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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT
Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008
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Stage 9 - June 22: Altdorf - Berne, 168km
Cancellara repeats, Kreuziger takes overall
By Shane Stokes in Bern
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Déjà vu. If his stage winning attack two days ago was reminiscent of his victory in Milan Sanremo, Fabian Cancellara's flourish today in his hometown of Bern was forged in the same manner as his Tour de France stage win in Compiègne last July.
The big CSC rider blasted out of the peloton inside the final kilometre, closing up to Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) and edging by with less than 100 metres to go. He hit the line a bike length clear, earning a massive roar from the crowd and following up his final-stage time trial success here one year ago.
"The victory is great for me because I live just five kilometres from here, and because my my wife Stefanie and daughter Juliana were here at the finish," he said afterwards. "It was quite difficult to catch Philippe Gilbert but I got a huge push from the shouts of the public.
"I attacked in the last kilometre. The moment was probably chosen by chance, it is never possible that you decide to attack exactly here or there. I was helped by the fact that some of the sprinters had already left the race. When I was at the front of the peloton, I looked on the right side and the left side to see if any of the fast men were around. I realised it was a good moment then and I went."
Cancellara finished just ahead of Gilbert and four seconds ahead of Daniel Moreno (Caisse d'Epargne). Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) had also tried to catch Gilbert and he held on for fourth, finishing just ahead of Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) and the rest of the main field. Race leader Roman Kreuziger (Liqugas) placed 26th and thus preserved his overnight 49" lead over Andreas Klöden (Astana), landing his biggest win thus far.
"It seems to me that this victory is the real debut of my pro career," he said. "Nobody, not even me, would have thought that I would win this race. I came here to prepare for the Tour de France. I suffered in the first days due to the rain and the cold, but afterwards I realised that I was in great shape. In fact, maybe my good form came too early.
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"In the Tour of Romandie [where he was second – ed.] I was on the wheels of the same people, riders such as Andreas Klöden. I missed the extra bit there, I was not able to pass them. But now here in the Tour de Suisse I succeeded and, especially in yesterday's time trial, I had a super feeling. Today's last stage was also good, ending to be an easy job for me and the team."
The 22 year-old was asked what the success meant to him. "For now, it is too early to say," he mentioned. "It will take a few days to realise what I have achieved in this Tour de Suisse. Until now the biggest win I had was the 2004 junior world title in Verona, but that has now been topped by this victory."
Peculiarly, he said the toughest moment was not the effort he had to make on Saturday's stage. "It was not the time trial, but the start of the Tour de Suisse which was very difficult for me. It was tough with the bad weather.
"I came here aiming to prepare for the Tour de France. Nobody, not even me, believed it was possible for me to win . I realised that my form was very good, though, and so it became clear that I could do something. Now I will take the start of the Tour de France with the goal of learning, and also seeing if I can finish the three weeks."
Kreuziger had been worried that Andreas Klöden would try to take the jersey from him, but the stage was relatively straightforward. Francisco Perez Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence Lotto), Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis), Darren Lill (BMC) and Rene Weissinger (Volksbank) got clear and worked well together, but their progress was limited by the main bunch. It looked like a big sprint was on the cards, but both Gilbert and Cancellara were determined that this would not be the case.
The latter's team-mate Bobby Julich was impressed with the manner of the stage victory. "There is not much to do with Fabian when he is motivated," he said, when asked if the team had to do much to set things up for the win. "He took yesterday's time trial easy. With today's sort of finish, everybody is going to be on the limit. Today he was a kilometre and a half or two kilometres faster than everyone else... he went with five or six hundred metres to go and while Gilbert was already away, he caught him in time. He [Cancellara] is just incredible, he is a legend."
His team-mate Stuart O'Grady echoed that sentiment. "It is his home town, if you give that guy a sniff of the victory, he is going to take it. He is an absolute animal."
Both he and Gilbert looked exhausted after the line, Cancellara slumping to the ground. When asked why he did so, he gave an idea of the effort it took to take the victory. "I had lactic acid up to my hair, I had cramps everywhere," he said.
How it unfolded
The race got off to a nervous start, with numerous individual riders and groups trying to get away – all unsuccessfully, on a beautiful warm, sunny day.
At 30 kilometres, a group of five was able to form and establish a lead: Francisco Perez Sanchez (GCE), Maarten Tjallingii (SIL), Herve Duclos-Lassalle (COF), Darren Lill (BMC) and Rene Weissinger (VBG). None of them was a threat to anyone in the top ten, so the peloton was content to let them go, and they quickly built up a lead.
Their lead held at three minutes for a long time, then jumped to four minutes, but that was too much for the peloton, led by Liguigas. They brought it down to two minutes and let it stay there.
There were two intermediate sprints near the end of the stage, and Weissinger made sure to win the first one, thus assuring himself of the overall sprinter's jersey.
With 18 km to go, the lead had shrunk to 56 seconds as they crossed the finish line for the first time and set off on a short lap.
At eight kilometres to go, it was over and the leaders were gobbled up by the peloton. A few riders tried to get away, but the sprinters' teams went after them. But with about 1.5 km to go, Philippe Gilbert of FdJ decided not to wait for the sprinters and took off. Only one rider could follow him, and unfortunately for him, it was Fabian Cancellara. The Swiss rider ruthlessly bore down and with about 150 metres to go, zipped by the Belgian to take his second stage win of the Tour.
The overall win went to Roman Kreuziger, the sprints jersey to Weissinger, the points jeresy to Cancellara, and the Mmouintains jersey to Maxim Iglinsky.
Photography
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- Crédit Agricole
- Team CSC's bikes are ready for the final stage.
- Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas)
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) signs in before the final stage.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) interviewed on stage.
- The riders line up for the final stage.
- Anthony Geslin and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) before the race start (l-r).
- The escape with Francisco Pérez (Caisse d'Epargne), René Weissinger (Team Volksbank), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto) and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis).
- Darren Lill (BMC Racing Team)
- Lampre leads the charge.
- Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) ride along (r-l).
- Cancellara beats Gilbert by reaching the Belgian in the final metres.
- Another stunning victory by Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC).
- Cancellara wins in his hometown.
- Spartacus shows his muscles once again.
- Gilbert came close but had to surrender in the end.
- Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) rode superbly but still only managed runner-up.
- Gilbert hits the line
- Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Caisse d'Epargne) ended up in third
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) on the podium following his stage win.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) steps up to the podium.
- Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) speaks following his stage win.
- Family Cancellara look on.
- Cancellara's wife came to see the winner.
- Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) waves to the crowd.
- Kisses for Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC).
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) salutes the crowd follow his win in Bern.
- Third overall Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Spain's Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) happy with his third overall.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) following the Tour de Suisse.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the podium for third overall.
- Germany's Andreas Klöden (Astana) took second overall.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) takes the stage.
- Yellow time: Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) takes the final overall leader's jersey.
- The podium: Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) flanked by Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Andreas Klöden (Astana) (l & r).
- Czech Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) tops the podium with Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Andreas Klöden (Astana) (l & r).
- Kisses for the overall race winner.
- Maxim Iglinsky (Astana)
- Mountains winner Maxim Iglinsky (Astana)
- René Weissinger (Team Volksbank)
- Sprints winner René Weissinger (Team Volksbank)
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) also won the points jersey.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) presented with the ProTour leader's jersey.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) on the podium as ProTour leader.
- Team Astana
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
- Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) in the post-race press conference.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) answers a few questions.
- Autograph time: Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) signs a yellow jersey.
- Czech Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) following the Tour de Suisse.
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) responds to the press' questions.
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.01.07 (41.905 km/h) 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.04 4 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.05 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.08 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 14 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 17 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 20 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 27 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 29 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 30 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 32 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 34 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 35 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 39 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 40 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 43 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 44 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 46 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 47 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 53 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 56 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 58 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 63 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 65 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 66 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 69 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.33 70 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 71 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.45 72 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.49 75 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.51 76 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 77 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.56 79 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 80 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 81 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 83 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 84 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 85 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 86 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 87 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.03 88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.10 89 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 90 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 92 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 93 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 94 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 95 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 1.17 96 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.20 98 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 1.33 99 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.36 100 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.40 102 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 1.45 103 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 1.46 104 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 105 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.48 106 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.12 107 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.37 108 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 109 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.40 110 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.43 111 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 3.06 112 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 113 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 114 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 115 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 117 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 4.40 118 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 119 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 120 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 121 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 122 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 123 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 124 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 125 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 127 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 129 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 5.55 130 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre DNF Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana DNF Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNF Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road DNS Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Points 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 20 3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 13 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 7 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 9 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 6 11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 13 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 3 14 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Sprints Ittigen, km. 146.7 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 Bremgartenstrasse, km. 154 1 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 3 3 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Krauchthal, km 142.8 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 3 pts 2 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 2 3 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Aargauerstalden, km 159.9 1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 3 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 2 3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 12.03.37 2 Française Des Jeux 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.04 4 Credit Agricole 0.08 5 Liquigas 6 AG2R La Mondiale 7 Astana 8 High Road 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Saunier Duval-Scott 12 Cofidis 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Team Volksbank 0.51 15 Silence-Lotto 0.56 16 Rabobank 17 Team Milram 1.03 18 Lampre 1.10 19 BMC Racing Team 20 Quick Step 1.34 Final General classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 35.43.46 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.49 3 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.55 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2.11 5 Thomas Lövkvist (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 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.39 14 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 7.03 15 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.14 16 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.21 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7.28 18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 7.37 19 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.59 20 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 12.22 21 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 13.28 22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.39 23 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 13.42 24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 14.30 25 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.54 26 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 15.33 27 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.56 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 17.12 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 17.46 30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18.18 31 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.39 32 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.01 33 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21.07 34 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 21.24 35 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.53 36 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 22.13 37 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.15 38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 23.31 39 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 23.43 40 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 24.06 41 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25.49 42 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 26.21 43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 26.29 44 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 27.15 45 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 28.15 46 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 29.57 47 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 30.40 48 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.50 49 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32.44 50 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 34.08 51 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 34.44 52 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 34.46 53 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.56 54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 55 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35.07 56 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.26 57 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 35.34 58 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36.51 59 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 37.06 60 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 38.00 61 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.03 62 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 38.08 63 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 38.44 64 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 39.55 65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 40.36 66 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 41.30 67 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.39 68 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 41.58 69 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.19 70 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.21 71 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 72 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 43.00 73 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 45.46 74 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46.08 75 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 46.56 76 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 46.58 77 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 47.26 78 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 47.43 79 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 48.35 80 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 49.08 81 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 49.20 82 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 50.10 83 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 50.26 84 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50.40 85 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 51.44 86 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 52.23 87 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 52.30 88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 53.25 89 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 54.55 90 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.14 91 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.18 92 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55.43 93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.18 94 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 57.01 95 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 57.35 96 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 57.45 97 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 59.12 98 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 59.57 99 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.00.28 100 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.00.31 101 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 1.00.58 102 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.01 103 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.01.24 104 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.01.26 105 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.01.52 106 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.02.11 107 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 1.02.15 108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.02.52 109 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.03.31 110 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.03.34 111 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 1.04.43 112 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.04.56 113 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.53 114 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.29 115 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.06.46 116 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 1.06.58 117 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.07.43 118 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1.08.22 119 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.08.43 120 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.08.53 121 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 122 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.08.56 123 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 124 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 125 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 126 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 127 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 128 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 129 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 130 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi Points classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 50 pts 2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 49 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 43 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 34 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 34 6 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 32 7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 32 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 31 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 30 10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 25 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 23 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 21 17 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 19 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 20 20 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19 21 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 18 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 16 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 15 25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 14 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 14 27 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 13 28 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 13 29 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 12 30 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 31 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 32 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 33 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 8 34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 7 37 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 7 38 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 39 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 40 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 4 41 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 3 43 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 44 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 45 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 46 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 47 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 48 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 1 Sprint classification 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 24 pts 2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 14 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 13 5 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 6 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 9 7 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 8 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 6 9 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 14 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 15 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 17 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 19 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 45 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 44 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 25 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 24 5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 6 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 19 7 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 16 8 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 10 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 10 13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 10 14 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 9 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 8 16 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 18 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 19 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 21 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 22 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 4 23 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 24 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3 25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 26 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 28 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 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 Young rider classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 35.43.46 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 2.37 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.57 4 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 7.03 5 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.53 6 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 22.13 7 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 26.21 8 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 34.44 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34.56 10 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35.07 11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.26 12 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 39.55 13 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 41.30 14 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46.08 15 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 46.56 16 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 49.08 17 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 49.20 18 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.14 19 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 57.35 20 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 59.12 21 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.03.34 22 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.04.56 23 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 1.08.53 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.08.56 25 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.13.26 26 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.54.09 Teams classification 1 Astana 107.24.13 2 Team CSC 0.48 3 Gerolsteiner 9.21 4 Caisse d'Epargne 12.03 5 Credit Agricole 15.23 6 Liquigas 17.49 7 Saunier Duval-Scott 23.48 8 Bouygues Telecom 29.21 9 Lampre 30.31 10 AG2R La Mondiale 30.46 11 High Road 32.05 12 Rabobank 34.39 13 Silence-Lotto 34.52 14 Team Volksbank 42.15 15 Française Des Jeux 51.41 16 BMC Racing Team 55.26 17 Cofidis 56.41 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.00.27 19 Quick Step 1.02.01 20 Team Milram 1.09.45
