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66th Paris-Nice - HC
France, March 9-16, 2008
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Stage 7 - March 16: Nice - Nice, 119km
Sánchez gets consolation prize
Davide Rebellin is finally a winner in Nice
By Jean-François Quénet in Nice
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After coming in second twice (in 2004 and 2007) and third once (in 2003), Gerolsteiner rider Davide Rebellin has finally won at the age of 36 the race that suits him the best. 24 hours after Sylvain Chavanel's win, the other favourite who was very frustrated on the Mont Ventoux, Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) got his consolation price with a stage win in Nice.
This was one of the most beautiful Paris-Nice ever held, with a lot of battles and suspense. "It was a very hard and very nice race," Rebellin explained. "After losing to Alberto Contador last year on the final day, I was a bit nervous today. Especially because I know [Rinaldo] Nocentini very well. We've done the world championships together and we're very good friends. I only had three seconds advantage. That's nothing. I was afraid of crashing in the finale and lose everything. Even 45 seconds over [Yaroslav] Popovych wasn't much. He attacked strongly in the last climb. It was a highly contested race till the end."
Half way into the final stage, runner up Nocentini crashed in a descent. "It wasn't fair to drop, I asked the other riders to wait," Rebellin confirmed what was suggested by the images on TV.
At the end of the day, Rebellin lost Paris-Nice up the Ventoux and won it in the downhill of the Tanneron. "I said before the race that the Ventoux was a bit too hard for me," the Italian said. "Climbs of five to six kilometers suit me, but 12, 13 or 14 kilometres, it's too much for my characteristics. I gave the maximum I could. I finished with limiting the damage. I didn't lose much time.
"This race has revealed Robert Gesink, who is a very good rider," Rebellin added. "He lost the yellow jersey because of a lack of experience but he was the strongest on the Ventoux and he was very strong again today. He's got a bright future ahead of him." Compared to last year when he lost Paris-Nice to Contador on the final day, Rebellin had a better Gerolsteiner team at his service and Nocentini's Ag2r setup wasn't as powerful as Discovery Channel.
How it unfolded
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A group of 35 riders took off after 11 kilometers of racing: Anthony Charteau, Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne), Mirko Lorenzetto (Lampre), Michael Albasini, Claudio Corioni, Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Silence-Lotto), Bobby Julich, Alexander Kolobnev, Karsten Kroon, Chris Anker Sørensen, Jens Voigt (CSC), Rémi Pauriol (Crédit Agricole), Philippe Gilbert, Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux), José Alberto Benítez, Juan José Cobo Acebo, Aurélien Passeron (Saunier Duval), Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Morris Possoni (High Road), Yann Huguet (Cofidis), Marc De Maar, Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), José Luis Arrieta, Hubert Dupont (Ag2r), Wilfried Cretskens, Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step), Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), Ralf Grabsch, Bjorn Schroeder (Milram), Lucas Euser, Trent Lowe, Danny Pate, Thomas Peterson (Slipstream), Floris Goesinnen and Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano).
At km 39, four of these riders broke clear: Charteau, Albasini, Van den Broeck and Possoni. By himself, Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) surged from the peloton and bridged the gap to the leaders. At km 50, Pauriol and Possoni escaped from the front group. They passed in first and second positions at the top of col de la Porte (km 51) with the main bunch just over one minute behind them.
Rinaldo Nocentini and Robert Gesink both crashed in the descent of the col de la Porte. Race leader Davide Rebellin asked everybody to slow down and wait for them to come back. Benítez joined Pauriol and Possoni in the lead. After a regrouping of 15 riders in the front, Lhôtellerie attacked at the bottom of the climb of La Turbie (km 79). Damiano Cunego was the first man to try to go with him, but he couldn't make it.
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The Frenchman got a 35-second gap over the chasers and 1'35 over the bunch at the top of the climb (km 88). He kept going over the col d'Eze and was joined in the descent by Benítez. The duo got caught with only eight kilometres to go. Cunego and Sánchez were the most active and the fastest going downhill.
Sánchez managed to avoid the return of the group that included all the favorites and from which Maxime Monfort and Carlos Barredo had jumped away. Crossing the line in 16th position, Rebellin secured the overall win.
Photography
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- The view near the start at the Promenade des Anglais and very tempting to leave the bike in the garage and hang out at the beach instead.
- Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) was happy with his racing so far, but is promising that he'll be active again today.
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) likes the weather better now than in the beginning and still has a shot at the overall.
- Yellow jersey Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and his closest rival who is only one touch away. Three seconds ain't much!
- So Rinaldo, what's your plan today? Rebellin likes to know what his compatriot is trying to do, and where.
- Davide, I'll let you know when we are back in Nice. Nocentini has no interest in sharing his tactics.
- So, we will have to wait how the race unfolds between the top-2 dudes of the race.
Images by AFP Photo
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) takes the final stage into Nice after riding aggressively in the finale and held off the remainder of the peloton.
- Rebellin was only three seconds ahead of Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) which made for an exciting finale. But in the end, Rebellin's experience paid off.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) wins the 2008 race to the sun.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Australian champion Matt Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) could be Cadel Evans' helper in the Tour this year.
- Peter Velits (Milram) is enjoying his first year in the ProTour.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Finally, yellow for Rebellin!
- Looking good in yellow Davide Rebellin even cracks a smile on the podium.
- Sánchez got his consolation prize a stage win on the final day.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) rode like a madman on the descent into Nice.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) just barely made it to win.
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) shadowed Rebellin but could no overtake him to win.
- Bernard Kohl was with Rebellin when the going got tough.
- Rebellin and his team had the situation under control.
- Rebellin finally wins Paris-Nice after finishing on the podium three times.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) attacked, but didn't quite come up with the goods to win the final stage.
- The lead group shattered on the final climb.
- José Alberto Benítez (Saunier Duval) attacks on the Col d'Eze.
Results
1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.51.12 (40.3 km/h) 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 0.05 5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 10 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 14 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 18 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 28 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 30 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.12 37 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.35 38 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.36 39 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 40 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.05 41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 3.29 42 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 44 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 47 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 48 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 50 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 51 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 5.05 52 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 56 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 9.14 57 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 60 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 61 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 15.08 62 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 63 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 64 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 65 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 66 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 68 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 70 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 71 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 72 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 73 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 74 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 75 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 77 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 79 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 80 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 81 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 82 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 83 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 84 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 86 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 20.05 DNF Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 DNF Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel DNF Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step DNF Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale DNF Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank DNF David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road DNF Craig Lewis (USA) High Road DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road DNF André Greipel (Ger) High Road DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road DNF Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott DNF Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux DNF Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas DNF Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas DNF Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre DNF Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre DNF Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner Sprints Plan du Var - 18.5 Km 1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3 pts 2 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1 Eze - 105.0 Km 1 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3 pts 2 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1 Nice - 119.0 Km 1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 22 3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 20 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 18 5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 16 6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 15 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 14 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13 9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 12 10 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 12 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 14 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 4 18 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 3 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2 20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains Col de la Porte - 51.0 Km 1 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 8 3 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 6 4 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 5 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 6 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 2 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 La Turbie - 88.5 Km 1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 10 pts 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 8 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 4 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 4 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 3 6 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 7 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Col d'Eze - 103.0 Km 1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 10 pts 2 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 8 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 6 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 5 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2 7 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1 Young rider 1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.51.12 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 0.05 4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 5 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 12 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.36 13 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 3.29 14 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 16 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 5.05 17 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 9.14 18 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15.08 19 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 20 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 21 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 22 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 23 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 20.05 Teams 1 Quick Step 8.33.46 2 Caisse d'Epargne 3 Crédit Agricole 0.05 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Ag2r-La Mondiale 6 Cofidis 3.24 7 Silence-Lotto 3.29 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Team CSC 4.00 10 Lampre 5.12 11 Liquigas 10.35 12 Saunier Duval-Scott 15.08 13 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15.39 14 Française des Jeux 18.32 15 Team Milram 30.11 16 Agritubel 17 Skil-Shimano 18 Rabobank Final General classification 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 29.02.48 2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.03 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 0.48 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 5 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.09 6 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 1.12 7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.17 8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2.24 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2.39 10 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 3.21 11 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 4.11 12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 4.23 13 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.42 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 5.24 15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7.22 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 7.31 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 7.48 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.00 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13.08 20 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 13.53 21 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 16.37 22 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.05 23 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 19.36 24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 25.55 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26.50 26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 27.33 27 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.02 28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.54 29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 30.39 30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.15 31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 33.07 32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 33.18 33 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 34.44 34 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 36.13 35 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 36.33 36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 37.25 37 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 37.44 38 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 38.08 39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38.43 40 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 38.55 41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 41.48 42 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 42.15 43 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.49 44 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 43.17 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 43.34 46 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43.35 47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 43.39 48 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 44.30 49 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 45.47 50 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 45.53 51 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 46.00 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 47.10 53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 48.37 54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 50.30 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 52.15 56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 52.16 57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.07 58 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 53.33 59 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 53.48 60 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 54.03 61 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54.08 62 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 55.52 63 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 57.00 64 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 58.01 65 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.34 66 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 1.03.43 67 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.05.12 68 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.06.57 69 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 1.08.25 70 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.10.19 71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 1.11.52 72 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1.12.24 73 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.13.21 74 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 1.13.44 75 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.15.30 76 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.18.25 77 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.25.49 78 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.25.56 79 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.28.50 80 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.29.30 81 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.29.39 82 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.32.12 83 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.34.22 84 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35.36 85 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.38.19 86 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.51.45 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 89 pts 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 69 4 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 61 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 59 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 58 7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 58 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 55 9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 53 11 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 50 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 13 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 43 14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 42 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 39 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 37 17 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 36 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 33 19 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 33 20 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 31 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 30 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 30 23 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 29 24 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 28 25 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 26 26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 27 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 28 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 30 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 18 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18 32 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15 33 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 14 34 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14 35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 14 36 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 12 37 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 12 38 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 39 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 40 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 41 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 8 42 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 8 43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6 44 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 45 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 6 46 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 5 47 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 48 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 49 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 50 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 3 51 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 52 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 53 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne -5 Mountains classification 1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 79 pts 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 28 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20 4 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 19 5 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 6 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 7 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 8 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 13 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 11 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 12 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 10 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 14 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 16 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 8 17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 6 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 6 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 4 22 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 23 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 4 24 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 25 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4 26 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 29 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 30 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 31 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 1 32 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 34 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1 35 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 36 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 29.03.39 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.18 3 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3.20 4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 3.32 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.51 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 4.33 7 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 13.02 8 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 15.46 9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.03 10 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.22 11 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 35.42 12 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 36.53 13 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 38.04 14 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 42.26 15 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 53.12 16 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 55.01 17 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.02.43 18 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 1.07.34 19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.09.28 20 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.17.34 21 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.27.59 22 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.28.39 23 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.33.31 Teams classification 1 Quick Step 87.11.40 2 Crédit Agricole 6.47 3 Cofidis 13.54 4 Silence-Lotto 17.51 5 Caisse d'Epargne 29.16 6 Liquigas 32.02 7 Lampre 32.26 8 Team CSC 33.35 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.04 10 Ag2r-La Mondiale 42.57 11 Gerolsteiner 52.18 12 Rabobank 56.36 13 Agritubel 1.03.12 14 Saunier Duval-Scott 1.07.15 15 Française des Jeux 1.22.11 16 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.24.37 17 Skil-Shimano 2.25.32 18 Team Milram 2.46.25
