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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT

Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008

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Stage 5 - June 18: Domat-Ems - Caslano, 190km

Fothen scoops victory after Schleck crashes hard

By Shane Stokes in Caslano

Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) takes the stage
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Gerolsteiner rider Markus Fothen took what is arguably the most significant result of his pro career when he won the fifth leg of the Tour de Suisse, a hilly stage concluding in Caslano.

Fothen broke free on the final climb and descended well to close down the lone leader Fränk Schleck (CSC), who had made his own move earlier on the ascent of the second category slopes of the Cademario.

The two traded pulls until the Luxembourg rider dramatically crashed with approximately four kilometres to go, losing what looked to be a certain opportunity to wrest the race leader's yellow jersey from the shoulders of Igor Anton (Euskaltel Euskadi).

Schleck misjudged a tight right-hand bend and slammed into the guardrail, flipping over and falling down the other side. He was miraculously unharmed, apart from scrapes and bruises, but ultimately finished 2'52" back in 44th place.

Schleck had started the day just 16" seconds in arrears and with Fothen hitting the line almost a minute clear of Anton's group, it was clear that there would have been a change at the top of the general classification.

Fothen scooped up the victory, returning to the limelight he enjoyed when he led the best young rider competition in the 2006 Tour de France. "It is wonderful, it is a great race here at the Tour de Suisse," he said at the post-race press conference. "It is a good preparation for my season goal of the Tour. I am in a very good condition and am very lucky.

"The team's first goal today was to work for Oliver Zaugg as he is our rider for the general classification. I did that but when we saw that there were so many riders on the final climb, we spoke amongst ourselves and it was clear then that if I was strong, I could attack.

"Once I went the aim was to gain as much time as possible until the top of the climb, then try to catch Frank Schleck on the descent."

Fothen did just that and the two worked together until Schleck had his fall. The Gerolsteiner rider was clearly shocked by what happened. "The crash was unbelievable, it looked terrible. I didn't have much time to react to it – if I had, it would have perhaps made me brake hard and perhaps, fall too.

"When I saw the crash, I had the impression that it was finished [for Frank Schleck], that he would be very badly injured. I am reassured and am very happy that he can continue. He was lucky. We had agreed to work together and then let the victory be settled in the final kilometre."

Astana rider Serguei Ivanov took second, 50 seconds back, while Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) led in the first group some seven seconds later. Many of the big guns were present, including Anton, Kim Kirchen (Team High Road), Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) and Andy Schleck (Team CSC). Andreas Klöden (Astana) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre) lost time, however, conceding 20" and 57" respectively to the other race favourites.

Team High Road's Kim Kirchen remained second overall, six seconds back, while Fothen's team-mate Oliver Zaugg is just eighteen seconds back in third place.

Anton was happy to remain at the top. "The day was difficult," he said. "There were tough climbs at the start and some good riders got away in the break. At the end Schleck attacked and it was clear that he was the strongest. If he hadn't crashed, he would surely be in the yellow jersey.

"Tomorrow will be a difficult day. I hope to feel better than today – I will need to be. I think that Devolder, Cunego, Klöden and Schleck will be the strong guys. Some of them lost time today but we still need to watch them."

The bunch sprint was led home by Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
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Kirchen is also a threat, given that he is the closest challenger. He was nineteenth on the stage, crossing the line at the back of the Anton group. He told Cyclingnews that he felt under a little pressure. "The stage was okay but it was a little bit too warm today. There was a big difference [when compared to the previous stages] so I was suffering today. However I survived and I hope I will be better tomorrow."

The 187.9 kilometre stage had started with the a third category climb and then the long ascent to the top of the first cat Lukmanierpass. A break went clear with several riders, amongst them Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) and Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom), as well as perennial attacker Jens Voigt (Team CSC) plus Maxim Iglinsky (Astana).

The latter was the last to be caught but he was eventually reeled in just outside the 20 kilometre to go point. Then, following an effort by Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) and Serguei Ivanov (Astana), Schleck made his own bid for stage victory, catching the latter, being later reeled in himself by Fothen, and then crashing hard.

He crossed the finish line holding a religious medal, thanking his guardian angel for saving him from what seemed certain to be much more grievous injuries.

"My mother gave this to me when I was born. It is a guardian angel, it brings me luck," he told the media, clearly thanking his good fortune.

"I suppose that I went into the corner too fast," he continued. "I didn't realise that the corner turned so sharply and I was going too quick. I just hit the barriers and went over them. It is a pity because I would have got the yellow jersey today."

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Results

1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 4.47.31 (39.587 km/h)
2 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                          0.50
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     0.57
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         
5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                         
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   
13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          
15 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
16 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
17 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                         
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                   
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                       
20 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  1.13
21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                        1.17
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          1.52
23 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
25 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                          
26 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                               1.54
27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            
28 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
29 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
30 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      
31 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
33 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
34 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
35 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          
36 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
37 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                               
38 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            
39 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 
40 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        
41 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                   
42 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2.30
43 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 2.39
44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       2.52
45 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  3.40
46 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             3.53
47 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
48 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
49 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
50 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        4.14
51 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            6.14
52 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                            6.47
53 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                         
56 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
57 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
58 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
59 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    
60 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          10.08
61 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                       
62 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
63 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                     
64 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                         
65 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
66 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
67 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
68 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                                  
69 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                              
70 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                        
71 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                            
72 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      11.08
73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
75 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                         
76 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
77 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      
78 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
79 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
80 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                     
81 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
83 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
84 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                      
85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                   13.30
86 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         
87 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       
88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          
89 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                         
90 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                       
91 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                          
92 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         
93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
94 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      
95 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
96 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                         
97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
98 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                    
99 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                               
100 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       
103 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
104 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
105 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  
106 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
108 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   
109 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                   
110 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                              
111 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                   
112 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
113 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  
114 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                      
115 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                            
116 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
117 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
118 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
119 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
120 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
121 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                       
122 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                             
123 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
124 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                    
125 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
126 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
127 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
128 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 
129 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
130 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
131 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
132 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
133 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
134 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              13.41
135 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             14.59
136 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            15.59
137 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            16.16
138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
139 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   
140 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              18.42
141 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
142 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           22.10
143 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                   36.10
144 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
DNF Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                         
DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                    
DNF Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
DNF Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
DNF Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                                   
DNF Jose Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     
DNF Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                                     
 
Points
 
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      15 pts
2 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                            12
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       10
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                        9
5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              8
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   7
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         6
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            5
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                        4
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     3
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        2
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  1
 
Mountains
 
Flims Alt. 1014m - km 13.4
1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                            5 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               3
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                2
4 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             1
 
Lukmanierpass Alt.1940m - km 69.4
1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           12 pts
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                     8
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                6
4 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              2
 
Monte Ceneri Alt. 554m - km 147.7
1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                     5 pts
2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                            3
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                2
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              1
 
Cademario Alt. 810m - km 173.1
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           8 pts
2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       6
3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              4
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            1
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1 Bellinzona - km 130.6
1 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    6 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              3
3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  1
 
Sprint 2 Rivera - km 149.8
1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            6 pts
2 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    3
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                  1
 
Teams
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                    14.24.27
2 Liquigas                                                            1.52
3 Astana                                                              2.07
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                    2.49
5 Ag2R La Mondiale                                                        
6 Credit Agricole                                                     2.51
7 Team CSC                                                                
8 Team Volksbank                                                      4.33
9 Rabobank                                                            5.11
10 Silence-Lotto                                                      5.47
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                   7.44
12 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                9.46
13 High Road                                                         10.08
14 Lampre                                                            14.01
15 Cofidis                                                           14.37
16 Française Des Jeux                                                19.42
17 Quick Step                                                        20.19
18 Team Milram                                                       21.19
19 BMC Racing Team                                                        
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               22.41
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  21.25.12
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                    0.06
3 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     0.18
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      0.21
5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                     0.22
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                0.25
7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.31
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         0.40
9 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                          0.50
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                        1.00
11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                  1.03
12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    1.07
14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                               1.09
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            
16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.21
17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     1.38
18 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                               1.44
19 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       2.11
20 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      2.12
21 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                               2.31
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2.39
23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            2.45
24 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        
25 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           3.23
26 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  3.32
27 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                3.33
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          4.19
29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                       4.57
30 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                      5.16
31 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 6.11
32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           6.28
33 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          8.04
34 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               8.08
35 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8.56
36 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            9.01
37 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                        9.07
38 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                             9.15
39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               9.25
40 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                     9.27
41 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    9.29
42 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                          12.24
43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                12.27
44 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           12.54
45 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 12.59
46 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 13.22
47 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                       13.44
48 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             14.20
49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         14.45
50 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                    14.51
51 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  14.53
52 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     15.17
53 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                          
54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                            
55 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           15.43
56 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 16.59
57 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       17.05
58 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       17.51
59 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                             18.03
60 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             18.06
61 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             18.36
62 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                       18.46
63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                         18.55
64 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        19.36
65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       20.02
66 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      20.04
67 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               20.12
68 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                        20.49
69 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            21.14
70 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    21.21
71 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                21.28
72 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            21.38
73 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            21.55
74 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   22.22
75 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          23.23
76 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             23.52
77 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            23.54
78 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                24.02
79 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           25.12
80 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                           
81 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      25.35
82 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               25.37
83 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                        25.39
84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  25.43
85 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                   25.58
86 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             26.10
87 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           27.29
88 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                               27.56
89 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                         28.08
90 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    28.29
91 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                      
92 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         28.41
93 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 29.03
94 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                              29.32
95 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                               29.39
96 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                               30.07
97 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          30.34
98 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 30.51
99 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                         
101 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
102 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                       31.13
103 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  31.27
105 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                               31.50
106 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 31.55
107 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               32.24
108 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       32.32
109 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                            32.47
110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                    33.04
111 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                34.12
112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                          35.12
113 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   35.34
114 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                        
115 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                   35.35
116 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   35.57
117 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           36.17
118 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                              36.19
119 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                             36.36
120 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    36.48
121 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         37.01
122 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
123 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                 37.35
124 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             37.52
125 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              38.12
126 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                            40.03
127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 40.12
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                         40.34
132 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                       
133 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                              41.19
134 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            41.56
135 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  42.24
136 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     42.26
137 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                               42.27
138 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              42.38
139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               42.58
140 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                44.36
141 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           49.00
142 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              57.36
143 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                   57.52
144 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.07.13
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     65 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   50
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                    32
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       29
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                      28
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               20
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 20
8 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                        20
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                17
10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                17
11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       15
12 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     15
13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      15
14 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                           14
15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            14
16 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    13
17 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                     12
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            11
19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                      10
20 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                    10
21 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 10
22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                          10
23 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                          10
24 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        9
25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           9
26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          9
27 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         9
28 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     9
29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       8
30 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          8
31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  7
32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        6
33 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                                6
34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                  5
35 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         5
36 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    5
37 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   4
38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           3
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 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                 1
44 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             26 pts
2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           20
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          16
4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                    15
5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                14
6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                       13
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 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        6
13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      6
14 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  6
15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             4
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                           4
17 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
18 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   4
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             3
20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              3
21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       2
22 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        2
23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  2
24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         2
25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           1
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           1
27 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1
28 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                            1
29 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      1
30 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  18 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             14
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 13
4 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    9
5 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            6
6 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   4
8 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 4
9 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  4
10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             3
11 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   2
12 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                    64.18.55
2 Astana                                                              1.18
3 Team CSC                                                            1.19
4 Credit Agricole                                                     5.28
5 Caisse d'Epargne                                                    5.34
6 Liquigas                                                            6.00
7 Rabobank                                                           10.12
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                   10.33
9 Ag2R La Mondiale                                                   12.44
10 Team Volksbank                                                    15.26
11 Saunier Duval-Scott                                               16.06
12 Lampre                                                            16.31
13 High Road                                                         17.25
14 Silence-Lotto                                                     18.08
15 Française Des Jeux                                                24.59
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               26.06
17 Bmc Racing Team                                                   31.25
18 Quick Step                                                        34.07
19 Cofidis                                                           35.36
20 Team Milram                                                       40.50
 

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