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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

Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) during his winning ride of the opening Paris-Nice day.
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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.

Bradley McGee (Team CSC) took fourth for the day
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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."

Hushovd, 30, in the first leader's jersey of the 2008 tour.
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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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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

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