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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT
Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008
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Stage 6 - June 19: Ambri - Verbier, 188km
Kirchen grabs stage win and yellow jersey
Anton drops to third in the general classification
By Shane Stokes in Verbier with additional reporting from Susan Westemeyer
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Second overall last year, Kim Kirchen showed he is well in contention to take the final victory in this year's Tour de Suisse when he won the sixth stage of the race and seized the race leader's jersey.
The Team High Road rider remained calm when other big guns such as Frank Schleck and Stijn Devolder started firing off big attacks on the day's final climb, the summit finish up to the ski village of Verbier, preserving his power until closer to the line. He then kicked hard, beating Andreas Klöden (Astana) and putting six seconds into Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas). Serguei Ivanof (Astana) and Devolder were fourth and fifth, twelve and twenty seconds back respectively.
Race leader Igor Antón (Euskaltel Euskadi) did what he could to try to hold onto his yellow jersey but just came up short, finishing 29 seconds back in eighth and dropping to third overall. Kreuziger now is Kirchen's closest challenger but is 27 seconds back. Provided High Road can control tomorrow's undulating stage, it means that Kirchen will have a solid advantage heading into Saturday's 25 kilometre mountain time trial.
"I felt good at the end today," said the pleased Luxembourger after the stage. "The riders went up the climb very strongly, with the group going very quickly due to early attacks. I kept my own rhythm.
"I had a little bit of a problem early on on the climb [due to the pace] but my morale went up when I saw some other riders being dropped. I remained calm. I knew I could do something today, especially as the yellow jersey Anton was in difficulty. My aim was to go for the yellow jersey but finally, the stage win came too."
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Apart from finishing second overall last year, Kirchen also has taken a string of high stage placings during his career. He is glad to finally be on top the podium. "I have been trying for a victory in the Tour de Suisse for a while," he said. "I have been second several times, third several times, and so I am happy this year to get the stage win and also to take my first yellow jersey in this race."
The day began with the hors categorie climb of Nufenenpass and, thanks to this tough start, eleven riders moved clear and opened up a big gap. AG2R's Philip Deignan was one of the most active towards the end, pressing ahead with Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) inside the final 20 kilometres, and then going again with Mathias Frank (Gerolsteiner) after he and Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto) bridged back up.
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Both were caught and passed by the race favourites with four kilometres to go; the Irish rider said that they might have had a chance had the break worked better. "We were just missing an extra two or three minutes at the bottom of the climb, I think," Deignan stated. "It is a pity because the group was never really working well together, there was always a few guys sitting on.
"The gap went up to ten minutes but could have been more. It was hard with the headwind all day, there was a really strong headwind in the valley and we were just missing a little bit on the last climb. It is a pity."
Yesterday's stage victor Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) had started the day seventh overall. He was tenth to the line, finishing just behind Damiano Cunego (Lampre), and dropped two places in the general classification.
"It was a tough day, a hard climb at the finish. I think I am still in the first ten," he said after the stage. "It was hard today. I think yesterday's effort cost me some power and I didn't have enough for today.
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"The most important race for me is the Tour. But I will try again in the mountain time trial."
Kirchen's directeur sportif Brian Holm said that tactics played a part in the victory. "It was a bit complicated when the group went away. We had to consider what we should do, if we should let them stay at eight or nine minutes and just ride for the GC. Eventually we started chasing, helping Euskaltel with Vincente Reynes and Boasson Hagen. When the gap went down to five minutes we actually stopped.
"We saw quite easily what was happening once the television came on. We could see Jens Voigt stop riding in the front…anyone could see what would happen next, that he would wait for Schleck who would attack on the climb. So we stopped riding."
Schleck was in the running for the yellow jersey on the fifth stage but crashed hard. CSC aimed to set him up for another attempt today. Holm and the High Road team read this situation well and were able to use this to their advantage.
"We saw that CSC tried to close the gap in the last ten kilometres, and they managed that. We then just crossed our fingers and hoped that Kim or Thomas had the legs for the final. Luckily he [Kirchen] did. We weren't sure before he crossed the line because Klöden looked pretty strong as well."
Kirchen said that he will try to take the jersey all the way to Bern on Sunday. "First of all, we have to control things tomorrow and stay calm," he said. "As regards the time trial, it's 25 kilometres. It is fairly long, it won't be easy, but I'll go flat out and I hope it goes well. I have a bit of an advantage. This situation is new for me but I hope the jersey gives me strength."
How it unfolded
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All 144 riders were at the start under a blue sky with a few light clouds. Fränk Schleck of CSC was there, hale and hearty and suffering no major injuries from his dramatic crash the day before.
The first hurdle of the day was a major one, the 2479 meter high HC-ranked Nufenenpass. The peloton stayed quiet, riding up together until about 8 km before the top. Maxim Iglinsky of Astana was the first to attack, followed by David Loosli of Lampre, and they went over the pass in that order. Loosli was joined by eight others: Jens Voigt (CSC), Jose Guillen Rujano (Caisse d'Epargne), Steve Zampieri (Cofidis), Philip Deignan (AG2R), Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step), Mathias Frank (Gerolsteiner), Johan Schopp (Bouygues Telecom) und Andreas Dietziker (Volksbank). They were able to catch Iglinsky, with Maarten Tjallingii (Silence Lotto) joining the group, too.
After the Nufenenpass, the next 100 km were basically all downhill. And with exactly 100 km to go, the group's lead was exactly 10 minutes. That gave Dietziker the virtual yellow jersey. The lead went up to nearly 11 minutes, but that was as high as it went. Euskaltel and High Road decided to pick up the speed to protect their men in the GC. With 60 km to go the lead was under six minutes, and it kept going down.
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However, the lead stayed at four to five minutes for a long time. The peloton knew that there was another cateogry one climb and mountaintop finish coming up, and was counting on that to stop the escapees. WIth 18 km to go, Italian national champion Giovanni Visconti (QuickStep) broke out of the escape group, joined by Philip Deignan (AG2R). Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto) and Mathias Frank (Gerolsteiner) came up to join them, as the escape group was now totally shattered.
Fränk Schleck wasn't afraid of crashing again, and took off out of the following group, which was growing progressively smaller. He caught and passed Visconti, and then was himself caught and passed by Stijn Devolder, the Belgian national champ in Quick Step colors, who rode into the lead.
Igor Anton, in the yellow jersey was isolated in a group with Fränk and Andy Schleck, Andreas Klöden (Astana), Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) and Kim Kirchen (High Road) without team-mates – a very high-powered group.
With two kilometres to go, it looked as if Devolder would take the win and the yellow jersey, especially with Kirchen, second overall behind Anton, appearing to have problems. But after Devolder crossed the mountain ranking with 1.6 km to go, Anton fell back and the other three pulled up to the Belgian. With 500 meters to go, Devolder had to fall back, too. Klöden stayed closed enough to Kirchen that the Luxembourger didn't have time to zip up his jersey before crossing the finish line. The win also gave Kirchen the yellow jersey of the overall leader, with Anton falling to third overall.
Photography
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- Bouygues Telecom signs in.
- Bouygues Telecom presented.
- Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Scott) at the start.
- Saunier Duval signs in.
- Team Saunier Duval-Prodir presented.
- Ángel Gómez Gómez (Saunier Duval-Scott) with his teammates.
- Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) gives a hand.
- Ready to roll.
- José Rujano (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole)
- Erik Zabel (Team Milram)
- Erik Zabel (Team Milram) with Vicente Reynes (High Road) (r-l)
- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) pleases the crowd.
- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
- Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) (l) relaxes
- Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Michael Albasini (Liquigas) on stage.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) heads to sign-in.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) signs in.
- Race leader Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) with his mates.
- A friendly Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Spain's Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was to lose the race lead by the end of the day.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) interviewed.
- Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) and Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) (r-l)
- Riders relaxed at the start.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) interviewed.
- Luxembourg's Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) with Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) explains his crash to Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) all smiles and happy to start the day.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) gestures and describe his crash to Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC), 28, at the start.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) the morning after his serious-looking crash talks to Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
- This way! Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) explains his crash to Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
- Spaniard Daniel Moreno of Caisse d'Epargne-
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) talks to fellow Luxemburger Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).
- Moien: Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) has a word with Kim Kirchen (High Road).
- Marcus Burghardt (High Road)
- Ready to race.
- Euskaltel boys read the Italian sports paper.
- Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) signs in.
- Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) talks with a UCI official.
- Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) with a UCI official.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) signs for a fan.
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) with Mark Renshaw (Crédit Agricole) and Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) (r-l).
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step)
- Fans gathered.
- Five minutes until the start...
- The riders make their way up the 2479-metre Col du Nufenen.
- David Loosli (Lampre)
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) climbing up the 2479-metre Col du Nufenen.
- The riders going up the 2479-metre Col du Nufenen.
- Maxim Iglinsky (Astana)
- José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) rides in the 11-man escape group.
- Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) leads Jens Voigt (Team CSC), Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) and Mathias Frank (Gerolsteiner).
- Andreas Dietziker (Team Volksbank)
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) trying to zip on his way in for the win.
- Luxemburger Kim Kirchen (High Road) wins on the Verbier.
- Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (High Road), 29, wins on the Verbier and takes the overall lead from Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the process.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) enjoys the moment.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) punches the air.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) wins on top of Verbier.
- Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (High Road) wins the day.
- Victory for Kim Kirchen (High Road)
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) finishes second.
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) gave a good run but had to be happy with fifth.
- Belgian Champion Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) comes to the line.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) lost the lead in stage six.
- Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) rolls in.
- Ireland's Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) finishes after a long day.
- Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) conquered the Verbier in 2005.
- Frank Hoj (Cofidis) has his climbing legs on.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) rides in the Tour de Suisse… on his way to the stage win and the overall lead.
- German Jens Voigt (Team CSC)
- USA's Bobby Julich (Team CSC) did a lot of work for Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) on the podium as stage winner.
- Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (High Road) called to the podium.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) takes the overall lead.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) with the flowers.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) with the kisses.
- Enjoying the moment: Kim Kirchen (High Road) is the new race leader.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) sautes the crowd.
- Best climber David Loosli (Lampre).
- Points leader Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
- Sprints leader René Weissinger (Team Volksbank)
Results
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 5.29.23 (34.264 km/h) 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.06 4 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.12 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.20 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.27 8 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.29 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.31 10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0.38 12 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.49 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.51 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 17 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 18 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 1.05 19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.30 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 21 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 1.34 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 24 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2.05 25 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.14 26 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.21 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.35 30 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.39 32 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.57 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.08 38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.29 39 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.32 40 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 3.35 41 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 3.38 42 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.45 43 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.57 44 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.58 45 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.02 46 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 47 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 4.35 48 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 4.40 49 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 50 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.53 51 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 5.41 55 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 5.54 58 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 6.12 60 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.41 61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 7.04 62 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 7.50 63 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 7.54 64 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 8.14 65 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 66 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 67 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 69 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 8.19 70 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9.29 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.52 72 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 73 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 74 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 75 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 76 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 78 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 79 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 80 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 84 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 85 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 86 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 87 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 88 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 90 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 9.57 92 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 93 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 94 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.57 95 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 11.44 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 97 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 99 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 14.35 100 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 100 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 102 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 105 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 106 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 107 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 108 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 109 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 110 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 112 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 113 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 114 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 115 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 116 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 119 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 120 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 121 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 123 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 124 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 126 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 127 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 128 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 129 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 130 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 131 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 132 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 133 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 134 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 136 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 137 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 139 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 140 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 17.59 141 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.32 142 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram Points Finish - km. 188.1 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 15 pts 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 12 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 4 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 9 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 8 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 6 8 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 12 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints Saxon - km. 150.7 1 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 3 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Sembrancher - km. 173.3 1 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 6 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 3 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains Nufenenpass, km. 27.9 1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 20 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 15 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 10 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 5 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 4 Verbier Station, km. 186.4 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 12 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 8 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 Teams 1 Astana 16.29.55 2 Gerolsteiner 1.50 3 Team CSC 3.16 4 Credit Agricole 3.57 5 Saunier Duval-Scott 4.19 6 Bouygues Telecom 5.06 7 Caisse d'Epargne 5.45 8 Silence-Lotto 5.55 9 AG2R La Mondiale 6.26 10 High Road 8.33 11 Cofidis 8.44 12 Liquigas 9.03 13 Lampre 9.27 14 Rabobank 12.47 15 Française Des Jeux 12.56 16 Quick Step 13.06 17 BMC Racing Team 13.32 18 Team Volksbank 13.45 19 Team Milram 16.58 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.32 General classification after stage 6 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 26.54.31 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.27 3 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.33 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.46 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.56 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.58 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.04 8 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 1.06 9 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.13 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1.44 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.45 13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2.02 14 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.03 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.04 16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.31 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.41 18 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 2.53 19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4.19 20 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.27 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4.36 22 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.55 23 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 6.10 24 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.26 25 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 7.25 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7.31 27 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.54 28 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 9.01 29 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.18 30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.01 31 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 10.45 32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.51 33 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 12.05 34 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 12.10 36 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.02 37 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 13.57 38 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.58 39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 14.09 40 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.27 41 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 15.33 42 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 15.58 43 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 17.10 44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 45 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17.11 46 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17.24 47 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17.47 48 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 19.42 49 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 20.16 50 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 21.37 51 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 23.18 52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 23.35 53 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 24.47 54 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25.13 55 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 25.34 56 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25.39 57 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25.40 58 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.02 59 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.09 60 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 26.24 61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.51 62 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 26.55 63 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 27.01 64 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 27.18 65 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.38 66 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.07 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 28.22 68 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 28.43 69 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 28.44 70 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28.49 71 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 29.13 72 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 29.21 73 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29.24 74 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 29.56 75 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29.58 76 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30.08 77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 30.34 78 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.37 79 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31.17 80 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 33.08 81 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 35.26 82 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35.53 83 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.32 84 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.25 85 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 37.52 86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 38.17 87 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 38.25 88 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 39.35 89 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.51 90 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 40.22 91 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 40.37 92 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 40.47 93 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 94 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 95 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.49 96 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42.20 97 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 42.37 98 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 42.47 99 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 42.48 100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 43.15 101 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 44.11 102 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 44.46 103 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 45.08 104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.30 105 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 45.52 106 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 107 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 46.29 108 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46.34 109 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46.44 110 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 47.06 111 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 47.45 112 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 48.51 113 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 49.59 114 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 50.13 115 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 116 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 50.14 117 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 50.35 118 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50.56 119 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 50.58 120 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 51.15 121 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 51.40 122 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 52.14 124 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52.31 125 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.51 126 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54.37 127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 54.51 128 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 55.13 132 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 55.58 133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56.35 134 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 57.03 135 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 57.05 136 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 57.06 137 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 57.37 138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 139 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.03.39 140 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 1.12.31 141 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.22.12 142 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.31.49 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 65 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 50 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 43 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 32 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29 6 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 23 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 20 10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 20 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 19 12 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 18 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 17 16 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 15 18 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 15 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 14 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 14 21 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12 23 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 12 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 11 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 27 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 29 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 30 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 31 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 32 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 33 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 35 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 36 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 37 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 38 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 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 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1 44 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 45 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 1 Sprint classification 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 18 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 14 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 13 4 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 9 5 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 6 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 6 7 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 8 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 11 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 3 14 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains classification 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 41 pts 2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 40 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 25 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 25 5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 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 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 8 13 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6 15 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 16 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 17 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 20 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 4 21 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 4 22 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 27 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 28 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 29 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 32 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 1 33 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1 34 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1 Teams classification 1 Astana 80.50.08 2 Gerolsteiner 0.32 3 Team CSC 3.17 4 Credit Agricole 8.07 5 Caisse d'Epargne 10.01 6 Liquigas 13.45 7 Bouygues Telecom 14.21 8 AG2R La Mondiale 17.52 9 Saunier Duval-Scott 19.07 10 Rabobank 21.41 11 Silence-Lotto 22.45 12 High Road 24.40 13 Lampre 14 Team Volksbank 27.53 15 Française Des Jeux 36.37 16 Cofidis 43.02 17 BMC Racing Team 43.39 18 Quick Step 45.55 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 46.20 20 Team Milram 56.30
