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61st Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - UPT

France, June 7-14, 2009

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Stage 5 - June 11: Valence - Le Mont Ventoux, 154km

First win for Szmyd

Valverde dethrones Evans

By Jean-François Quénet at the Mont Ventoux, France

Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) wins
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The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré changed leaders once again as Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) dethroned Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) on his way to getting himself a 16-second lead in the overall classification at the top of the Mont Ventoux, where stage five finished. En route to collecting his first career win on the top of the Giant of Provence, Polish gregario Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) helped Valverde into the overall lead.

"I often joke that I ride the Giro [d'Italia] in preparation to the Dauphiné, which is the race I like the most along with the Tour of Romandie", said Szmyd. "At the Grand Tours I'm always busy riding for my captains. It has been for Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni, and now it's for Ivan Basso and Franco Pellizotti."

Szmyd finished second at Mont Ventoux behind Christophe Moreau two years ago. "I knew this climb was a good one for me, so we made a plan this morning with Basso who is also my roommate," said Szmyd, so unused to winning that he panicked just before the last corner despite a sort of gentleman's agreement with Valverde that Szmyd would take the stage victory while the Spaniard took the yellow jersey.

"We didn't speak or anything," said Szmyd, "but it was an automatic agreement. As I was almost sure to win, I became stressed out. I had the feeling I might throw up. My legs simply stopped. I told myself, 'you have to do it'. Eventually, I caught Valverde who behaved as a lord of cycling. He's done so much already in his career."

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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"The stage win isn't exactly a gift", Valverde said. "Szmyd had the legs for winning. I thanked him for his cooperation. We are both sportsmen." The most important thing for the Spanish champion was becoming the leader instead of Evans.

"Yesterday I did a phenomenal time during the time trial on a course that was absolutely not for me," said Valverde. "Today as I was feeling good with 8km to go, I decided to attack."

Evans found no cooperation in the chase. "It was bizarre," the Australian said. "It seems like not many people want to win the Dauphiné. When you add the headwind to the yellow jersey, it's not easy to climb the Mont Ventoux. I expected more from Contador."

The Astana rider sucked Evans' wheel all the way. "I'm not surprised about that,"said Valvderde when hearing of his compatriot's lack of chasing. "Alberto has repeated on several occasions that he came to the Dauphiné for a warm-up prior to the Tour de France and to test himself in the time trials. He does exactly what he says. And the yellow jersey was on Cadel's shoulder, so it's logical that Cadel had to take responsibility today."

It's rather spartan atop Mount Ventoux.
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Looking ahead, Valverde said, "I made an important step towards the overall win. This morning I was 1:54 down, and now I'm 16 seconds ahead. I'll try to resist until the end. To win the Dauphiné is important for me and for my team. I still hope to ride the Tour de France but the decision isn't in my hands. The less I think of it, the more I can focus on this race."

Yesterday, the French sports minister said Valvdere - as well as tom Boonen - isn't welcome at the Tour de France. Yet, he's free to win the Dauphiné which will soon see more climbs, including a short, 106km stage with the the col d'Izoard on the way to Briançon.

How it unfolded

Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)
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A first attack occurred at 11km with three riders: Anthony Geslin (Française des Jeux), José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel). They quickly were caught.

A major crash happened on the downhill of the col de Lunel (35km). It involved an important teammate of race leader Cadel Evans, whose Silence-Lotto team was already missing to riders: Mario Aerts and Staf Scheirlinckx. Sebastian Lang was sent to hospital by ambulance.

Soon after the incident, four riders broke clear: José Luis Arrieta (AG2R), Christophe Kern (Cofidis), Alan Perez (Euskaltel) and Frederik Willems (Liquigas). Their advantage quikly increased to five minutes at 45km. Their largest lead was 8:35 at 75km. With 50km to go, it was down to 7:25.

Approaching the Mont Ventoux, the chase was taken up by the Rabobank team of Robert Gesink with Silence-Lotto in second rank. With 13km to go, the Liquigas team appeared at the head of the peloton prior to an acceleration by Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) 12km before the top as the favourites were marking each other.

Alberto Contador (Astana)
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With 10km to go, Arrieta and Kern, the remaining leaders, were still two minutes ahead of the group with Evans and led by Robert Gesink. The first riders to rejoin Arrieta and Kern, 7.8km from the top, were Smzyd, Ivan Basso (Liquigas), Haimar Zubeldia (Astana) and Valverde, who came across these three men on his own. Valverde maintained his effort and isolated himself with 7.5km to go. Smzyd rejoined the Spaniard and stood behind, on his wheel.

Five kilometers before the line, Valverde and Smzyd were 50 seconds ahead of Jacob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank), Evans, Alberto Contador (Astana), Gesink, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis). Fuglsang had a fantastic ride, but Evans caught him inside 3km to go. Contador had no intention of taking a turn.

With two kilometers to go, the leading duo was 1:50 ahead. Valverde was clearly threatening Evans' yellow jersey as he was 1.54 down on GC in the morning. He became the virtual leader of the race with 1.8km to go.

Smzyd panicked just before the last curve at the top of the Ventoux, but Valverde waited for him and effectively offered him the stage victory as a reward for helping him gain enough time on Evans to take over the lead.

Photography

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Results

1 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                 4.05.04  (37.704 km/h)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana                               1.14
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.50
5 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                               1.59
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 2.10
7 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                 2.13
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                 
9 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                     2.16
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          2.20
11 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                           2.28
12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   2.31
13 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                
14 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
15 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                2.43
16 Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana                     3.29
17 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     3.35
18 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                3.50
19 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                       3.54
20 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                               4.08
21 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road                       
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                               
23 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                      4.14
24 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team                            5.06
25 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    
26 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                  5.47
27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                5.58
28 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                          
29 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  6.02
30 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        6.11
31 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road                      6.38
32 Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                           
33 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                      7.06
34 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C                                7.32
35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas                                        8.14
36 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
37 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream                              
38 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                 8.47
39 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           9.35
40 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                    
41 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 
42 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                             
43 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
44 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - High Road                        
45 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          9.56
46 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  9.57
47 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                            10.34
48 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  
49 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                        10.46
50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
51 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                11.14
52 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                          
53 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                 11.27
54 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank                          11.38
55 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                  
56 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                               
57 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                            
58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                   
59 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                      
60 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                            
61 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                  12.20
62 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     14.17
63 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                            14.41
64 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana                     15.34
65 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom                     17.56
66 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                                 
67 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                            
68 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                         
69 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                 
70 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                          
71 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank                               
72 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
73 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
74 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        
76 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                       
77 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
79 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
80 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                         
81 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                       
82 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana                                            
83 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
86 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                 
87 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
88 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road                         
89 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   
90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                   
91 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       
92 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                           
93 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha                                        
94 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne          
95 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
96 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha                                   
97 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
98 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                                   
99 Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                      
100 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          
101 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                           
102 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
103 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 
104 Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha                                    
105 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  
106 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                                    
107 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
108 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
109 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                                    
110 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                       
111 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            18.12
112 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                18.39
113 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                            21.13
114 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                     
115 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 
116 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                   
117 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
118 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                
119 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                    24.55
120 Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                              
121 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram                                    
122 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                            
123 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road                     
124 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                     
125 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                             
126 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                                
127 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                              
128 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                  
129 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                    
130 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         
131 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                              
132 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                     
133 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
134 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                  
135 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                 
136 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
137 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram                                         
138 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                               
139 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                     
140 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha                                  
141 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                              
142 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                              
143 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                        
144 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                            25.02
DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto                                
DNF Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                           
 
Points
 
Finish - Mont Ventoux - km 154
1 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                      20 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  17
3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana                                 15
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                        13
5 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 11
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   10
7 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                    9
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                8
9 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                        7
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                             6
11 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                              5
12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      4
13 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                               3
14 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  2
15 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                   1
 
Mountains
 
Col de Lunel - km 35
1 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              5 pts
2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   3
3 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank                               1
 
Côte de Bourdeaux - km 53.5
1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                    7 pts
2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                      5
3 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          3
4 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                    2
5 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                   1
 
Côte de Serre-de-Turc - km 66.5
1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                    5 pts
2 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                    3
3 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                      1
 
Col de la Madeleine - km 126
1 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                    5 pts
2 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                    3
3 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1
 
Mont Ventoux (Observatoire) - km 154
1 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                      40 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  35
3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana                                 30
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                        26
5 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 22
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   18
7 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                   16
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                               14
9 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                       12
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                            10
11 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                              8
12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      6
13 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                               4
14 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  2
15 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                   1
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                        12.22.08
2 Liquigas                                                          3.34
3 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               4.08
4 Cofidis, le crédit en ligne                                       4.54
5 AG2R - La mondiale                                                8.03
6 Rabobank                                                          8.43
7 Team Columbia - Highroad                                          9.48
8 Team Saxo Bank                                                   11.16
9 Française des jeux                                               12.25
10 Garmin - Slipstream                                             13.21
11 Caisse d'Epargne                                                13.31
12 BMC Racing Team                                                 13.50
13 BBox Bouygues Telecom                                           15.42
14 Lampre-N.G.C.                                                   16.22
15 Team Katusha                                                    23.55
16 Team Milram                                                     26.55
17 Silence - Lotto                                                 27.27
18 Quick Step                                                      34.58
19 Fuji-Servetto                                                   40.10
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            15.23.17
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 0.16
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                             1.04
4 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                            1.43
5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana                               2.21
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.34
7 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         
8 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                2.44
9 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                    3.05
10 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                              3.35
11 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                      3.53
12 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                5.07
13 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   5.18
14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                5.26
15 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     5.39
16 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          5.50
17 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                       6.29
18 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                6.41
19 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                               7.18
20 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                7.36
21 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road                   7.43
22 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                7.50
23 Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana                     8.17
24 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C                                8.46
25 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                  8.55
26 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road                      9.00
27 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                      9.19
28 Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       9.20
29 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                      9.25
30 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas                                        9.48
31 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank                             9.54
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                          10.12
33 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       10.15
34 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team                           10.29
35 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                 10.43
36 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                10.49
37 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          10.58
38 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                        11.04
39 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 11.07
40 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                           11.25
41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 11.39
42 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             11.57
43 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - High Road                   12.19
44 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream                         12.33
45 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     12.42
46 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                                12.53
47 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                       12.58
48 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                            13.04
49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                  13.16
50 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                        13.22
51 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
52 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank                          14.04
53 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                             14.37
54 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne               15.03
55 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                 15.27
56 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto                     15.34
57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            15.50
58 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                       16.04
59 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                            16.13
60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                          16.28
61 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road                    16.50
62 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana                     16.53
63 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                 16.56
64 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  18.03
65 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             18.49
66 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   19.00
67 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                            19.07
68 Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha                                19.11
69 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                19.36
70 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           19.55
71 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha                                   20.03
72 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           20.06
73 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       20.07
74 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                  20.14
75 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   20.20
76 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  
77 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                      20.25
78 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         20.28
79 Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 20.32
80 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
81 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              20.34
82 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom                     20.38
83 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank                          20.45
84 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                                20.52
85 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                      20.55
86 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      21.07
87 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              21.14
88 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             21.41
89 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                            21.53
90 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                    22.00
91 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                                22.11
92 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana                                       22.17
93 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        22.22
94 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                              22.24
95 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha                              22.26
96 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     22.30
97 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                   
98 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                       22.38
99 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                              22.48
100 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   22.53
101 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
102 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                   22.54
103 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                    23.27
104 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                            23.47
105 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road                24.08
106 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           24.32
107 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                           24.41
108 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                            24.47
109 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                              25.14
110 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne    25.34
111 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                      25.48
112 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                            26.12
113 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                 26.15
114 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                           26.39
115 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                             27.01
116 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                         27.04
117 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                   27.09
118 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                27.20
119 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                    27.23
120 Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                         27.36
121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                    27.51
122 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram                               28.20
123 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                28.46
124 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                         29.24
125 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                29.47
126 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                        29.58
127 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                         30.39
128 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                               31.08
129 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   31.18
130 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                            31.44
131 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            32.43
132 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                34.37
133 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                34.43
134 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                            34.46
135 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                       37.23
136 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto             37.53
137 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha                             38.34
138 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                             38.47
139 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    39.30
140 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto                             39.53
141 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram                                    41.38
142 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                         42.22
143 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          42.39
144 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                          42.56
 
Points classification
 
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   81 pts
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                               54
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  46
4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                     43
5 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                              43
6 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road                        40
7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                  40
8 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  37
9 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road                     33
10 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              30
11 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                29
12 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                                29
13 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      25
14 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          25
15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                        25
16 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                  23
17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                     20
18 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                     20
19 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                        17
20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                       16
21 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              16
22 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana                                15
23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                               13
24 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha                                 13
25 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                11
26 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     11
27 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                  11
28 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                             11
29 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  9
30 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                   9
31 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          9
32 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 9
33 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 7
34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                             6
35 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                            6
36 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                5
37 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              5
38 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom                         5
39 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                                5
40 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      4
41 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road                         4
42 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          4
43 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                               3
44 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                                    3
45 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram                                         3
46 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                    2
47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                                  2
48 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                         2
49 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                   1
50 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       1
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                  1
52 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                              1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                      40 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  35
3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana                                 30
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   26
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                        26
6 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 22
7 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                      20
8 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                   17
9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                               17
10 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne                  16
11 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      13
12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                            10
13 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                              9
14 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                   9
15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                        8
16 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        8
17 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               8
18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      6
19 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                     6
20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road                        5
21 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             5
22 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               5
23 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                               4
24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         4
25 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  3
26 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                     3
27 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  2
28 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank                              1
29 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                  1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                        46.18.04
2 Liquigas                                                          6.23
3 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               6.57
4 Rabobank                                                          7.46
5 Team Columbia - Highroad                                          8.43
6 Cofidis, le crédit en ligne                                       9.57
7 AG2R - La mondiale                                               10.15
8 Team Saxo Bank                                                   14.02
9 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 14.47
10 Française des jeux                                              16.26
11 Garmin - Slipstream                                             16.43
12 BMC Racing Team                                                 16.54
13 BBox Bouygues Telecom                                           20.07
14 Lampre-N.G.C.                                                   22.40
15 Silence - Lotto                                                 26.26
16 Team Katusha                                                    28.02
17 Team Milram                                                     28.33
18 Quick Step                                                      35.40
19 Fuji-Servetto                                                   45.21

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