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11th Tour Down Under - ProT
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, January 18-25, 2009
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Stage 5 - January 24: Snapper Point - Willunga, 148 km
Davis, Davis, Davis!
Quick Step comes through for 'team' victory
By Les Clarke in Adelaide, Australia
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Some people say bad things come in threes, although Allan Davis (Quick Step) won't be one of those after taking his third Tour Down Under stage victory in today Willunga, following another dominant sprint showing in the finale.
Heading into the race's biggest day with a four-second advantage over Rabobank's Graeme Brown, Davis' Quick Step teammates controlled the head of the peloton at the right moments. Their efforts kept the punchy Australian sprinter fresh for his shot at glory in the McLaren Vale district.
He repaid their efforts with a well-timed, powerful kick that kept José Rojas Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) and Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) and Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) behind him on the line.
"The tactics were perfect," said Davis, still puffing from the effort of fending off his fellow sprinters. As he has done all week, he praised the toil of those around him. "My team was absolutely unbelievable and the only time I hit the wind was with 100 metres to go.
"I said it yesterday, and it wasn't any secret; I said there would be attacks, and there was. I just had to stay there with my team, and did exactly what I said; stay in numbers, we'll go up in progressive numbers, and try and keep them in sight up the top. That's exactly how it panned out – mate, without the team I wouldn't be in this jersey.
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"I couldn't have ridden it any better – I'd like to thank all my teammates, all the sponsors, the crowd that cheered me on and all the Aussies... thank you very much Quick Step.
With the leader's ochre jersey resting on his shoulders for another stage – the final day's closed circuit race in Adelaide – Davis could finally relax and consider himself the effective winner of the Tour Down Under. Not that he was saying as much, however. "It's not over until you cross the finish line on the last day. In cycling, anything can happen – I'm just happy to come away with another stage victory," said Davis.
"We go into tonight with a pretty good buffer over the rest of the field but we didn't come here expecting that. We've worked hard and we deserve it. It's just nice to have a little buffer, which is a little different to last year when we were a second or two behind heading into the last stage."
Despite many predictions pointing to a possible victory for Team Columbia's Michael Rogers, Davis' most realistic threat came from Saxo Bank's Stuart O'Grady, who has found some strong early-season form during this race. He trailed the race lead by only 15 seconds going into the stage, and was a serious chance of snatching the leader's jersey from Davis.
It wasn't to be, however, and O'Grady could only manage fourth on the stage, thanks to some misfortune during the hectic finale. It came after a crash put him on the deck after 73km. "The first time [over Willunga] I just stuck to my game plan, and the second time we just gave it absolutely everything and I managed to stay in the front," said O'Grady. "I'm a bit disappointed with the sprint finish; I had a good run at him but just got put in the barriers. That was that."
As far the crash, O'Grady said: "Guys were getting a bit nervous and desperate – after a week's racing there's a bit of fatigue in the bunch and a few guys touched wheels in front of us... over the handlebars I went."
The end result is that O'Grady should finish in second place overall barring incident in tomorrow's final stage, which he said exceeds expectations. "I'll be more than happy to come away from here with a second spot; it's just a matter of defending that. I think that coming away from this race with a podium should make us rapt. I had seriously only been on the bike four weeks before this race, and I'm really rapt with the level I've got to in those four weeks.
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"These guys have come over from 'nice' cold Europe and been racing their arse off in 30-degree heat. As the first race for Team Saxo Bank [in 2009] we've got to be happy. This time last year I was really struggling to get into the top 10 and I wasn't really up there at all. This year, with probably the best peloton we've had by a mile, to be right up there amongst the mix is great.
"Now we head to California for our training camp that makes this race look almost easy. Then we hit the Classics, which I'm really looking forward to."
Nobody could deny Davis his crowning moment, and after several years of returns to competition, doubts and hesitations, today's win confirmed he is still one of the nation's best riders. "I can't believe it – this is the best feeling I've had in my cycling career," he said.
How it unfolded
Snapper Point turned on a sparkling morning for the start of what promised to be the Tour Down Under's most pivotal stage. UniSA-Australia's Jack Bobridge told Cyclingnews before the off that, "I'd love to get myself in a move today. I haven't been in the early break this week – I've tried plenty of days but unfortunately I've missed it. A few of the other boys have got in there for us. I'd love to make it this morning, and like you said, it's whether I can pick the right one."
He picked the right one today however, and after three attempts made it into the early break on the fourth go with seven other riders, including teammate Travis Meyer, Anders Lund (Saxo Bank) and Sergey Klimov (Katusha) and Matthieu Sprick (Bbox Bouygues Telecom).
This break acted as the rabbit in today's stage, and it was the greyhounds of Quick Step who kept the peloton honest in its chase, driving the bunch to a 48-49km/h speed in the first hour. As Meyer took maximum points from both intermediate sprints, Bobridge was on his way to being the race's most aggressive rider and it was obvious he was relishing riding in front of home fans.
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His comments before the stage indicated he was skeptical of a break's ability to stay away on this stage, but the young South Australian gave it a nudge, cresting Old Willunga Hill in the lead, with Klimov on his tail, the pair having moved ahead when their fellow escapees found the climb a little too tough.
And as the rest of the field made its way over the KOM, it was obvious that the speed has splintered the bunch severely. Davis and Quick Step had managed to keep its chances alive by staying in the biggest bunch that included GC rival Stuart O'Grady. Behind them, however, Graeme Brown had fallen off the pace somewhat, as Mat Hayman explained after the finish.
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"We were off the back at the end of the first time up Willunga, and I figured if I couldn't stay with the group I'd try something else," said Hayman. The second over the climb it was every rider for themselves, as attacks came thick and fast, including one featuring the Australian domestique.
"We seemed to have a minute coming through the start-finish, but you burn up a lot of bikkies into that block headwind heading up the straight," added Hayman. "It didn't take long before they got us on the climb.
Another rider to attack was Matt Lloyd, who joined David Moncoutié for the repeat run over Willunga, and it was a certain Lance Armstrong who took up the pursuit of this Franco-Anglo duo. While Lloyd's an extremely talented climber, his days off the front of the race were numbered.
During the run over the top of the ridge and into the fast descent, the race came closer together to form a bunch of 50 riders. The inevitable bunch kick loomed, and the massive crowds that had gathered along most of today's course would be treated to another display of sprinting prowess from some of Australia's best fast men.
Davis knows that the 'Lance factor' was a big motivator for the public interest, and thanked all those concerned for a great event. "Robbie McEwen said to me during the second lap, before we even got close to the finish – 'this is absolutely unbelievable'," said Davis.
"That's exactly what it is. This race is unbelievable for cycling in Australia. Thanks Mike Turtur, the South Australian and Federal Governments, this race is exactly what cycling in Australia needs. To have Lance here has made this a worldwide event, and everyone's looking at it, so well done."
Photography
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Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- The sign on at Snapper Point.
- That's a bunch of helmets.
- Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) gets some advise from Neil Stevens before the race start.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) checks his radio before the start.
- Stage five was one of the more scenic stages of the Tour Down Under.
- The break make their way through Maclaren Vale.
- Quick Step were quick to get to the front when the break formed.
- The break head out from Aldinga Beach.
- Quick Step were quick out front with the sea behind.
- The pace was on today.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) stayed close to his team mates on the flatter parts.
- The peloton head up a small climb.
- The race was in wine country for stage five.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) during the stage.
- George Hincapie (Columbia) makes a quick wheel change.
- Sergey Klimov (Katusha) leads Jack Bobridge (Uni-SA) up the climb.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) on Willunga Hill for the first time.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) on the climb.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) with his team mates on the climb.
- Martin Elmiger (AG2R) is in fourth place after todays stage.
- Riders make their way up the climb.
- Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) on the attack the second time round.
- Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) with David Moncoutié (Cofidis) together and in front.
- Quick Step were quick were still out the front working for Davis.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) takes another great win, and virtually secures the overall win.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) takes in the applause from the crowd.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) gives two thumbs up.
- José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) retains the Young Rider jersey.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step) in the sprinters jersey.
- Andoni Lafuente (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the KOM jersey.
- Allan Davis (Quick Step), stoked with where he is at the moment.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Stage winner Allan Davis salutes the crowd in Willunga.
- Another great day for Jack Bobridge.
- Wesley Sulzberger and Matt Lloyd commented on their combined attack after the finish in Willunga.
- Jussi Veikkanen talks to reporters about the weather in Finland.
- Mikael Chérel was accredited for top 10
- Rein Taraamae relaxes before the start.
Results
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3.28.33 2 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 5 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 9 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 10 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 11 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 15 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 17 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 19 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 21 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 22 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 24 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 26 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 29 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 30 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 31 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 32 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 34 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 35 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 36 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 37 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 38 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 39 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 0.35 40 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.39 41 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.46 42 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 1.06 43 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1.21 44 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 1.54 45 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 46 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 47 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 48 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 49 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 50 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 51 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 53 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 54 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 55 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 57 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 59 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 61 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 63 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 64 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.02 65 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 2.18 66 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 3.18 67 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 68 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 3.42 69 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 7.00 70 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 71 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 72 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 10.11 73 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 11.44 74 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 75 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 76 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 77 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 78 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto 79 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 80 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 82 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 83 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 84 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 86 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 87 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 88 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 13.10 89 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 90 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 91 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 92 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 93 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 94 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 95 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 96 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 97 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 98 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 99 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 100 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 101 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 102 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 103 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 104 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 105 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis 106 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 108 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 109 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 110 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 112 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 113 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 114 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 115 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 117 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 118 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 120 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 121 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 122 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C Mountains 1 1 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 16 pts 2 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 12 3 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 8 4 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 5 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 2 1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 pts 2 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12 3 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 8 4 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 4 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 6 pts 2 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 2 Sprint 2 1 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 6 pts 2 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 2 Finish 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 8 pts 2 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4 Teams 1 Française des Jeux 10.25.39 2 AG2R La Mondiale 3 Caisse d'Epargne 4 Silence - Lotto 5 Garmin - Slipstream 6 Astana 7 Team Columbia - High Road 0.35 8 Team Saxo Bank 0.46 9 Uni SA 1.06 10 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.54 11 Cofidis 12 Liquigas 13 Quick Step 2.00 14 Rabobank 5.42 15 Team Milram 8.54 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.04 17 Team Katusha 15.40 18 Fuji - Servetto 21.55 19 Lampre - N.G.C 23.28 General Classification after Stage 5 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 17.44.59 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.25 3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 0.38 6 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA 0.39 7 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.40 8 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 9 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 11 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.44 14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 17 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.47 18 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49 19 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 20 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 22 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 23 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 24 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 25 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 26 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 28 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 29 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 30 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.41 31 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 2.08 32 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.29 33 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.34 34 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.38 35 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 36 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.39 37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.43 38 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 39 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 2.46 40 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 3.18 41 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 3.23 42 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.29 43 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 3.30 44 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 45 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 4.15 46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 5.35 47 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7.49 48 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 11.34 49 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.11 50 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 15.14 51 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19.50 52 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 20.55 53 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 22.38 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 55 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 23.21 56 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 24.00 57 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 58 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 24.23 59 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.27 60 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 24.31 61 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.32 62 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 24.33 63 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 24.44 64 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 24.51 65 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 25.05 66 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 25.13 67 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 25.19 68 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 26.09 69 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 27.00 70 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 27.25 71 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 28.14 72 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 29.27 73 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C 29.32 74 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 29.57 75 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 30.05 76 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 30.25 77 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 31.13 78 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 31.15 79 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 32.49 80 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 34.35 81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 35.33 82 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 36.00 83 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis 36.35 84 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 85 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 37.10 87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 37.33 88 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 37.36 89 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 38.11 90 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 38.28 91 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 39.02 92 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 39.17 93 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 94 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 40.15 95 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 40.41 96 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 41.18 97 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 41.21 98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 42.32 99 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 43.05 100 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 43.22 101 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 43.36 102 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 43.43 103 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 43.58 104 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 44.25 105 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44.31 106 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto 46.37 107 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 48.03 108 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA 48.04 109 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 50.13 110 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 53.39 111 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 112 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 54.33 113 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 55.01 114 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 55.59 115 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 58.51 116 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 59.20 117 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.01.26 118 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.02.12 119 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 1.02.22 120 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 121 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 122 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 1.23.14 Mountains classification 1 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 pts 2 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 3 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24 4 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 22 5 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 20 6 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 20 7 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 16 9 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 16 10 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 11 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 12 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 12 13 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 12 14 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 12 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 8 16 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 8 17 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 8 18 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 8 19 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 6 21 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6 22 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 4 24 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 4 25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 26 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 27 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 28 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road 4 Young rider classification 1 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.45.29 2 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.10 3 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 0.19 5 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA 6 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7.19 7 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 11.04 8 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 20.25 9 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 22.08 10 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.02 11 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 24.14 12 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA 24.21 13 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 24.49 14 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 26.55 15 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 27.44 16 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 30.43 17 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA 30.45 18 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 35.30 19 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 38.47 20 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 39.45 21 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 40.11 22 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 40.51 23 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas 42.52 24 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 43.28 25 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 54.03 26 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 58.21 27 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.01.42 28 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.01.52 Teams classification 1 Française des Jeux 53.16.57 2 Caisse d'Epargne 0.08 3 AG2R La Mondiale 0.11 4 Garmin - Slipstream 0.18 5 Team Columbia - High Road 0.35 6 Team Saxo Bank 1.02 7 Astana 1.14 8 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 2.36 9 Quick Step 3.53 10 Silence - Lotto 10.23 11 Rabobank 12.55 12 Uni SA 23.41 13 Liquigas 28.56 14 Team Milram 31.17 15 Lampre - N.G.C 39.01 16 Fuji - Servetto 44.11 17 Cofidis 46.23 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 59.51 19 Team Katusha 1.25.25
