4 15 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 Mountains classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 26 pts 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 3 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 16 4 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 5 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 6 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 12 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 12 8 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 8 9 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 10 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 11 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 12 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Under 25 classification 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 10.14.10 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.01 4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.04 5 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 0.06 7 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 10 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 12 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 13 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 14 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 15 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 16 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 17 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 18 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 19 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.26 20 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4.10 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 6.06 26 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 6.51 27 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 26.57 Teams classification 1 Team High Road 30.42.48 2 Astana 3 Ag2r-La Mondiale 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Rabobank 6 Team CSC 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Saunier Duval-Scott 9 Caisse D'epargne 10 Francaise Des Jeux 11 Credit Agricole 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Quick Step 14 Liquigas 15 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 Silence-Lotto 17 Lampre 18 UniSA - Australia 19 Team Milram
