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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT
France, June 8-15, 2008
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Stage 4 - June 12: Vienne - Annemasse, 193km
Dessel at the right time, Valverde holds the lead
By Jean-François Quénet in Annemasse
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AG2R's Cyril Dessel, already a stage winner at the Four Days of Dunkirk and the Tour of Catalunya, added to his impressive 2008 palmares with a spectacular solo win on stage four in the Dauphiné. The Frenchman attacked the survivors of a day-long breakaway, catching and passing the young French hope Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) on the final climb with 20 kilometres to go, and then courageously holding his lead to the line.
In the group of favourites, only Michael Rogers of High Road attacked the yellow jersey Alejandro Valverde, breaking clear before the line, but only gaining a few seconds over his rivals.
"It was a very fast stage," Valverde noted. "Initially we didn't want to let a breakaway go, but the presence of Oscar Pereiro in it made things easier for us. In the final climb, we controlled the situation. I had very good sensations. On the climb I could feel some pain in my legs, but that was the consequence of the time trial the day before, otherwise I was climbing well."
There was a race within a race as the breakaway realized that none of them would threaten Valverde's yellow jersey – the highest ranked rider was Lars Bak in 12th place at 2'47 with Pereiro in 13th at 2'48. It was then an all-out battle for stage glory.
The French riders, who last year scored the overall Dauphiné victory thanks to Christophe Moreau, were especially interested in the stage win and made a 1-2-3 with Dessel, Rolland and Amaël Moinard. It was Thomas Voeckler who was first to attack from the front group prior to climbing the grueling Mont Salève. Second year pro Rolland had no fear to go with him and drop him off. "I realized he was nervous," the 21-year-old from Crédit Agricole explained. "Unfortunately, Dessel rejoined me and passed me as he was sprinting."
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"I wanted to go solo downhill to be able to choose my way down to the finishing town," Dessel, a former yellow jersey in the Tour de France confirmed. "My idea was to catch Rolland before the summit." The young one had no clue about the Mont Salève, a very steep climb nearby Geneva but still on the French territory. Dessel knew it since he climbed it once at the age of 14 with his father before he got his first racing license. Rolland thought the climb was over although there were still two kilometers before the summit.
"With a stage win, my contract at the Dauphiné is filled up," Dessel said. "I didn't necessarily plan to attack today, but I was inspired by my team-mate José Luis Arrieta who was calling the young riders to go to the front with the attacks. Only with attacking there's a chance of getting a result, I know that well. If I can get another top ten at the Dauphiné, I'll go for it."
There will be another grueling climb and a very likely similar scenario with Joux-Plane scheduled in stage five before arriving in Morzine. "I can feel my rivals are ready to attack me," Valverde observed. "They wanted to try something in the Salève but it went too fast. I have seen Robert Gesink was very strong in the climb and his Rabobank team was very committed as well. It wasn't a goal for me to win the Dauphiné at the beginning but now I'll try to. I will fight without taking risks though."
How it unfolded
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Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto) gave birth to the first breakaway of the day at kilometre five. The Ukrainian was followed by Ruben Perez (Euskaltel), Emanuele Bindi (Lampre), Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas), Karsten Kroon (CSC) and David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval). There was a quick reaction from the bunch.
At km 12, Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) went clear. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) joined him but once again, the bunch reacted. After one hour of extremely intense fighting, 16 men finally found their way out at km 62: Roy Sentjens (Silence-Lotto), Sergio Paulinho (Astana), Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel), Pierre Rolland and Christophe Le Mével (Crédit Agricole), Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step), Cyril Dessel (Ag2r), Amaël Moinard (Cofidis), Heinrich Haussler and Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Frederik Willems (Liquigas), Lars Bak (CSC), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) and Dominik Roels (Milram).
Eight kilometers further, their advantage was 2'50 over a bunch led by the Caisse d'Epargne team of race leader Alejandro Valverde. At km 114, the gap was 3'40 and Rabobank came to the front to give a hand to the Spanish team.
In the first small climbs, De La Fuente consolidated his polka dot jersey. Voeckler attacked at km 160. Rolland joined him away while Roels and Haussler stayed in between. At the foot of the Mont Salève (km 168.5), Rolland went solo. A trio was formed behind him by Dessel, Paulinho and Moinard.
At km 173.5, Dessel overtook Rolland and attacked straight away. Dessel was fist at the top of the Salève 22 seconds ahead of Rolland and 2'40 ahead of the group of the favorites with all the main contenders there, including Robert Gesink (Rabobank) who accelerated towards the top.
Despite a fright in the downhill, Dessel took his first Dauphiné win in Annemasse. Rolland came 2nd and Valverde kept his lead.
Photography
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- France's Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale), 33, wins stage four of the Dauphiné Libéré after soloing down from the la Montée du Mont-Salève.
- Pierre Rolland (Credit Agricole) could not hold onto Dessel's wheel, and was sorely disappointed with second.
- The lead group rolls through the French countryside.
- The peloton rolls through the countryside enjoying stunning views.
- Levi Leipheimer and a teammate descent on stage four.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) wears the jersey of best climber.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Robert Gesink pulls up the climb and is closely followed by the yellow jersey and Leipheimer.
- Levi Leipheimer is a vision of colour with green and red, white and blue.
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale) put in a heroic effort to win the stage.
- Dessel scores a win in the fourth stage.
- Dessel leads the break on the final climb.
- Cadel Evans looks a bit unhappy while riding in the peloton behind Valverde.
- Valverde seems to be telling Leipheimer that his team needs to pitch in to control the break since his own team has Pereiro up there.
- Roy Sentjens (Silence - Lotto) was one of 16 men off the front together.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), another break member.
- Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Scott) and Bart Dockx (Silence Lotto)
- Australian champion Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) is easy to spot.
- Levi Leipheimer sits in the Astana train.
- These guys are definitely working: Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Levi Leipheimer (Astana)
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) drives the pace.
- Roy Sentjens (Silence Lotto)
- Christophe Brandt and Cadel Evans of Silence-Lotto
- Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto) in the aero position.
- Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto)
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale) gets the win.
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale) on his way to a stage win.
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale) on the podium.
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale)
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale) sets the pace.
- Frederik Willems (Liquigas) and Roy Sentjens (Silence - Lotto)
- Frederik Willems (Liquigas) was in the stage four break.
- Frederik Willems (Liquigas) was clearly focused on the task at hand.
- William Walker (Rabobank) takes a turn at the front.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) attacked the front group.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) clad in green and yellow.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) racing along in his drops
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on a descent.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) well protected by his team-mates.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) could get used to wearing yellow.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Christophe Le Mével was talkative before going in the right breakaway and finishing 7th in Annemasse.
- Sandy Casar (FdJ) shows off his bike.
- Rémi Di Gregorio was unfortunate to puncture at the bottom of the Mont Salève but he climbed really well after a wheel change.
- Leipheimer signs on for stage four.
- Levi Leipheimer wears the green jersey of points leader, holding it for Valverde.
- The Rabobank team confers before the start of stage four.
Images by Philippe Soubiran
- Evans sits in the group of favourites and is never too far from the front.
Results
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.37.16 (41.765 km/h) 2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.18 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 1.21 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 2.07 6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 2.09 10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.11 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 17 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 21 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 22 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 26 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 30 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 31 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 34 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 2.35 35 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 37 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.46 38 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 3.12 40 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 41 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 43 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 44 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 45 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.50 46 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.10 47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 48 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 49 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 53 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 55 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.26 59 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 60 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 62 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 64 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 65 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 66 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 67 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 6.24 68 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6.49 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 9.54 70 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 72 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 75 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 76 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 78 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 79 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 81 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 86 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 12.18 88 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 13.38 89 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 91 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 92 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 95 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 96 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 99 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 100 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 101 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 102 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 104 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 105 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 106 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 107 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 108 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 14.30 109 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 110 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16.48 112 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 113 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 115 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 116 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 119 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 120 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 121 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 123 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 124 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 125 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 126 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 127 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 129 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 131 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 132 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.01 133 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19.12 134 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 135 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 136 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 30.03 DNF Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux DNS Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis DNS Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNS Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road Points Annemasse - km 193 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 pts 2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 15 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11 6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 7 10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 5 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 3 14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Côte du Mont des Princes - km 127.5 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 pts 2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 2 5 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 1 Côte de Saint Jean - km 140 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 pts 2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Le Salève - km 175.5 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30 pts 2 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 18 5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14 6 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 12 7 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 10 8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 10 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 4 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 12 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 13.56.20 2 AG2R La Mondiale 0.51 3 Caisse d'Epargne 1.11 4 Cofidis 5 Team CSC 1.57 6 Astana 2.01 7 Française Des Jeux 2.36 8 Saunier Duval-Scott 2.58 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.02 10 Silence-Lotto 11 Quick Step 3.26 12 Liquigas 4.00 13 Bouygues Telecom 4.59 14 Rabobank 5.59 15 High Road 8.29 16 Team Milram 8.31 17 Gerolsteiner 11.43 18 Lampre 26.11 General classification after stage 4 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.49.46 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.23 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.37 4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.08 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.17 6 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.20 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.58 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.28 9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.29 10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2.34 11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 2.43 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 3.00 13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 3.09 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.12 15 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 3.21 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.26 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 3.29 18 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.34 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 3.40 20 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.47 21 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 3.53 22 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 4.09 23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.13 24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 4.21 25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 4.22 26 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 4.24 27 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 28 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 4.32 29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.34 30 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 4.41 31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.49 32 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.08 33 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.11 34 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.14 35 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.23 36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.29 37 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 5.33 38 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.38 39 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.39 41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.53 42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.55 44 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 5.59 45 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.00 47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 6.03 48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 6.11 49 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 6.14 50 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6.16 51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.23 52 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.41 53 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 6.47 54 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 6.51 55 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6.55 56 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.56 57 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 7.12 58 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 7.27 59 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.32 60 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 7.36 61 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7.37 62 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 7.40 63 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.50 64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.15 65 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8.33 66 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.52 67 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 9.24 68 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 9.46 69 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 11.06 70 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.24 71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 11.27 72 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 11.28 73 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 11.46 74 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 11.57 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12.12 76 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.18 77 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 12.19 78 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 12.42 79 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 12.45 80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.09 81 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 13.36 82 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 13.41 83 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.54 84 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.57 85 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 14.14 86 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 14.16 87 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.07 88 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 15.16 89 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.31 90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 15.34 91 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.05 92 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 16.12 93 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 16.59 94 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 17.00 95 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 17.20 96 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 17.27 97 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 17.50 98 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 18.01 99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18.13 100 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 18.23 101 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 18.35 102 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 18.38 103 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 18.43 104 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 18.59 105 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 19.00 106 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 19.30 107 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 19.32 108 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.41 109 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 19.42 110 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 19.45 111 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 112 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.03 113 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.42 114 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.43 115 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.52 116 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 21.19 117 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.26 118 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 21.40 119 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 21.43 120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 121 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 22.01 122 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.27 123 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 22.38 124 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 22.41 125 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.11 126 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 24.12 127 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24.31 128 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 25.53 129 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 26.26 130 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.48 131 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 27.07 132 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 28.16 133 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 31.22 134 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 31.38 135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 39.57 136 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.08 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 83 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 76 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 60 5 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 40 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 36 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 25 9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 24 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 13 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 15 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 19 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 17 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 19 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 15 21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 22 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 23 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 24 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 26 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 11 27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 28 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9 29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 30 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 9 31 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 33 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 8 34 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 7 35 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 36 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 7 37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 38 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 6 39 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 40 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 42 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 5 43 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 44 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 45 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 46 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 47 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 48 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 36 pts 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 34 3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 5 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 20 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 7 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 12 8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 10 9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6 11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 12 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 6 13 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5 14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 5 15 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 18 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 1 20 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 21 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 22 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 44.34.38 2 Astana 1.11 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.43 4 AG2R La Mondiale 2.57 5 Silence-Lotto 3.37 6 Credit Agricole 3.41 7 Bouygues Telecom 4.06 8 Cofidis 4.52 9 Française Des Jeux 5.05 10 Saunier Duval-Scott 5.33 11 Quick Step 5.41 12 Team CSC 5.49 13 Rabobank 8.01 14 Liquigas 9.07 15 Team Milram 10.02 16 High Road 11.14 17 Gerolsteiner 14.38 18 Lampre 33.23
