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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT

France, June 8-15, 2008

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Stage 7 - June 15: Saint-Jean-de Maurienne - Grenoble, 128km

Fofonov beats Trofimov as Valverde seals overall

By Jean-François Quénet in Grenoble

Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole)
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Dimitri Fofonov has taken his first victory in more than six years after outsprinting Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick Step) and the revelation of this year's Dauphiné, Yuriy Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom) on the final stage to Grenoble. The Kazakh from Crédit Agricole last tasted victory on the final stage of the 2002 Tour of Catalunya.

Rolling across the line some two minutes later was overall winner Alejandro Valverde. The Spaniard claimed the most prestigious victory of his career and positioned himself as a favourite for the Tour de France, while Cadel Evans also served notice that his best form is not far away.

The most spectacular rider of the day, however, was once again Trofimov, already a winner at the Dauphiné on stage five to Morzine. A member of the seven-man breakaway that went clear on the flat roads before the mountains, the Russian rookie from Bouygues Telecom attacked on the first of the three climbs, the Col du Granier. Fofonov marked him and passed him before the summit as he threatened the polka dot jersey of his team-mate Pierre Rolland. The same scenario occurred a second time on the Col du Cucheron, but on the final climb of the Col du Porte it was impossible for anybody to follow the unbelievable Trofimov, but Fofonov wasn't worried.

"I let him go but I kept a short distance between him and me," the Kazakh explained. "I caught him on the downhill. In the sprint, I was more afraid of the third guy, Jurgen Van de Walle from Quick Step, because he didn't ride before as he waited for (Matteo) Carrara to come across. I know I have a bit of a speed and I had good legs today."

Mountains leader Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole)
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Fofonov is known for being a consistent domestique. He was full of praise for the good work done during the Dauphiné by the whole Crédit Agricole team. "Yesterday our chiefs congratulated us already for our good job," Fofonov revealed. He also mentioned the search for a new sponsor by his team manager Roger Legeay. "He told us: do you job, I do mine, just keep the spirit of the competition."

That spirit led to winning the polka dot jersey with 21 year-old Pierre Rolland. The youngster was equal on points with Trofimov, but having grabbed first position on the hors-category Col de la Croix-de-Fer, secured the mountains classification. As he crossed the line after going strongly in a counter attack to score points on the climbs, he asked Legeay if he had won it. The boss said yes and a delighted Rolland kissed his jersey in a true moment of happiness.

"The polka dot jersey pleases me and I'd like to get it at the Tour de France as well," the young man from Orléans explained later. "I like to climb but I don't know yet what kind of a rider I am exactly. The Dauphiné has been a formidable experience every day. I've learned a lot about myself. I had a hunger flat yesterday and I found the health again today. I have no regret not doing the Tour this year. There are plenty of other nice races."

Valverde comfortably sealed overall victory
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Overall winner Valverde reckons the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is one of the best on the cycling calendar. "This is the most important victory of my career so far," said the Spaniard. "Because of the prestige of this race but also because of the time of the year when it's held. This week allowed me to judge the condition of my adversaries. I came with a good condition myself after the training camp we had in the Alps."

It wasn't necessarily an obsession for him to win the Dauphiné, but his motivation increased day by day. "I did a phenomenal prologue," he said about his third place behind Levi Leipheimer and Thor Hushovd. "It gave the motivation for the next day and winning stage one gave me even more motivation. The time trial gave me the yellow jersey and I rode like Miguel Indurain did: after the time trial I controlled the situation."

The final podium
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Valverde said he saw the attack by Cadel Evans' team-mate Yaroslav Popovych on the Col du Granier as a test. "But my team was phenomenal," he insisted. Therefore, the Australian didn't try to attack him again after his unsuccessful but spirited offensive the day before on La Toussuire.

Evans got another second place overall at the Dauphiné after beating beaten by Christophe Moreau last year, but he proved to have overcome the knee problems he had before the French event and gave his fans the guarantee that he'll start the Tour in Brest on July 5 with the best condition he could have hoped for.

"The Tour de France will be a different story because the time trial will be a very different one from the Dauphiné's," Valverde added. "I'll take it day by day. Now I'll take a rest and try and maintain my condition towards the Tour de France. Winning the Dauphiné gives me the confidence for the Tour as well."

How it unfolded

Pierre Rolland attacks on the Col de Granier
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After 15 kilometres covered at a very high speed, seven riders broke clear: Yuriy Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Christophe Riblon (Ag2r), Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux), Dimitri Fofonov (Crédit Agricole), Daniele Righi (Lampre) and Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick Step).

Five kilometers later their advantage was already 3'35 with the highest ranked rider being the winner in Morzine Trofimov, 16th at 8'20. The advantage of the leaders reached 6'45 at km 41, while 50.2 kilometres were covered in the first hour alone.

At the bottom of the first climb of the day, the Col de Granier, the gap between the seven leaders and the bunch, led by Caisse d'Epargne, was reduced to five minutes. Four riders formed a counter-attack: Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto), Matteo Carrara (Quick Step), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) and Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) who wore the polka dot jersey.

The yellow jersey
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Chavanel was the first man dropped from the front group while Lars Bak (CSC) rejoined the four counter attackers. The front group was reduced to five men as Augé was the next to fall of the pace. It was only four when Righi also found the going too tough.

Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) successfully bridged to the second group on the road, while at the top of the Granier, only two riders stayed together in front: Fofonov and Trofimov crossed the line at the summit in that order as the Kazakh worked in defence of Rolland's polka dot jersey. The classification was the same at the top of the Col du Cucheron.

Trofimov then went solo on the Col de Porte. At the summit he had 21 seconds advantage over Van de Walle and Fofonov. Casar and Rolland were 1'26 behind with the peloton at 3'41. Fofonov and Van de Walle rejoined Trofimov on the descent towards Grenoble.

Fofonov won the three-man sprint while Valverde, Evans and Leipheimer maintained their positions as the top three overall, finishing in a group 2'21 behind the stage winner.

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Results

1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         3.17.20 (38,615 km/h)
2 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                 
3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                
4 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         0.11
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                      
6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                           
7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.31
8 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                      
9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             1.34
10 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         2.21
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                        
12 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
14 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
15 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                     
16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
17 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       
18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
20 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                     
22 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
23 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       
26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
27 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
28 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                               
29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                        
30 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                     
31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                         
32 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                        
33 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                        
34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                     
35 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                      
36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
37 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                               
38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    2.40
39 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
40 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 
41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         
42 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
43 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    
44 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
45 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                         
46 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                        
47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               
48 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                       
49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        
50 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      
51 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        
52 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                        
53 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                             
54 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                  
55 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott            
56 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                       
57 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                         
58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                        5.41
59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 
60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      
61 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
62 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
63 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
64 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        
65 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               
66 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            7.21
67 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
68 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     
69 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                     
70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
71 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                 
72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 8.31
73 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                   9.37
74 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                              
75 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
76 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                         
77 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
78 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
79 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  
80 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
81 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                              10.50
82 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                      
83 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                     
84 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                        
85 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           11.32
86 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         12.38
87 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
88 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                         
89 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                           
90 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                       
91 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                      
92 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               14.59
93 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
94 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
95 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                    
96 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                     16.03
97 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
98 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              16.05
99 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                     
100 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               
101 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                 20.12
102 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                        
103 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
104 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                              
105 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
106 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                                 
107 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                     
108 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana
DNS Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner            
DNF Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne           
DNF José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne    
DNF Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
DNF Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step               
DNF Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step               
DNF Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale          
DNF Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux      
DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas               
DNF Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott      
DNF Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott       
HD Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram               
HD Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner             
 
Points
 
1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                              20 pts
2 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                               17
3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                              15
4 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           13
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                    11
6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         10
7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                9
8 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                     8
9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                7
10 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            6
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                       5
12 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                4
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             3
14 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                2
15 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                    1
 
Mountains
 
Col du Granier - km 77
1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole            30 pts
2 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom            26
3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale         22
4 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step             18
5 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                       14
6 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                      12
7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux      10
8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole              8
9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux              6
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                  4
11 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                  2
12 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             1
 
Col du Cucheron - km 95
1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole            30 pts
2 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom            26
3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale         22
4 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                       18
5 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step             14
6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole             12
7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux             10
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                   8
9 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                   6
10 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                      4
11 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux         2
12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                     1
 
Col de Porte - km 108
1 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom            20 pts
2 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step             15
3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole            12
4 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale         10
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                   8
6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                        6
7 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole              4
8 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux              3
9 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                   2
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                     1
 
Teams
 
1 Crédit Agricole                                               9.55.55
2 AG2R La Mondiale                                                 0.58
3 Bouygues Telecom                                                 1.06
4 Liquigas                                                         2.37
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                              3.08
6 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     
7 Silence-Lotto                                                        
8 High Road                                                        3.27
9 Astana                                                               
10 Rabobank                                                            
11 Quick Step                                                      3.37
12 Team CSC                                                        3.46
13 Cofidis                                                             
14 Française Des Jeux                                              9.34
15 Saunier Duval-Scott                                            11.02
16 Team Milram                                                    16.56
17 Gerolsteiner                                                   28.17
 
Final general classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    27.34.39
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                  0.39
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                     1.24
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.47
5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.19
6 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              4.01
7 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4.25
8 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                     4.29
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                     4.45
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                 5.13
11 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                  5.33
12 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                           5.59
13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            6.04
14 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                     6.46
15 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                   6.47
16 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                       7.34
17 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              9.06
18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                        10.31
19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          11.32
20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                   12.20
21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                 13.35
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           14.35
23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                    14.36
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        15.03
25 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      15.24
26 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      16.16
27 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                            16.18
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                          16.47
29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                18.11
30 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           18.18
31 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                18.51
32 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                    20.33
33 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  21.05
34 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        21.42
35 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  22.10
36 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                  22.20
37 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                          23.10
38 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        
39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                24.47
40 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                  25.33
41 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        26.49
42 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                            27.32
43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         29.18
44 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         30.43
45 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         31.06
46 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                   31.10
47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                          31.44
48 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                             32.40
49 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          33.55
50 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                     36.28
51 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                            36.31
52 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                37.00
53 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                37.12
54 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                     37.33
55 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                           37.45
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              39.52
57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                               39.54
58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                 39.56
59 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                   41.51
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           42.43
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                       43.44
62 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            44.24
63 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                    44.33
64 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                            47.15
65 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              48.25
66 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                49.37
67 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                         51.04
68 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            53.47
69 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                  54.39
70 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            56.22
71 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                               1.01.16
72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        1.01.17
73 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           1.01.44
74 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.01.49
75 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        1.04.32
76 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                              1.04.47
77 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       1.05.56
78 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             1.06.05
79 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                             1.06.39
80 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.06.48
81 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                 1.07.04
82 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       1.07.58
83 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                 1.08.14
84 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         1.08.48
85 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         1.08.58
86 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1.10.51
87 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                1.11.17
88 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                           1.11.39
89 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                               1.13.03
90 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                              1.16.01
91 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     1.16.19
92 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                  1.17.08
93 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.17.54
94 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                1.20.21
95 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                    1.20.45
96 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                  1.21.20
97 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                            1.22.27
98 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                  1.23.32
99 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                 1.24.35
100 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.24.44
101 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              1.29.43
102 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                               1.30.06
103 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                        1.30.29
104 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott    1.31.41
105 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                 1.35.22
106 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                             1.36.05
107 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                               1.36.56
108 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 1.38.16
 
Points classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         133 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                      105
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                    87
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 76
5 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                              59
6 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                    41
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                       41
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            38
9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                        30
10 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               28
11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           25
12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 25
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                      24
14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           24
15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                      24
16 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           24
17 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              24
18 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 23
19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                             20
20 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               20
21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              20
22 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   18
23 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              18
24 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           17
25 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                              17
26 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                    16
27 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                       15
28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            14
29 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   14
30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               13
31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          13
32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    11
33 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  11
34 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                 11
35 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                        10
36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               9
37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          9
38 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                     9
39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              8
40 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                    8
41 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      7
42 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                      7
43 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                        6
44 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                       6
45 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                      6
46 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                    5
47 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                        5
48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       5
49 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                          4
50 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             4
51 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                4
52 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               4
53 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                                 3
54 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                2
55 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          1
56 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1
57 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
58 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 
59 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    
 
Mountains classification

1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole            110 pts
2 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom           110
3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole            72
4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale          70
5 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step             60
6 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale         54
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                  44
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne        42
9 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                      42
10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                    40
11 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                      38
12 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale             36
13 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC             36
14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott    36
15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                    36
16 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux       36
17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         30
18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole           29
19 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                 26
20 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom         26
21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            23
22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                    22
23 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                     22
24 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                   20
25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux            19
26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale         17
27 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                  16
28 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne       13
29 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                         12
30 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                 10
31 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                 10
32 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                    10
33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom             10
34 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux     10
35 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                   8
36 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                      8
37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole        8
38 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank               8
39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                 6
40 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                      5
41 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                  5
42 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                    5
43 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step              5
44 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                      4
45 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale             4
46 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           4
47 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          3
48 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                     2
49 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux           2
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto            1
51 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                  1
52 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              1
53 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux           1
54 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom              1

Teams classification
 
1 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          83.02.24
2 AG2R La Mondiale                                                 5.23
3 Caisse D'Epargne                                                 6.40
4 Silence-Lotto                                                    7.47
5 Crédit Agricole                                                  8.06
6 Astana                                                           8.32
7 Team CSC                                                        10.32
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                11.33
9 Quick Step                                                      18.07
10 Française Des Jeux                                             20.50
11 Rabobank                                                       25.30
12 Cofidis                                                        27.31
13 High Road                                                      29.12
14 Liquigas                                                       33.44
15 Saunier Duval-Scott                                          1.27.56
16 Team Milram                                                  1.39.52
17 Gerolsteiner                                                 1.56.42

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