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11th Tour Down Under - ProT

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, January 18-25, 2009

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Stage 6 - January 25: Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km

Chicchi claims in messy finale

Davis' day in the glorious Adelaide sun

By Les Clarke in Adelaide, Australia

Italy's Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) wins stage six of the Tour Down Under
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Francesco Chicchi did an Italian Job on the Tour Down Under's final stage today, with victory after a fast 90 kilometres around Adelaide's North Terrace. In a confusing finale, Liquigas' designated sprinter profited from a coming together of Graeme Brown and Robbie McEwen in the last 20 metres, skirting between the two Australians to take the win.

The day belonged to Quick Step's Allan Davis however; the overall winner could celebrate his first victory in the race he has contested 11 times. It was reward for riding every edition of Australia's premier stage race, and confirmation that the time may have come for this talented rider who has shown from a young age that he's capable of big things.

This week the boy from Bundaberg has doubled his tally of Tour Down Under stage wins, having won his first only three years ago. With some sizzling form in bunch kicks, he has clearly earned the respect of his teammates, who have worked tirelessly for him since the beginning of the race. "To start the season on the right foot is unbelievable," said Davis. "I'd just like to thank the team – the result shows the respect they have for me.

"Without them there's no way I could have been here in this jersey today. The day to Victor Harbor had a lot of unfortunate accidents and there were crashes all day. I was involved in the first one with last year's winner André Greipel, who had a collision with the motorbike.

"After that I was way out the back of the race and they waited for me; we just kept going, and worked our back into the front of the peloton and we were lucky enough to pull off a second in the stage." It was at this point that Davis, and those watching him, started to believe he could seriously be in contention for the overall victory. The next two days' racing confirmed this.

Allan Davis (Quick Step) wins the overall title
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Another win in Angaston brought him even closer to the crown, while Quick Step's performance in delivering him to the right place for sprint in yesterday's Willunga stage displayed the mettle needed to take the year's first ProTour event.

All week Davis has paid tribute to his team's efforts, and today was no different. It also signifies the cementing of his place as one of Quick Step's trusted winners. "It just goes to show the professionalism of this outfit, and hopefully this is the start of a few big things coming. I wasn't going for the sprint victory today, I was concentrating on the overall win. That's how it worked out, so it all went to plan.

"My main objective for the start of the season is Milan-Sanremo – my training all winter's been based on hitting peak form in March. This is just the start of it.

I'll celebrate this win as a team. I was supposed to fly back this afternoon but I've changed it so I go back to my hometown of Bundaberg tomorrow. I can celebrate with the boys for the hard work they've put in during the week.

How it unfolded

Wesley Sulzberger (Française de Jeux) in the escape
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Taking a virtually unassailable 25-second lead into the final stage, Allan Davis was aiming to spend the final stage tucked safely into the womb of his team, which has successfully guarded him all week. While fans of Stuart O'Grady were hoping that their man would miraculously make up the deficit to Davis, it seemed that the status quo on general classification would be maintained.

That was the eventual result, although not before a large break took flight from the bunch early in the 18-lap event. The escape contained the likes of Luis León Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne), Bernhard Eisel (Team Columbia), Christian Knees (Milram) and the man who has been on the attack all week, Jack Bobridge. The UniSA-Australia rider has become the darling of his local fans, and proved again today that his style of racing is exciting and raw.

He said he has taken a lot from this edition of the Tour Down Under, including a lot of TV time, the respect of his colleagues and the chance at a professional contract in the future – all thanks to his willingness to do the hard yards off the front of the peloton. "That's the way I always race," he explained after the stage. "I've gotten myself out there and been noticed this week, along with the spills and everything else we've taken from the week… it's been fantastic."

Lance Armstrong (Astana)
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While the break was always doomed to fail thanks to Quick Step's control of the peloton, in the second last lap fans were treated to an attack from Lance Armstrong. He surged from the bunch up Montefiore Hill and joined the seven-rider group that countered when the original escape was reeled in.

It meant little in the final outcome, as Quick Step wound up the pace in the closing lap to keep its man near the front, not with the intention of delivering him for a fourth stage win, however. That was left up to Brown and McEwen, as each tried to salvage something from the week's racing.

Neither succeeded in their endeavours, as a clash in the final metres lead to Brown pulling his foot out of his pedal, and the movement caused McEwen to lose momentum in his final push for the line. Having followed Greg Henderson as he struck out early in the sprint, Chicchi snuck through to take the win and leave Australia with another victory in his bag.

McEwen and Brown were visibly irritated after the finish, not least of all by the fact that they let a win slip through their fingers after a week that has been mixed in fortunes for each. It was a dramatic conclusion to a race that has enjoyed plenty of action and attention and lived up to expectations of kicking off 2009 with a bang.

Photography

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Results

1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                       1.42.00
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha                              
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                   
4 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road             
5 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
6 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                     
7 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                           
8 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                                  
9 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                                
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                        
11 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                         
12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                          
13 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        
14 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                      
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                     
16 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
17 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
18 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                     
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                       
20 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                            
21 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto                        
22 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis                                 
23 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                             
24 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                                
25 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
26 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                            
27 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                           
28 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                           
29 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                   
30 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                 
31 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank              
32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                 
33 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                 
34 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
35 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road               
36 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux                   
37 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road              
38 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                 
39 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                            
40 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
41 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                                   
42 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                     
43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                              
44 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                         
45 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
46 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
48 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                      
49 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
50 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
51 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank                               
52 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        
53 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream                          
54 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                 
55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                            
56 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                           
57 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                           
58 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                           
59 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                   
60 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                   
61 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                               
62 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                      
63 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                       
64 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                    
65 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                         
66 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                 
67 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha                             
68 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step                             
69 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                          
70 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                              
71 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                 
72 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana                                 
73 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                          
74 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                              
75 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      
76 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                 
77 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                                     
78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                               
79 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     
80 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA                                      
81 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                    
82 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                  
83 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                         
84 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
85 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                  
86 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                        0.14
87 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                              
88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                              
89 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                             
90 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha                      
91 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                         
92 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     0.24
93 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                  
94 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                         
95 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                  
96 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
97 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                 
98 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            
99 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                            
100 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                 
101 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                           
102 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                     
103 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                               
104 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                    
105 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                                
106 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                                
107 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                 
108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C                       0.29
109 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                                   
110 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                               0.37
111 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               0.38
112 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road             0.57
113 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                        0.58
114 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        1.49
115 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                             1.50
116 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                   2.04
117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road              
118 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                       2.20
119 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                     3.15
120 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                         3.28
121 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                              
122 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi     6.28
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1
1 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux                   6 pts
2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 4
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                              2
 
Sprint 2
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                              6 pts
2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 4
3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             2
 
Final sprint
1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                             8 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha                             6
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                  4

Mountains

1
1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        16 pts
2 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                       12
3 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                       8
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             6
5 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              4

2
1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                             16 pts
2 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                  12
3 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                             8
4 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                             6
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road           4
 
Teams
 
1 Liquigas                                               5.06.00
2 Rabobank                                                      
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                              
4 Cofidis                                                       
5 Française des Jeux                                            
6 Team Saxo Bank                                                
7 Team Columbia - High Road                                     
8 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                         
9 Garmin - Slipstream                                           
10 Team Katusha                                                 
11 Team Milram                                                  
12 AG2R La Mondiale                                             
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
14 Uni SA                                                       
15 Silence - Lotto                                              
16 Fuji - Servetto                                              
17 Astana                                                       
18 Lampre - N.G.C                                           0.14
19 Quick Step                                                   
 
General classification
 
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                          19.26.59
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 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux                0.37
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road            0.38
7 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                                0.39
8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                   0.40
9 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                      
10 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                       
12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
13 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road              
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                     0.44
15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        
16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                          
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                          0.45
18 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         0.46
19 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                       0.49
20 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
21 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
22 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                           
23 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                     
24 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                       
25 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                      
26 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                           
27 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
28 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana                                 
29 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                 
30 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom             1.41
31 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                              2.04
32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                             2.34
33 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                        2.38
34 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                   
35 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                2.39
36 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank          2.43
37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     
38 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                            2.53
39 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                          3.00
40 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom             3.23
41 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  3.29
42 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                          3.32
43 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                 3.54
44 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                  
45 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road              5.12
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                        15.00
50 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                         18.42
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                 23.45
56 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom             24.00
57 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                            24.23
58 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                    24.24
59 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            24.27
60 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  24.32
61 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                     24.33
62 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale               24.44
63 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                      25.05
64 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                               25.08
65 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                               25.20
66 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                            25.43
67 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                             26.09
68 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                        26.11
69 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                       27.24
70 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                       27.39
71 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                    29.27
72 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road       29.57
73 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C                       30.01
74 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                   30.18
75 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                         30.25
76 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                             30.29
77 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                                31.15
78 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                            31.37
79 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha                        34.29
80 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                       35.09
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       36.59
86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                          37.33
87 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step                        37.36
88 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank                          38.11
89 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom             38.52
90 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha                 39.16
91 Timmy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                    39.17
92 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                       40.15
93 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                          40.38
94 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                       41.05
95 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                             41.07
96 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                          41.18
97 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                            41.45
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                              42.32
99 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                          43.22
100 Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C              43.36
101 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road           43.43
102 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                   44.12
103 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                   44.49
104 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                    46.20
105 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence - Lotto                  46.37
106 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                   48.03
107 Scott Davis (Aus) UniSA                                48.04
108 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                50.13
109 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi    50.59
110 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                       53.29
111 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream                    53.39
112 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                    54.33
113 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha                       55.01
114 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                       56.13
115 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                           58.51
116 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                            59.44
117 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom           1.01.26
118 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              1.02.22
119 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              1.02.46
120 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.02.50
121 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road       1.04.26
122 Ivan Dominquez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                   1.23.14
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                30 pts
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                 24
3 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   20
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                         18
5 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                                    16
6 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        12
7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                     12
8 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               10
9 Matthew Wilson (Aus) UniSA                                  10
10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                            8
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                       8
12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                8
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                             8
14 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   8
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                     8
16 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                                8
17 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux                  6
18 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            6
19 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha                            6
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road              4
21 Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA                                   4
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        54 pts
2 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               46
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 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                  18
8 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                     16
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                 16
10 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                  16
11 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                            16
12 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi    14
13 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                      12
14 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                12
15 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                      12
16 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                               12
17 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                           12
18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                     8
19 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                8
20 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                           8
21 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                      8
22 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                            8
23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA                                 8
24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - High Road          8
25 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne           6
26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            6
27 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                   6
28 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               6
29 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                            6
30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road          4
31 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road         4
32 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     4
33 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             4
34 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                        4
35 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        4
 
Young rider classification
 
1 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne         19.27.29
2 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux                0.07
3 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   0.10
4 Simon Clarke (Aus) UniSA                                  0.19
5 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream                       
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                               24.50
13 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                            25.13
14 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                       27.09
15 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream                   29.48
16 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA                                30.45
17 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                            31.07
18 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                            35.30
19 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha                       39.45
20 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                       40.35
21 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                             40.37
22 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas                            41.15
23 Jacopo Guanieri (Ita) Liquigas                          42.52
24 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                    43.42
25 Willem Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                     54.03
26 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis                            58.21
27 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               1.01.52
28 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             1.02.20
 
Teams classification
 
1 Française des Jeux                                    58.22.57
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                                                4.07
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                                          39.15
16 Fuji - Servetto                                         44.11
17 Cofidis                                                 46.23
18 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     59.51
19 Team Katusha                                          1.25.25

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