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66th Paris-Nice - HC
France, March 9-16, 2008
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Stage 5 - March 14: Althen-des-Paluds - Sisteron, 172.5km
Carlos Barredo scores a stage win
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By Jean-François Quénet in Sisteron
Following the two initial stage wins by Gert Steegmans, Carlos Barredo has added one more to Quick Step's tally in Sisteron. It's a well deserved win since the Spaniard was the most active rider in the 17-man breakaway that contested the stage. He did most of the work and attacked three times before coming to the line alone. He also moved into the top ten overall between his team-mates Juan Manuel Garate and Alexander Efimkin.
This situation might give the Belgian team some ideas for the last two stages because there are more hills to come and the Rabobank team is suffering to protect its race leader, Robert Gesink. Super domestique Mathew Hayman was forced to pull out because of muscular problems following a crash earlier in the week, and after the first climb, Gesink was left with only four team-mates only who rode to their limits to keep the breakaway in check.
"My first day in yellow was a nice one," the young Dutchman explained. "But it hurt a lot! The pace was high all the time. We didn't expect it would be so high. This group away wasn't the ideal scenario for us. I've been worried but luckily it went well at the end."
The breakaway lost a few big names on its way. The main one was Cadel Evans who hadn't had enough with a prestigious win up the Mont Ventoux. As there was no serenity in the lead group but a lot of attacks, the Australian lost contact with a few others who weren't actually desired up there because their presence in the front gave birth to a harder chase. "It was stupid because the final climb gave an opportunity to do something again," Evans complained. He was obviously not happy with himself, although he showed once again that he's got great condition for the time being.
On the finishing line in Sisteron, Rabobank reduced the gap to 2'15" and there weren't many changes on GC, Barredo's move being the main one. "Initially I wasn't happy to hear that Rabobank was working so hard," the Spaniard commented. "I've worked a lot for both a stage win and the GC. When I saw that the gap would be around two minutes at the end, I decided to play the win before anything else. I was probably the strongest of the break. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next couple of days."
How it unfolded
The previous stages' crashes and bad weather hit the peloton with a big batch of abandons on stage five. David Millar (Slipstream), William Bonnet (Crédit Agricole) and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) did not start. Bradley McGee (CSC) abandoned after 15 kilometers. He was followed by 13 colleagues, among which Mathew Haymand (Rabobank), Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux), Mario Aerts and Johan Vansummeren (Silence-Lotto), Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) and former white jersey Andriy Grivko (Milram).
Skil-Shimano made sure nobody would escape before the first climb of the day, the col de Mûrs (km 30.5) where polka dot jersey Clément Lhôtellerie crossed the line first and secured crucial points for the mountains competition. Right after that climb, four French riders broke clear: Christophe Moreau (Agritubel), Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Rémi Pauriol (Crédit Agricole) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) who lost contact and was replaced by his team-mate Philippe Gilbert who had jumped away from the bunch.
Gilbert won the hot spot sprint at Saint-Saturnin-les-Apt (km 54) and a group of 21 riders including the Mont Ventoux stage winner Cadel Evans bridged the gap. Rabobank chased straight away and asked Juan Antonio Flecha to drop out from the breakaway and help in front of the bunch. Evans, Gilbert and Pineau eventually did the same and went back to the main pack.
17 riders stayed away: David Arroyo and Mathieu Perget (Caisse d'Epargne), Karsten Kroon (CSC), Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas), Alexandre Botcharov, Simon Gerrans and Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole), Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux), Manuele Mori and Aurélien Passeron (Saunier Duval), Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r), Carlos Barredo (Quick Step), Christophe Moreau, Eduardo Gonzalo and Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel).
Among them, Barredo was the highest ranked rider on GC, just 4'03 behind Robert Gesink, which didn't give Rabobank much of a rest. The Dutch team kept the gap under 3 minutes while Clement crashed in the front group and pulled out.
Barredo attacked before the final climb, the côte des Marquises whose summit was at km 160. He was joined by Moreau, Mori, Rolland and Kroon. Barredo attacked twice more to break clear by himself with 10 kilometers to go. He kept four seconds lead on the line but didn't threat Gesink's yellow jersey.
Photography
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- The break of the day with Barredo (c) and Moreau on the right.
- Rabobank had to work a bit but Gesink and his overall lead was never really in danger.
- Christophe Moreau looked strong but had no answer to the timely attack of Barredo.
- Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) punches the air as he wins the stage after a brilliant solo attack from the five-man break.
- Barredo brings in the third win for Quick Step during the 2008 Paris-Nice
- The Spaniard attacked hard and left the other four in his wake, winning with a few seconds to spare.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) talks about his ambitions for the Tour.
Images by Florian and Susanne Schaaf/cyclingpictures.de
- The break of the day contained 17 riders until Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) fell back. He would eventually abandon the race.
- Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) prominently showing his French Champ jersey.
- Eventual winner Carlos Barredo shadows David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Rabobank had their work cut out for the day, trying to let the group not get away too far.
- Barredo attacked twice with the second being 'la bonne' – the good attack that stuck.
- Gesink is relieved to have survived the day without crashing or any other untimely misfortunes.
Results
1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 3.58.01 (43.48 km/h) 2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.04 3 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.33 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 10 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 12 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 13 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.42 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.15 15 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 21 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 23 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 24 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 27 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 28 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 30 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 31 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 32 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 33 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 36 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 37 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 39 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 40 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 43 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 44 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 45 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 46 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 47 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 49 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 51 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 52 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 55 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 56 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 57 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 58 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 60 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 61 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 62 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 63 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 65 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 66 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 67 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 69 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 70 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 71 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 72 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 73 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 75 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 76 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 77 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 78 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 82 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.28 83 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 4.46 84 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 5.48 85 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 86 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 87 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 88 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 89 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 91 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 92 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 93 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 6.54 94 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 95 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7.13 96 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 97 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 8.21 99 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 101 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.53 103 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 11.06 104 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 106 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 107 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 11.58 108 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 109 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 110 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 111 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 13.12 112 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 114 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.50 115 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 117 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 118 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 119 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 120 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 121 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 122 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 123 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 125 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 126 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 128 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 129 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 130 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 131 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 132 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road DNS David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 DNS William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNS Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas DNF Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram DNF Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DNF Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis DNF Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom DNF Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC DNF Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre DNF Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner Points Saint-Saturnin-les-Apt - km 50.0 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 2 3 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Sisteron 1er passage - km 154.0 1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sisteron - km 172.5 1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 25 pts 2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 22 3 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 20 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 18 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 15 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 14 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13 9 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 12 10 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 11 11 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 12 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9 13 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 8 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7 15 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 6 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 17 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 4 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 3 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 20 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 1 Mountains Col de Murs - km 30.5 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 pts 2 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 3 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 4 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 5 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Col de Javon - km 64.0 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 4 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1 Côte de Sault - km 79.0 1 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 pts 2 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 Côte des Marquises - km 160.0 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2 3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Young rider 1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.58.05 2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.29 3 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 4 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.11 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 10 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 11 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 13 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 14 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 15 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 17 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 18 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 19 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 20 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.44 21 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 22 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 23 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6.50 24 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.17 25 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 11.02 26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11.54 27 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.08 28 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.46 29 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 30 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 31 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 32 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 33 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 34 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 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 5 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 21.10.28 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 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 1.42 7 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.06 8 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.11 9 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 2.30 10 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3.25 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3.27 12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 3.32 13 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.51 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 5.29 15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 5.59 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 6.40 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 8.18 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 8.26 19 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9.27 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.54 21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.14 22 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 11.50 23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 12.51 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13.02 25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 13.45 26 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 15.18 27 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 18.31 28 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 18.40 29 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 18.57 30 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.59 31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 20.26 32 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 20.31 33 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 20.41 34 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 21.10 35 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22.29 36 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 22.43 37 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 22.55 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.17 39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.22 40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 24.58 41 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 25.04 42 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 26.15 43 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27.56 44 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 28.16 45 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 28.20 46 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 28.42 47 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.48 48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 28.49 49 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 28.51 50 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 28.52 51 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 29.51 52 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 30.58 53 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.59 54 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.01 55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 31.45 56 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 31.59 57 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 32.43 58 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 32.44 59 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 33.09 60 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 33.13 61 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33.35 62 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 33.48 64 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 34.22 65 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 34.38 66 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.11 67 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.28 68 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 36.07 69 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 36.34 70 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 36.36 71 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 36.45 72 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37.12 73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37.19 74 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 37.37 75 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 38.35 76 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38.38 77 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.05 78 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 40.02 79 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 40.04 80 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 40.06 81 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40.46 82 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 41.49 83 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 42.16 84 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 44.11 85 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 44.22 86 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 44.23 87 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 45.17 88 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 46.16 89 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 48.11 90 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 48.28 91 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 48.46 92 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48.47 93 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 49.17 94 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 49.25 95 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 49.48 96 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 50.10 97 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 50.20 98 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 50.22 99 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 50.26 100 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 52.31 101 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 55.53 103 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 56.45 104 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56.50 105 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 57.02 106 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57.57 107 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 58.00 108 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 58.07 109 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 58.55 110 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 58.59 111 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 59.37 112 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 1.00.41 113 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.00.56 114 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.37 115 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.04.22 116 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.04.36 117 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 1.05.51 118 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.05.56 119 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.06.21 120 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.27 121 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.36 122 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.09.14 123 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.09.51 124 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.10.07 125 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.28 126 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1.10.54 127 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC 1.11.04 128 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 1.11.17 129 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 1.15.30 130 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1.18.48 131 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.23.56 132 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.26.37 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 76 pts 2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 59 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 51 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 42 7 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 41 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 37 9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 35 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 35 11 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 33 12 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 32 13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 32 14 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 31 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 30 16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 29 17 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 28 18 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 27 19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 27 20 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 26 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 25 22 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 23 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 23 25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 22 26 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 27 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 20 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 20 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 30 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 18 31 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18 33 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 17 34 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 17 35 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 15 37 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 15 38 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15 39 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 12 40 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 12 41 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 42 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11 43 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 11 44 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 45 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 10 46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 10 47 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 8 49 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 50 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 7 51 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6 52 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 6 53 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 5 54 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 55 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4 57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 3 58 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 59 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 60 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 61 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2 62 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 2 63 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 1 64 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 1 65 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne -5 Mountains classification 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 41 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 19 3 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 4 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 14 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 11 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 9 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 7 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 6 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 6 12 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 4 15 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 4 16 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 17 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 4 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 20 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 22 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 23 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 24 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2 25 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 27 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 28 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 29 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 30 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 1 31 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 33 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 34 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1 36 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 37 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 21.10.28 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 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.51 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 5.29 7 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 8.26 8 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9.27 9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.14 10 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 11.50 11 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 12.51 12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 18.40 13 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 22.55 14 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 29.51 15 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 31.59 16 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 33.13 17 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 33.48 18 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 36.07 19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 36.36 20 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37.12 21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 37.37 22 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40.46 23 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 48.46 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 50.10 25 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 52.31 26 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 56.45 27 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 58.55 28 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.37 29 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.04.22 30 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.05.56 31 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.09.14 32 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.09.51 33 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1.10.54 34 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.23.56 Teams classification 1 Quick Step 63.33.42 2 Crédit Agricole 6.42 3 Silence-Lotto 9.59 4 Cofidis 10.42 5 Liquigas 17.04 6 Rabobank 17.39 7 Agritubel 23.43 8 Lampre 27.11 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.34 10 Team CSC 29.00 11 Caisse d'Epargne 30.43 12 Bouygues Telecom 38.57 13 Ag2r-La Mondiale 39.07 14 Gerolsteiner 49.13 15 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 50.58 16 Saunier Duval-Scott 51.22 17 Française des Jeux 54.53 18 High Road 1.02.18 19 Team Milram 1.35.28 20 Skil-Shimano 1.40.59
