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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT
Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008
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Stage 1 - June 14: Langnau I.E. - Langnau I.E., 146km
Freire takes undulating opening stage
Sprinters catch breakaway in final kilometres
Oscar Freire has won the opening stage of the Tour de Suisse that featured five mountains over 1000 metres in altitude. The Spaniard, who profited from his team's work to catch the break of the day with less than two kilometres remaining, also took the leader's jersey. Freire is ahead of Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) and David Loosli (Lampre), who gained enough time bonuses in the intermediate sprints to trail the three-time world champion by only four seconds. Loosli was the man of the day, as he initiated the break and was joined by Steve Zampieri (Cofidis) and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi). The Swiss rider then took both sprints and was also first on both KOMs.
There were only 15 kilometres from the top of the 1102-metre high Chuderhüsi to the finish, but the climbs were easy enough that the sprinters realised they had to stay close and hope their teams could get the break under control. The break still had 20 seconds with three kilometres to go over a Rabobank-led peloton. With two kilometres remaining it was nine seconds, but the Rabo train, with some support from Gerolsteiner, was unstoppable and the break was caught before the flamme rouge.
Tomorrow's stage features a mountain top finish at the 1391-metre high Flumserberg.
How it unfolded
At 12:32 the riders of the 2008 Tour de Suisse rolled out from Langnau. All riders except Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott), that is. They were facing a circuit that had to be tackled three times, with five mountains over 1000 metres in altitude thrown in for good measure.
On the first of three ascents up the Chuderhüsi, 1103 metres high, a group of 23 riders stormed ahead of the field, including Jens Voigt and Fabian Cancellara (CSC), but also some sprinters like Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto). The peloton was not too far back, though, and the group was caught before the top.
On the descent it was David Loosli of Lampre who attacked. The Swiss rider quickly extended his lead to 90 seconds, chased by Steve Zampieri (Cofidis) and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi). The three joined forces and continued to widen the gap to the peloton. After 50 kilometres they had 9'40 on the snoozing peloton. The riders were now on the second of three laps, this time tackling the Schallenberg.
The break's lead now began to fall and with 90 kilometres to go it was down to 9'04. Once over the Schallenberg the gap was only 8'12, with the peloton now waking up.
The second time up the Chuderhüsi, the gap had gone up again to 8'40, though, as the peloton made its way through some of the training grounds of Fabian Cancellara, who was safely tucked into the peloton once again.
With 55 kilometres remaining the break still had 8'16 and it started to look promising for the three escapees. But in the flat section before the Schallenberg, the gap was reduced to 5'50, with 40 kilometres remaining. With 32 kilometres to race, the first sprint of the day was won by Loosli. He also took maximum points at the first mountain sprint on the Schallenberg. With 27 kilometres remaining the field reached the top 3'35 behind the break.
Over the final mountain it was Loosli ahead of Zampieri and Landaluze, with the gap down to just a minute and a half. But now only the downhill separated the break from the finish. There was also one sprint, which Loosli took again. But the break was caught close to the final kilometre and the sprinters stretched their legs.
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3.42.35 (39.491 km/h) 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 15 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 20 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 21 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 22 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 28 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 29 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 36 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 37 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 40 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 41 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 47 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 48 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 49 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 50 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22 53 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.23 54 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 56 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 60 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 61 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 63 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 65 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 67 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 68 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.35 70 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 71 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 72 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 73 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 74 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 76 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 78 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 81 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3.21 83 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 84 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 85 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 87 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.31 89 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 91 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 95 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 97 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 98 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 99 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 101 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 104 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 105 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 106 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 6.59 107 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.36 108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 9.52 109 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 110 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 111 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 112 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 113 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 114 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 115 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 116 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 117 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 119 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 120 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 122 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 125 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 126 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 127 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 129 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 130 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 131 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 132 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.52 133 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 134 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 135 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 136 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 137 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 138 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 139 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 140 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 141 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 142 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 143 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 144 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 145 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 146 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 147 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 148 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 149 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 150 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 151 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 152 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 153 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 154 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 156 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 157 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 158 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 159 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 160 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott Points 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 20 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 16 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 6 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 7 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5 12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 3 14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2 15 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams 1 Caisse D'epargne 11.07.45 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 3 Ag2R La Mondiale 4 Française Des Jeux 5 Astana 6 Rabobank 7 Team Csc 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Bouygues Telecom 0.22 11 Credit Agricole 0.23 12 Liquigas 13 Team Volksbank 14 Lampre 15 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.46 16 Silence-Lotto 1.35 17 Quick Step 18 Bmc Racing Team 3.10 19 Team Milram 3.44 20 High Road 5.31 General classification after stage 1 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3.42.25 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0.04 3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 0.06 5 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.07 6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.10 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 11 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 18 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 23 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 24 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 27 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 31 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 32 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 35 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 36 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 39 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 40 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 41 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 42 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 43 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 49 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 50 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 56 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 58 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 60 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 61 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 63 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 65 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 67 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 68 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45 70 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 71 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 72 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 73 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 74 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 76 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 78 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 81 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3.31 83 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 84 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 85 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 87 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.41 89 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 91 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 95 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 97 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 98 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 99 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 101 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 104 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 105 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 106 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7.09 107 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.46 108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10.02 109 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 110 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 111 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 112 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 113 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 114 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 115 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 116 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 117 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 119 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 120 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 122 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 125 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 126 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 127 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 129 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 130 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 131 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 132 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.02 133 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 134 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 135 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 136 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 137 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 138 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 139 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 140 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 141 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 142 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 143 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 144 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 145 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 146 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 147 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 148 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 149 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 150 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 151 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 152 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 153 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 154 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 156 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 157 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 158 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 159 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 160 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 20 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 16 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 6 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 7 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5 12 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 3 14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2 15 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 11.07.45 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 3 Ag2R La Mondiale 4 Française des Jeux 5 Astana 6 Rabobank 7 Team CSC 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Bouygues Telecom 0.22 11 Credit Agricole 0.23 12 Liquigas 13 Team Volksbank 14 Lampre 15 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.46 16 Silence-Lotto 1.35 17 Quick Step 18 BMC Racing Team 3.10 19 Team Milram 3.44 20 High Road 5.31
