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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT
France, June 8-15, 2008
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Stage 2 - June 10: Bourg-Saint-Andeol - Vienne, 184km
Big George surprises the sprinters
Hushovd in yellow for another day
By Jean-François Quénet in Vienne
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The big names are in action at the Dauphiné. Following the examples of Levi Leipheimer and Alejandro Valverde, George Hincapie won stage two in Vienne. Hincapie anticipated the action of the sprinters and preceded Sébastien Chavanel while Thor Hushovd finished in fifth place and kept his yellow jersey for the time trial.
It was a typical day of racing with with a three men breakaway chased down by the bunch. High Road gave a hand to Crédit Agricole but its plans were totally changed when their top sprinter André Greipel had a flat tyre with 15km to go. "We were working for him for the sprint," said Hincapie. "Until the last five kilometres, that was the plan but with three kilometres to go while riding at 70km/h, we heard from our director Allan Peiper that he was not coming back."
It didn't take long to the American to figure out that he had a personal card to play instead. "I was a little bit sick in the Pyrénées last week," he recalled. "I had no power during the prologue. I felt better yesterday in the lead out for André. Today I took some risk in the last curve. I made a big effort to catch Sebastian (Lang). It worked out. I won, and it was a nice finish."
His anticipation of the bunch sprint marked the end of Sébastien Chavanel's ambitions to win a stage. "I was more surprised by how dangerous the last downhill was than by Hincapie's attack in the final kilometer," the youngest of the Chavanel brothers explained. "Hincapie must have been very strong give the headwind at the end. I was coming across to him, closer and closer, but I missed it by almost nothing. I'm disappointed. I can't enjoy the second place. You know, sprinters always want to win."
It's Hincapie's second win under the colors of High Road after stage seven in the Tour of California. He seems to be enjoying life within his new team. "It's different because we are no longer the favorites of the Tour de France," he said. "But we win more than any other team in the world. We've got guys who can win any kind of race, guys that are good people. We have some of the best sprinters in the world. In my 15th season as a professional, it's nice to give back some of my experience to these young kids."
Now Big George has set his sights on the Tour de France. "For me, I'd love to win another stage at the Tour de France. I hope to have a good Olympics as well," he concluded after a beautiful day of racing in the valley of the Rhône.
Hushovd had mixed feelings about the missed opportunity but enjoyed another day in yellow. He knows it'll probably be the last one as Levi Leipheimer is the favorite for regaining the yellow in Wednesday's time trial in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez. "Hincapie played it well," the Norwegian said. "He was next to me when he attacked, but had I taken his wheel, he would have stopped accelerating immediately, so I had to wait for the whole bunch to catch him. After the work done by my team all day, yesterday and today, I was lacking some kick at the end."
How it unfolded
After less than five kilometres, Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel) and David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) went clear at the initiative of the Frenchman.
Straight away, the Crédit Agricole team of race leader Thor Hushovd took control of the bunch with mainly two riders: Christophe Le Mével and Pierre Rolland. They allowed the leading trio a maximum advantage of 4'35" set at 25km. At 120km, the gap was 3'40".
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At the foot of the fourth category côte de Lupé (134km), Albizuri crashed in a curve. He got back on quickly and rejoined his two companions. De La Fuente was first at the top of the climb ahead of Augé and Albizuri who got dropped and went across before cracking for good.
When High Road came to the front of the bunch and helped Crédit Agricole in the chase, the gap went down to one minute at the foot of the last climb, the côte de la Croix-Régis where De La Fuente preceded Augé while Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto) was the first man of the peloton at 33 seconds.
De La Fuente and Augé got caught with 12km to go. Popovych crashed in the downhill where Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) attacked, followed by Aurélien Passeron (Saunier Duval). Their advantage was only six seconds with eight kilometers to go, and they were caught by a stretch-out peloton.
André Greipel (High Road), who had a flat tyre with 15km to go, got back on but it was too late for making it to the front part of the bunch. Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) attacked with 700 meters to go, George Hincapie (High Road) rejoined him and avoided the massive sprint. He finished one length of a bike ahead of Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) while Hushovd stayed in yellow and De La Fuente put the polka dot jersey on his shoulders.
Photography
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- USA's George Hincapie (High Road), 34, wins Dauphiné Libéré stage two after a last minute move from the front of the peloton.
- George Hincapie (High Road), 34, celebrates after winning Dauphiné Libéré stage two.
- Norway's Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), 30, kept the leader's yellow top after finishing fifth in stage two.
Images by Jean-François Quénet
- Maxime Monfort (Cofidis)
- Norway's Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) talks to the Norwegian press.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- George Hincapie (High Road) attacked in the final kilometre to take the second stage.
- Hincapie on the podium after his stage win.
- George Hincapie (High Road) takes his second victory of the season.
- Crédit Agricole controlled the peloton for much of the 184km stage.
- Thor Hushovd, followed by Cadel Evans and Australian champion Matt Lloyd (both Silence - Lotto).
- The peloton roles through the French countryside.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Bruyneel makes a rare race appearance
- George Hincapie on the podium after winning stage 2.
- Hushovd on the podium with another yellow jersey.
Results
1 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 4.32.38 (40.494km/h) 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 10 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 12 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 17 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 18 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 19 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 21 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 28 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 31 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 32 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 34 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 38 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 39 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 40 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 41 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 42 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 43 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 48 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 50 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 51 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 52 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 53 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 55 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 56 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 58 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 59 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 61 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 62 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 64 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 65 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 0.15 66 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 70 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 71 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 72 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 73 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 74 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 75 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 76 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 77 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 78 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 79 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 80 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 83 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 85 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 86 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 87 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 88 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 89 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 94 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 96 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 97 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 100 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 102 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 103 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 104 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 105 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 106 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 107 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 108 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 109 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 111 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 112 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 113 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 115 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 116 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 117 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 118 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 119 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 120 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 123 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 124 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0.38 125 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 0.40 126 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.45 128 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 129 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1.10 130 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 1.13 131 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 1.19 132 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 133 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 134 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 1.42 135 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.24 136 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 4.10 137 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 138 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 139 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 140 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 7.25 143 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.17 Points 1 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 40 pts 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 16 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 13 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 8 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 9 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 7 10 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5 12 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 4 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 3 14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Mountain 1 - Côte de Lupé - km 134 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 pts 2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 3 3 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountain 2 - Côte de la Croix Régis - km 169 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 pts 2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 3 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 13.37.54 2 Quick Step 3 Bouygues Telecom 4 AG2R La Mondiale 5 Team Milram 6 Silence-Lotto 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 High Road 9 Française Des Jeux 10 Astana 11 Saunier Duval-Scott 12 Rabobank 13 Caisse D'epargne 14 Team Csc 15 Liquigas 0.15 16 Credit Agricole 17 Cofidis 18 Lampre General classification after stage two 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 9.25.19 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.01 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.05 4 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 0.13 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.17 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.18 8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0.19 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.20 11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.21 12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.22 16 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 0.23 18 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 0.24 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 20 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.25 21 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.26 22 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 23 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 0.27 25 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 0.28 26 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 0.29 27 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 28 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 0.30 29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 0.32 30 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.33 32 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 33 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.34 34 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 35 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 36 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 0.35 37 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.36 38 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.37 40 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 41 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.38 42 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 44 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 0.39 45 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 0.40 47 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 49 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 50 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 51 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 52 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.41 53 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 55 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 57 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.42 58 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 59 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 60 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 62 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 0.43 63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.44 64 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 65 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 66 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 67 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 0.45 68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 69 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.46 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 71 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.47 72 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 73 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 74 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0.48 75 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 76 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.49 78 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 0.50 79 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 0.51 80 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 0.52 82 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 83 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 84 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.53 85 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 86 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.54 87 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.55 88 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.56 89 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 90 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 91 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.57 92 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.59 93 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 95 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.00 96 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 1.01 98 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 99 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 1.02 100 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 101 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.04 102 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.12 103 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.13 104 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 1.14 105 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.15 106 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.17 107 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.21 108 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 1.28 109 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 1.29 110 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.43 111 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.49 112 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 1.58 113 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.01 114 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.02 115 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 116 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 2.04 117 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 2.05 119 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 2.06 120 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.07 121 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 2.19 122 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 2.39 123 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.54 125 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.02 126 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 127 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 128 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 3.10 129 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 3.14 130 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.42 131 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.46 132 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 3.48 133 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.25 134 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 5.24 135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 5.44 136 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 6.09 137 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 6.16 138 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 6.17 139 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 7.32 140 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 9.14 141 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 9.26 142 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.54 143 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.06 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 76 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 53 4 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 40 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 32 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 7 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 25 8 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 20 11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 14 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 13 15 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 11 16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 17 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 9 19 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 20 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 8 21 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 7 22 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7 23 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 7 24 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 25 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 26 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5 27 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 5 28 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 29 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 30 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 4 31 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 32 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 2 33 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 34 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 35 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 36 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 pts 2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 6 3 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5 4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 1 6 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 7 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Team classification 1 Astana 28.16.45 2 High Road 0.10 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.13 4 Quick Step 0.18 5 Team Milram 6 Gerolsteiner 0.19 7 Caisse D'epargne 8 AG2R La Mondiale 0.21 9 Rabobank 0.23 10 Credit Agricole 0.25 11 Team Csc 12 Bouygues Telecom 0.27 13 Cofidis 0.32 14 Française Des Jeux 0.33 15 Silence-Lotto 0.44 16 Liquigas 0.53 17 Saunier Duval-Scott 1.08 18 Lampre 1.47
