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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT
Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008
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Stage 3 - June 16: Flums - Gossau SG, 155km
Three is McEwen's lucky number
By Susan Westemeyer
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After being shut out of stage wins at the Giro d'Italia, Australian Robbie McEwen at last scored a sprint victory in the third stage of the Tour de Suisse. His only other win this season came in the Tour of Romandie, where he also took the third stage sprint win. The Silence-Lotto rider beat Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Team High Road's Gerald Ciolek on a rainy day in the Swiss race. Igor Anton (Euskaltel) retained the leader's jersey.
McEwen credited his team-mates for the victory. "What Leif Hoste and Greg Van Avermaet did today in the last kilometer was sublime," he said. "It was a very hard day because of the rain and the team had to work really hard." When the peloton hit the one kilometer marker, Hoste went to the front, and then with 500 meters to go, the younger and faster Van Avermaet took over. Finally, it was the turn of the speedy Australian, who showed his classic unbeatable burst of power from 250 meters to go, and none of his rivals were unable to catch up with him.
The race was dominated by a 140 km escape by three men: Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis), René Weissinger (Volksbank) and Jeff Louder (BMC) built up a lead of seven and a half minutes, but were ultimately caught by the peloton with 10 km to go. The escape was worth it for Weissiner, who won both intermediate sprints on the day, thus taking over the white sprinter's jersey.
How it unfolded
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157 riders took to the start in Flums, with Astana's Sergey Yakovlev having decided to leave the race. The weather was not promising, going from heavy clouds to pouring rain off and on during the day. Shortly after the neutral start, Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) und René Weissinger (Volksbank) broke away from the peloton. They slowly built up a lead, and 10 km later Jeff Louder of Team BMC bridged across. The trio worked well together, despite the heavy rain.
There were two ranked climbs along the way, and Duclos-Lassalle took the points ahead of Weissinger and Louder. Weissinger won both intermediate sprints, taking over the sprinter's jersey from Lampre's Swiss rider, David Loosli.
The trio built up a maximum lead of 7'30", which started falling again halfway through the stage. With 25 km to go, the lead was down to about a minute as the peloton flew along in chase of them. The trio fought to stay ahead, but with 10 km to go, their escape was over. A category four climb some 5 km before the finish line wasn't difficult enough to drop the sprinters.
On the climb, David Loosli (Lampre) took the points ahead of Giovanni Visconti and Gert Steegmans, both of Quick Step, and then number of riders tried to break clear, but none was able to get away. With 3 km to go, the sprinters' teams had things under control and were moving fast enough to drop riders off the back. Milram led the way under the the one kilometre marker, but it was Silence-Lotto's Robbie McEwen who broke first and held on for the win, ahead of Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Gerald Ciolek (High Road).
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- Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) kept the leader's jersey thanks to the sprinters' efforts.
- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) showed his speed is back on stage three.
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- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) at the start.
- Team Saunier Duval
- Ralf Grabsch (Team Milram)
- Olaf Pollack (Team Volksbank)
- Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Australasia's Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) wins stage three.
- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) takes his second season win.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) moves into the leader's top.
- Spain's Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) enjoys his new leadership.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the podium.
- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) called on stage.
- Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) congratulated.
- Australian Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) with the victory flowers.
- Swiss David Loosli (Lampre)
- David Loosli (Lampre) takes the mountains lead.
- In pink: David Loosli (Lampre) is the climbers' leader.
- Swiss David Loosli (Lampre) on the podium.
- René Weissinger (Team Volksbank)
- René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) in the sprints jersey
- David Loosli (Lampre) in an interview.
- Spain's Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the points jersey.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) leads the points competition.
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3.50.05 (40.472 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 18 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 19 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 20 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 24 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 25 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 28 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 38 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 39 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 40 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 41 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 51 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 52 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 53 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 55 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 56 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 57 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 58 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 59 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 63 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 66 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 67 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 70 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 71 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 73 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 74 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 76 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 77 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 78 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 81 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 82 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 83 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 84 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 85 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 86 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 88 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 89 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 90 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 91 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 92 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 93 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 94 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 95 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 97 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 98 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 99 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 102 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 105 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 107 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.21 108 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.23 109 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.24 110 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 111 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 112 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.35 115 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 116 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.45 117 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 118 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 119 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 120 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 121 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 122 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 123 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 124 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 125 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 126 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 127 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 128 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 129 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 130 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 131 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 132 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 133 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 134 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.01 135 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 1.02 136 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.03 137 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05 138 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.27 139 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.49 140 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 2.08 141 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 142 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.32 143 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 144 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.36 145 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.40 146 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 3.57 147 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 148 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 149 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 150 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 3.59 151 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 152 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.00 153 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 154 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 4.02 155 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 156 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.19 157 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNS Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 25 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 20 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 16 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 11 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 10 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 10 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 14 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 2 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 Sprints Aadorf, km 113.8 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Wil SG, km 130.7 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Mountains Kerenzerberg, km 20.7 1 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 pts 2 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 3 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Girenbad, km 96.7 1 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 pts 2 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 3 3 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 4 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 1 Andwill - km 149.9 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 3 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Silence-Lotto 11.30.15 2 Credit Agricole 3 Rabobank 4 Team Volksbank 5 AG2R La Mondiale 6 High Road 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Quick Step 9 Team Milram 10 Astana 11 BMC Racing Team 12 Liquigas 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Lampre 15 Française Des Jeux 16 Team CSC 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 Caisse d'Epargne 19 Cofidis 20 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.45 General classification after stage 3 1 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.32.34 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 0.06 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.12 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.16 5 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.18 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.21 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.22 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.25 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.40 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.03 12 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 14 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.07 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.09 16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1.21 17 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1.34 18 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.38 19 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 1.44 21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.48 22 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 24 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 2.01 25 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.12 26 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.20 27 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.26 28 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.36 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.39 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2.44 31 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.49 32 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.06 33 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.16 34 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 3.20 35 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.24 36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.34 37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.37 38 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.44 39 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.48 40 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 4.19 41 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 4.33 42 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.14 43 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.18 44 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.31 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5.36 46 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 5.40 47 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 5.57 48 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6.26 49 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.31 50 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.37 51 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.41 52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.52 53 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.04 54 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 7.54 55 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 8.18 56 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 8.28 57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 9.22 58 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.27 59 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.33 60 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.51 61 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9.53 62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.28 63 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.59 64 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 11.05 65 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.10 66 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12.31 67 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.44 68 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.47 69 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 70 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.58 71 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 13.10 72 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.37 73 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.22 74 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 75 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 76 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.01 77 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 78 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 15.06 80 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 15.07 81 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 15.13 82 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 15.42 83 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 16.08 84 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 85 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 16.25 86 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 16.44 87 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 16.59 88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 17.12 89 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.34 90 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18.02 91 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.10 92 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 18.17 93 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.18 94 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 95 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 97 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 98 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 99 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 100 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 102 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18.39 104 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 18.40 105 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.42 106 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.23 107 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 19.46 108 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.51 109 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 20.20 110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 20.31 111 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 21.10 112 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.20 113 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.23 114 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 22.12 115 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22.15 116 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 22.20 117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.39 118 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 119 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 120 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 122 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 123 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 23.02 125 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 23.24 126 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 127 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 23.36 129 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 23.41 130 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.06 131 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.15 132 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26.36 133 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27.07 134 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 27.29 135 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 27.30 136 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 27.39 137 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 139 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 140 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 141 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 142 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 143 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 144 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 145 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 28.24 147 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 148 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 149 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 28.40 150 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28.42 151 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 29.28 152 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 29.47 153 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 29.58 154 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 30.11 155 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.19 156 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.38 157 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.41 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 45 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 28 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 25 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 20 6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 16 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 11 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 10 12 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 10 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 15 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 18 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 19 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7 21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 7 22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 6 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 25 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 26 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 5 27 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 29 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 31 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3 32 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 3 33 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 34 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 2 35 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2 36 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 2 37 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1 38 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Sprint classification 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 18 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 14 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 12 4 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 6 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 7 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 Mountains classification 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 25 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 13 4 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 10 6 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 8 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 9 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 11 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 12 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2 16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1 19 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 1 Young rider classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.32.55 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.04 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.19 4 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 1.23 5 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.59 6 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.28 7 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45 8 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.13 9 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 5.36 10 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6.05 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.26 12 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.37 13 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.01 14 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 14.40 15 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 14.46 16 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 14.52 17 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 16.04 18 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.13 19 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17.41 20 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17.57 21 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 22 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 19.25 23 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 19.59 24 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.18 25 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 26 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.45 27 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 26.46 28 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 27.18 29 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 28.19 30 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28.21 31 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 29.07 32 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 29.37 33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 29.50 34 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.17 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 37.40.26 2 Astana 0.43 3 Gerolsteiner 1.32 4 Lampre 4.02 5 Credit Agricole 4.09 6 Caisse d'Epargne 4.17 7 Bouygues Telecom 4.21 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.57 9 Liquigas 5.40 10 Rabobank 6.33 11 Française Des Jeux 6.49 12 Saunier Duval-Scott 7.52 13 High Road 8.49 14 AG2R La Mondiale 11.27 15 Bmc Racing Team 11.38 16 Team Volksbank 12.25 17 Silence-Lotto 13.53 18 Quick Step 15.20 19 Team Milram 21.03 20 Cofidis 22.31
