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61st Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - UPT
France, June 7-14, 2009
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Stage 3 - June 9: Tournus - Saint-Étienne, 182km
Terpstra comes of age
By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Etienne, France
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Known for his unsuccessful attacks, Niki Terpstra finally scored in front of the football stadium of Saint-Etienne on Tuesday. The Dutchman outsprinted his four breakaway companions to win the Dauphine Libéré's 182-kilometre third stage and took the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Cadel Evans on the eve of a crucial 42.4km individual time trial.
"I've tried to win a race by breaking away so many times, it's a relief to finally make it," said the 25-year-old Terpstra. "I can't say it's a dream come true but for sure this is the best win of my career so far. It's also my first win for Team Milram. I've worked really hard for this. I'd prefer to win a big classic but this is really big for me."
"I wasn't thinking of the victory," continued Terpstra. "I was riding at the front of the group for the last five kilometres because I wanted the yellow jersey. I didn't evaluate the strength of my adversaries for the sprint. I saw the AG2r rider [Ludovic Turpin] was a good climber and the Euskaltel [Iñigo Landaluze] was strong but only with 300 metres to go did I realize there was a possibility to win the stage as well."
Terpstra obviously didn't know that Turpin won a mountain stage of the Dauphiné including the Izoard three years ago before breaking a femur and suffering another big problem with his hip. This was the Frenchman's first appearance at the head of a big race since he returned to racing. The Dutchman also ignored the fact that Landaluze is no less than the winner of the 2005 Dauphiné overall.
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Terpstra is confident that he'll keep the lead after the time trial in Valence on Wednesday. "For sure I'll defend this jersey." he said. "I definitely prefer short time trials than long ones but I hope the yellow jersey will give me an extra motivation for the long distance." Terpstra showed good form as he finished 13th in the opening time trial at the Dauphiné on Sunday and he considers his 21st place at the long time trial of last year's Tour de France as his best performance against the clock so far.
While overnight race leader Cadel Evans is now 1:01 behind the Dutchman entering tomorrow's time trial, the Silence-Lotto Aussie remains confident. "I'm not really in a fuss about it," said Evans after losing the lead. "We are two men down but my teammates did a very good job keeping the gap tight between us and the break. It's no big deal at all that I won't ride the time trial with the yellow jersey. It's all good for me at the Dauphiné so far and I'll stay focused until the end of the week."
How it unfolded
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After 33 kilometres and many attacks, five riders - the same number as the day before - broke clear: Rémi Pauriol (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne), Ludovic Turpin (AG2R La Mondiale), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Yuriy Trofimov (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) and Niki Terpstra (Team Milram). Silence-Lotto, the team of race leader Cadel Evans, took the first positions at the head of the peloton but they also lost one more rider during the stage. After Mario Aerts wasn't able to start the opening time trial due to a fever, Staf Scheirlinckx was unable to finish stage three because of a sore knee.
During the first hour 48.2 kilometres were covered. The pace later slowed down but the maximum lead never went above six minutes, reached at km 100. The gap between the five breakaway riders and the bunch was still 5:45 with 50km to go. Pauriol was active in all the climbs and took the lead in the mountain price competition.
With 27km to go, the Française des Jeux team led by Matthieu Ladagnous took over from Silence-Lotto and BMC Racing at the head of the peloton. Soon the gap was reduced to 2:30 with only 25km to cover before reaching the football stadium of Saint-Etienne. However, Française des Jeux rode so fast that its sprinter Sébastien Chavanel was dropped, so they stopped working at the head of the peloton.
Lampre-NGC's Angelo Furlan, the previous day's winner, was also dropped and his team made an unsuccessful bid to pace him back to the peloton.
As none of the chasing teams were consistent in their action, the five-man break stayed away. Terpstra was the most motivated rider in the final five kilometres because he eyed the yellow jersey but he also found enough strength to outsprint Turpin at the finish line.
Photography
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- Niki Terpstra (Milram) wins Dauphiné Libéré stage three and takes the overall race leadership.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- The escape group sprints to the line with Niki Terpstra (Milram) at the head.
- Niki Terpstra (Milram) takes the win and the race lead in Tuesday's Dauphiné Libéré stage.
- Nikolai Trusov (Katusha) thinks he won the stage.
- Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step)
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) lost the race lead Tuesday to Niki Terpstra (Milram).
- Niki Terpstra (Milram) on the podium after Tuesday's Dauphiné Libéré stage to Saint-Étienne.
- Niki Terpstra (Milram) puts on the leader's jersey after his stage win in Tuesday's Dauphiné Libéré stage to Saint-Étienne.
- Dutchman Niki Terpstra (Milram) takes over the race lead after stage three.
Results
1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4.32.34 (40.064 km/h) 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 5 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.32 7 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 9 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 11 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 12 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 13 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 17 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 18 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 19 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 20 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26 Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 27 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 28 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 30 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 31 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 32 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 34 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 35 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 36 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 37 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha 39 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 41 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 42 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 43 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 45 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 46 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 48 Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 50 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 51 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 52 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 53 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 54 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 55 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 56 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux 57 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 59 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana 61 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 62 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 63 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 64 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 66 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 67 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 68 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 69 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C 70 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 72 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 73 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 76 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 77 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 79 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 80 Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 81 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 82 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 84 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 85 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 86 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 89 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 90 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 91 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 92 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 93 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 94 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 95 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 97 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 98 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 99 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 100 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 101 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 102 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 103 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 104 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 105 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 106 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 107 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 108 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 109 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 110 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road 111 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 112 Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana 113 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 114 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 116 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 117 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 118 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - High Road 119 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 120 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 121 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 122 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 123 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 124 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 125 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 126 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 127 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha 128 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 129 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 130 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.15 131 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10.11 132 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.12 133 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.38 134 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 135 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 136 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 137 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 138 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 139 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 140 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 141 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 142 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 143 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 144 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 145 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 146 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 147 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNF Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream Points 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 40 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30 3 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25 4 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 20 5 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 6 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 13 7 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11 8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 9 9 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 6 11 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 5 12 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 4 13 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 3 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 2 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains Côte de Pommiers - km 83.5 1 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 5 pts 2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Côte d'Albigny - km 116 1 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 5 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 3 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Côte de Duerne - km 139 1 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 5 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 3 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Côte de Château-Gaillard - km 154 1 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 5 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams 1 Team Milram 13.40.06 2 BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 4 AG2R - La mondiale 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Team Katusha 1.32 7 Team Saxo Bank 8 Liquigas 9 Caisse d'Epargne 10 Team Columbia - Highroad 11 Rabobank 12 Silence - Lotto 13 BMC Racing Team 14 Lampre-N.G.C. 15 Astana 16 Fuji-Servetto 17 Garmin - Slipstream 18 Quick Step 19 Française des jeux General classification after stage 3 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 10.23.45 2 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0.26 3 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.27 4 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.36 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.01 6 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.04 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 1.09 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.24 9 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 1.34 10 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.35 11 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 13 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.37 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.38 16 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.40 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 18 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.43 19 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 1.44 21 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 1.45 23 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 1.47 24 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Astana 1.48 25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.49 26 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.50 27 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 28 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 29 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 1.51 31 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 32 Mikel Astarloza Charreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.52 33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1.53 34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1.54 35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 1.55 37 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 1.56 38 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 39 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.57 40 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.58 41 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1.59 42 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.00 43 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C 2.01 44 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 45 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 2.02 46 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 47 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Française Des Jeux 48 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.03 50 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 52 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.04 53 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha 54 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 55 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 56 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.05 57 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 58 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.06 59 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 60 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2.08 61 Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha 2.09 62 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 63 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 64 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 65 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.10 66 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2.11 68 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2.12 69 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.13 70 José-Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 72 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 73 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 2.14 75 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.16 76 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 77 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.17 78 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 2.18 79 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.19 80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 81 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 82 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 83 Lasse Bochmann Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.20 85 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 86 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 87 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 2.21 88 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 89 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 2.22 90 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 91 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 92 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - High Road 2.23 93 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 94 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 95 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 96 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.24 97 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 98 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 2.25 99 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 100 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2.26 102 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 103 Fabrice Piamontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 104 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 2.29 105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 106 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.31 107 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 108 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 2.33 109 Franck Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.34 110 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.36 111 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - High Road 2.39 112 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 113 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.40 114 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 2.42 115 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 2.43 116 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 117 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.47 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 2.49 119 Jesus Albert Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana 2.51 120 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2.54 121 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.00 122 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3.04 123 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.05 124 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3.27 125 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3.38 126 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.44 127 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.51 128 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 5.10 129 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.49 130 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.10 131 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.12 132 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 11.14 133 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 11.19 134 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 11.22 135 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 11.23 136 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 11.30 137 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 11.31 138 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C 11.33 139 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 11.36 140 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 11.43 141 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 11.45 142 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11.47 143 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 11.53 144 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 12.03 145 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 13.47 146 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 15.55 147 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 20.31 Points classification 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 43 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 41 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 40 4 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 37 5 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 30 7 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 29 8 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25 9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 25 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 23 12 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 20 13 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 20 14 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 15 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 16 16 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - High Road 16 17 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 13 18 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 13 19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 13 20 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 13 21 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11 22 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 11 23 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 24 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 9 25 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 26 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 27 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 28 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 5 29 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 4 30 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 4 31 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 32 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 3 33 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 3 34 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 2 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 2 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 2 37 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 38 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1 Mountains classification 1 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 20 pts 2 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 3 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 4 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5 6 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 7 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 3 9 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 10 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1 Teams classification 1 Team Milram 31.14.51 2 BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.28 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.44 4 Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 0.48 5 AG2R - La mondiale 0.49 6 Silence - Lotto 0.59 7 Astana 1.16 8 Caisse d'Epargne 1.19 9 Française des jeux 1.43 10 Quick Step 1.44 11 Liquigas 1.47 12 Rabobank 13 BMC Racing Team 2.00 14 Team Columbia - Highroad 2.11 15 Team Katusha 2.20 16 Garmin - Slipstream 2.27 17 Lampre-N.G.C. 2.32 18 Team Saxo Bank 2.42 19 Fuji-Servetto 2.43
