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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT
France, June 8-15, 2008
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Stage 1 - June 9: Avignon - Privas, 194km
Valverde wins as Hushovd leads the Dauphiné for the first time
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By Jean-François Quénet in Privas
All the big names feel concerned about the Dauphiné this year: Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Alejandro Valverde sprinted to the win on stage one in the uphill finish and only missed the yellow jersey by one second, and it's the first time in his career that Thor Hushovd leads the Alpine race.
It was also notable that Cadel Evans, Levi Leipheimer and Haimar Zubeldia took part in the sprint for the stage win. They finished 5th, 6th and 8th respectively - none of them hiding their strength, setting up expectations of a great battle in the mountains later in the week.
"Since yesterday I had good sensations," said Valverde who took third at the prologue in Avignon. "With this stage win, I have completed one goal already, now we'll see how it goes in the mountains, I hope I'll keep going well. It means a lot to me to win a stage here. It's a good motivation for the team who has done phenomenal work today."
The Astana team of race leader Levi Leipheimer chose to sit out of the work to control the race rather than use up their energy so early, and it was up to Crédit Agricole to do most of the work.. "All the other teams knew that I wanted to take the yellow jersey," explained Hushovd who did so by only one second. "I'm very happy to become the race leader because it's my first time at this race and I like the Dauphiné a lot. I came here to win a stage. After tomorrow, it will only be training for me and I'll enjoy the landscapes of the mountains."
Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux) was part of the breakaway which stayed away for most of the stage, but was ultimately reeled in by the team of Hushovd. "They didn't let us play much of our game in the front," said Joly. "But I don't have anything bad to say about Crédit Agricole today. I felt the same when I led the Tour du Limousin, I wanted to defend straight away."
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It was two second places for Hushovd in two days. "Yesterday I had a good prologue and there was nothing more I could do against Leipheimer, today it's the same feeling," the Norwegian underlined. "My team trusted from the start and was the only one chasing, but at the end, there was nothing I could do against Valverde. I did a good sprint myself. When he accelerated, I was at my maximum already."
The Murcian appreciated the uphill terrain in Privas. "I'm a complete rider," he admitted. "But as a sprinter, on a flat road, there's no way I can beat riders like Hushovd. Today's sprint was a special one. I accelerated with power 300 meters before the line."
"I'm having a good season so far," he continued. "I race less and my preparation is different. It pays off apparently, and I have the Tour de France in mind. I considered myself as one of the five or six contenders for GC. It also requires a bit of luck to win the Tour de France but I'll try."
At the Dauphiné, there's one more stage open to the sprinters, and Hushovd hoped that his team would get more help controlling the race. "I hope somebody will give us a hand, maybe High Road for Andre Greipel," he suggested.
How it unfolded
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Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) was the most active right after the start but the bunch didn't let him go. Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux) managed to go clear after 15km into the race. He was chased down by Christian Kux (Milram) and Arnaud Labbe (Bouygues Telecom). They formed a group of three riders at km 23. The peloton was quickly located 3.10 behind the trio.
At km 29, the whole Crédit Agricole team occupied the front line. They never allowed the gap to beyond 4'40". At km 38, it was 3'20".
Kux was the first at the top of the climb of Puy-Saint-Martin and became the king of the mountains. With 25km to go, finally one team gave a hand to Crédit Agricole in front of the bunch, it was High Road. Joly, Kux and Labbe got caught with 12km to go after 167 kilometers of breakaway.
With 300 meters to go in the uphill finish in Privas, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Épargne) took the lead and won the stage easily in front of Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) who became the new race leader.
Photography
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- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), 28, claims victory in stage one of the Dauphiné Libéré.
- Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) wins stage one over Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), who has become the new overall leader.
- Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) takes over the overall leadership after the finish of stage one.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), 30, took the leader's yellow top from USA's Levi Leipheimer (Astana).
- Credit Agricole controlled the race to set Hushovd up for the stage win and yellow jersey.
- The breakaway with Joly, Kux and Labbe was caught with 12km to go.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Sebastien Joly (Francaise des Jeux) was part of the day long breakaway.
- Hushovd gets on the podium after taking over the yellow jersey.
- Hushovd takes yellow at the Dauphine for the first time in his career.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) takes the win.
- Hola France! Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), 28, celebrates after winning stage one.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) greeted by the lovely podium girl.
- Astana Team Manager Johan Bruyneel before the start of stage one.
- Team Crédit Agricole working for its leader Thor Hushovd.
- Australian Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) rides in the pack.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.46.36 (40.614 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 10 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 12 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 19 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 22 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 25 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 27 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 29 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 33 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 36 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 37 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 38 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 39 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 43 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 44 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 45 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 46 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 48 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 50 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 54 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 56 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 57 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 58 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 59 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 61 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 62 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 64 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 65 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 66 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 68 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 69 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 70 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 72 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 74 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 76 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 77 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 78 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 80 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 81 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 83 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 84 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 85 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 86 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 87 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 88 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 89 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 90 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 92 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 93 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 94 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 95 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 96 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 97 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 98 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.24 100 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 101 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 103 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 104 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 105 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.32 107 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 108 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 0.35 109 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.41 110 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 111 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 112 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.49 113 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.51 114 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 115 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 116 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.02 117 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 118 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.18 119 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 122 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 124 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 125 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 126 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 127 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 128 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 129 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 1.45 130 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 131 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 132 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 133 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.09 134 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 135 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.20 136 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.22 137 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 138 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 139 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.06 140 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.08 141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.58 142 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 6.02 143 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 6.17 Points Privas - km. 194 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 25 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 16 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13 7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7 10 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 12 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 4 13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Côte de Puy-Saint-Martin - km. 136.5 1 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5 pts 2 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.52.41 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.01 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.05 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.17 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.18 7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0.19 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.20 12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.21 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.22 17 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 19 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 0.23 20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 21 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 0.24 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 23 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.25 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 27 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 28 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.26 29 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.27 34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 35 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 0.28 36 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 0.29 38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 39 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 40 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 41 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 42 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 0.30 43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 0.31 45 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.32 46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 49 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.33 51 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 52 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 53 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.34 55 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 56 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 0.35 58 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 59 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 0.36 60 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 62 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 0.37 64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 66 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 67 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.38 68 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 72 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.39 73 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 74 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 0.40 75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 78 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.41 79 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 80 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 81 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 82 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 83 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 84 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 0.42 85 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 86 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 88 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.44 89 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 90 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 91 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 92 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.45 93 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 94 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.46 95 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 96 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 98 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 0.47 99 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 100 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 0.49 101 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 0.51 102 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.58 103 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.59 104 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 1.00 105 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.02 107 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.12 108 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 1.13 109 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.14 110 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 111 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.15 112 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19 113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.21 114 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.24 115 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1.34 116 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.39 117 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.43 118 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.49 119 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 1.51 121 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.52 122 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 1.58 123 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.59 124 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2.00 125 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.01 126 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.02 127 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 2.05 128 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 2.06 129 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 130 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 2.07 131 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 2.24 132 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 133 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.39 134 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.47 135 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.50 136 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 2.59 137 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.02 138 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 139 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.40 140 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 3.46 141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.44 142 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 6.50 143 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 6.52 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 60 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 53 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 29 5 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 25 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 20 8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 10 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 11 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 9 13 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 7 14 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7 15 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 16 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 5 17 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 18 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 4 19 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 4 20 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 21 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 22 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road 2 23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 24 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5 pts 2 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Teams classification 1 Astana 14.38.51 2 High Road 0.10 3 Credit Agricole 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.13 5 Cofidis 0.17 6 Team Milram 0.18 7 Quick Step 8 Caisse d'Epargne 0.19 9 Gerolsteiner 10 AG2R La Mondiale 0.21 11 Rabobank 0.23 12 Team CSC 0.25 13 Bouygues Telecom 0.27 14 Française Des Jeux 0.33 15 Liquigas 0.38 16 Silence-Lotto 0.44 17 Saunier Duval-Scott 1.08 18 Lampre 1.32
