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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT
France, June 8-15, 2008
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Stage 6 - June 14: Morzine - La Toussuire, 233km
Sørensen catches greatest career win
Valverde resists attack of Evans and Leipheimer
By Jean-François Quénet in La Toussuire
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With astonishing resilience to the chasing group of favourites, Dane Chris Anker Sørensen of CSC took his greatest career win, his first as a professional, to date. He was part of the day's break, then continued solo from the start of the final climb up to La Toussuire and prevailed by over a minute. In the fight for GC, Alejandro Valverde countered moves by Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer and added two seconds to his overall margin of now 39 seconds.
The up and coming Danish climber Sørensen ruled out any comparison with his compatriot Michael Rasmussen after his magnificent solo victory in La Toussuire, where Rasmussen won a stage of the Tour de France two years ago. "I definitely don't want to be the new Rasmussen, let's forget about Rasmussen! But I hope to become the new Danish climber. My first pro win couldn't be a greater one than the queen stage of the Dauphiné, which is a great race, with the col de la Croix-de-Fer, which is one of France's most beautiful climbs. I used to watch the Tour de France pass through it when I was a kid. It's a dream come true for me to win here."
The 23 year-old, who finished the Giro in 27th place before riding the Dauphiné, crossed the line with the gesture of a fisherman, throwing his fishing rod out and raking in his catch of the day. He explained it as a private joke with some friends back in Denmark following the way Paolo Bettini won the World Championship in the role of the hunter.
Sørensen was the only rider left of the breakaway that took shape after 50 kilometres. The highest ranked of the 21-man group was young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, who became the king of the mountains, but was victim of a hunger knock up to La Toussuire where he actually lost even more time than Landis two years ago at the Tour: almost 16 minutes.
"I've never put my body in such a state of fatigue," Rolland said. "But I'm happy to get the polka dot jersey, this is the jersey of my childhood dreams. I took risks today. With a 4'20 advantage that we got at some stage, I was virtually in second position overall. In this stage I've made mistakes that I will not reproduce in the future."
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He can look to Valverde for not making mistakes in cycling. The Spaniard didn't panic when Evans attacked with 5.5 kilometres to go. "Instead of responding to him, I preferred to stay behind Gesink, who was keeping a steady but high speed. We had a head wind, I chose to climb progressively. I was very well but the stage was 233 kilometres; that's a distance we have only covered in the classics. As long as we kept Evans at a distance [so] I could see [him] with my eyes, I didn't worry."
The Australian made the race extremely spectacular with his attack. "I'm climbing well," he said after the finish. "But not good enough for the win. Today, I had nothing to lose. Maybe I had a chance to win the overall, sometimes you have to take these chances. I wanted to leave Valverde by himself in the wind." It didn't happen since the race leader got help from a few other riders, mostly Gesink who was targeting the stage win.
That was also the intention of Levi Leipheimer who rejoined Evans but didn't cooperate much with him. The American was still disappointed that the Australian took the second place on GC from him the day before. "I wish I had the same legs yesterday," Leipheimer explained. "La Toussuire wasn't hard enough to make a difference. It was not up to me to work for Evans. I was waiting for Valverde to do some work and I jumped across as he didn't. With two kilometres to go, I realised we were too far from Sørensen for being in contention for the stage win.
"Tomorrow is a hard stage," Leipheimer continued. "Valverde looks strong and he's a smart rider." The Spaniard doesn't want to consider the Dauphiné won before he crosses the line in Grenoble on Sunday. "I will possibly face more attacks," he said. "But it's much shorter and my team works well, so we should save the jersey."
Shall he finish second once again like last year behind Christophe Moreau, Evans will leave the Dauphiné with no regret. "I'm here only to compare myself to the others," he emphasised. "My only goal at the Dauphiné was to get better and I'm getting better. I don't want to be getting too good too soon."
The Valverde-Evans duel might be reproduced next month at the Tour de France with a different scenario.
How it unfolded
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A group of 20 riders went away in the côte de Megève (km 48): Mario Aerts (Silence-Lotto), José Luis Rubiera (Astana), David Lopez (Caisse d'Epargne), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel), Patrice Halgand and Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole), Jurgen Van de Walle and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step), Vladimir Efimkin and Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r), Juan Antonio Flecha and Peter Weening (Rabobank), David Moncoutié and Amaël Moinard (Cofidis), Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), Jérôme Coppel and Rémi Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux), Thomas Voeckler and Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom), Charly Wegelius (Liquigas) and Chris Anker Sørensen (CSC).
Rolland was first at the top ahead of Clement, Van de Walle, Coppel and Moncoutié. Rolland was also first at the top of the côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine (km 72), where the escapees had an advantage of 3'15. At km 119, the group split up and 13 riders went to the front. With 10 kilometres to go to the top of the col de la Croix-de-Fer, there were still 12 together: Rubiera, Lopez, Halgand, Rolland, Van de Walle, Flecha, Moncoutié, Moinard, Di Gregorio, Efimkin, Goubert and Sørensen. Rolland again was first at the top (km 180.5).
At kilometre 191, the two Euskaltel riders Mikel Astarloza and Oroz rejoined the front group while the first part of the bunch was located two minutes behind. At kilometre 213, as the gap was reduced to 55 seconds under the action of the Rabobank riders, Sørensen went solo on the way up to La Toussuire.
With nine kilometres to go, the Dane was 1'30 ahead of Di Gregorio, Astarloza and Lopez. The bunch was at 1'50.
With 5. kilometres to go, Evans attacked and created a gap to the Valverde group. The Spaniard stayed in the wheel of Robert Gesink (Rabobank). Three kilometres further, it was the turn of Levi Leipheimer (Astana) to attack. The American rejoined Evans but their advantage was no more than 25 seconds. Valverde caught them under the flamme rouge.
Sørensen kept a one-minute advantage over Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom), who came in second, while Valverde kept his overall lead over Evans and Leipheimer.
Photography
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- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) keeps an eye on race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Caisse d'Epargne looked after their leader all the way to the final climb.
- Threatening clouds loomed for much of the stage, but conditions remained dry.
- The peloton climbs the Col de la Croix de Fer.
- Valverde adds another layer on the chilly ascent.
- Snow still lingers near the top of 2067 metre high pass.
- Caisse d'Epargne and Silence-Lotto drive the pace on the descent of the Croix de Fer.
- The big guns of the Dauphiné - Levi Leipheimer (Astana), Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Evans goes for it on La Toussuire.
- The Aussie distanced Valverde for short while, but was eventually reeled in.
- Evans was out of the saddle for long periods on the final climb.
- Chris Anker Sørensen (Team CSC) rides alone on the final climb to La Toussuire.
- Chris Anker Sørensen (Team CSC) claims Stage 6 of the Dauphiné Libéré.
- The Danish rider tackled the final climb to La Toussuire alone and won by over a minute.
- Leipheimer sprints home ahead of Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre), Valverde and Evans.
- Stage winner Chris Anker Sørensen (Team CSC) is congratulated by team-mate Nicki Sørensen.
- Thumbs up from the stage winner.
- Valverde gets another yellow jersey.
- Alejandro Valverde looks set to wrap up overall victory tomorrow.
- Umm... Alejandro... you're supposed to kiss on the cheek.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Stage five winner Yuriy Trofimov (L) with Bouygues Telecom team-mate Perrig Quéméneur.
- Alejandro Valverde arrives for the sign-on in Morzine.
- Levi Leiphimer wears the green jersey. The American is second in the points classification behind Valverde.
- Chris Anker Sørensen savours his first big victory in La Toussuire.
- The Dane was not interested in comparisons to his compatriot Michael Rasmussen, the last man to win at La Toussuire during the 2007 Tour de France.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Sørensen is likely to get addicted to more procedures like this.
- Evans shadowed Valverde most of the day
- Sastre was up front on the Col de Croix Fer and dressed well for the four degrees centigrade. He dropped back on the final climb.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto) was a valuable helper for Evans today.
- Valverde puts on yellow and hopes it won't be the last time in this tour.
- Evans went on the attack with half a dozen kilometres to go.
- Evans looked strong but the headwind prevented him from getting more than 20 seconds.
- Evans labouring hard in the final kilometres.
- It was picturesque racing in the French Alps.
- The snow was proof that it was still cold up on the cols.
- Leipheimer grits his teeth to get a few more seconds out of his competitors.
- Evans and Leipheimer ahead but the others clawed their way back into the race.
- Mikel Astarloza feels at home in the mountains.
- Michael Rogers is showing that his form is coming along.
Results
1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 6.15.53 (37.192 km/h) 2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.02 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.10 4 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 1.15 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 1.17 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.26 9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 2.11 10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 2.13 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 2.25 15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.48 17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 18 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.37 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 4.49 22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.35 23 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 7.08 24 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 26 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.19 29 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 7.28 31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7.49 33 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 9.19 34 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 11.16 35 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 37 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 38 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 39 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 40 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 42 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 43 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 45 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 46 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 13.48 47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 48 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 49 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 14.59 50 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 51 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.16 52 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.56 53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20.35 54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 57 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 60 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 61 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 62 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 64 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.58 66 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 24.02 67 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 25.18 70 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 26.30 71 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31.50 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 74 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 75 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 77 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 78 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 82 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 83 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 84 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 86 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 87 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 89 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 90 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 91 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 92 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 93 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 94 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.51 95 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.44 96 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 97 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 99 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 100 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 101 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 102 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 103 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 104 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 105 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 107 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 108 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 110 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 111 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 112 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 113 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 114 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 115 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 116 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 117 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 118 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 119 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 120 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 121 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42.08 DNF Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana DNF Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC DNF Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott DNF Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram Points 1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 20 pts 2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 15 4 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 13 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 10 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 7 10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 6 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 4 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 3 14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 2 15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Côte de Chatillon-sur-Cluses - km 18.5 1 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 5 pts 2 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 3 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Côte de Megève - km 54 1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 pts 2 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5 3 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3 4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1 Côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine - km 72 1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 pts 2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1 Col de la Croix de Fer - km 180.5 1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 35 3 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 5 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 22 6 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 18 7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 16 8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 9 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 10 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 10 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8 12 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 6 13 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 La Toussuire - km 233 1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 30 pts 2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 22 4 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 18 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 12 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 6 10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 4 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.54.09 2 Team CSC 7.46 3 Caisse d'Epargne 9.01 4 Bouygues Telecom 9.10 5 Ag2R La Mondiale 10.37 6 Astana 10.41 7 Silence-Lotto 10.52 8 Française des Jeux 11.11 9 Credit Agricole 11.14 10 Quick Step 11.54 11 High Road 18.15 12 Cofidis 18.50 13 Rabobank 20.00 14 Liquigas 27.34 15 Team Milram 58.27 16 Gerolsteiner 1.00.38 17 Saunier Duval-Scott 1.16.20 General classification after stage 6 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24.14.58 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 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 5.33 11 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 6.46 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 6.47 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.54 14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 7.23 15 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.34 16 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 8.20 17 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.06 18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 10.31 19 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 11.18 20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12.01 21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 13.16 22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13.53 23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 14.17 24 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.35 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 14.44 26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.24 27 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.16 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 16.47 29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 18.11 30 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 18.51 31 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.05 32 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 20.14 33 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 20.46 34 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.23 35 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 22.01 36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 22.10 37 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.46 38 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 22.51 39 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 23.10 40 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 23.27 41 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 24.12 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 24.47 43 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 25.14 44 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.08 45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26.49 46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28.55 47 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.18 48 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 30.51 49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 31.02 50 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.06 51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 31.25 52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 32.21 53 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 36.12 54 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 36.36 55 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37.43 56 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 37.50 57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 39.35 58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 39.43 59 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 40.06 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 40.24 61 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.04 62 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 41.32 63 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 43.25 64 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 43.44 65 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 43.45 66 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 43.48 67 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 44.14 68 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 44.37 69 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 45.00 70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.05 71 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 46.41 72 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 47.15 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 44 6 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 40 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 36 9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 10 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 12 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 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 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 18 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 20 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 20 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 19 21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 22 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 23 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 16 25 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 26 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 15 27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 28 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 29 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 32 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 11 33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9 35 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 9 36 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 38 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 7 39 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 7 40 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 7 41 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 6 42 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 6 43 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 44 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 45 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 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 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 52 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 3 53 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 2 54 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 55 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 56 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC -5 57 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas -5 58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC -5 59 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 Mountains classification 1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 86 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 70 3 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 59 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 44 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 42 7 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 40 8 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 38 9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 36 10 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 36 11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 36 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 36 13 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 36 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 15 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29 16 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 22 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 19 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 20 20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17 21 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 16 22 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 23 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 13 24 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 12 25 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 10 26 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 10 27 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10 28 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 8 29 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 8 30 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 31 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8 32 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 6 33 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 34 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 6 35 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 5 36 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5 37 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5 38 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 5 39 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 4 40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 41 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 42 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 43 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 44 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 1 45 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 1 46 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 47 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 48 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 49 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Caisse d'Epargne 73.03.21 3 Ag2R La Mondiale 6.40 4 Silence-Lotto 7.33 5 Astana 7.47 6 Team CSC 8.13 7 Credit Agricole 9.54 8 Bouygues Telecom 11.14 9 Française des Jeux 13.35 10 Quick Step 14.24 11 Rabobank 17.38 12 Cofidis 25.11 13 High Road 26.53 14 Liquigas 28.53 15 Saunier Duval-Scott 34.15 16 Team Milram 1.20.02 17 Gerolsteiner 1.26.04
