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66th Paris-Nice - HC
France, March 9-16, 2008
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Stage 6 - March 15: Sisteron - Cannes, 206km
Chavanel gets his revenge
Rebellin takes over from Gesink thanks to downhill
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By Jean-François Quénet in Cannes
"What goes up must come down" was the phrase of the day after all the good work done by Robert Gesink up the Mont Ventoux on Thursday was ruined on the descent from the col de Tanneron. An acceleration at the top of the final climb dropped the young Dutch yellow jersey, and on the treacherous descent the Rabobank rider lost contact with Italians Davide Rebellin and Rinaldo Nocentini, who pulled themselves into first and second overall.
The Ventoux and the Tanneron have also given Sylvain Chavanel completely opposite feelings: the Frenchman lost the yellow jersey and any chance to win Paris-Nice on Thursday, but got his revenge in Cannes with a spectacular stage win. Known for his tactical mistakes, the Cofidis rider finally rode smart. He surprised his breakaway companions in the final kilometer of the stage, taking the second win of his ninth pro season up the Mediterranean coast from his win on stage five of the Tour Med.
"I've been turning around the win in this same particular stage of Paris-Nice for the past three or four years," Chavanel commented after the finish. "I was really motivated and my team-mates did a good job. I attacked at the beginning of the downhill and Cunego did the biggest part of the work. At the 1km mark, I decided not to take any more turns. Rebellin let a gap open, I went to catch Sanchez and I counter-attacked."
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The yellow jersey could get no help chasing the leaders, and wound up in a second group behind 13 riders, including Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto) and green jersey Thor Hushovd. In the end, he lost 1'27" to Rebellin, and lost all hope of regaining the yellow jersey all because of a poor descent. "It went very fast uphill," Gesink explained. "Right at the top of the Tanneron, Rebellin went so fast that I couldn't stay on his wheel. The few meters I lost there made the downhill terrible. I didn't know what was going on. I was [terrified]. When I saw Fränk Schleck crashing in front of me, I was even more afraid and I could see the gap between Thor Hushovd's group and myself going bigger and bigger."
The young Dutchman looked devastated in Cannes. "I'm very disappointed to lose Paris-Nice downhill," he concluded. "I don't know how much I can do in the final stage but my chances are very small now."
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Rebellin enjoyed taking the yellow jersey over from Gesink just one year after losing it to Alberto Contador on the final day of Paris-Nice. He didn't have a very strong team at his service in 2007, but Bernhard Kohl was a fantastic helper to him in the finale despite being in a breakaway for 170 kilometers before that. Like Gerolsteiner last year, Rabobank couldn't back its leader through to the end. Gesink, who couldn't hold the pace of the Italians on the downhill, was isolated at the bottom of the Tanneron with only Clément Lhôtellerie to try and bring him back.
The Frenchman who rides for the other Dutch registered team, Skil-Shimano, was initially a member of the early breakaway and he decided to wait for the bunch after scoring points for the King of the Mountains prize. "This was the best thing to do for trying to keep his position in the top 10," Skil-Shimano's directeur sportif Rudi Kemna explained. Lhôtellerie is now 11th and Gesink out of the top three.
The last stage will be a duel between Rebellin and Nocentini. It recalls last year's battle between Rebellin and Contador. The Ag2r rider is twice as close to the yellow jersey as Contador was, lagging by only three seconds. Once again, the suspense should last till the very end.
How it unfolded
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Simon Gerrans who came in sixth the day before in Sisteron was a non-starter due to a sore throat. A first attack by Yoann Le Boulanger (Française des Jeux) and Christophe Edaleine (Ag2r) after 10 kilometers didn't meet any particular success, but the next one was going to go far with eight riders who broke clear 13.5km away from the starting point: Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano), Chris Sorensen and Bobby Julich (CSC), Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Mathieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Gert Steegmans (Quick Step), Kevin Ista (Agritubel) and Aleksandr Kuchinsky (Liquigas).
Sandy Casar accelerated after 20km of racing but never managed to reach the front group. The wearer of the polka dot jersey Lhôtellerie passed in first position at the col de Lecques at km 73 where the bunch led by Rabobank was situated 5'10" behind the breakaway. The Frenchman was also first up the col de Luens and the côte de du Mousteiret at km 96. After scoring enough points to secure his lead in the King of the Mountains competition, he returned to the bunch.
The seven leaders reached a maximum lead of 5'25" at the col d'Espargon (km 117). At that point, the teams Lampre and Caisse d'Epargne took care of the chase and the gap went down slowly. The two Belgian riders Steegmans and Ista disappeared from the breakaway group on the col de Bourigaille. In the downhill, race leader Robert Gesink had a flat tyre. Three of his team-mates waited for him and brought him back while Luis Leon Sanchez told everybody to stop pacing hard until the yellow jersey got back on.
Before the col de Tanneron, whose summit was just 20km away from the finish in Cannes, Quick Step and Ag2r also rode behind the five men who started climbing with 1'55" advantage. At the top of the 5.8km climb, the two remaining leaders Julich and Sprick were just 40 seconds ahead. Sprick crashed on a curve, leaving the American alone away.
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A chasing group was formed at the initiative of Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), with Damiano Cunego (Lampre) doing most of the work on the tricky descent. At the bottom, Julich was caught and a new seven-man front group was formed, once again with Kohl but also Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) and Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne).
Gesink was the main victim of the fast downhill, but he also didn't have any team-mates on his side in the third group, Lhôtellerie being his only helper as he also wanted to maintain his position in the top 10 on GC.
While the new contenders for the yellow jersey, Rebellin and Nocentini, marked each other in the final kilometer, Chavanel stunned everybody at the 500 meters to go mark. He went for the stage win and Rebellin became the new race leader, three seconds ahead of Nocentini.
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- Robert Gesink's Rabobank team was nowhere to be found when he was dropped on the descent from the Tanneron.
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- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) used his experience on the descent into Cannes to take over the yellow jersey.
- Sanchez makes his move while Rebellin watches for a reaction from his GC rival, Nocentini.
- Chavanel attacks! And Sanchez, coming off his own move, cannot follow.
- Yellow jersey Robert Gesink came in 1'29 down on stage winner Sylvain Chavanel after having to do all the chasing himself.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) took the win with a well-timed attack in the final kilometre.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) has had a fantastic Paris-Nice, having worn yellow and now with a stage win.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) takes over the yellow jersey, but leads by only three seconds with one stage to go.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) celebrates his victory due to his timely attack along the Méditerranéen sea.
- The new yellow man, Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) on the podium.
- Simon Spilak (Lampre) gets a little last-minute adjustment on his bicycle.
- The break that ran away with the yellow jersey contained the Gerolsteiner riders Rebellin (front) and Kohl (l), as well as Cunego (r) and eventual stage winner Chavanel (red jersey on the left).
- Rebellin and Kohl carried out the Gerolsteiner plan to perfection and were rewarded with the yellow jersey.
- Kevin Ista (Agritubel) was in the original eight-man break before having to surrender the enormous pace at the last couple of hills.
- Ista had a crash earlier in the race and shows his souvenirs still.
- Ista is taking a drink to stay hydrated, which was vitally important on a hilly day.
- Bobby Julich had a great race and finished third on the day, being in the break all day long.
- Ista's grimace got bigger as the race went on.
Results
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 5.00.25 (41.14 km/h) 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.02 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.06 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.44 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 13 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 15 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 1.29 21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 24 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 26 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 28 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 30 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 32 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 34 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 35 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 36 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 2.01 38 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 39 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 41 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 5.07 42 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 43 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 44 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 46 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 47 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 49 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 50 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 51 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 53 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 54 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 57 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 59 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 61 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 62 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 63 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 64 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 66 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 69 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 71 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 72 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 73 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 74 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.28 75 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 76 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 10.43 77 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 78 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 79 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 81 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 82 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 83 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 84 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 85 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 87 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 88 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 89 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15.26 90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19.18 91 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 92 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 93 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 94 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 95 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 96 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 97 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 98 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 99 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 100 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 101 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 102 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 105 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 107 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 108 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 109 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 110 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 111 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 112 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 113 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 114 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 115 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 116 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 118 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 119 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 120 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.47 121 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 122 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 22.36 DNF Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 DNF Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel DNF Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step DNF Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank DNF Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott DNF Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC DNS Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole DNS Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram Sprints La Garde - 87.0 Km 1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 pts 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Montauroux - 171.0 Km 1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1 Cannes - 206.0 Km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 25 pts 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 18 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 15 7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 14 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 13 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 10 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 11 11 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 9 13 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 7 15 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6 16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 3 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2 20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 1 Mountains Col des Leques - 73.0 Km 1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 3 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3 4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Col de Luens - 90.5 Km 1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 pts 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1 Côte du Mousteiret - 96.0 Km 1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 4 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1 Côte du Clos d'Espargon - 117.5 Km 1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 Col de Saint-Arnoux - 134.5 Km 1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Col de Bourigaille - 154.0 Km 1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 4 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Col du Tanneron - 186.0 Km 1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 4 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 5 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1 Young rider 1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.00.27 2 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.42 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 4 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.27 5 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 6 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 9 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 10 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 1.59 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 5.05 12 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 13 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 14 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 16 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 10.41 17 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15.24 19 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 19.16 20 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 22 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 26 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 27 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 28 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 29 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 30 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.45 Team 1 Caisse d'Epargne 15.02.45 2 Cofidis 1.15 3 Quick Step 1.27 4 Crédit Agricole 5 Lampre 1.30 6 Team CSC 2.02 7 Saunier Duval-Scott 2.12 8 Gerolsteiner 4.27 9 Ag2r-La Mondiale 5.12 10 Liquigas 5.50 11 Silence-Lotto 12 Bouygues Telecom 6.22 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.28 14 Française des Jeux 10.13 15 Rabobank 16 Agritubel 10.45 17 Skil-Shimano 15.49 18 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 19.27 19 High Road 28.02 20 Team Milram 42.13 General classification after stage 6 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26.11.31 2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 0.03 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 0.48 4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 5 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 1.12 6 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.24 7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.17 8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2.33 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2.39 10 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 3.21 11 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 4.13 12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 4.23 13 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.42 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 5.35 15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7.22 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 7.31 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 7.42 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.00 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13.08 20 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 13.13 21 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 13.56 22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 14.36 23 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16.09 24 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.05 25 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 20.37 26 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 23.26 27 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23.52 28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 25.39 29 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 25.55 30 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 27.12 31 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 27.24 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 27.33 33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27.46 34 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.02 35 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 28.36 36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.51 37 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 29.27 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 29.43 39 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.54 40 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 30.44 41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 32.49 42 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 33.11 43 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 33.17 44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 33.18 45 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 33.34 46 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 34.20 47 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34.26 48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 34.44 49 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 35.27 50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.28 51 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 36.13 52 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 36.51 53 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 37.13 54 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 37.20 55 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 37.25 56 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 37.38 57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.04 58 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 38.17 59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 38.25 60 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38.43 61 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 40.53 62 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 41.48 63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 41.50 64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 43.34 65 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 46.45 66 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 47.31 67 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 48.40 68 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 48.51 69 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 48.52 70 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.41 71 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 50.09 72 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 50.39 73 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 51.53 74 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 51.54 75 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 53.02 76 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 53.16 77 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 53.22 78 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 53.51 79 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 53.54 80 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54.08 81 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 55.16 82 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 55.52 83 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 56.21 84 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 57.00 85 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58.11 86 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 58.18 87 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 58.46 88 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 59.22 89 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 59.26 90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.00.27 91 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.26 92 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.03.24 93 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.34 94 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road 1.03.57 95 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 1.05.10 96 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 1.08.28 97 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.08.50 98 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 1.09.00 99 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.09.04 100 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.09.06 101 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 1.10.20 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.10.46 103 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.14.27 104 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.14.33 105 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.14.36 106 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.15.25 107 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.16.47 108 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1.17.09 109 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 1.18.17 110 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.19.19 111 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.20.33 112 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.46 113 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.23.16 114 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.25.11 115 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.26.07 116 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.27.16 117 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1.29.34 118 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 1.29.57 119 André Greipel (Ger) High Road 1.34.10 120 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.36.42 121 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1.40.46 122 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.42.36 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 89 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 64 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 59 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 55 5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 51 6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 50 7 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48 8 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 9 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 43 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 42 11 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 41 12 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step 40 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 38 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 37 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 36 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 35 18 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 34 19 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 33 20 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 32 21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 29 22 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 26 23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 26 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 25 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 26 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 22 28 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 29 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 21 30 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 20 31 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 32 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 18 34 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18 36 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 17 37 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 17 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 17 39 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 15 40 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 12 41 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12 42 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11 43 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 11 44 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road 11 45 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 10 46 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale 8 48 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 7 49 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6 50 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 51 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 6 52 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 5 53 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4 56 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 3 58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 59 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 60 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 61 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 2 62 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 63 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 2 64 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 1 65 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 1 66 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne -5 67 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre -5 Mountains classification 1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 59 pts 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 24 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20 4 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 19 5 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 6 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15 7 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 14 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 11 10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 8 14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 7 15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto 6 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 6 17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 4 19 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 4 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 23 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 24 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 26 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 2 28 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 30 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2 31 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 32 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 1 33 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1 36 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 37 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1 38 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 39 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1 40 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1 41 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Young rider classification 1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 26.12.22 2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.33 3 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3.22 4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 3.32 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.51 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 4.44 7 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis 12.22 8 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 13.05 9 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 26.33 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.03 11 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 33.29 12 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 35.22 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 36.29 14 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 37.26 15 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 37.34 16 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road 49.48 17 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 51.02 18 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 52.31 19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 54.25 20 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 55.01 21 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 58.35 22 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.02.33 23 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.02.43 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.07.59 25 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.13.36 26 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 1.14.34 27 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.18.28 28 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.21.55 29 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1.28.43 30 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.41.45 Teams classification 1 Quick Step 78.37.54 2 Crédit Agricole 6.42 3 Cofidis 10.30 4 Silence-Lotto 14.22 5 Liquigas 21.27 6 Rabobank 26.25 7 Lampre 27.14 8 Caisse d'Epargne 29.16 9 Team CSC 29.35 10 Agritubel 33.01 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.35 12 Ag2r-La Mondiale 42.52 13 Bouygues Telecom 43.52 14 Saunier Duval-Scott 52.07 15 Gerolsteiner 52.13 16 Française des Jeux 1.03.39 17 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.08.58 18 High Road 1.28.53 19 Skil-Shimano 1.55.21 20 Team Milram 2.16.14
