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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT
Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008
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Stage 8 - June 21: Altdorf - Col du Klausen (ITT), 25km
Kreuziger crushes rivals
Kirchen cracks, Kl�den into second overall
By Shane Stokes in Altdorf
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Storming to his biggest career win thus far, Czech rider Roman Kreuziger wrested the yellow jersey off the shoulders of High Road rival Kim Kirchen on a tough 25 kilometre mountain time trial to the top of the Klausenpass.
The former world junior champion set a superb pace on the climb, beating early leader Jos� Rujano Guillen (Caisse d'Eparagne) by sixteen seconds and Andreas Kl�den (Astana) by a further two. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was the only other to finish less than a minute behind, while the overnight leader Kirchen was on an off-day and placed only fifteenth. He was a considerable 3'25" down and dropped to seventh overall, with Kl�den now the closest challenger to the new yellow jersey.
"Until now, my win in the 2004 world junior title in Verona was the most important. But now this victory here in the time trial tops that result," said an elated Kreuziger afterwards. "I hadn't done a mountain time trial yet with the pros, but I was very motivated because I was second overall going into today. This is my first big victory as a professional."
The 22 year-old clearly likes racing in Switzerland, given that he was second overall in the Tour du Romandie this season. In fact, he has a long history of competing in the country. "I was racing as a schoolboy for a Swiss club called RV Sulz and as a junior I competed for the Groupe Sportif Schumacher, which also had its base in Sulz," he said.
He headed to the race with the goal of building form, but now finds himself with a very strong chance of winning. "For the first time, I am in the Liquigas team selection for the Tour de France," he stated. "I will go there to learn and to stay there for ten days. Maybe I can do something in a stage. I came to the Tour of Switzerland hoping to do a good preparation for that race, but when I learned I was in good condition, the overall classification came into my focus."
Kirchen said yesterday that he was unsure of his chances, given that the time trial was so long, and also because he had very little experience of being in this position. He previously led the Tour of Luxembourg, but had never defended a jersey until the end of a stage race.
The High Road rider was under a lot of pressure and clearly weakened as a result. "I felt that I had no power in my legs," he said after his time trial. He was then asked why he used such a big gear. "Well, if I have no power, even with a smaller gear I would not move my bike [quicker]," was his response.
Second place on the stage went to Rujano, who finally looks like getting back to the form he showed when racing to a stage win, the King of the Mountains classification and third overall in the 2005 Giro d'Italia. "I felt very well and most of all, was very motivated by the course of this time trial", said the Venezuelan. "This morning I went to see the course in car, together with my team manager Jos� Luis Jaimerena and I understood that it could suit me very well.
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"At the end the gap with the winner was not so big, but in fact I lacked power in the last four kilometres. I would have be very happy to win, most of all to thank my team Caisse d'Epargne for trusting me the way they do. I was very tired at the end of the Giro d'Italia, but I am feeling better every day and I am satisfied with my Tour de Suisse. Now I will prepare myself for the Olympic Games in Beijing and later for the Vuelta a Espa�a, which is my main goal of the season."
Damiano Cunego showed his form is on the up prior to his big season target, the Tour de France. He placed fourth and ended the day fourth overall. "We're very happy for Cunego's performance," said directeur sportif Maurizio Piovani. "Damiano showed that his pace on climbs is good and it will be better in the next weeks because his condition will increase. He pedalled on normal bike with light wheels, and he could keep a constant pace that allowed him to realize a good time."
Both Igor Anton and the Italian are well adrift of Kreuziger, 1'55" and 2'11" respectively, and while tomorrow's final stage from Altdorf to Bern is undulating almost all the way, it's difficult to conceive that they could get back sufficient time. Kl�den's smaller deficit is also unlikely to be overcome, but for now the young race leader is taking nothing for granted.
"It is not over yet, tomorrow will be difficult. Let's see how it goes," Kreuziger said. "I am not quite sure if I can be the overall winner. I expect an attack from Andreas Kl�den, but I have a gap of 49 seconds and that should be enough. The final part of this stage is very difficult with some climbs....I think I am probably 80 percent sure of overall victory."
How it unfolded
A number of riders didn't appear for today's mountain time trial. Rabobank's Thomas Dekker announced yesterday that he was dropping out of the race, and an intestinal virus swept through the Gerolsteiner team, knocking out Oliver Zaugg and Stefan Schumacher.
Jose Rujano (Caisse d'Epargne) brought in a best time of 1h00'38, a time which held up for quite a while. For a long time no one could come within four minutes of his time. But eventually a few riders started to get closer. CSC's Jens Voigt set the best intermediate at the first check, after 9.1 kilometres, but he could not keep it up and eventually finished 1'19 behind the Venezuelan.
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Voigt was eventually passed by Steve Zampieri, but the Swiss rider could also not get better the time of Rujano and stayed in second for the time being. Next to put Rujano's time to the test was Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom), but he, too, fell short. With his 1h03'43, however, he squeezed past Zampieri into second.
The top five were about to start and the 2008 Tour de Suisse was about to be played out. First off was Andreas Kl�den (Astana), who set a third best intermediate time, which was still held by Jens Voigt.
In two-minute intervals, the top riders set off: Thomas L�vkvist (Team High Road) at 17:32, Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) at 17:34, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) at 17:36, Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) at 17:38 and finally Kim Kirchen (Team High Road) at 17:40.
Just when Kirchen went, Voigt hit the line, with a 1h01'57. Another rider who moved into second, unable to get to Rujano's time.
At the first time check, things already looked bleak for Kirchen, who was almost three quarters of a minute down on Kreuziger, who set the best time with a 19'13. Kirchen continued to lose time, while a determined Kreuziger quickly stormed the mountain.
Andreas Kl�den caught his two-minute man Andy Schleck inside the final kilometre, but even that effort was not enough to get past Rujano. The German was one second slower than the Caisse d'Epargne rider.
It was Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas who finally broke Rujano's grip on first place, 16 seconds faster. Kim Kirchen lost 3'24 and his yellow jersey, which he had to hand over to a happy stage winner Kreuziger.
Kl�den moved to second overall, 48 seconds back, while Anton stayed in third, but already 1'55 down on the Czech race leader.
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- Kim Kirchen gets his bike weighed in before the start.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) focuses on what is ahead.
- Norwegian time trial champion Edvald Boasson Hagen (High Road).
- Bram Tankink (Rabobank).
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) won the stage and moved into the overall lead.
- Kirchen was the leader before the time trial but slipped to 7th after a dissapointing ride.
- Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) is happy still but that may be due to the fact he hasn't started yet.
- Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) rode up with his Belgian champ jersey that he earned in a somewhat flatter time trial last year in Belgium.
- Ren� Weissinger (Team Volksbank) leads the sprints classification and was already happy he couldn't lose that lead today.
- Cancellara's bike get's weighed.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) and Ralf Grabsch (Team Milram) before the start.
- Cancellara said he would "put on the rainbow jersey and 'enjoy' the day."
- S�bastien Portal (Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone) � ready or not here we go.
- Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fran�aise des Jeux) enjoys flatter time trials better and that is where he won the French champion jersey.
- Pablo Lastras Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) cools off even before the start.
- David Loosli (Lampre) is warmed up and ready to go to defend his mountain jersey.
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Cr�dit Agricole) and the difficulties to get to the start.
- Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) and Leonardo Duque (Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone) are discussing the best tactics to get to the top without losing the zest for tomorrow's stage.
- Irishman Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) makes an expression as if to say he wasn't going to enjoy the day.
- J�r�me Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Steve Morabito (Astana) share a laugh before the suffering starts.
- Jos� Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles as his bike passes the UCI check
- Philippe Gilbert (Fran�aise des Jeux) ready to roll off the ramp
- The last minute adjustments of Christian Knees' mechanic may have helped to get the Milram rider do a great time trial and moving into the top 10 overall.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) looks lean and mean which are good signs for a mountain time trial.
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC) signs autographs.
- Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) gets his bike back from the UCI lady.
- Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) concentrates in the final moments before the start.
- Andy Schleck and Igor Anton talk about what is awaiting them.
- Anton stretches before the start
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) relaxes before hitting the slopes.
- Kreuziger's mechanic makes sure everything is set to avoid David Millar moments.
- Kim Kirchen (Team High Road) has the bike ready
- Kirchen concentrates, as he knows what's at stake today.
- Kirchen seems to look a bit worried
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (High Road) is the Norwegian champion in the time trial.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) just wanted to survive today.
- Boasson Hagen rolls off and almost seems to smile.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) starts
- Leif Hoste (Silence - Lotto) has a desperate look on his face.
- Gregory Rast (Astana) gets going
- Morris Possoni (Team High Road) grabs the bars at the bottom but would change soon.
- Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) heads out
- No, it's not Cancellara in pain but a last joke shared with the officials.
- Cancellara is off, knowing that today nobody would expect him to win.
- S�bastien Hinault (Cr�dit Agricole) is not related to Bernard
- J�rgen Roelandts (Silence - Lotto) is having a terrific season as a neo-pro.
- Jos� Rujano Guillen (Caisse d'Epargne) held the best time for a long while before being bested by Kreuziger.
- Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fran�aise des Jeux) starts
- Zabel's spare bike
- Pieter Jacobs (Silence - Lotto) did a great ride
- Bobby Julich heads off
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Cr�dit Agricole) relaxed before the start.
- Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) could do without the time trial up the mountains.
- Bodrogi is Hungarian TT champion but, like others, also on a flatter course.
- Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) in the mountains jersey.
- A Mavic mechanic takes a picture from CSC bike.
- Jens Voigt hits the road
- Pre-race chatter
- Gutierrez with a last sip of water
- Gutierrez is off.
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC) and Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom) chat before the start.
- Philippe Gilbert (Fran�aise des Jeux) hits the cobbles in the first few metres.
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC) rolls off.
- Tanel Kangert (AG2R La Mondiale)
- Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Andy Schleck (Team CSC)
- Andreas Kl�den (Astana) heads out to what turned out be a very good ride and second overall.
- Thomas L�vkvist (Team High Road)
- Kreuziger gets ready
- Kreuziger powers away
- Kirchen hits the road
- Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) on the climb
- Jeff Louder (BMC Racing Team)
- Cancellara didn't go 100% and saved some energy for the final stage.
- Olivier Bonnaire (Bouygues Telecom)
- Rujano did well and finished second
- Marc De Maar (Rabobank)
- David Loosli (Lampre)
- Fr�d�ric Guesdon (Fran�aise des Jeux)
- Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner)
- Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fran�aise des Jeux)
- Mathieu Perget (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Bodrogi passed his one-minute man Deignan on the climb
- The typical Jens Voigt race face
- Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) is the mountains leader.
- Gutierrez at the tough finish stretch
- His face shows a bit of wear and tear
- Is that a smile on Yannick Talabardon's face?
- Xavier Florencio Cabre (Bouygues Telecom) is happy to be done for the day.
- Kreuziger waves to the crowd
- The Czech rider received lots of prizes
- Kreuziger is all smiles
- And he earned the yellow jersey, too
- Two yellow jerseys on the podium!
- Who wouldn't smile here?
- Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) gets another mountain jersey but he is still tied on points with Loosli
- Iglinsky happy
- Ren� Weissinger (Team Volksbank) still leads the sprints classification
- Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) is the points leader and gets the "lady bug jersey"
- Freire on the podium.
Results
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.00.22.82 (24,848 km/h) 2 Jos� Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 0.15.73 3 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 0.17.25 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.53.29 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.26.20 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.34.96 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.48.46 8 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.08.06 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.19.53 10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.49.74 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.59.66 12 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3.20.37 13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole 3.21.92 14 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 3.23.71 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 3.24.90 16 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.29.12 17 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3.34.43 18 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3.47.88 19 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.49.31 20 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.58.25 21 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 3.58.33 22 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 4.26.14 23 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.32.92 24 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 4.36.55 25 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 4.40.66 26 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.42.56 27 Jos� Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.47.19 28 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.03.94 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 5.05.47 30 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.10.84 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 5.13.82 32 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.33.17 33 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5.43.94 34 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.49.57 35 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.57.39 36 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 6.07.30 37 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.12.29 38 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.16.01 39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Cr�dit Agricole 6.20.39 40 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6.21.92 41 Eric Berthou (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6.26.33 42 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 6.29.66 43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 6.29.90 44 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 6.39.56 45 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 6.51.63 46 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.59.51 47 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 7.00.54 48 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 7.14.47 49 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.16.79 50 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.19.58 51 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.19.94 52 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 7.22.04 53 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 7.25.70 54 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7.28.53 55 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 7.30.34 56 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7.33.29 57 I�igo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.37.45 58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 7.40.19 59 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.44.36 60 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 7.44.75 61 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7.44.91 62 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.56.66 63 Fr�d�ric Guesdon (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 8.00.36 64 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8.02.52 65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8.05.83 66 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 8.09.36 67 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.24.68 68 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8.26.45 69 Dionisio Galparsoro Mart�nez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.26.67 70 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.28.87 71 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.32.02 72 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8.34.88 73 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 8.43.66 74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 8.49.05 75 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 8.49.54 76 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 8.51.99 77 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 8.54.02 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 8.54.18 79 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.01.07 80 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 9.10.17 81 Martin M�ller (Ger) Team Milram 9.15.69 82 Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 9.17.13 83 Vincent J�r�me (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.17.66 84 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 9.22.26 85 Ren� Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 9.32.11 86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 9.32.38 87 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 9.33.45 88 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 9.39.12 89 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 9.42.05 90 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9.43.78 91 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 9.50.10 92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.52.25 93 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 9.55.52 94 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10.01.99 95 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 10.06.55 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.14.24 97 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cr�dit Agricole 10.15.63 98 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10.19.78 99 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 10.21.86 100 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 10.32.18 101 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.39.03 102 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 10.39.30 103 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.39.79 104 J�rgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.41.89 105 S�bastien Hinault (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 10.44.18 106 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 10.45.50 107 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 10.57.00 108 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 10.58.90 109 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.59.81 110 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Cr�dit Agricole 11.02.91 111 Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 11.07.62 112 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.08.12 113 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 11.14.89 114 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.15.66 115 Andr� Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 11.24.28 116 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 11.26.94 117 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 11.47.55 118 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 11.59.88 119 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12.00.97 120 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 12.05.48 121 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.09.72 122 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 12.13.92 123 Robert F�rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.14.54 124 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 12.18.61 125 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 12.29.53 126 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 12.30.60 127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 12.37.47 128 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12.55.49 129 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 12.58.10 130 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.59.85 131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 13.09.48 132 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 13.10.15 133 S�bastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 13.43.95 134 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 14.21.87 Hors D�lai Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto DNS Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone DNS Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank DNS Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15 pts 2 Jos� Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 12 3 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 10 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 9 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 8 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Team High Road 5 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 3 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 12 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Klausenpass - km 25 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 20 pts 2 Jos� Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 15 3 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 10 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 6 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 Young rider 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.00.22.82 2 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.08.06 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.19.53 4 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.32.92 5 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 4.36.55 6 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.03.94 7 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.10.84 8 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.33.17 9 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.12.29 10 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.19.58 11 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 8.09.36 12 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.32.02 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8.34.88 14 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 8.43.66 15 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 8.54.02 16 Vincent J�r�me (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.17.66 17 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 9.32.38 18 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9.43.78 19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 9.55.52 20 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 10.32.18 21 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.39.79 22 J�rgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.41.89 23 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 11.47.55 24 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12.00.97 25 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 12.05.48 26 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.09.72 27 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 12.13.92 DNS Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank Teams 1 Team CSC 3.06.28 2 Astana 2.19 3 Caisse D'Epargne 4.25 4 Liquigas 6.23 5 Saunier Duval-Scott 7.00 6 Lampre 7.08 7 Crédit Agricole 9.35 8 High Road 9.44 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.21 10 Gerolsteiner 11.08 11 BMC Racing Team 13.04 12 Silence-Lotto 13.38 13 Rabobank 14.29 14 Team Milram 14.39 15 AG2R La Mondiale 15.13 16 Cofidis 15.58 17 Team Volksbank 18 Quick Step 16.59 19 Bouygues Telecom 17.19 20 Fran�aise Des Jeux 17.31 General classification after stage 8 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 31.42.31 2 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 0.49 3 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.55 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2.11 5 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.37 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.57 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 2.58 8 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.08 9 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 4.18 10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 4.26 11 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 4.38 12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 5.10 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.36 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.47 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 6.49 16 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 7.03 17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole 7.14 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.21 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 7.28 20 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.59 21 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 12.22 22 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 13.28 23 Jos� Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.39 24 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 13.42 25 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 14.30 26 Eric Berthou (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 14.54 27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 15.33 28 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 15.56 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 16.44 30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 17.26 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18.18 32 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19.27 33 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 19.39 34 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 21.01 35 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 21.11 36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 21.24 37 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.32 38 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21.48 39 Vincent J�r�me (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.53 40 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 23.31 41 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 23.43 42 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 24.57 43 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25.49 44 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Cr�dit Agricole 26.08 45 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 26.21 46 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 26.37 47 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 27.15 48 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 29.57 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 30.50 50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 32.44 51 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 34.01 52 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 34.08 53 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34.19 54 Jos� Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 34.37 55 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 34.46 56 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.56 57 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 58 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.26 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 35.34 60 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 35.47 61 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36.51 62 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 36.58 63 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 37.26 64 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37.50 65 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 37.56 66 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.03 67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 38.08 68 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 39.18 69 Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 39.27 70 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 40.53 71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 41.39 72 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.19 74 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cr�dit Agricole 42.21 75 Fr�d�ric Guesdon (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 43.00 76 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 44.58 77 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 45.38 78 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 45.56 79 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 46.08 80 J�rgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 81 S�bastien Hinault (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 47.43 82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 48.20 83 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 48.53 84 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 48.55 85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 49.25 86 S�bastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 49.49 87 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50.40 88 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 50.56 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.46 90 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 52.23 91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 52.30 92 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 53.03 93 Ren� Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 53.16 94 I�igo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.05 95 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 54.58 96 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 55.14 97 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.18 98 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 56.15 99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 57.01 100 Martin M�ller (Ger) Team Milram 57.05 101 Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 57.25 102 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 57.43 103 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 57.44 104 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 58.32 105 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 59.02 106 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 59.21 107 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 1.00.22 108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.00.28 109 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 1.00.31 110 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 111 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.01 112 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.01.26 113 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.28 114 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 1.01.45 115 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 1.02.21 116 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.02.43 117 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.24 118 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.03.48 119 Dionisio Galparsoro Mart�nez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.05.01 120 Andr� Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 1.05.49 121 Robert F�rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.06.39 122 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.07.02 123 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1.07.34 124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.07.51 125 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.08.01 126 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Cr�dit Agricole 1.08.13 127 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.08.44 128 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 1.08.53 129 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.08.54 130 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 1.11.07 131 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 1.12.34 132 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 1.13.22 133 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.36.51 134 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49.37 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 72 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 43 3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 34 5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 32 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 28 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 8 Robert F�rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 25 10 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 25 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 23 12 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 23 13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 20 15 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 20 17 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19 18 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 18 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 17 21 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 17 22 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Team High Road 16 23 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 15 24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 14 26 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 27 Andr� Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 13 28 Jos� Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 12 29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 11 30 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 31 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 32 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 34 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Cr�dit Agricole 7 35 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 37 S�bastien Hinault (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6 38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 39 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 40 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 4 41 Jos� Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 3 43 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 44 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 45 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 46 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 47 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 1 Mountains classification 1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 42 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 42 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 25 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 24 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 20 7 Jos� Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 19 8 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 16 9 I�igo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 10 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 10 12 Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 10 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 10 14 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole 10 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 8 16 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 18 Ren� Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 19 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 20 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 4 22 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 23 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 4 24 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 25 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3 26 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 29 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 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 Sprints classification 1 Ren� Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 18 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 14 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 13 4 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 5 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 9 6 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 7 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 6 8 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 9 Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 6 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 5 11 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 12 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 13 I�igo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 14 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 16 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Young rider classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 31.42.31 2 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.37 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.57 4 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 7.03 5 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21.48 6 Vincent J�r�me (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.53 7 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 26.21 8 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 34.01 9 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34.19 10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34.56 11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.26 12 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 39.18 13 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 40.53 14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 46.08 15 J�rgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 48.20 17 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 48.55 18 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 53.03 19 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 55.14 20 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 57.44 21 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 59.02 22 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 1.00.31 23 Anthony Roux (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 1.02.21 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.08.01 25 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 1.08.53 26 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.08.54 27 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49.37 Teams classification 1 Astana 95.20.28 2 Team CSC 0.56 3 Gerolsteiner 9.21 4 Caisse D'Epargne 12.07 5 Crédit Agricole 15.23 6 Liquigas 17.49 7 Saunier Duval-Scott 23.48 8 Bouygues Telecom 29.21 9 Lampre 29.29 10 AG2R La Mondiale 30.46 11 High Road 32.05 12 Rabobank 33.51 13 Silence-Lotto 34.04 14 Team Volksbank 41.32 15 Fran�aise Des Jeux 51.49 16 BMC Racing Team 54.24 17 Cofidis 56.41 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.00.27 19 Quick Step 1.00.35 20 Team Milram 1.08.50
