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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
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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."
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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."
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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
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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.
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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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- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) wins atop Mount Ventoux.
- Stage winner Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas)
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) finished second.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) climbs to the finish.
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne) and Alberto Contador (Astana)
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne) and Alberto Contador (Astana) finish together.
- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) on the podium.
- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas)
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) took over the yellow jersey.
- Mount Ventoux
- It's rather spartan atop Mount Ventoux.
- Tom Simpson memorial
- Tom Simpson memorial
- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) leads Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) at the front of the race.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) would lose his leader's jersey.
- Alberto Contador (Astana)
- Tom Simpson memorial
- Tom Simpson memorial with the view of Mont Ventoux on the horizon.
- Tom Simpson memorial, near the top of Mont Ventoux.
- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) leads Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)
- The groups make their way up Mont Ventoux.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) struggles.
- The peloton on Mont Ventoux.
- The top of Mont Ventoux.
- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) marked by Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Haimar Zubeldia (Astana)
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) chases the lead duo.
- Riders make their way up Mont Ventoux.
- Mont Ventoux
- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas)
- Haimar Zubeldia (Astana)
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) behind Jacob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank).
- Daniel Martin (Garmin-Slipstream)
- Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Jacob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank)
- Aussie Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) chases the lead duo.
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
