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66th Paris-Nice - HC
France, March 9-16, 2008
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Stage 2 - March 11: Nevers - Belleville, 201km
Steegmans does the double
Thor Hushovd goes hunger-flat but retains lead
By Jean-François Quénet in Belleville
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Gert Steegmans has imitated the star of Quick Step, captain Tom Boonen, by taking a second stage win in a row in Paris-Nice. In the absence of the 2005 World Champion, who has chosen to ride Tirreno-Adriatico instead of Paris-Nice, Steegmans scored his second consecutive victory in Belleville, exactly where Boonen won stage two in the 'race to the sun' two years ago.
It was a fabulous finale with yellow jersey Thor Hushovd attacking solo on the descent from the final climb. "Initially, I only followed someone who accelerated," the Norwegian explained. "At the bottom I realized there was a gap but I suddenly got hunger-flat. I tried to eat but for the last five kilometers, I was totally flat. I didn't have any energy for sprinting." Still, the Crédit Agricole rider took second, which allowed him to retain the lead.
"I'm happy to keep the yellow jersey," he added. "But I had a big chance to win this stage without this hunger-flat, and I came to Paris-Nice to win stage 1 or stage 2." With the prologue already bagged and the show he produced, Hushovd can be proud of what he did in the first three days of the event.
Despite the controversy surrounding the unofficial international race, and the conflict between ASO and the UCI, the 75th anniversary of Paris-Nice has proven to be an interesting edition. The end of stage two looked like a Spring classic, something that Steegmans can reasonably aim at winning himself now. "Winning a classic is difficult for me because there are many other riders in my team able to do it," said the Belgian rider who is more used to putting himself at the service of Boonen than riding for himself in the biggest events.
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"I wasn't confident enough to ride for the win in the past," Steegmans admitted. "I always had troubles with my sugar level and I always got hunger-flat after 200 kilometers of racing. We've worked on that last year and it's resolved now. I also went to see a psychologist Jeff Brauwers quite a lot and my mental approach of the racing is much better now. I'm less stressed and more confident."
This was obvious when he followed Sylvain Chavanel in the downhill behind Hushovd, taking over from Philippe Gilbert who didn't make his effort at the right time and wasn't happy to be the first man of the bunch coming fifth place behind the four leaders.
As Hushovd was flat, Steegmans didn't have more problems winning the sprint in Belleville than the day before in Nevers. "I came here to win a stage and I got two already so I'm delighted," the Belgian said.
Due to the crashes which involved a few big guns like Fränk Schleck, only 49 riders made the front group, one of them being Damiano Cunego who wasn't optimistic on the start line. "I got sick at the Vuelta Valenciana and I never recovered," he said. "I had fever yesterday [he lost 6 minutes in Nevers, ed.]. If it's bad weather again today, I'll pull out." He kept going despite the persistent rain, so he might enjoy the coming hills. Stage 3 includes the Croix de Chaubouret before arriving in Saint-Etienne and stage 4 finishes at the Mont Ventoux.
How it unfolded
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Present at the start in Nevers, Oscar Pereiro who finished in the last group the day before, didn't sign in due to bronchitis.
At km 15, three young Frenchmen attacked: Rémi Pauriol (Crédit Agricole), Clément Lhotellerie (Skil-Shimano) and Sébastien Minard (Cofidis). But the bunch was prompt to react. Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) was the next one to try his luck at km 29 but Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano) was the one who succeeded to break clear.
He got a maximum lead of 15'10 at the feed zone of Paray-le-Monial, the home town of the former winner of the Tour de France Bernard Thévenet (in 1975 and 1977) situated at km 105. His advantage dropped down drastically when the race hit the five climbs in the last part of the stage. Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) and Benat Intxausti (Saunier Duval) accelerated strongly in the col de Fût d'Avenas. They caught the French neo-pro with 20km to go.
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In the downhill, race leader Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) was inspired by an acceleration by Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step). He continued on his own and created a gap of 20 seconds before facing some head wind in the valley prior to reaching the town of Belleville. It was a spectacular ride from the yellow jersey but he ran out of gas and waited for the chasers who were only three: Gert Steegmans (Quick Step), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Michael Albasini (Liquigas).
The four men kept a three second lead on the line with Steegmans pulling a powerful uphill sprint for the second day in a row. Coming second, Hushovd kept the yellow jersey.
Photography
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- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) wins for the second stage in a row.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) celebrates with a little on the bike victory dance.
- Hushovd can only watch as Steegmans powers away to the win.
- Steegmans shows he's the master of the uphill sprint.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) on the top of the stage podium for the second consecutive day.
- A still soggy Gert Steegmans waves happily from the podium.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) zips up his third yellow jersey of Paris-Nice.
- Hushovd makes his move attacking with 15km to go.
- Hushovd attacked on the descent to the finish but got a hunger knock and couldn't hold it.
- Hupond took three of the four mountain sprints before being caught by the front chase group.
- Hupond gained more than 15 minutes but lost it all on the hilly final section of stage two.
- It was a long day for Theirry Hupond as he rode the better part of the stage alone.
- Bjoern Schroeder (Milram) and Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) were feeling a bit punchdrunk from all the rain.
- Fans cheer on the lone breakaway Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano).
- The peloton speeds past the sodden French countryside.
- Remy Di Gregorio (FdJ) stares distractedly into space as fans ogle his bike.
- Fumi Beppu (Skil-Shimano) before the start.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Hushovd launched an attack on the descent toward the finish, and was joined by three riders - Steegmans, Chavanel and Albasini.
- Gert Steegmans' clear rain vest fortunately shows the Quick Step logo for his second victory.
- A group of four detached themselves on the final descent and Steegmans was fastest.
Results
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 5.29.47 (36.57 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.03 6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 8 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 11 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 18 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 23 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 27 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 29 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 31 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 32 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 33 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 34 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 40 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 41 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 42 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 43 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 44 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 45 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 48 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 50 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.13 51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 52 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.15 53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 54 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.04 55 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 58 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 60 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 61 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 63 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 64 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 65 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 66 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 67 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 68 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 69 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 70 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 71 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 72 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 74 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.56 75 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 76 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 77 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 79 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 80 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 81 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 82 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 85 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 86 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 87 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 88 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 89 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 90 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 91 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 92 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 93 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 4.25 94 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 96 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 97 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 98 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 99 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 100 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 101 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 103 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 104 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 105 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 6.15 106 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 8.01 107 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 108 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 109 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 111 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 112 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 113 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 114 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 115 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 116 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 117 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 118 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 119 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 120 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 9.01 124 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 125 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 9.03 126 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 9.45 127 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 13.23 129 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 130 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14.01 131 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 15.05 133 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 134 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 135 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 16.31 136 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 137 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 138 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 19.02 139 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 140 Philip Deignan (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 141 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 143 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 144 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 145 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 146 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 147 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 148 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26.20 149 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 150 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 151 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 152 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 153 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 154 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 29.33 DNF Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott DNF José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott DNF Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto DNS Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Sprints Vitry-Sur-Loire - 56.0 Km 1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 pts 2 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 2 3 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1 Saint-Christophe-En-Brionnais - 128.5 Km 1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1 Mountains Côte de la Clayette - 141.0 Km 1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 4 pts 2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Col de Champ Juin - 160.0 Km 1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 4 pts 2 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1 Col de Crie - 167.5 Km 1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 4 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2 3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Col du Fût d'Avenas - 181.5 Km 1 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 5 3 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 4 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 Teams 1 Quick Step 16.29.27 2 Liquigas 3 Crédit Agricole 4 Cofidis 5 Lampre 0.03 6 Rabobank 7 Agritubel 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 11 Française des Jeux 2.04 12 Caisse d'Epargne 13 Silence-Lotto 14 Saunier Duval-Scott 2.14 15 High Road 4.05 16 Ag2r-La Mondiale 4.17 17 Team Milram 4.57 18 Team CSC 5.49 19 Bouygues Telecom 20 Skil-Shimano 10.02 General classification after stage 2 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7.56.34 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.03 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.23 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 5 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.29 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.30 7 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.32 9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.33 10 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.36 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 0.37 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 15 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38 16 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 0.39 17 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 0.41 18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.44 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 0.47 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 0.49 21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.51 22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0.55 24 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 25 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 0.57 26 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.05 27 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.20 28 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.36 29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 2.50 30 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 2.54 31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.55 32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 3.06 33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 3.07 34 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 3.08 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 3.10 36 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3.11 37 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3.12 38 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 39 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3.16 40 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3.20 41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 42 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3.21 43 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 44 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 3.33 45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3.47 46 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 47 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.53 48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.04 49 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 4.12 50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 4.29 51 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.31 52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.35 53 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 4.57 54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.04 55 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 5.07 57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 5.19 58 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.21 59 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.22 60 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 5.23 61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 5.59 62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 63 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 6.10 64 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.25 65 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.57 66 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 67 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6.58 68 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.01 69 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 7.10 70 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 7.11 71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7.13 72 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7.14 73 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.16 74 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 7.18 75 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 7.26 76 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7.30 77 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 7.35 78 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 7.40 79 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 7.46 80 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 8.33 81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 8.39 82 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 8.53 83 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.07 84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 9.16 85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 9.21 86 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.26 87 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 9.42 88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.57 89 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10.02 90 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.03 91 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 10.04 92 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 10.10 93 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 10.31 94 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10.54 95 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 11.03 96 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11.11 97 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 11.13 98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11.17 99 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11.20 100 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 11.21 101 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.27 102 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 11.37 103 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11.52 104 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 105 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12.10 106 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12.17 107 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13.16 108 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 13.19 109 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.25 110 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 13.35 111 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.48 112 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 13.53 113 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 14.01 114 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 14.13 115 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.56 116 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15.01 117 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.03 118 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.07 119 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.11 120 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15.25 121 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 123 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 16.40 124 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.12 125 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 17.16 126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 17.44 127 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 17.51 128 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 19.08 129 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 19.26 130 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 19.40 131 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.11 132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 20.30 133 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.14 134 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 21.54 135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 22.56 136 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 22.58 137 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 138 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 23.16 139 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 23.17 140 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 24.08 141 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 25.51 142 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 25.56 143 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 26.18 144 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.58 145 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 28.06 146 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 28.15 147 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 29.31 148 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29.47 149 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 30.26 150 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 30.43 151 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 33.17 152 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.35 153 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 35.23 154 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 38.38 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 69 pts 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 51 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 36 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 34 5 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 28 6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 28 7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 26 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 9 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 21 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 20 12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 18 14 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 18 15 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 17 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 16 17 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 18 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15 19 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 14 20 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 13 21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12 23 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11 24 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 25 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 11 26 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 10 27 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 10 28 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 8 31 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 7 32 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6 33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6 34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 6 35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 36 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 5 38 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 39 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4 41 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4 42 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 43 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 44 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2 45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 46 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 2 47 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 1 Mountains classification 1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 14 pts 2 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 7 4 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 5 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 6 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 2 8 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 10 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1 11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7.57.03 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.04 3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.07 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.22 5 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2.37 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 2.39 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 2.42 9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.46 10 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2.47 11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.52 12 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 3.04 13 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 4.35 14 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.52 15 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.53 16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6.28 17 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6.29 18 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 6.41 19 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 6.57 20 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 7.06 21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 8.10 22 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 9.13 23 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 10.34 24 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.42 25 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 10.51 26 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 10.52 27 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12.50 28 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.56 29 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.19 30 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 13.32 31 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 13.44 32 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 14.32 33 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 14.56 34 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 35 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.42 36 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20.45 37 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 25.22 38 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 25.49 39 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.29 40 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 27.37 41 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 27.46 42 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 29.02 43 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 29.57 44 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 34.54 Teams classification 1 Quick Step 23.51.16 2 Crédit Agricole 0.24 3 Rabobank 0.34 4 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 2.22 5 Liquigas 2.26 6 Française des Jeux 2.33 7 Gerolsteiner 2.41 8 High Road 4.37 9 Silence-Lotto 4.51 10 Team Milram 4.59 11 Cofidis 5.18 12 Lampre 5.34 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.25 14 Team CSC 8.01 15 Ag2r-La Mondiale 10.16 16 Agritubel 10.17 17 Caisse d'Epargne 11.06 18 Bouygues Telecom 11.35 19 Skil-Shimano 18.06 20 Saunier Duval-Scott 18.36
