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66th Paris-Nice - HC

France, March 9-16, 2008

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Stage 2 - March 11: Nevers - Belleville, 201km

Steegmans does the double

Thor Hushovd goes hunger-flat but retains lead

By Jean-François Quénet in Belleville

Gert Steegmans wins again
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Gert Steegmans has imitated the star of Quick Step, captain Tom Boonen, by taking a second stage win in a row in Paris-Nice. In the absence of the 2005 World Champion, who has chosen to ride Tirreno-Adriatico instead of Paris-Nice, Steegmans scored his second consecutive victory in Belleville, exactly where Boonen won stage two in the 'race to the sun' two years ago.

It was a fabulous finale with yellow jersey Thor Hushovd attacking solo on the descent from the final climb. "Initially, I only followed someone who accelerated," the Norwegian explained. "At the bottom I realized there was a gap but I suddenly got hunger-flat. I tried to eat but for the last five kilometers, I was totally flat. I didn't have any energy for sprinting." Still, the Crédit Agricole rider took second, which allowed him to retain the lead.

"I'm happy to keep the yellow jersey," he added. "But I had a big chance to win this stage without this hunger-flat, and I came to Paris-Nice to win stage 1 or stage 2." With the prologue already bagged and the show he produced, Hushovd can be proud of what he did in the first three days of the event.

Despite the controversy surrounding the unofficial international race, and the conflict between ASO and the UCI, the 75th anniversary of Paris-Nice has proven to be an interesting edition. The end of stage two looked like a Spring classic, something that Steegmans can reasonably aim at winning himself now. "Winning a classic is difficult for me because there are many other riders in my team able to do it," said the Belgian rider who is more used to putting himself at the service of Boonen than riding for himself in the biggest events.

Hushovd launched an attack
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"I wasn't confident enough to ride for the win in the past," Steegmans admitted. "I always had troubles with my sugar level and I always got hunger-flat after 200 kilometers of racing. We've worked on that last year and it's resolved now. I also went to see a psychologist Jeff Brauwers quite a lot and my mental approach of the racing is much better now. I'm less stressed and more confident."

This was obvious when he followed Sylvain Chavanel in the downhill behind Hushovd, taking over from Philippe Gilbert who didn't make his effort at the right time and wasn't happy to be the first man of the bunch coming fifth place behind the four leaders.

As Hushovd was flat, Steegmans didn't have more problems winning the sprint in Belleville than the day before in Nevers. "I came here to win a stage and I got two already so I'm delighted," the Belgian said.

Due to the crashes which involved a few big guns like Fränk Schleck, only 49 riders made the front group, one of them being Damiano Cunego who wasn't optimistic on the start line. "I got sick at the Vuelta Valenciana and I never recovered," he said. "I had fever yesterday [he lost 6 minutes in Nevers, ed.]. If it's bad weather again today, I'll pull out." He kept going despite the persistent rain, so he might enjoy the coming hills. Stage 3 includes the Croix de Chaubouret before arriving in Saint-Etienne and stage 4 finishes at the Mont Ventoux.

How it unfolded

Hupond gained more than 15 minutes
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Present at the start in Nevers, Oscar Pereiro who finished in the last group the day before, didn't sign in due to bronchitis.

At km 15, three young Frenchmen attacked: Rémi Pauriol (Crédit Agricole), Clément Lhotellerie (Skil-Shimano) and Sébastien Minard (Cofidis). But the bunch was prompt to react. Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) was the next one to try his luck at km 29 but Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano) was the one who succeeded to break clear.

He got a maximum lead of 15'10 at the feed zone of Paray-le-Monial, the home town of the former winner of the Tour de France Bernard Thévenet (in 1975 and 1977) situated at km 105. His advantage dropped down drastically when the race hit the five climbs in the last part of the stage. Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) and Benat Intxausti (Saunier Duval) accelerated strongly in the col de Fût d'Avenas. They caught the French neo-pro with 20km to go.

Hushovd can only watch
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In the downhill, race leader Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) was inspired by an acceleration by Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step). He continued on his own and created a gap of 20 seconds before facing some head wind in the valley prior to reaching the town of Belleville. It was a spectacular ride from the yellow jersey but he ran out of gas and waited for the chasers who were only three: Gert Steegmans (Quick Step), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Michael Albasini (Liquigas).

The four men kept a three second lead on the line with Steegmans pulling a powerful uphill sprint for the second day in a row. Coming second, Hushovd kept the yellow jersey.

Photography

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Results

1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                   5.29.47 (36.57 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                           
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            0.03
6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                          
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                            
8 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                            
9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                                   
10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                                          
11 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     
12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                      
13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                            
14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                     
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                            
16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                         
17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                   
18 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
19 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                         
20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                            
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                                   
22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                     
23 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                         
24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
25 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                               
26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
27 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
28 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                          
29 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                      
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
31 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                                          
32 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                             
33 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
34 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
35 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      
36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                              
37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               
38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                          
39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                       
40 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                            
41 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                               
42 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                  
43 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                         
44 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                              
45 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                        
47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   
48 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                             
50 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                            0.13
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                          
52 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            0.15
53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.15
54 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      2.04
55 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                             
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                    
57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                       
58 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                       
60 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                               
61 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                                          
63 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                              
64 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                          
65 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                         
66 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                                          
67 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
68 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                 
69 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                         
70 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                          
71 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                            
72 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
73 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
74 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     2.56
75 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                             
76 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            
77 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
78 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                     
79 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                                          
80 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                   
81 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   
82 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
83 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
84 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                      
85 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                                          
86 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                      
87 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                
88 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                          
89 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                         
90 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          
91 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
92 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                                           
93 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    4.25
94 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
95 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                       
96 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
97 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   
98 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                
99 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                     
100 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                         
101 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
102 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                           
103 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                                      
104 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                
105 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                          6.15
106 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                      8.01
107 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
108 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                  
109 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
110 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                           
111 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
112 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                     
113 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               
114 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
115 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                            
116 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                        
117 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
118 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
119 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
120 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
121 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
122 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
123 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              9.01
124 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                        
125 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            9.03
126 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                9.45
127 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
128 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                       13.23
129 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                 
130 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  14.01
131 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    15.05
133 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       
134 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                   
135 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             16.31
136 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                          
137 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                          
138 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                    19.02
139 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                           
140 Philip Deignan (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                             
141 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                    
142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                         
143 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                       
144 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                         
145 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                        
146 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                            
147 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
148 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    26.20
149 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                             
150 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                      
151 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                       
152 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
153 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                             
154 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                     29.33
DNF Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                
DNF José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   
DNF Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                        
DNS Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
  
Sprints
 
Vitry-Sur-Loire - 56.0 Km
1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      3 pts
2 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                        2
3 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                            1
 
 
Saint-Christophe-En-Brionnais - 128.5 Km
1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      3 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      2
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                         1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de la Clayette - 141.0 Km
1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      4 pts
2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                  2
3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1
 
Col de Champ Juin - 160.0 Km
1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      4 pts
2 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                             2
3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                   1
 
Col de Crie - 167.5 Km
1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      4 pts
2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                      2
3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1
 
Col du Fût d'Avenas - 181.5 Km
1 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                               7 pts
2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                      5
3 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      3
4 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      2
5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                        1

Teams

1 Quick Step                                                       16.29.27
2 Liquigas                                                                 
3 Crédit Agricole                                                          
4 Cofidis                                                                  
5 Lampre                                                               0.03
6 Rabobank                                                                 
7 Agritubel                                                                
8 Gerolsteiner                                                             
9 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                                
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                   1.15
11 Française des Jeux                                                  2.04
12 Caisse d'Epargne                                                        
13 Silence-Lotto                                                           
14 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                 2.14
15 High Road                                                           4.05
16 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                    4.17
17 Team Milram                                                         4.57
18 Team CSC                                                            5.49
19 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
20 Skil-Shimano                                                       10.02
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                7.56.34
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                      0.03
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.23
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                             
5 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                           0.29
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                       0.30
7 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                             
8 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                      0.32
9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.33
10 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                     0.36
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               
12 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                       0.37
13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                     
14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                      
15 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.38
16 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                 0.39
17 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 0.41
18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  0.44
19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                       0.47
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                               0.49
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            0.51
22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                            
23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.55
24 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                      
25 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                                      0.57
26 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.05
27 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         1.20
28 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              2.36
29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                   2.50
30 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                                      2.54
31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                2.55
32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      3.06
33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                     3.07
34 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                           3.08
35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                     3.10
36 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                        3.11
37 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                     3.12
38 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  3.15
39 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                              3.16
40 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               3.20
41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                          
42 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     3.21
43 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                              
44 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  3.33
45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        3.47
46 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                                          
47 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                      3.53
48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                               4.04
49 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                    4.12
50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                 4.29
51 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     4.31
52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             4.35
53 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                          4.57
54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          5.04
55 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                             
56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   5.07
57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                      5.19
58 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                5.21
59 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      5.22
60 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                     5.23
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            5.59
62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                             
63 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                                      6.10
64 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         6.25
65 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               6.57
66 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          
67 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                               6.58
68 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               7.01
69 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                           7.10
70 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                              7.11
71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           7.13
72 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   7.14
73 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               7.16
74 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                         7.18
75 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                     7.26
76 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                            7.30
77 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                      7.35
78 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      7.40
79 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    7.46
80 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        8.33
81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            8.39
82 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 8.53
83 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                9.07
84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                        9.16
85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                9.21
86 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 9.26
87 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                                      9.42
88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              9.57
89 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                    10.02
90 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          10.03
91 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 10.04
92 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                                      10.10
93 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                     10.31
94 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  10.54
95 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    11.03
96 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                11.11
97 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            11.13
98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                    11.17
99 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          11.20
100 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                 11.21
101 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             11.27
102 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             11.37
103 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                             11.52
104 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
105 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    12.10
106 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             12.17
107 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           13.16
108 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                         13.19
109 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  13.25
110 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                                    13.35
111 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 13.48
112 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                                 13.53
113 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                      14.01
114 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               14.13
115 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              14.56
116 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                15.01
117 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                15.03
118 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  15.07
119 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         15.11
120 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          15.25
121 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
122 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                            
123 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               16.40
124 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                       17.12
125 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                     17.16
126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                            17.44
127 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                   17.51
128 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                              19.08
129 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    19.26
130 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                     19.40
131 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           20.11
132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                       20.30
133 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  21.14
134 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                      21.54
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           22.56
136 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                    22.58
137 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                                         
138 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                               23.16
139 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    23.17
140 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  24.08
141 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             25.51
142 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                  25.56
143 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                             26.18
144 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         27.58
145 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   28.06
146 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       28.15
147 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                  29.31
148 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    29.47
149 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                 30.26
150 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                     30.43
151 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                        33.17
152 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           33.35
153 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                        35.23
154 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                     38.38

Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                      69 pts
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                                         51
3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                                            36
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                               34
5 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                                           28
6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                                           28
7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                                         26
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                    22
9 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                   22
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                    21
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                                         20
12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   20
13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                                        18
14 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                                           18
15 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                                    17
16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                                                         16
17 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                   16
18 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                             15
19 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                                    14
20 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                        13
21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                     12
22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                                                 12
23 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                             11
24 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                               11
25 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                                                         11
26 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                           10
27 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                                     10
28 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                  10
29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                              10
30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                                       8
31 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                                                          7
32 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                                      6
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                            6
34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                                            6
35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                                      6
36 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                          6
37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                                         5
38 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              5
39 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                   4
40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                   4
41 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                                     4
42 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                         3
43 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                    3
44 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                          2
45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                            2
46 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                                        2
47 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                                      14 pts
2 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                                7
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                                       7
4 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              4
5 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              4
6 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       3
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                                                           2
8 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                                   2
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                           1
10 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                                   1
11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                                        1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                         7.57.03
2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                              0.04
3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                       0.07
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                          0.22
5 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                           0.51
6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                        2.37
7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                                             2.39
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                                          2.42
9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    2.46
10 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                               2.47
11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                      2.52
12 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                                   3.04
13 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                                          4.35
14 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                 4.52
15 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                       4.53
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                       6.28
17 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                                6.29
18 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                                            6.41
19 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                                      6.57
20 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                                       7.06
21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                             8.10
22 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                                                       9.13
23 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                                     10.34
24 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                 10.42
25 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                           10.51
26 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                                   10.52
27 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                           12.50
28 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    12.56
29 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   13.19
30 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                        13.32
31 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                 13.44
32 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                                  14.32
33 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                            14.56
34 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                                              
35 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             19.42
36 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                    20.45
37 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                               25.22
38 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                                               25.49
39 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           27.29
40 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                     27.37
41 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                         27.46
42 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                                    29.02
43 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                                   29.57
44 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                                          34.54

Teams classification
 
1 Quick Step                                                                        23.51.16
2 Crédit Agricole                                                                       0.24
3 Rabobank                                                                              0.34
4 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                                             2.22
5 Liquigas                                                                              2.26
6 Française des Jeux                                                                    2.33
7 Gerolsteiner                                                                          2.41
8 High Road                                                                             4.37
9 Silence-Lotto                                                                         4.51
10 Team Milram                                                                          4.59
11 Cofidis                                                                              5.18
12 Lampre                                                                               5.34
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                                    6.25
14 Team CSC                                                                             8.01
15 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                                    10.16
16 Agritubel                                                                           10.17
17 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                    11.06
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                                    11.35
19 Skil-Shimano                                                                        18.06
20 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                                 18.36

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