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66th Paris-Nice - HC

France, March 9-16, 2008

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Stage 1 - March 10: Amilly - Nevers, 184.5km 93.5 km

Steegmans wins a long sprint in a short stage

Thor Hushovd comes 3rd and keeps the lead

By Jean-François Quénet in Nevers

27 year-old Belgian Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) takes stage one
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As a winner of stage two of the 2007 Tour de France to Ghent, Gert Steegmans was known as a specialist for uphill bunch sprint finishes. He showed it once again by winning stage one of Paris-Nice in Nevers. The race was shortened in half to 93.5 kilometers due to severe weather, but was contested on a very high speed when Steegmans' team-mates from Quick Step decided to put the hammer down in the cross wind.

Under the rain, the Belgian squad looked as comfortable as if it was racing in its own backyard, unlike the diminutive Spaniards from Euskaltel who were daunted by the high winds. "Kevin Hulsmans and myself, we looked at them and we laughed, they were scared," Steegmans testified. But he understood the situation of climbers who aren't used to this kind of racing. "I have the same feeling when I look at the Mont Ventoux, I'm scared as well," the Belgian said.

"It was one of the hardest days I've ever had on a bike," Fränk Schleck explained after spending a large part of the race chasing after crashes and cross winds split the field. "There were only 93 kilometers but it looked like 200. It was really hard to fight for positioning and I got back on with only five kilometers to go." Milram's Andriy Grivko also found the day's racing to be spectacular, but he retained his lead in the young riders' classification. "I was in the third group and we had to catch the second group before the first one near the very end but it was a nice," said the smiling Ukrainian.

Cadel Evans wasn't among the happy cyclists at the end after he was involved in a crash with 43 kilometers to go. "I've had better days, 'mate. I went down pretty hard," he said after crossing the line two and half minutes behind Steegmans. Another big name of the start list, Damiano Cunego finished further back, some six and half minutes behind the winner. .

Thor Hushovd finishes in the sunshine
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The first flat stage of Paris-Nice caused some damage, but it pleased Thor Hushovd who retained his lead. "In the cross wind, I always stayed well positioned in front of the group," he explained. "We tried to control and it was all fine until the sprint. I got stuck behind Philippe Gilbert, but Steegmans was too strong anyway. The way he sprinted was so impressive. There was no chance that I could have beaten him there. I'm pretty happy with this third place. I'm still there and I keep the yellow jersey."

A revelation of the race was 21-year-old Frenchman Mikaël Chérel. The Française des Jeux neo-pro had tried his luck by himself earlier on but he was still fresh for leading Gilbert out at the end. "I'm here to give everything I have," he said. "It's a pity that I have actually disturbed my leader when I wanted to give him space for sprinting."

Steegmans was the strongest anyway, and began the sprint from a relatively long way out. With 50 meters to go, he was fading, an fully expected Hushovd to pass him, but he looked back and realized the size of the gap between him and the others. "It was a nice feeling," he recalled. "There is no more pressure on my shoulders in Paris-Nice since Tom Boonen has decided to race Tirreno-Adriatico instead, but there's always a little bit of pressure at Quick Step because the team wants to win as many races as possible."

There is another hard day ahead for the participants of Paris-Nice with four hills scheduled prior to the finish in Belleville in the Beaujolais area.

How it unfolded

Quick Step splits the bunch
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The race was delayed after driving rain and strong winds forced the organisers to relocate the start. Initially slated to begin in Sancerre, after the category three côte de Venoize which would have made the stage less than 80 kilometres, the organisers then decided to launch the day's stage from the feedzone town, La Chapelotte, shortening the day from 184.5 kilometres to just 93.5 kilometers. Therefore it was possible to allocate the king of the mountain price with only one climb situated after 15km of racing. Euskaltel's Dionisio Galparsoro came over the top first and took the polka dot jersey.

On the descent, Bernhard Eisel (High Road) accelerated and took Peter Velits and Niki Terpstra (Milram) with him. The trio got a maximum lead of 4'10. Française des Jeux and Quick Step became the most active teams in the chase. As the speed went higher, a few crashed occurred, one of them involved Cadel Evans with 43km to go.

At the same time, Quick Step decided to create some splits in the bunch by racing hard in the cross wind. The peloton was divided in four groups but race leader Thor Hushovd never missed the front. A few riders like Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Fränk Schleck (CSC), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and David Millar (Slipstream) who got trapped made it back on but Evans and Damiano Cunego (Lampre) never did.

The front group caught Eisel, Velits and Terpstra at km 78. Mikaël Chérel (Française des Jeux) attacked strongly with 7km to go. Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) also tried to anticipate the sprint but Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) stuck to his wheel. The Belgian got his men to pull everything back together before sprinting uphill in Nevers. With 350 meters to go Steegmans sprinted clear of everybody else.

Photography

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Results

1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                        2.21.29 (39.651 km/h)
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      0.02
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                            
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                  
6 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                             0.04
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                 
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                                
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                      0.07
11 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                          
12 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
13 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                            
14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                               
15 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                           
16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                 
17 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                              
19 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 
20 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                           
21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                              
22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     
23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                            
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               
25 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                       
26 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           
27 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   
28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          
29 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 
30 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                        
32 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
33 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                           0.17
34 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                  
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           0.24
36 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                    0.33
37 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     0.50
38 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                      1.05
39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                              0.17
40 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  2.37
41 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                               
42 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
43 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        
44 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  
45 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               
46 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                              
48 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                               
49 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                               
50 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 
52 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                    
53 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               
54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             
55 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
56 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                             
57 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                              
58 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                              
59 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                              
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     
61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              
62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                  
63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30        
64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        
65 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                               
66 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                
67 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                  
68 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       
69 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                 
70 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
71 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
72 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   
73 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                               
74 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 
75 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          
76 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                   
77 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   2.48
78 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    3.23
79 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                               
80 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        
81 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                            
82 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                          
83 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                               
84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        
85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                               
86 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                             
87 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                     3.30
88 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              
89 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    
90 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
91 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                               
92 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                       
93 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                 
94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                     
95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                               
96 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                           6.32
97 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                           
98 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             
99 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
100 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                              
101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
102 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                           
103 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                              
104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30          
105 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                       
106 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                        
107 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
108 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                         
109 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                
110 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
111 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    
112 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           
113 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                 
114 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            
115 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         
116 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                   
117 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   
118 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                             
119 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                    
120 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                       
121 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                             
122 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
123 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
124 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
125 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
126 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                  
127 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                             
128 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                               
129 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                 
130 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   
131 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                 
132 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                   
133 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
134 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                            
135 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               8.26
136 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
137 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                         
138 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     
139 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                           
140 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                            
141 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30             
142 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                             
143 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                               
144 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                 
145 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                  
146 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           
147 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott              
148 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott        
149 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       
150 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     
151 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                             
152 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                               
153 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 
154 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                         13.04
155 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
156 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
157 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                               
158 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     
159 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
DNF Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
 
Sprints
 
Villequiers
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                               3 pts
2 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               2
3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              1

Nevers 
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                             25 pts
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        22
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          20
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                   18
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                16
6 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                               15
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                               14
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                              13
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                          12
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                        11
11 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                        10
12 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    9
13 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                           8
14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                              7
15 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                          6
16 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                5
17 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       4
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                             3
19 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                2
20 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                          1
 
Mountains

Côte de Venoize - 106.0 Km
1 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  4 pts
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                               2
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               1
 
Young rider
 
1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               2.21.36
2 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                            
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  
4 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                               
5 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                    
6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                               
7 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
8 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                               0.10
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                            0.17
10 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                           2.30
11 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 
14 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                    
15 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               
16 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                             
17 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                  
18 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       
19 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 
20 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          
21 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                    3.16
22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                            
23 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        3.23
24 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                     
25 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       6.25
26 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               
28 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                               
29 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    
30 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     
31 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                        
32 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                              
33 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                  
34 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                    
35 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                8.19
36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
37 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                          
38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              
39 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                              
40 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                   
41 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                            
42 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        
43 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  
44 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux               12.57
45 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
 
Teams
 
1 Quick Step                                             7.04.41
2 Team Milram                                               0.07
3 High Road                                                 0.14
4 Rabobank                                                  0.17
5 Française des Jeux                                        0.28
6 Crédit Agricole                                           0.45
7 Team CSC                                                  2.32
8 Liquigas                                                  2.34
9 Gerolsteiner                                                  
10 Silence-Lotto                                            2.37
11 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                    
12 Lampre                                                   5.04
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        5.07
14 Cofidis                                                      
15 Bouygues Telecom                                         5.48
16 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                         5.53
17 Skil-Shimano                                             7.37
18 Caisse d'Epargne                                         9.02
19 Agritubel                                                9.48
20 Saunier Duval-Scott                                     15.27
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                     2.26.55
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                           0.06
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      0.12
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                  
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                           0.17
6 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                0.18
7 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              0.20
8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                           0.21
9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.22
10 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   0.24
11 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                          0.25
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                    
13 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                            0.26
14 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          
15 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               
17 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    0.27
18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 0.28
19 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                          
20 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                       0.29
21 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                      0.30
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                       0.33
23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                        0.34
24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                            0.36
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                    0.38
26 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                            
27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                             0.40
28 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                           0.42
29 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                             0.43
30 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                               
31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                              0.44
32 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                           
33 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                           0.46
34 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                    0.54
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               
36 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     0.58
37 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                  1.01
38 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                              1.09
39 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                      1.25
40 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    2.43
41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     2.44
42 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                 
43 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               2.45
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux               2.52
45 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                  
46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 2.55
47 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                  
48 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                          2.56
49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                2.57
50 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                          2.59
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                               
52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                             3.00
53 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                            3.01
54 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      3.02
55 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                               
56 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                         3.03
57 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                          3.04
58 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
59 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                   3.05
60 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                           3.06
61 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                           3.07
62 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                               
63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                          3.08
64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        
65 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30    3.09
66 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
67 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                               3.10
68 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               
69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                          3.11
70 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  3.12
71 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                         3.13
72 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    3.18
73 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           3.19
74 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              3.21
75 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   3.37
76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                           3.42
77 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    3.43
78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    
79 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                           3.48
80 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                               
81 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                    3.53
82 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                    3.54
83 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        3.55
84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                         
85 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    3.57
86 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                        3.58
87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                             4.00
88 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                         4.01
89 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                      4.06
90 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                     
91 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                           4.07
92 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                   4.13
93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                               
94 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                          4.20
95 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30             5.52
96 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                      6.41
97 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    6.46
98 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               
99 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                      6.47
100 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
101 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                        6.48
102 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale              6.49
103 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  6.53
104 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      6.54
105 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto               6.56
106 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                         6.58
107 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                          
108 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            
109 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                               6.59
110 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
111 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                 
112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30      7.00
113 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
114 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole               7.02
115 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   
116 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                       7.03
117 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                   7.04
118 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                
119 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                             
120 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        7.05
121 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                           7.06
122 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 7.07
123 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                 
124 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                   7.08
125 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                7.09
126 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                        
127 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     7.14
128 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                         7.15
129 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                7.16
130 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
131 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                 
132 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                          7.27
133 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                          7.30
134 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                       7.50
135 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                         8.42
136 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                 8.43
137 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                         8.51
138 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        8.52
139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                        8.55
140 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                  
141 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30         8.56
142 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                           8.57
143 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 9.01
144 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux             9.03
145 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30             9.05
146 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott          9.06
147 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                           9.07
148 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               9.08
149 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                       9.09
150 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott    9.11
151 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                   9.12
152 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                       9.20
153 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                     9.40
154 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                         13.24
155 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   13.25
156 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                13.45
157 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux              13.49
158 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                13.54
159 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                          14.04
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          45 pts
2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                28
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                             25
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        22
5 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       22
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        20
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                   18
8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                18
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                              16
10 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       16
11 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                              15
12 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 15
13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                              14
14 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                        14
15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                            13
16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                         12
17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 11
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                            11
19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   11
20 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                        11
21 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                        10
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                  10
23 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                9
24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                           8
25 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                              7
26 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       7
27 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                          6
28 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                              6
29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                5
30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                  5
31 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       4
32 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                         4
33 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                        3
34 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                2
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                              2
36 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                             1
37 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                          1
38 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  4 pts
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                               2
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                        2.27.12
2 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                0.01
3 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.05
4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                           0.08
5 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                        0.12
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                              0.23
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                            0.37
8 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                   0.44
9 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                               0.52
10 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                              2.35
11 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                2.40
12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                             2.43
13 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      2.45
14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                               
15 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                         2.46
16 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.47
17 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                   2.48
18 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     2.52
19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           2.53
20 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                    3.37
21 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        3.38
22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                        3.41
23 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                 3.49
24 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30             5.35
25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                           6.29
26 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                6.39
27 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       6.41
28 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                6.42
29 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         6.48
30 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                    6.51
31 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                          6.58
32 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                 6.59
33 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                  
34 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                           7.13
35 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                          8.34
36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         8.35
37 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                               8.38
38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30          8.39
39 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              8.48
40 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                8.51
41 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        8.52
42 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    8.55
43 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                      9.23
44 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux               13.32
45 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                 13.37
 
Teams classification
 
1 Quick Step                                             7.21.49
2 Team Milram                                               0.02
3 Crédit Agricole                                           0.24
4 Française des Jeux                                        0.29
5 Rabobank                                                  0.31
6 High Road                                                 0.32
7 Team CSC                                                  2.12
8 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                 2.19
9 Liquigas                                                  2.26
10 Gerolsteiner                                             2.38
11 Silence-Lotto                                            2.47
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        5.10
13 Cofidis                                                  5.18
14 Lampre                                                   5.31
15 Bouygues Telecom                                         5.46
16 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                         5.59
17 Skil-Shimano                                             8.04
18 Caisse d'Epargne                                         9.02
19 Agritubel                                               10.14
20 Saunier Duval-Scott                                     16.22

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