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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT
France, June 8-15, 2008
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Stage 5 - June 13: Ville-La-Grand - Morzine, 125km
Rookie Trofimov capitalizes on Valverde-Evans duel
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By Jean-François Quénet in Morzine
Russian Yuriy Trofimov created a surprise by claiming a stunning solo victory in Morzine. The Bouygues Telecom rider distanced his breakaway companions on the Col de Joux-Plane, and then held off the charge of the favourites to the line, just 18 seconds ahead of an unusually aggressive Cadel Evans and yellow jersey Alejandro Valverde.
"This victory is a big surprise for me," Trofimov explained. It's not a common affair that a first year pro wins a mountain stage in such a prestigious race. That's why the Russian added: "It's hard for me to realize what I've done."
"At the beginning of the stage, I didn't think I could win it. It's only at the end that I had an opportunity to do it. As I was first at the top before going down to Morzine, I became confident because the practice of mountain-biking made me going good in downhill. Now my ambition is to make a top 10 overall in the Dauphiné.
"I don't know if I'll do the Tour de France, it's not up to me to choose." He'll probably be lined up by Bouygues Telecom after winning the stage of Joux-Plane at the Dauphiné.The Russian is scheduled to go to Beijing for the Olympics as a mountain biker. He's now fourth on GC between Leipheimer and Robert Gesink (Rabobank), who will target the podium with the intention of giving it all on the way to La Toussuire.
The steep slopes of the Joux-Plane also provided the battlefield of champions, where a fit and feisty Gesink, who caused the selection of the group of favourites with a strong acceleration. The harshest attack came from Valverde, who made Levi Leipheimer come unglued. The American clawed his way back into the group only to come off again with an attack from Evans.
The Australian was very active towards the top of Joux-Plane but admitted he didn't think he'd be able to dethrone Valverde in Morzine. "I tried more to get some time onto Leipheimer," he commented. "I go one step at the time. I've tried to become second before thinking of getting first. Tomorrow we'll see. The day after is also selective but tomorrow is a hectic stage. Today in the hills I felt just ok, there's still a little bit of improvement that I need in my climbing." While Valverde is more of a favorite than ever, the Silence-Lotto rider is laying in an interesting waiting position prior to the queen stage
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Evans rode strongly up to Joux-Plane but Valverde didn't show any weakness. "I always had good sensations," the Spaniard commented. "I have attacked at some stage in order to test Evans and Leipheimer. Evans saw it and he passed in front of me. He did all the work till the finishing line. He seemed to go very well. Today was a duel, but at the Tour de France, there will be Cunego, Menchov, Sastre, Schleck as well..."
There was another rider who looked happy at the finish: Michael Rogers. For the second day in a row, the Australian played a major role in the mountains and came home with Leipheimer about one minute after the duelling Evans and Valverde. "Slowly, this gives me the will to ride the Tour," the man from Canberra noted after crossing the line.
Saturday's longest stage of the Dauphiné will take the riders to La Toussuire via the grueling climb of La Croix-de-Fer. Another duel between Valverde and Evans is expected and it'll be interesting to see if super climber Gesink is on fire.
How it unfolded
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Many skirmishes made the beginning of the race intense. Christophe Le Mével (Crédit Agricole), Matteo Carrara (Quick Step) and Rigoberto Uran (Caisse d'Epargne) formed a group of aggressive riders at km 32 before Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) attacked with Alexandr Kuchynski (Liquigas) at km 40. They also weren't successful.
Hubert Dupont (Ag2r) went away at the bottom of the col de Saxel (km 45). He was soon rejoined by Daniel Navarro (Astana), Vladimir Efimkin (Ag2r), Yuriy Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom), Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval), George Hincapie (High Road), Alexandr Kuchynski (Liquigas) and Inigo Cuesta (CSC).
At km 68, the whole Caisse d'Epargne team led the bunch exactly three minutes behind the eight men away. At km 100 at the bottom of the col de Joux-Plane, the peloton was 2'15" behind and exploded very quickly under the action of Robert Gesink (Rabobank). In the breakaway, Efimkin, Trofimov, Cuesta and Cobo dropped the other riders one by one, then it was the turn of Cuesta and Efimkin.
Cobo passed the summit of Joux-Plane in first position ahead of Trofimov who passed him and went away solo in the col de Ranfolly which prolongs Joux-Plane. The group of the favorites was 43 seconds behind at the top with only five riders: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre) and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel). Levi Leipheimer (Astana) cracked two kilometers from the summit.
Trofimov descended well to keep an 18 seconds advantage on Evans and Valverde, who kept the yellow jersey while Cobo took the polka dot jersey over from his team-mate David De La Fuente after passing all the climbs of the day in first position.
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- Evans leads Valverde home a few seconds ahead of the other favourites.
- Iouri Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom) wins the tough ride to Morzine.
- Trofimov took off from the break after the top of the Col de Joux-Plane was passed.
- The Russian savoured his victory 18 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans.
- Valverde smiles on the podium as he continues to lead the overall.
- Iouri Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom) is all smiles as he celebrated one of his biggest wins today.
- Cadel Evans takes second on the stage ahead of Valverde.
- Trofimov leads the trio of Juan Jose Cobo and Vladimir Efimkin.
- Valverde responded to the attacks and finally got away with Evans.
- Evans grits his teeth and gets ready to leave some folks behind.
- Levi Leipheimer struggled on the climb, losing more than a minute to Valverde.
- Valverde's team leads on the descent before the final climb.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Cadel Evans stretches his legs on the Col de la Joux-Plane
- Valverde spots Evans' attack and then goes after him.
- George Hincapie (High Road) looking relaxed on a descent.
- Lampre's Sylvester Szmyd rode well to finish fifth on the stage.
- The group of favourites begins the ascent of the Joux-Plane.
- Alejandro Valverde looked solid on the hilly stage to Morzine.
- Valverde enjoys his podium time after keeping yellow for another day.
- Valverde used up all his team-mates to help him keep the yellow jersey.
- Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) stayed with the favourites until the final climb, where he could not hold on.
- The Russian jokes around on the podium.
- Trofimov is having a good year.
- 24-year-old Trofimov took his second win of 2008 after taking a stage and the overall in Etoile de Besseges.
- Trofimov leads the break on the way to Morzine.
Images by Jean-François Quénet
- Crédit Agricole's Simon Gerrans is one of the stars of the publicity caravan at the Dauphiné.
- French fan shows his support for banned rider Alexandre Vinokourov...
- ...and for an Astana entry at this year's Tour de France.
- French climber Rémi Di Gregorio had pre-race advice from his Française des Jeux DS Thierry Bricaud.
- Charly Wegelius (Liquigas) and Levi Leipheimer (Astana) had a good laugh before the start.
- Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval-Scott) passed all the climbs of the day in first position.
- Yuriy Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom) is congratulated by the mayor of Morzine.
- Russia's Yuriy Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom) celebrates his stage win on the podium.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) continues to lead the race.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) cools down after the stage.
- 'Hey, don't I know you from somewhere': Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) chats with Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- 'Next month, you climb here and I'll sit in behind, okay?' Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) chats with Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- No, Alejandro, beer is not a banned substance!
- Russia's Iouri Trofimov (Bouygues Telecom) was delighted with his stage win.
Results
1 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3.07.46 (39.943 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.18 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23 5 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 0.26 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 7 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 0.44 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.24 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 11 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 12 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.43 13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.13 15 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 19 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 22 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 24 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.18 25 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2.52 26 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 27 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.09 29 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 30 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 31 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 32 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3.13 34 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.00 37 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 42 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.06 43 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 4.15 44 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 5.28 45 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 47 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 5.57 48 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.07 50 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 52 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 53 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 56 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 57 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 58 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 59 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 60 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 6.21 61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 7.28 62 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.29 63 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.22 64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 8.57 65 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 66 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 67 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10.02 68 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.23 72 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 11.31 73 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.28 74 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 15.54 75 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 76 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 79 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 82 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 83 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 84 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 85 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 86 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 87 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 88 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 89 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 90 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 91 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 92 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 93 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 94 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 99 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 100 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 103 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 105 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.35 106 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 107 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 108 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 110 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 112 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 113 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 114 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 115 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 117 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 118 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 120 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 122 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 123 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.33 125 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 126 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 127 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 129 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.08 DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank DNF Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre DNF Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre DNF Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre DNS José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott Points 1 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 20 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 17 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 5 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 11 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 9 8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 8 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 7 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 6 11 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 5 12 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Mountains Col de Saxel - km. 49.5 1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 5 3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3 4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 2 5 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 1 Col du Perret - km. 60.5 1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 pts 2 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 1 Côte de Chatillon-sur-Cluses - km. 85.5 1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 3 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Col de Joux-Plane - km. 112.5 1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 40 pts 2 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 35 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 30 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 26 5 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 22 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 14 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 10 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 10 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 8 12 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 4 14 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 2 15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Silence-Lotto 9.27.52 2 AG2R La Mondiale 0.41 3 Credit Agricole 3.01 4 Team CSC 5 Astana 3.03 6 Rabobank 3.52 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.59 8 Liquigas 4.16 9 Caisse d'Epargne 4.21 10 Française Des Jeux 4.50 11 Saunier Duval-Scott 4.51 12 High Road 6.06 13 Quick Step 6.45 14 Bouygues Telecom 7.01 15 Cofidis 9.53 16 Gerolsteiner 22.59 17 Team Milram 24.17 General classification after stage 5 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.57.50 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.37 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.29 4 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2.16 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.36 6 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.03 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3.12 8 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.17 10 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.24 11 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 4.27 12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 4.29 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 4.35 14 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 4.38 15 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.12 16 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.16 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.21 18 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 5.48 19 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.49 20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.08 21 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 6.27 22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 6.31 23 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 6.40 24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 6.42 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.08 26 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 7.15 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.29 28 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.33 29 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 7.40 30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 8.04 31 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 8.12 32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 8.24 33 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.34 34 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 8.50 35 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.11 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.35 37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 9.37 38 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 9.48 39 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 10.13 40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.15 41 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.23 42 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 10.35 43 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11.09 44 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.38 45 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.42 46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12.00 47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12.05 48 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 12.44 49 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.45 50 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 12.50 51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 13.13 52 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 13.26 53 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 13.39 54 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14.02 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 14.46 56 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14.58 57 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 15.13 58 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 15.51 59 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.07 60 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 16.42 61 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 17.16 62 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 17.17 63 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 18.29 64 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 18.45 65 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 20.05 66 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.08 67 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.36 68 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.44 69 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.18 70 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 22.20 71 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 23.13 72 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.14 73 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23.25 74 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 23.26 75 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 24.09 76 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.28 77 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 25.27 78 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.58 79 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 25.59 80 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 27.22 81 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 27.33 82 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.54 83 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 27.55 84 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.04 85 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 28.06 86 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 29.03 87 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 29.12 88 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.33 89 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 30.23 90 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 30.52 91 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31.07 92 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 31.59 93 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 32.36 94 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 33.26 95 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 33.37 96 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 33.49 97 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 33.59 98 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 34.19 99 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 34.36 100 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road 35.06 101 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 35.08 102 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35.17 103 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 35.18 104 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 35.29 105 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 36.16 106 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.18 107 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.02 108 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 37.19 109 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 37.37 110 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 38.16 111 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 39.02 112 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.20 113 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 39.22 114 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 39.50 115 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40.00 116 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.09 117 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 40.36 118 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 40.57 119 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 41.20 120 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 41.29 121 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 41.55 122 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42.28 123 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 43.29 124 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 43.52 125 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.37 126 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45.46 127 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 46.05 128 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 52.53 129 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.23 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 90 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 77 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 76 5 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 44 6 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 40 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 36 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 11 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 25 12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 24 13 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 15 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 21 16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 17 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 19 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 19 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 16 21 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 22 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 15 23 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 13 25 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 11 27 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 28 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 30 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 11 31 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 32 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9 33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 34 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 9 35 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 37 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 7 38 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 39 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 40 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 6 41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 42 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 5 43 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 5 44 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 45 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 46 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 47 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 48 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 49 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step 3 50 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 51 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 52 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner Mountains classification 1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 59 pts 2 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 38 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 36 4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 35 5 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 34 6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 32 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 9 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 22 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 12 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 20 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 14 14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 14 15 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 12 16 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 10 17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 10 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 8 19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 8 20 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 21 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 22 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 23 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 6 24 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5 25 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 5 26 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5 27 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 4 28 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 29 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 30 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 1 31 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 1 33 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 34 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Silence-Lotto 54.06.07 2 AG2R La Mondiale 0.01 3 Astana 0.37 4 Caisse d'Epargne 0.44 5 Credit Agricole 3.05 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Team CSC 5.13 8 Française Des Jeux 6.18 9 Saunier Duval-Scott 6.47 10 Bouygues Telecom 7.30 11 Rabobank 8.16 12 Quick Step 8.49 13 Liquigas 9.46 14 Cofidis 11.08 15 High Road 13.43 16 Team Milram 30.42 17 Gerolsteiner 34.00
