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66th Paris-Nice - HC
France, March 9-16, 2008
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Prologue - March 9: Amilly - Amilly, 4.6km
Thor Hushovd prevents Markel Irizar from creating a huge surprise
- stage race commences with all invited teams present, despite UCI threats
By Jean-François Quénet in Amilly
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Already a winner of the prologue of the Tour de France – 2006 in Strasbourg – Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) was the only rider able to beat the performance of Euskaltel-Euskadi's Markel Irizar, who was close to creating a huge surprise in the inaugural 4.6-kilometre time trial of Paris-Nice in Amilly. The 30 year-old Norwegian took the yellow leader's jersey with four seconds over the Spaniard and five over German Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner).
The changing weather had played a key role in the result of the opening prologue, which did include all the teams originally invited by ASO, even though the International Cycling Union (UCI) had threatened to sanction both teams and riders if they took part in the event. This is part of the ongoing battle between the sport's ruling body (the UCI) and the powerful French conglomerate that owns many of the world's major cycling events. The teams voted on Friday to race and they presented themselves on the weekend, ready to race (see reports).
While many members of the cycling community have seen dark clouds over the sport in the past two weeks, Hushovd remained focused on his job. "I've never been afraid of not riding Paris-Nice after the non-selection of Crédit Agricole for Tirreno-Adriatico," he said. "I'm naturally optimistic. I'm convinced that the people responsible for our sport will now agree on the best way to run the show."
And it wasn't just Hushovd who was relieved to finally start racing, as the sport has been caught in a bitter power struggle between two parties that seemingly have irreconcilable differences on how to develop road cycling's commercial potential.
So even if it started to rain in Amilly during the opening prologue, there was great relief as the racing finally began. Indeed, Irizar was one of the first 40 riders who started before the rain came in. At the end, it was dry again for the last 40 riders. "It was still slippery, but I manage to direct my bike and I was happy to enter the top 10 considering the handicap we had," said Ukraine's Andriy Grivko (Team Milram) who was the best young rider of the prologue.
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"The rain made the course technical," Bradley McGee explained after coming fourth. One of the major news of the day is that the winner of the 2003 Tour de France prologue is back in business on the road after training for the pursuit with the Olympics in mind. "I didn't feel at my best, but I was really calm and physically, I delivered a good performance. I'm in a much better condition than two years ago when I finished third in the prologue of Paris-Nice, and I had to go home two days later; I don't expect anything like that this week."
While there were a lot of expectations around David Millar (Slipstream Chipotle - H30), who had won the prologue of Paris-Nice last year, the Scot came 11th while Hushovd took the best of the course. "When I saw it yesterday, I realised it was a good course for me," the winner explained. "This morning, my team manager, Roger Legeay, added that the rainy weather was also in my favour. I hadn't prepared myself for winning that prologue. I came here mostly in preparation for the Classics with the idea of winning a stage on Monday or Tuesday."
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One of the riders having performed well in the first heat was his team-mate from Crédit Agricole, William Bonnet. Hushovd was informed of his intermediate times. "After the first curve to the right, I held some energy and I was two seconds behind Bonnet," Hushovd added. "But after the last curve I accelerated and I gave everything. I felt a lot of strength in my legs. The last two kilometres were very hard with headwind, but that's where I've won the race."
With a stage win at the Tour Méditerranéen and a third place at the Het Volk, Hushovd is having a much better start for the 2008 season than he had last year with no win until stage four in the Tour de France. "Last year, I waited with the idea of peaking for Milan-Sanremo, but I got sick and I was always in search of my form. I've had no problems this year. I also trained with more intervals earlier than usual. I did it again this week and it pays off now."
He's also optimistic for stage one. "I know about the final 800 metres uphill with a gradient of seven to eight percent, but I think I can make it. Philippe Gilbert is the main danger if he attacks with 200 or 300 metres to go. I'm still here for winning on Monday or Tuesday." It would be even nicer with the yellow jersey.
The race resumes tomorrow with a 184.5-kilometres stage from Amilly to Nevers.
Photography
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- Bradley McGee (Team CSC) on his way to finishing fourth for the day.
- Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was the surprise of the opening day of Paris-Nice.
- Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rode to a strong second place behind winner Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole).
- USA's Danny Pate (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) finished sixth.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) takes the first leader's jersey.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) takes the first leader's jersey.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) salutes the crowd after winning the prologue and taking the leader's jersey of the Paris-Nice.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Scott) dressed for the cool weather.
- 'Tintin' Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) finished 77th for the day.
- German Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) is focused.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) gives it gas in the opening day of Paris-Nice.
- Italian Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) off and running for the first day of Paris-Nice.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) gives it the gas in the opening day of the Paris-Nice.
- Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) presented as the prologue winner.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) likes the fit of the leader's jersey.
- It fits. Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) is the first leader of the 2008 Paris-Nice.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) salutes the crowd after his prologue win.
Images by Jean-François Quénet
- Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole) will be a precious team-mate for Thor Hushovd in the coming days.
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) is the only former winner of Paris-Nice back on the start list.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) claimed his second win of the year in Amilly.
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) happy in yellow.
Images by Florian & Susanne Schaaf/cyclingpictures.de
- Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was the surprise of the day.
- German Jens Voigt (Team CSC) give it the juice.
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5.28 (50.487 km/h) 2 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.04 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.05 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 5 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.06 6 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 0.07 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.08 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.09 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.11 12 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 13 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.12 14 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.13 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.14 22 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 23 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 24 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.15 26 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 27 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 28 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 0.16 29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 31 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.17 32 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 33 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 34 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 37 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.18 38 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 39 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 40 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 41 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.19 42 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 43 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 44 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0.20 47 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 50 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.21 52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 53 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 54 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 0.22 55 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 56 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 0.23 57 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 58 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 59 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 61 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 62 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.24 63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 64 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 65 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 67 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 0.25 68 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 71 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 72 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 74 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.26 75 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 76 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 77 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 0.27 78 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 79 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 80 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 81 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 82 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.28 83 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 85 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 86 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 87 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 88 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.29 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 92 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 93 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 94 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 94 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 96 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.30 97 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 98 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 99 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 100 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 101 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 102 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 103 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 0.31 104 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 105 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 106 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 107 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 0.32 108 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 109 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 110 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.33 111 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 112 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 113 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 114 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 0.34 116 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 117 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 118 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 119 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 120 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.35 121 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 122 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 123 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 124 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 125 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 0.36 126 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.37 127 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.38 128 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 0.39 129 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 130 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 132 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.40 134 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 135 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 136 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.41 137 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 138 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 139 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 140 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.42 141 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 144 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.43 145 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 146 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.44 147 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.47 148 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.48 149 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 150 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 151 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.50 152 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.52 153 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 154 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 0.53 155 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 0.56 156 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 0.58 157 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 1.04 158 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.12 159 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.16 160 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3.13 Points 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25 pts 2 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 18 5 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 6 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 14 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 13 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 12 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 12 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9 13 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 8 14 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 20 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 1 Young rider 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.36 2 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.01 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.04 4 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.05 5 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.09 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 0.10 8 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 0.12 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.13 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.14 11 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.15 12 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 13 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 15 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.16 16 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 17 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 0.17 19 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.18 21 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 0.19 22 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.20 23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.21 24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0.22 25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.23 27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 29 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.25 30 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 0.26 31 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 32 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.29 33 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.32 34 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.33 35 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 36 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.34 37 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 38 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.35 39 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.36 40 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.40 41 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.42 42 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.44 43 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 0.48 44 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.04 45 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3.05 Teams 1 Crédit Agricole 16.47 2 Team CSC 0.01 3 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.03 4 Liquigas 0.13 5 Team Milram 0.16 6 Bouygues Telecom 0.19 7 Quick Step 0.21 8 Caisse d'Epargne 9 Française des Jeux 0.22 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.24 11 Gerolsteiner 0.25 12 Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.27 13 Silence-Lotto 0.31 14 Cofidis 0.32 15 Rabobank 0.35 16 High Road 0.39 17 Agritubel 0.47 18 Skil-Shimano 0.48 19 Lampre 20 Saunier Duval-Scott 1.16 General classification after Prologue 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5.28 2 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.04 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.05 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 5 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.06 6 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 0.07 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.08 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.09 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.11 12 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 13 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.12 14 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.13 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.14 22 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 23 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 24 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.15 26 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 27 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 28 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 0.16 29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 31 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.17 32 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 33 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 34 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 37 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.18 38 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 39 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 40 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 41 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.19 42 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 43 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 44 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0.20 47 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 50 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.21 52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 53 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 54 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 0.22 55 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 56 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 0.23 57 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 58 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 59 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 61 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 62 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.24 63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 64 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 65 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 67 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 0.25 68 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 71 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 72 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 74 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.26 75 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 76 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 77 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.27 78 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 79 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 80 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 81 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 82 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.28 83 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 85 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 86 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 87 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 88 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.29 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 92 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 93 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 94 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 94 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 96 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.30 97 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 98 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto 99 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 100 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 101 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 102 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 103 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 0.31 104 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 105 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 106 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 107 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 0.32 108 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 109 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 110 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.33 111 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 112 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 113 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 114 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 0.34 116 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 117 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 118 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 119 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 120 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.35 121 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 122 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 123 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 124 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 125 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 0.36 126 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.37 127 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.38 128 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 0.39 129 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 130 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 132 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.40 134 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 135 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 136 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.41 137 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 138 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 139 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 140 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.42 141 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 144 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.43 145 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 146 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.44 147 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.47 148 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.48 149 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 150 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 151 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.50 152 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.52 153 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 154 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 0.53 155 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 0.56 156 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 0.58 157 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 1.04 158 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.12 159 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.16 160 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3.13 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25 pts 2 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 18 5 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 6 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 14 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 13 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 12 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 12 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9 13 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 8 14 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 20 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 1 Young rider classification 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.36 2 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.01 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.04 4 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.05 5 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.09 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 0.10 8 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 0.12 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.13 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.14 11 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.15 12 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 13 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 15 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.16 16 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 17 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 0.17 19 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.18 21 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 0.19 22 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.20 23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.21 24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0.22 25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.23 27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 29 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.25 30 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 0.26 31 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale 32 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.29 33 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.32 34 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.33 35 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 36 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.34 37 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 38 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.35 39 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.36 40 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.40 41 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.42 42 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.44 43 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 0.48 44 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.04 45 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3.05 Teams classification 1 Crédit Agricole 16.47 2 Team CSC 0.01 3 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.03 4 Liquigas 0.13 5 Team Milram 0.16 6 Bouygues Telecom 0.19 7 Quick Step 0.21 8 Caisse d'Epargne 9 Française des Jeux 0.22 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.24 11 Gerolsteiner 0.25 12 Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.27 13 Silence-Lotto 0.31 14 Cofidis 0.32 15 Rabobank 0.35 16 High Road 0.39 17 Agritubel 0.47 18 Skil-Shimano 0.48 19 Lampre 20 Saunier Duval-Scott 1.16
