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67th Paris-Nice - HIS
France, March 8-15, 2009
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Stage 2 - March 9: Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire - La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, 195.5km
Haussler rockets to Paris-Nice stage win
Race leader Contador faces close call
By Gregor Brown
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Alberto Contador had a close call in the final two kilometres due to a crash immediately in front of him. Astana's leader at this event unclipped and avoided the fallen riders. He lost no time on the classification as the incident occurred within the final three kilometres and hence maintained his overall lead.
"It's pretty much a dream come true," said Haussler. "We knew there were going to be crosswinds, and there were splits, but the boys did a great job."
Cervélo TestTeam has six wins so far this season. Haussler accounts for three of those, with two stages of the Volta ao Algarve last month and today's win. Roger Hammond won a stage in the Tour of Qatar and Thor Hushovd took out a stage in the Tour of California and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
"This is definitely a great season. Even if it ended now, it's already unbelievable. But there are so many great races coming up like Flanders and Roubaix, which are my main goals this season," said Haussler.
Two crashes marked the day, but it was the one at two kilometres out that had many concerned for some for moments. Spaniard Contador, winner of yesterday's time trial and the race leader, appeared to be one of the victims until he gave television cameras the thumbs up to signal all was fine. The winner of three Grand Tours and the 2008 Paris-Nice skirted around the crash while Columbia drove the peloton ahead.
Four men go free
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The escape worked to build up a lead of 7:15 over the Astana-led peloton. However, the sprinters wanted to have their glory on what was a sunny day in northern France. Française des Jeux, Columbia and Rabobank worked to bring the gap down. The last man, France's Laurent, faced doom as he was caught with 22 kilometres remaining.
The second crash of the day occurred with 51 kilometres to go. Kevin de Weert (Quick Step), Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R La Mondiale) and Haussler's teammate José Angel Gomez Marchante were the worst off in that crash.
It caught some riders out and forced a split with Cervélo on the front of the main group. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto), who had been at the back of the peloton at the time, and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) spent some time in the chase group. The two groups reunited at the start of the closing 39-kilometre circuit, where the escape had 4:15.
Columbia-Highroad drove the pace from six kilometres out to set up Australian Renshaw for the sprint while Française des Jeux and Lampre-NGC were also placing their men at the front for Sébastien Chavanel and Mirco Lorenzetto respectively.
Then a surge came from Silence-Lotto's men. The Belgian team appeared to be positioning Belgian Champion Jürgen Roelandts for the sprint, but something different happened. As the race approached 200 metres from the finish line in La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, Roelandts himself fired with teammate Philippe Gilbert in tow. Without Haussler's response Gilbert may have bagged the stage win.
The riders will face three category three climbs over 178 kilometres on the way to Vichy on Tuesday. Contador is likely to keep his overall lead as the sprinters should rule the day, although the 10-second bonus for the stage win may come into play.
Photography
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) in yellow after the stage one time trial.
- These same fields will explode with colour in the summer but are brown as the peloton rolls through in March.
- The day's breakaway: Christophe Laurent (Agritubel), Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) and Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano).
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo TestTeam) takes the sprint win on stage two.
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo TestTeam) steps onto the podium in Paris-Nice stage two.
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo TestTeam) wins the sprint ahead of Mark Renshaw (Columbia-Highroad)
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo TestTeam) took the green jersey of best sprinter.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) held onto yellow after getting caught behind a crash in the finale.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- The peloton struggled with strong cross-winds, which the event is known for, today.
- Race leader Alberto Contador (Astana) tried to keep out of trouble today.
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) didn't leave too early as he had feared, and claimed victory.
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) wanted a win but says he might take a few more now.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) looks to be shaping up for another incredible year in 2009.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) was all smiles as his successful season starts.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) was happy to hold on to his overall lead.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) held on to the lead despite being caught up in a crash.
Images by Florian and Susanne Schaaf/www.cyclingpictures.de
- Paris-Nice!
- Warrior Juan Antonio Flecha gets ready
- The break forms with Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi, l) and Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano). They are waiting for Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) to catch up. Later Christophe Laurent (Agritubel) joins.
- The peloton races through early-season France where the trees are still in winter training.
- Wilfried Cretskens (Silence-Lotto) is a valuable helper for Cadel Evans.
- The break during it's Drive-Through food stop
- Astana controlled the bunch in protection of yellow.
- The riders in the feed zone where some riders have received their musettes already, but others are still starving.
- A legwarmer's day in sunny but windy conditions.
- Heinrich Haussler takes the stage
- Haussler's win was his third victory this season
- A happy Haussler on the podium
- The German adds to Cervélo's great spring
- Alberto Contador (Astana) kept yellow despite a scary crash in front of him.
- Haussler received the sprinter's jersey
- Tony Martin stays in white for the best young rider.
Results
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 4.45.01 (42.31km/h) 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC 4 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 14 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 15 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 16 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 19 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 21 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 22 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 23 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 24 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 26 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC 27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 28 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 29 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 31 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 34 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 35 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 38 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 39 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 40 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 41 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 43 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 44 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 45 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 47 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 49 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 50 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 51 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 52 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 54 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 55 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 56 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 57 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 58 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 60 Walle Jurgen Van De (Bel) Quick Step 61 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 62 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 63 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 64 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 65 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 66 Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano 67 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 69 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 70 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 71 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 72 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 73 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 74 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 75 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 76 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 77 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 78 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 79 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 80 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 81 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 84 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 85 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 87 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 88 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - NGC 89 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 90 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC 91 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC 92 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 93 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 94 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 95 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Quick Step 96 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 97 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 98 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 99 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 100 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 101 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 102 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 103 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 104 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 105 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - NGC 106 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC 107 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 108 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 109 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 110 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 111 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 112 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 114 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 115 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 116 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 118 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 120 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 121 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2.13 122 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 123 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.13 124 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 125 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2.13 126 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 127 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 128 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 129 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - NGC 2.13 130 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 131 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 132 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 133 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 134 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 135 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.13 136 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.13 138 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 139 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 140 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 141 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 142 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 143 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 144 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 145 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 146 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 147 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 148 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 149 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 150 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 151 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 152 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 153 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 154 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 9.57 155 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 156 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 157 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 158 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank DNF Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis Points Sury-pres-lere - 59.0 Km 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 3 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 La Chapelle-saint-ursin, - 156.5 Km 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 3 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 La Chapelle-saint-ursin - 195.5 Km 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 25 pts 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 22 3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC 20 4 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 5 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 16 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 13 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10 12 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 8 14 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 7 15 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 6 16 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 5 17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4 18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 3 19 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 1 Mountains Côte de Sancerre - 81.0 Km 1 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 pts 2 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 Côte de Crézancy-en-Sancerre - 89.5 Km 1 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Young rider 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 4.45.01 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC 8 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 9 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 10 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 18 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 19 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 20 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 21 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 22 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 23 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 25 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC 26 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 27 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 28 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 29 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC 31 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 32 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 33 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 34 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 2.13 35 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 37 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 38 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 9.57 39 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 40 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Teams 1 Rabobank 14.15.03 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 3 Team Milram 4 Skil-Shimano 5 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6 Quick Step 7 Liquigas 8 AG2R-La Mondiale 9 Cervélo Test Team 10 Team Katusha 11 Silence - Lotto 12 Française des Jeux 13 Garmin - Slipstream 14 Lampre - NGC 15 Cofidis 16 Agritubel 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Astana 19 Team Saxo Bank 20 Caisse d'Epargne General classification after stage 2 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 4.56.06 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 0.07 3 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.09 4 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.11 5 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 0.14 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.18 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 0.19 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.20 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0.21 11 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 0.25 12 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0.27 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.29 15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.30 16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 0.31 17 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 19 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32 22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 23 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.33 24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.34 26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 27 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 28 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 0.35 29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.36 31 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 32 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0.37 33 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 34 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.38 35 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 36 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.39 37 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 39 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 40 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0.40 41 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Quick Step 42 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.41 43 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 44 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 45 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 46 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC 0.42 47 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 50 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 51 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 52 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 0.44 53 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 54 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 0.45 56 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 57 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 58 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.46 59 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.47 61 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 62 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 63 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 64 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 0.48 65 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 66 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC 67 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0.49 69 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 70 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 71 Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano 72 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0.50 73 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 74 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 75 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.51 76 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 77 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 78 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 79 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 80 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 81 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.52 82 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 83 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 84 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 85 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.53 86 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 87 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 88 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.54 89 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 90 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 91 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 92 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.56 93 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux 94 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 95 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 0.57 96 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 97 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 98 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 99 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 0.58 100 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 101 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.59 102 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.00 103 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 105 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1.02 106 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 107 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 108 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 109 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC 110 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 1.03 111 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 112 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 113 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.04 114 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.05 115 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 116 Walle Jurgen Van De (Bel) Quick Step 117 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 119 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.07 120 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 121 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1.08 122 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.09 123 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 124 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 125 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.14 126 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 127 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.15 128 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 129 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 130 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 1.16 131 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC 1.18 132 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 133 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC 134 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 135 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - NGC 1.19 136 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.20 137 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.21 138 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 139 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.22 140 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.28 141 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 1.39 142 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - NGC 1.42 143 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.55 144 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.46 145 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 2.53 146 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.58 147 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.59 148 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 149 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 3.04 150 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3.08 151 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 3.10 152 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3.23 153 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - NGC 3.25 154 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 10.46 155 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 10.47 156 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 10.50 157 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 10.56 158 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 11.07 Points classification 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 30 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 25 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 22 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 22 5 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC 20 7 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 18 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 16 10 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 16 11 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 16 12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 15 13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 14 15 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 16 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 13 17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 13 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 12 19 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12 20 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 11 21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10 23 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9 24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 8 25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 8 26 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 27 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 7 28 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 29 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6 30 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 5 31 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 4 32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4 33 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 4 34 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 3 35 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 3 36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 2 37 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 1 39 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 40 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 3 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Young rider classification 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.56.17 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.09 3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.19 4 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 0.20 5 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.23 7 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.28 9 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 0.30 10 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC 0.31 11 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 13 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 0.33 14 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel 0.35 16 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.37 17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.38 18 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.40 20 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.42 21 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.43 22 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.45 23 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 0.46 24 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.49 26 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 0.51 27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC 29 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 0.52 30 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.56 31 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 0.57 32 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.58 33 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.03 34 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC 1.07 35 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.10 36 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.44 37 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 2.48 38 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 10.35 39 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 10.36 40 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 10.56 Teams classification 1 Astana 14.49.20 2 Garmin - Slipstream 0.01 3 Team Columbia - Highroad 0.10 4 Quick Step 0.14 5 Team Katusha 0.17 6 Caisse d'Epargne 0.28 7 Team Saxo Bank 0.32 8 Team Milram 0.39 9 Cofidis 10 Skil-Shimano 0.41 11 Liquigas 0.43 12 Rabobank 0.45 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.49 14 Cervélo Test Team 0.50 15 AG2R-La Mondiale 0.54 16 Française des Jeux 1.05 17 Silence - Lotto 1.07 18 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.08 19 Agritubel 1.09 20 Lampre - NGC 1.34
