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66th Paris-Nice - HC
France, March 9-16, 2008
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Stage 3 - March 12: Fleurie - Saint-Étienne, 165.5km
Carlström succeeds from the breakaway
France gets consolation with Chavanel in yellow
By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Etienne
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Something must have changed in cycling: long lasting breakaways can now succeed. Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) and Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) were well inspired to go clear after only eight kilometres with Bradley McGee (Team CSC). The duo lost the Australian on the day's final climb, and battled for the stage win in Saint-Etienne at the end of another hard day of racing. Lhôtellerie was stuck on the front in the finale and managed to keep 43 seconds lead over the chasing group in which Sylvain Chavanel took the lead over from Thor Hushovd, but could not prevent Carlström from coming past at the line.
The stage win went to the Finnish rider from Liquigas who usually describes himself as a "happy domestique". "When I go into a breakaway, it's always because there is a possibility to win," he said after taking the honours in Saint-Etienne. "So far I had no luck in this kind of things. Two years ago, I came second in a stage of the Tour de France behind Sylvain Calzati. I didn't think anybody would attack where he did it."
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"Today I hoped to make a winning breakaway," Carlstöm continued. "But we were not sure at all that it would be the case. We created a big gap quickly then we decided to take it easy for a while." That's where McGee's experience alongside Jacky Durand during his years at Française des Jeux had a positive impact on the running of the breakaway. "I tried to control the distance between us and the bunch," the Australian explained. "If we went too hard, there would have been a reaction from the peloton. I think we did it well."
McGee got dropped with 5km to go to the top of col de la Croix de Chaubouret. "Up there I was empty and frozen," he recalled. It was another stage with difficult climate conditions, but the riders finally found some sun as they reached Saint-Etienne.
Carlström didn't help Lhôtellerie very much and admitted it. "I was informed that my team-mate Roman Kreuziger had attacked from the chasing group so I stayed on the Frenchman's wheel," the Liquigas rider said. "He was strong in the climbs but I didn't know how fast he could sprint. I knew I was fresher than him, but I wasn't sure of anything at the end. I opened my sprint with 175 meters to go. The finale was a little bit uphill, that was ok for me. Paris-Nice is a really big race and this is my biggest win so far."
"Sprinting is my weak point," said Lhôtellerie who took the polka dot jersey over from his companion at Skil-Shimano, Thierry Hupond, who also rode away the day before. "I lost time in stage one and I wanted to reposition myself on GC. I'm confident since I came second at the Ruta del Sol."
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Lhôtellerie isn't the only Frenchman with a distinctive jersey now. Chavanel has the most distinguished one, that of overall leader. He's the first Frenchman leading Paris-Nice since Didier Rous, who also took it temporarily in Saint-Etienne in 2002. "My legs were fired up in the climb," Chavanel commented. "I was feeling good when I was away with [Damiano] Cunego but that was too far from the finish." But can he hold the yellow jersey through to the finish? "I'm determined to do so. I don't have many adversaries left. It's mostly [Davide] Rebellin and [Yaroslav] Popovych. The Mont Ventoux will decide. I'm confident because I came fifth up there once during the Dauphiné."
Chavanel might be forgetting Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) who is racing at perfection or Robert Gesink (Rabobank) who is a pure climber and might enjoy the Ventoux a lot. The Spaniard is only three seconds behind, while Karsten Kroon (CSC) would have been second had he not been penalized of 20 seconds for drafting behind the car of his directeur sportif in order to get back in the group. The fight up the "giant of Provence" looks to be very promising.
How it unfolded
After eight kilometres in the village of Régnié-Durette, who is famous in the world of cycling for hosting a gathering of former cycling champions every year, three riders broke clear: Kjell Carlström (Liquigas), Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) and Bradley McGee (CSC). 20 kilometres further at the côte de Plantigny, they were 11'30 ahead of the bunch.
The trio's lead went up and down. It was nine minutes at kilometre 75 as the rain was present on the course of Paris-Nice. After 100 kilometres of racing, Rabobank and Caisse d'Epargne, obviously racing for Robert Gesink and Luis Leon Sanchez respectively, took the responsibility of the chase.
In Saint-Chamond, after the intermediate sprint (km 131) dedicated to the memory of Andreï Kivilev who died from a crash there in 2003, a group of big guns comprising yellow jersey holder Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Christophe Moreau and Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Enrico Franzoi (Liquigas), Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) got away from the bunch.
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In the main climb of the day, the category one col de la Croix de Chaubouret, Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) attacked from the group of the favourites. He was 2'15 behind the leaders as McGee dropped off. Kreuziger got caught by Cunego and Sylvain Chavanel but they didn't reach the men in front. During the surge up the final climb, the yellow jersey, Hushovd, was dropped. The group of Chavanel were not able to resist the efforts of the Rebellin group on the descent, but the French rider from Cofidis remained the best placed rider in the chasing group, and sent his team-mate Monfort to the front to keep the pace high on the run-in to Saint Étienne.
Carlström beat Lhôtellerie out in the sprint after letting him do most of the work, but the young Frenchman was rewarded with the polka dot jersey of best climber. Another young Frenchman Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) outsprinted Rebellin for third place and Chavanel claimed the yellow jersey.
Photography
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- Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) gets his biggest win from the day-long breakaway which stayed clear on stage three.
- Carlström rejoices after taking the stage win in Saint Etienne.
- Carlström overtakes Lhôtellerie in the final sprint.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) took over the lead on general classification after making a select chase group.
- Carlström was victorious giving Liquigas its first stage win of this year's Paris-Nice.
- Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) was able to out-sprint his French companion to take the win on stage three.
- Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) leads Carlström up the final climb.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) followed an attack by Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre) which succeeding in splitting the peloton on the final climb.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Nice scenery for the stage.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
- The peloton rolls along.
- The peloton with some lovely French scenery.
- Christophe Moreau (Agritubel).
- Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) with Clément L'Hottelerie (Skil-Shimano).
- Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
- Josep Jufré (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- Eduardo Gonzalo (Agritubel)
- Eduardo Gonzalo (Agritubel) gives it a go.
- Eduardo Gonzalo (Agritubel) with a slight gap.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) followed by Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis).
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) shows his legs with Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas).
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) licks his lips.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) all smiles.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) working with Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis).
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis).
- Spaniard Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) leading his team-mates.
- Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) wins stage 3.
- Kjell Carlström (Liquigas)
- Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) works for the win.
- Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) awarded for the win.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) takes the overall lead.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil Shimano)
- Trent Lowe (Slipstream) lost the best young rider's jersey when he crashed and lost contact with the leaders.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) has his last day in yellow
- Mickaël Chérel (Française des Jeux) had to drop out due to elbow injuries.
- Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) talks about his biggest career win.
Images by Florian & Susanne Schaaf/cyclingpictures.de
- Tour leader Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) looks up to finally see the sun.
- Thierry Huppond (Skil-Shimano) leads the mountains classification.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) is keeping the points jersey warm, while leader Hushovd is in yellow.
- The peloton rolls through the hills in Southern France.
- A rider attacks the bunch in pursuit of the three leaders.
- The peloton riding in the sun. Happy to leave the rain behind.
- ProTour leader Andre Greipel (High Road) sits in the peloton.
- Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) leads Kjell Carlström (Liquigas).
- The new race leader, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) is the first Frenchman to lead Paris - Nice since Didier Rous took the jersey also in Saint-Etienne in 2002.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) flanked by Dutchman Robert Gesink (Rabobank).
- Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) has already shown his good form in the early season and should be one to watch in the coming weeks.
Results
1 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 4.39.14 (35.56 km/h) 2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.43 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.46 15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 16 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 17 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 0.49 18 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 0.52 19 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 20 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 21 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 22 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 23 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3.42 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 26 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.46 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 28 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 31 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 34 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 3.52 36 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 5.06 37 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 5.07 38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 39 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 40 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 42 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 5.11 44 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 8.04 45 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 46 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 47 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 8.28 48 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 49 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17.06 51 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 52 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 53 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 54 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 56 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 57 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 59 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 63 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 64 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 65 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 68 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 69 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 71 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 72 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 73 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 78 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 81 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 83 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 85 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 86 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 87 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 88 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 89 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 19.36 90 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 91 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 92 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 93 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 95 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 96 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 97 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 98 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 99 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 100 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 102 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 103 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 104 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 105 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 106 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 108 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 109 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 110 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 111 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 114 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 115 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 116 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 117 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 118 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 119 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 120 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 121 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 122 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 123 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 124 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 125 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 126 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 128 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 129 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 131 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 132 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 133 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 134 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 135 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 136 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 137 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 138 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 139 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 140 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 141 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 142 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 143 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 144 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 145 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 146 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 147 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 148 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 149 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 150 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 20.13 DNS Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano DNF Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram DNF Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux Sprints Brindas - 79.0 Km 1 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 1 Saint-Chamond (Souvenir Andreï Kivilev) - 131.0 Km 1 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 1 Mountains Côte de Plantigny - 28.0 Km 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 4 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 2 3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1 Côte de Saint-Martin-en-Haut (D.311-D.122) - 94.5 Km 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3 4 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 5 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1 Côte de l'Aubépin - 108.5 Km 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 5 3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 4 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 5 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Côte de la Croix Blanche - 122.0 Km 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 4 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 1 Col de la Croix de Chaubouret - 147.0 Km 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 10 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 8 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 6 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.59.57 2 Quick Step 0.21 3 Liquigas 2.10 4 Agritubel 3.09 5 Silence-Lotto 4.31 6 Rabobank 6.00 7 Crédit Agricole 6.06 8 Caisse d'Epargne 10.18 9 Bouygues Telecom 13.45 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.17 11 Lampre 16.23 12 Ag2r-La Mondiale 20.41 13 Team CSC 21.59 14 Saunier Duval-Scott 23.44 15 Skil-Shimano 25.49 16 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 28.02 17 Gerolsteiner 32.40 18 Française des Jeux 35.39 19 High Road 39.34 20 Team Milram 49.03 General classification after stage 3 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 12.37.01 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.03 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.08 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.14 5 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 0.18 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 0.19 7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.21 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.22 10 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 0.34 11 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.53 12 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.24 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 2.44 14 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45 16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2.49 17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.56 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.05 19 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3.10 20 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3.28 21 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 4.23 22 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 4.34 23 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.47 24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 4.51 25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 5.41 26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6.27 27 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 6.43 28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 6.44 29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 6.45 30 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 6.47 31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 6.48 32 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 7.05 33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 34 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7.21 35 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 7.52 36 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 37 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 8.11 38 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.30 39 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 9.31 40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9.52 41 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 9.53 42 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11.24 43 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12.58 44 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14.25 45 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 15.53 46 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 16.25 47 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 16.30 48 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.58 49 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 18.26 50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.42 51 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 18.59 52 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.05 54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19.08 55 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 19.10 56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 19.13 57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 58 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 19.14 59 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 19.26 60 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 20.22 61 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20.24 62 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.28 63 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.57 64 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 65 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20.59 66 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 21.17 67 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.18 68 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 21.44 69 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22.10 70 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 71 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.18 72 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 22.27 73 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.09 74 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 23.20 75 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 23.33 76 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23.45 77 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 23.46 78 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 24.22 79 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 24.25 80 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 24.26 81 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 24.33 82 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 24.46 83 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 25.14 84 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25.19 85 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 25.24 86 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 25.34 87 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25.56 88 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 25.58 89 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 26.09 90 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26.47 91 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 27.02 92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 27.10 93 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 27.14 94 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27.30 95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 27.39 96 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 28.05 97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.20 98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 28.25 99 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 28.27 100 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28.29 101 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 28.33 102 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 28.54 103 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 29.26 104 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 29.28 105 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29.34 106 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 29.36 107 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 29.43 108 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 30.00 109 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 30.15 110 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 30.33 111 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.49 112 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31.00 113 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 31.18 114 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 31.39 115 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.48 116 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.11 117 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 32.16 118 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 32.24 119 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 32.33 120 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.36 121 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 33.05 122 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 33.24 123 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.26 124 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 33.48 125 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 35.01 127 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 35.19 128 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 35.39 129 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 36.07 130 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 36.14 131 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 38.03 132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 38.53 133 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 39.10 134 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 41.19 135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 41.21 136 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 137 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 41.39 138 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 41.44 139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 42.31 140 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 43.51 141 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 44.41 142 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 44.56 143 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 46.29 144 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 46.38 145 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 48.49 146 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 49.06 147 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 49.10 148 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.28 149 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 51.18 150 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 53.46 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 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 34 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 19 3 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15 4 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 11 6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 7 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 6 8 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 10 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 11 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 2 15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1 16 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 17 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1 19 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Young rider classification 1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.37.04 2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.18 3 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.50 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 2.41 5 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 6 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.42 7 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 4.20 8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.44 9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6.24 10 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 6.40 11 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 7.02 12 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 8.08 13 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 9.28 14 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12.55 15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 18.56 16 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 17 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 19.23 18 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 20.54 19 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 21.41 20 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23.42 21 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 25.55 22 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 26.59 23 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 27.11 24 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 28.02 25 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28.26 26 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 29.23 27 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29.31 28 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 29.40 29 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 31.15 30 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.45 31 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.08 32 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 32.21 33 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.33 34 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 33.21 35 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 33.45 36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 41.41 37 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 43.48 38 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 44.38 39 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 46.26 40 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 46.35 41 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 48.46 42 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 53.43 Teams classification 1 Quick Step 37.51.34 2 Liquigas 4.15 3 Cofidis 4.57 4 Crédit Agricole 6.09 5 Rabobank 6.13 6 Silence-Lotto 9.01 7 Agritubel 13.05 8 Caisse d'Epargne 21.03 9 Lampre 21.36 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.21 11 Bouygues Telecom 24.59 12 Team CSC 29.39 13 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 30.03 14 Ag2r-La Mondiale 30.36 15 Gerolsteiner 35.00 16 Française des Jeux 37.51 17 Saunier Duval-Scott 41.59 18 Skil-Shimano 43.34 19 High Road 43.50 20 Team Milram 53.41
