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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
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
Photography
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- King of the mountains Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) and points leader Levi Leipheimer (Astana) at the stage start in Saint-Jean-de Maurienne.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was relaxed before the final defence of his leader's jersey.
- Valverde and Leipheimer exchange a few words before the stage rolls out.
- Pierre Roland leaves the comfortable surroundings of the peloton on the Col de Granier.
- Alejandro Valverde's lead was never seriously threatened on the final stage.
- The yellow jersey was on cruise control today.
- Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) was the fastest of the day's three-man escape at the finish in Grenoble.
- It was the Kazakh rider's first victory since the final stage of the 2002 Tour of Catalunya.
- Roland crosses the line to seal his victory in the mountains competition.
- A happy Dmitriy Fofonov gets re-acquainted with that winning feeling.
- Hand shakes and smiles once it's all over.
- The final podium of the Dauphiné Libéré: Levi Leipheimer (Astana), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)
- Valverde comfortably sealed overall victory on the final stage to Grenoble.
- Pierre Rolland defended his polka-dot jersey of best climber.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) wins the final stage in Grenoble.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) took the overall victory and looks ready for an good Tour de France.
- The GC podium (l-r) with Levi Leipheimer, Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans.
- The podium is all smiles
- Valverde pulls on his final yellow jersey.
- Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) climbing well.
- Australian Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) takes over the ProTour lead following the Dauphiné Libéré.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Cadel Evans salutes his French fans as he signs on.
- Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) became a star on French TV.
- Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) in the Mountains jersey.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) takes his most important career victory.
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
