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66th Paris-Nice - HC
France, March 9-16, 2008
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Stage 4 - March 13: Montélimar - Mont Ventoux, 176km
Silence! Cadel does the talking
Runner-up Robert Gesink takes an option on final win
By Jean-François Quénet in Vaison-la-Romaine
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Cadel Evans, one of the favorites for the 2008 Tour de France, won the first big race of the year for the climbers as the claimed the Mont Ventoux at the station of Mont Serein located five kilometers before the top of the "giant of Provence". This confirms the good form already shown by the Australian when he won the mountain stage of the Ruta del Sol, his first race of the year in February.
"It's good to win but my goal was to put Popovych in the best possible position in the overall standings," Evans said. "My job is done." However, the lead of the race went to young Dutchman Robert Gesink who did most of the work uphill and created a 32 second gap over Davide Rebellin, who made it clear prior to Paris-Nice that the Mont Ventoux was too hard for him. The Italian did well to limit the damage, and actually passed Popovych in the final kilometre. Evans is confident his team-mate can finish well in the overall, and warned, "Popovych still has a chance of doing a very, very good Paris-Nice."
Gesink, the winner of the queen stage of the Tour of California had already shown his climbing abilities this year and wanted another stage win, but couldn't quite pull it off. He was rewarded with the leader's jersey, however. "This is what I was hoping for and my team worked a lot to get it," Gesink explained. "I felt really good today. The long climbs suit me because that's where I can keep the pace hard. When Popovych dropped off, I just went flat out till the finish. Evans didn't let me win the stage. That's cycling. I understand. I hope to come back here and win the stage up to the Mont Ventoux in some race one day. For now, I'm really happy to have this jersey. I have a very strong team and I hope to keep the lead in the next few days."
The main disappointment came from runner-up Luis-Leon Sanchez who looked in perfect position before the final battle, but showed some limits uphill in those special circumstances. So did the race leader Sylvain Chavanel.
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The Frenchman held the yellow jersey for just one day. He had announced ambitious intentions of winning Paris-Nice overall, but he blew with seven kilometers to go. He didn't look too devastated at the end. "I'm mostly disappointed for my team-mates who have worked a lot for me," Chavanel commented. "The Mont Ventoux is difficult. We're only in March and I don't have my form of the Tour de France yet. The guys in front of me are the ones who can win in Nice. I haven't said my last word. I'll be noticed in this race again."
Gesink, 22, clearly has a promising career ahead of him. Already a stage winner at the Tour of California this year, he showed how strong he can be at the Pro Tour level last season when he came 2nd in the Tour of Poland, 5th in the Tour of Germany, 9th in the Flèche Wallonne and 15th in the Tour of Lombardy. He is a real climber who should enjoy the Tanneron on Saturday and the col d'Èze, and is now the hot favorite for the final win in Nice.
How it unfolded
At km 11, four men went away: Jens Voigt (CSC), Niki Tersptra (Milram), Aleksandr Kuchinsky (Liquigas) and Bernhard Eisel (High Road). There was no reaction at the head of the peloton where the Cofidis team of race leader Sylvain Chavanel took the responsibility for setting the pace.
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At km 81, the maximum lead was reached for the four escapees of 7'15. Rabobank came to the front of the bunch to help Cofidis in the chase, making no doubt about the ambitions of Robert Gesink on the Mont Ventoux.
At the bottom of the Mont Ventoux, Voigt went solo in the front. The Gerolsteiner team-mates of Davide Rebellin were the most active in making the race hard behind the aggressive German veteran. Quick Step also looked to have big potential as a team around Juan Manuel Garate.
Chavanel got dropped 7km before the top of the climb, and his team-mate Maxime Monfort waited for him. Approaching the 5km to go mark, Gesink surged in the front of the chasing group. The strongest climbers of the day appeared on his wheel: Cadel Evans, Yaroslav Popovych, Davide Rebellin and Fränk Schleck. They caught Voigt within 4km to go.
3.2km before the top, Gesink accelerated. Only Evans was able to follow him. Popovych was 30 seconds behind at the 2km to go mark. Gesink passed first at the KOM and Evans out-sprinted him on the finish line.
Gesink becomes the new leader of Paris-Nice with a 32 seconds advantage over Rebellin.
Photography
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- The Mont Ventoux from the valley with the snow cap clearly visible. Brrrrrrr.
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- France's Secretary of State for Sport, Bernard Laporte, rides along with Christian Prudhomme (r) of the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) during the Paris-Nice.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) wins the stage on the Ventoux.
- Evans beat Dutchman Robert Gesink who in turn took the overall lead.
- The sprint between Evans and Gesink on the right was close, but Evans was in command.
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) came from nowhere to get third and steal the bonification seconds from Rebellin. Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) is close behind.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) on the podium and smiling about his early season-form.
- The Aussie was working for Yaroslav Popovych but the Ukrainian got dropped in the last couple of kilometres.
- Gesink in yellow, surely not for the last time in his career.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) smiles as he is the new leader of Paris-Nice. Will the young Dutchman be able to hang on to his lead?
- Evans is still pulling Gesink but realises moments later that his team-mate Popovych had been dropped. He would then stop working and eventually out-sprint Gesink for the stage victory.
- Sylvain Chavanel gave it his all but in the end he came almost four minutes late and lost his yellow jersey.
- Chavanel found the Ventoux a little too long.
- Clément L'Hottelerie (Skil-Shimano) leads Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) smiles to the spectators as the Aussie is showing good early season form.
- Evans outguns Gesink to the line on the famous Mont Ventoux.
- The Aussie declared that he isn't in better shape than last year, but said he really felt comfortable within the team.
- Winning on the Ventoux may be a good sign for the Tour this year.
- Robert Gesink had to do lots of pulling for the final two kilometres, as Silence Lotto had the upper hand on numbers, with Popovych close behind.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) looks up the Ventoux and showed that he is a force to reckon with, although it will be hard for him to beat Gesink now.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) with some fashionable sunglasses is out of the saddle and storming up the Ventoux. He ended the day in fifth.
- The unmistakable combat face of Jens Voigt, who tackled the Ventoux solo after dropping the breakaway partners right when the climb started. But he got passed and finished 15th.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) has shown in California in the last two years that he is a good climber.
- Getting yellow on the Ventoux is special and if you are only 21 years old you may not even fully realise what you just accomplished.
- Gesink receives a lion for his efforts as is custom for ASO multi-day events.
- Evans was working for team-mate Yaroslav Popovych but the Ukrainian faded in the end and just managed to hang on for sixth place.
- Evans out of the saddle showing a lot of strength on the Ventoux.
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- The Ventoux draws cyclists and artists alike.
- Evans on the left out-sprinted the young Dutchman.
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) came from nowhere to place third and even bested Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) is showing good form ahead of the classics. He is now 32 seconds behind Gesink in the GC.
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) rode in support of Chavanel but eventually got the green light to go ahead and came in 11th.
- Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) tries to stay warm after the finish.
- French sports secretary Bernard Laporte congratulates Evans for winning the stage.
- Clément L'Hottelerie (Skil-Shimano) kept the polka dot for best climber with a brilliant ride on the Ventoux.
- Gesink smiles in yellow and the question now is: 'will he be able to keep it until Nice?'
- At only 21 years of age obviously Gesink also leads the young rider classification
- Bernard Hinault is never far form the action when the big races go through France.
- Thor Hushovd is still in green and has managed to survive the toughest stage.
- Hinault has won the Tour de France five times and stays involved closely with the sport.
Results
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 4.32.56 (38,691 km/h) 2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.33 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.34 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 0.38 7 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 1.03 8 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.30 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 1.33 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.35 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 1.40 13 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.43 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 1.45 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.47 16 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 17 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 2.11 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2.18 19 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.25 24 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 2.52 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 26 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3.35 28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3.42 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 3.50 31 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 32 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4.09 33 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 35 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.27 39 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4.53 40 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 5.19 41 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 42 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 43 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 5.22 44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 5.42 45 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.46 46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 6.16 47 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.13 49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 50 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 51 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.44 52 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.53 53 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 54 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 8.00 55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8.19 56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.31 59 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 8.48 60 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 8.58 61 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 62 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.44 64 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.12 65 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 66 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11.17 67 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 68 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 12.05 69 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 70 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 71 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 74 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 75 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 77 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.32 80 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 83 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 13.25 84 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 13.50 85 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 14.51 86 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.09 87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 18.28 88 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 89 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 90 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 91 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 92 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 93 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 95 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 97 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 99 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 100 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 101 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 21.05 104 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 105 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 106 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 21.07 107 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 108 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 109 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 110 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 111 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 112 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 113 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 114 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 115 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 116 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 117 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 118 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 119 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 120 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 121 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 122 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 123 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 124 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 125 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 126 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 127 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 128 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 129 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 130 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 132 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 133 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 134 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 136 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 137 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 138 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 139 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 140 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 141 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 142 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 143 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 144 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 145 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 146 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 147 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 23.03 148 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 149 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas DNS Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale Points Rasteau - km 108.5 1 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Bedoin - km 147.5 1 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Station Du Mont Serein - Mont Ventoux - km 176.0 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 25 pts 2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 22 3 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 20 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18 5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 15 7 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 14 8 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 13 9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 11 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 10 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 9 13 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 7 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 16 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 5 17 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 4 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 19 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 20 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Côte de Puy-Saint-Martin - km 24.0 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 4 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1 Côte de Bourdeaux - km 49.5 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 2 3 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 Côte de Serre de Turc - km 62.5 1 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Col de la Madeleine - km 154.5 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 4 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1 Le Mont-Serein (Beaumont-du-Ventoux)- km 175.0 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 6 4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 4 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 1 Young rider 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4.32.56 2 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 1.03 3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.30 4 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.43 5 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.47 6 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2.18 7 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.25 10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 2.52 11 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 3.35 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3.42 13 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.50 14 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 4.09 15 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 5.19 16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 17 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 5.22 18 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.46 19 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 6.16 20 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7.13 21 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 8.00 22 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 8.58 23 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.12 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 11.17 25 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 12.05 26 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.32 27 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 13.50 28 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 14.51 29 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.28 30 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 32 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.07 33 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 34 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 35 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 36 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 37 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 38 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 39 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 41 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 23.03 Teams 1 Silence-Lotto 13.42.18 2 Team CSC 0.34 3 Quick Step 1.17 4 Crédit Agricole 3.10 5 Lampre 4.37 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.15 7 Cofidis 5.29 8 Rabobank 6.55 9 Ag2r-La Mondiale 8.06 10 Caisse d'Epargne 9.24 11 Saunier Duval-Scott 11.18 12 Agritubel 12.33 13 Liquigas 14 Bouygues Telecom 13.00 15 Gerolsteiner 13.15 16 Française des Jeux 16.04 17 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 16.24 18 High Road 17.30 19 Skil-Shimano 35.13 20 Team Milram 36.03 General classification after stage 4 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 17.10.12 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.32 3 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.35 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 0.42 5 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 1.06 6 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.06 7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.11 8 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 2.30 9 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3.25 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3.27 11 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 3.32 12 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 4.07 13 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.48 14 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.02 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 6.11 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6.40 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 8.12 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 8.18 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 8.57 20 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9.08 21 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9.27 22 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 9.29 23 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.54 24 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 11.46 25 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 11.50 26 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 12.51 27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 13.45 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13.46 29 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 14.25 30 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 15.18 31 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18.34 32 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.59 33 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 20.01 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 21.14 35 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 21.23 36 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 21.43 37 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22.29 38 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 22.55 39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 23.16 40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.17 41 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23.57 42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.22 43 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 24.58 44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 25.04 45 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 25.41 46 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 26.15 47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 27.46 48 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27.56 49 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 28.13 50 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 28.16 51 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 28.20 52 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28.28 53 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 28.42 54 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.48 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 28.49 56 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 28.51 57 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 29.40 58 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 29.51 59 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 30.58 60 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.59 61 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.01 62 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 31.45 63 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 31.59 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 32.43 65 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 32.46 66 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33.25 67 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 33.35 68 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 34.04 70 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 34.22 71 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 34.30 72 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 34.38 73 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.11 74 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.29 75 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 36.31 76 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 36.34 77 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 36.45 78 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 36.49 79 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37.12 80 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 38.00 81 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 38.35 82 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38.38 83 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 39.04 84 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.05 85 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 39.18 86 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 40.02 87 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 40.05 88 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 40.06 89 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 40.18 90 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40.46 91 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.22 92 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 41.49 93 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 41.51 94 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 41.58 95 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 42.46 96 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 43.02 97 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 44.06 98 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 44.22 99 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 44.23 100 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.28 101 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 44.38 102 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 44.55 103 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 45.17 104 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 45.18 105 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 45.23 106 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 46.16 107 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 46.26 108 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 46.50 109 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 47.26 110 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 47.34 111 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 47.47 112 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 47.54 113 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 48.11 114 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48.22 115 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.12 116 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 49.17 117 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 49.21 118 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 49.25 119 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 49.29 120 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 49.46 121 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 50.20 122 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 50.22 123 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 50.26 124 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 50.52 125 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.01 126 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 52.31 127 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 128 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 52.39 129 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.40 130 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 53.09 131 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 53.16 132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 53.32 133 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 54.16 134 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 54.20 135 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 54.27 136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 56.31 137 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 57.23 138 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 58.55 139 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 59.45 140 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1.02.13 141 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 142 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 1.03.08 143 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.03.23 144 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04.22 145 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.07.21 146 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 147 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 1.07.44 148 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 1.09.41 149 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.10.02 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 69 pts 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 51 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 42 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 37 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 35 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 34 8 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 33 9 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32 10 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 31 11 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 31 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 30 13 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 28 14 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 28 15 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 27 16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 26 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 25 18 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 23 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 22 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 22 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 20 24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 20 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 26 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 20 27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 18 28 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18 30 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 17 31 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 17 32 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 16 33 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 34 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 35 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 15 36 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 14 38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 13 39 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 13 40 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12 41 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11 42 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 11 43 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 44 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 10 45 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 10 46 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 48 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 7 49 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6 50 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 51 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 5 52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4 54 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4 55 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 56 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 57 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 58 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 59 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2 60 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 2 61 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 1 Mountains classification 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 34 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 19 3 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 14 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 11 6 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 11 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 10 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 7 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 6 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 6 13 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 15 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 16 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 4 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 18 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 19 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 21 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 22 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 23 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 1 24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1 26 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 27 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 17.10.12 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.06 3 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3.25 4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 3.32 5 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.48 6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.02 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 6.11 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 8.57 9 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9.08 10 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9.27 11 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 11.50 12 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 12.51 13 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 20.01 14 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 22.55 15 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 29.40 16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 29.51 17 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 31.59 18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 32.46 19 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 33.35 20 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 34.04 21 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 34.30 22 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 36.49 23 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37.12 24 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 40.18 25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40.46 26 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 41.58 27 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.28 28 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 46.50 29 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 47.26 30 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 47.47 31 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 47.54 32 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 49.21 33 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 49.29 34 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 52.31 35 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 52.39 36 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.40 37 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 53.16 38 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 54.16 39 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.07.21 40 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 41 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 1.09.41 Teams classification 1 Quick Step 51.35.09 2 Silence-Lotto 7.44 3 Crédit Agricole 8.02 4 Cofidis 9.09 5 Rabobank 11.51 6 Liquigas 15.31 7 Agritubel 24.21 8 Lampre 24.56 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.19 10 Team CSC 28.56 11 Caisse d'Epargne 29.10 12 Bouygues Telecom 36.42 13 Ag2r-La Mondiale 37.25 14 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 45.10 15 Gerolsteiner 46.58 16 Saunier Duval-Scott 52.00 17 Française des Jeux 52.38 18 High Road 1.00.03 19 Skil-Shimano 1.17.30 20 Team Milram 1.28.27
