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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

Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen (High Road), 29, wins on the Verbier and takes the overall lead from Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the process.
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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."

Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) lost
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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.

Enjoying the moment: Kim Kirchen (High Road)
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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.

Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) gave a good run
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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

The riders make their way up
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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.

Philip Deignan (AG2R La Mondiale) leads
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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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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

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