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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT
Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008
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Stage 5 - June 18: Domat-Ems - Caslano, 190km
Fothen scoops victory after Schleck crashes hard
By Shane Stokes in Caslano
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Gerolsteiner rider Markus Fothen took what is arguably the most significant result of his pro career when he won the fifth leg of the Tour de Suisse, a hilly stage concluding in Caslano.
Fothen broke free on the final climb and descended well to close down the lone leader Fränk Schleck (CSC), who had made his own move earlier on the ascent of the second category slopes of the Cademario.
The two traded pulls until the Luxembourg rider dramatically crashed with approximately four kilometres to go, losing what looked to be a certain opportunity to wrest the race leader's yellow jersey from the shoulders of Igor Anton (Euskaltel Euskadi).
Schleck misjudged a tight right-hand bend and slammed into the guardrail, flipping over and falling down the other side. He was miraculously unharmed, apart from scrapes and bruises, but ultimately finished 2'52" back in 44th place.
Schleck had started the day just 16" seconds in arrears and with Fothen hitting the line almost a minute clear of Anton's group, it was clear that there would have been a change at the top of the general classification.
Fothen scooped up the victory, returning to the limelight he enjoyed when he led the best young rider competition in the 2006 Tour de France. "It is wonderful, it is a great race here at the Tour de Suisse," he said at the post-race press conference. "It is a good preparation for my season goal of the Tour. I am in a very good condition and am very lucky.
"The team's first goal today was to work for Oliver Zaugg as he is our rider for the general classification. I did that but when we saw that there were so many riders on the final climb, we spoke amongst ourselves and it was clear then that if I was strong, I could attack.
"Once I went the aim was to gain as much time as possible until the top of the climb, then try to catch Frank Schleck on the descent."
Fothen did just that and the two worked together until Schleck had his fall. The Gerolsteiner rider was clearly shocked by what happened. "The crash was unbelievable, it looked terrible. I didn't have much time to react to it – if I had, it would have perhaps made me brake hard and perhaps, fall too.
"When I saw the crash, I had the impression that it was finished [for Frank Schleck], that he would be very badly injured. I am reassured and am very happy that he can continue. He was lucky. We had agreed to work together and then let the victory be settled in the final kilometre."
Astana rider Serguei Ivanov took second, 50 seconds back, while Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) led in the first group some seven seconds later. Many of the big guns were present, including Anton, Kim Kirchen (Team High Road), Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) and Andy Schleck (Team CSC). Andreas Klöden (Astana) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre) lost time, however, conceding 20" and 57" respectively to the other race favourites.
Team High Road's Kim Kirchen remained second overall, six seconds back, while Fothen's team-mate Oliver Zaugg is just eighteen seconds back in third place.
Anton was happy to remain at the top. "The day was difficult," he said. "There were tough climbs at the start and some good riders got away in the break. At the end Schleck attacked and it was clear that he was the strongest. If he hadn't crashed, he would surely be in the yellow jersey.
"Tomorrow will be a difficult day. I hope to feel better than today – I will need to be. I think that Devolder, Cunego, Klöden and Schleck will be the strong guys. Some of them lost time today but we still need to watch them."
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Kirchen is also a threat, given that he is the closest challenger. He was nineteenth on the stage, crossing the line at the back of the Anton group. He told Cyclingnews that he felt under a little pressure. "The stage was okay but it was a little bit too warm today. There was a big difference [when compared to the previous stages] so I was suffering today. However I survived and I hope I will be better tomorrow."
The 187.9 kilometre stage had started with the a third category climb and then the long ascent to the top of the first cat Lukmanierpass. A break went clear with several riders, amongst them Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) and Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom), as well as perennial attacker Jens Voigt (Team CSC) plus Maxim Iglinsky (Astana).
The latter was the last to be caught but he was eventually reeled in just outside the 20 kilometre to go point. Then, following an effort by Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) and Serguei Ivanov (Astana), Schleck made his own bid for stage victory, catching the latter, being later reeled in himself by Fothen, and then crashing hard.
He crossed the finish line holding a religious medal, thanking his guardian angel for saving him from what seemed certain to be much more grievous injuries.
"My mother gave this to me when I was born. It is a guardian angel, it brings me luck," he told the media, clearly thanking his good fortune.
"I suppose that I went into the corner too fast," he continued. "I didn't realise that the corner turned so sharply and I was going too quick. I just hit the barriers and went over them. It is a pity because I would have got the yellow jersey today."
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- Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) won stage five of the Tour de Suisse, one of his best career results.
- Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) takes the stage after a dramatic crash of his breakaway companion, Fränk Schleck.
- The bunch sprint was led home by Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) behind Astana's Serguei Ivanov.
Images by Isabelle Duchesne/www.photoscycling.com
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) saw his hopes of overall victory go up in smoke today.
- Bouygues Telecom's bikes are ready for the start.
- Fränk Schleck (CSC) is probably dreaming about his possible victory.
- CSC Team presentation.
- Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner).
- Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) is signing on for the day.
- Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) at the team presentation.
- This Silence-Lotto rider had some problems with his wheel.
- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) is signing an autograph.
- Swiss riders Steve Morabito & Johann Tschopp are talking about their breakaway.
- Riders waiting for the train before they can get to the start.
- Riders making their way to the start.
- Pietro Caucchioli & Maxim Iglinsky climbing the only 1st category mountain of the day.
- Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole).
- Some of the men who animated the race today.
- José Rujano (Caisse d'Epargne) & Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis).
- Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) takes the biggest victory of his career.
- Fränk Schleck (CSC) thanks his lucky stars as he crosses the finish line unscathed after a nasty fall.
- Schleck attributed his luck to a guardian angel medal given to him at birth by his mother.
- Schleck will be stiff & sore tomorrow but will be able to start the Tour de France.
- Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) happy with his win today.
- Fothen took the win on the fifth stage into Caslano.
- Fothen gives the double handed salute.
- Fothen accepts the rewards from winning the stage.
- On the podium with the flowers.
- Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) in the leaders jersey.
- Anton Hernandez leads by six seconds from Kim Kirchen (High Road).
- David Loosli (Lampre) leads the Mountains classification.
- René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) leading the sprints classification.
- Italian National champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) climbing.
- Fothen as he crosses the line solo.
Results
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.47.31 (39.587 km/h) 2 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.50 3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.57 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 15 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 17 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 20 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.13 21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.17 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.52 23 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 26 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1.54 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 28 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 29 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 30 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 31 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 36 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 37 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 38 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 39 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 40 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 41 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 42 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.30 43 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 2.39 44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.52 45 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.40 46 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.53 47 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 49 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 4.14 51 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.14 52 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.47 53 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 56 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 57 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 60 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.08 61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 62 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 63 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 64 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 65 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 69 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 70 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 71 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 11.08 73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 75 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 76 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 78 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 80 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 81 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 84 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 13.30 86 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 87 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 89 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 90 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 91 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 92 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 94 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 95 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 99 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 100 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 103 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 104 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 106 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 109 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 110 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 111 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 112 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 113 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 114 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 115 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 116 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 117 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 118 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 120 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 121 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 122 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 123 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 125 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 126 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 128 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 129 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 130 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 132 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 133 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 134 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.41 135 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.59 136 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15.59 137 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.16 138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 139 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 140 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.42 141 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 142 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.10 143 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 36.10 144 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram DNF Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank DNF Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux DNF Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road DNF Jose Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team DNF Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank Points 1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 pts 2 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 12 3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 4 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 3 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 Mountains Flims Alt. 1014m - km 13.4 1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 5 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1 Lukmanierpass Alt.1940m - km 69.4 1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 12 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 8 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6 4 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 4 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Monte Ceneri Alt. 554m - km 147.7 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 5 pts 2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 3 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Cademario Alt. 810m - km 173.1 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 pts 2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Sprints Sprint 1 Bellinzona - km 130.6 1 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Sprint 2 Rivera - km 149.8 1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 6 pts 2 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 14.24.27 2 Liquigas 1.52 3 Astana 2.07 4 Caisse d'Epargne 2.49 5 Ag2R La Mondiale 6 Credit Agricole 2.51 7 Team CSC 8 Team Volksbank 4.33 9 Rabobank 5.11 10 Silence-Lotto 5.47 11 Bouygues Telecom 7.44 12 Saunier Duval-Scott 9.46 13 High Road 10.08 14 Lampre 14.01 15 Cofidis 14.37 16 Française Des Jeux 19.42 17 Quick Step 20.19 18 Team Milram 21.19 19 BMC Racing Team 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.41 General classification after stage 5 1 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.25.12 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 0.06 3 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.18 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.21 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.22 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.25 7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.31 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.40 9 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.50 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.00 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.03 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.07 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.09 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1.21 17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.38 18 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 1.44 19 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.11 20 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.12 21 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 2.31 22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.39 23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2.45 24 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 25 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.23 26 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.32 27 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.33 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4.19 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 4.57 30 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5.16 31 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.11 32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.28 33 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.04 34 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.08 35 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.56 36 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.01 37 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 9.07 38 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 9.15 39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 9.25 40 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.27 41 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.29 42 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 12.24 43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.27 44 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 12.54 45 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.59 46 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 13.22 47 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 13.44 48 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 14.20 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 14.45 50 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 14.51 51 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.53 52 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.17 53 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 55 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.43 56 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16.59 57 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 17.05 58 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.51 59 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 18.03 60 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 18.06 61 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 18.36 62 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 18.46 63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 18.55 64 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.36 65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20.02 66 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20.04 67 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20.12 68 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 20.49 69 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21.14 70 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.21 71 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 21.28 72 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.38 73 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.55 74 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.22 75 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.23 76 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23.52 77 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.54 78 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 24.02 79 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.12 80 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 81 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25.35 82 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25.37 83 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 25.39 84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 25.43 85 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 25.58 86 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.10 87 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27.29 88 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 27.56 89 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 28.08 90 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 28.29 91 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 92 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.41 93 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 29.03 94 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 29.32 95 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 29.39 96 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30.07 97 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.34 98 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30.51 99 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 101 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 102 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.13 103 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 31.27 105 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 31.50 106 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 31.55 107 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.24 108 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 32.32 109 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 32.47 110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 33.04 111 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 34.12 112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 35.12 113 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 35.34 114 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 115 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 35.35 116 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 35.57 117 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.17 118 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 36.19 119 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 36.36 120 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.48 121 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 37.01 122 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 37.35 124 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 37.52 125 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.12 126 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 40.03 127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 40.12 128 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 40.34 132 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 133 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 41.19 134 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 41.56 135 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 42.24 136 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 42.26 137 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 42.27 138 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 42.38 139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 42.58 140 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.36 141 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49.00 142 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.36 143 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 57.52 144 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.07.13 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 65 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 50 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 32 4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 28 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 20 8 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 20 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 17 11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 12 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 15 14 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 14 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 14 16 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 17 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 12 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 10 20 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10 21 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 10 23 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 24 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 9 25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 27 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 28 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 30 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 33 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 5 35 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 36 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 37 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3 39 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 3 40 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 42 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2 43 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 44 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 1 Mountains classification 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 26 pts 2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 20 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 15 5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 13 7 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 10 10 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 10 12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 14 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 17 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 4 18 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 22 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2 25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 27 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 28 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1 29 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1 30 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1 Sprints classification 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 18 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 14 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 13 4 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 5 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 6 6 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 8 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 9 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 11 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 12 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 64.18.55 2 Astana 1.18 3 Team CSC 1.19 4 Credit Agricole 5.28 5 Caisse d'Epargne 5.34 6 Liquigas 6.00 7 Rabobank 10.12 8 Bouygues Telecom 10.33 9 Ag2R La Mondiale 12.44 10 Team Volksbank 15.26 11 Saunier Duval-Scott 16.06 12 Lampre 16.31 13 High Road 17.25 14 Silence-Lotto 18.08 15 Française Des Jeux 24.59 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.06 17 Bmc Racing Team 31.25 18 Quick Step 34.07 19 Cofidis 35.36 20 Team Milram 40.50
