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67th Paris-Nice - HIS

France, March 8-15, 2009

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Stage 1 - March 8: Amilly - Amilly (ITT), 9.3km

Contador quickly steps up to favourite's status

By Bjorn Haake, with additional reporting by Jean-François Quénet in Amilly

Alberto Contador (Astana) during his winning ride
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Alberto Contador (Astana) showed his class once again by winning the opening stage of the 67th edition of Paris-Nice. Contador beat Bradley Wiggins (Garmin - Slipstream) by seven seconds on the 9.3-kilometre course made dangerous by constant rain throughout the day. Spanish champion Luis-Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) rounded out the podium. Tony Martin (Columbia-Highroad) finished fourth and leads the young rider classification.

Nobody was surprised about Contador's win - except Contador himself. "I am a good time trialist, but this was a short distance, a flat course, not really my thing, and then against all those time trial specialists..." Contador also blamed the weather for a sub-standard ride. "Moreover, with the rain, I did not take extreme risks in the corners. Of course, everybody had the same bad weather conditions. I am becoming more and more a complete rider."

Despite tests in San Diego and subsequent news that Contador had changed his time trial position, Contador emphasised that he rode as always. "No, I did not change anything on my position on the bike. It is exactly the same as in 2008."

Contador won the race in 2007 and he left little doubt that in 2009 any potential winning candidate must challenge the Spaniard. "For tomorrow's stage we will have to be attentive to defend the jersey," continued Contador. "Although this yellow jersey is nice, it is more important for us to have that jersey next Sunday in Nice."

Chavanel sets early mark

Sylvain Chavanel held the best time for an hour, eventually dropping to seventh. "I cannot be disappointed for not winning because the gaps are significant: 12 seconds on Bradley Wiggins, 19 seconds on Alberto Contador. They are top specialists!"

Chavanel was an early starter, which may not have been beneficial. "There was less wind for the last riders to go. What I learned essentially from this time trial is that the good condition is there for me. I have other jobs to do during Paris-Nice than trying to win the time trial. I expected to be high in the classification but not necessarily winning."

It wasn't a typical Paris-Nice prologue. "Nine kilometre is longer than a prologue and it suits me well," said Chavanel. "The bad weather conditions were also good for me, it doesn't disturb my riding. Now I have good condition, so anything can happen."

Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) showed once again his TT class
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The Frenchman revealed his tactics for the remainder of the race. "I'm not sure if I'll be able to compete against the pure climbers in the Montagne de Lure on Friday so it'll be better to try and make them fall into a trap in the earlier stages."

Cervélo TestTeam's Sports Director Jean Paul van Poppel elaborated that small choices made the difference on this rainy day. "On the intermediate check at the 5.3km point, Hayden Roulston was six seconds behind Bradley Wiggins who had the fastest intermediate time to that point. But in the turn there was a headwind and Roulston chose the wrong gear and ended in 30th place down by 35 seconds."

Van Poppel added that the weather for the second stage was supposed to be much better. "The time gaps at the top of the classification are very small so the riders in the right breakaway can take the victory and the leader's jersey."

One rider who became a victim of the weather was Saxo Bank's Gustav Larsson. "Larsson was really strong today, but unfortunately he crashed due to the slippery road when he actually had the second best time," said Sports Director Kim Andersen after the race. "Tomorrow we must keep Fränk [Schleck] and Chris [Sørensen] in front of the peloton because of the strong winds, and otherwise try to get a rider in a breakaway."

Schleck kept his losses at a minimum, riding to a time of 11:41. He was preceded by his teammate and neo-pro Jakob Fuglsang, who scored a 11:37.

Eltink kicks off Paris-Nice

Tony Martin has the white jersey
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Theo Eltink (Skil-Shimano) was the rider to kick off this year's race at 13:10. He set a 12:28 for the first benchmark, which eventually earned him 155th place out of 159 riders.

The spectator's favourite Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) set the first exclamation point with 11:24. This would give the Frenchman seventh place in the end.

Chavanel's time stood for an hour before prologue specialist Bradley Wiggins pulverised it - he went 12 seconds faster than Chavanel.

Then came all the favourites and things heated up in cold Amilly. Tony Martin (Team Columbia - Highroad) produced an 11:17. He couldn't get past Wiggins, but was second. He wasn't there for long, as Spanish champion Luis-Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) slipped in-between Wiggins and Martin.

Then came Contador and he quickly extinguished any hopes from his competitors. Three seconds faster than Wiggins at the first check, the Spaniard picked up speed over the second half of the course to beat Wiggins decisively.

Photography

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Results

1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                         11.05 (50.346 km/h)
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 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                    0.21
10 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis                            0.22
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 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                  
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                          0.31
18 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                              
19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           
20 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                            
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad         0.32
23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                           
24 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale              0.33
25 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale              0.34
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                            
28 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       
29 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           
30 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                0.35
31 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               0.36
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                        
33 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                     0.37
34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                  
35 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           0.38
36 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                               
37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.39
38 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                          
39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                              
40 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom              
41 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                           0.40
42 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                             
43 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Quick Step                           
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  0.41
45 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                         
46 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad               
47 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                         
48 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                               
49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C.                    0.42
50 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
51 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
52 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                      
53 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                    
54 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad             
55 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                    0.44
56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                           
57 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          
58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                        0.45
59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                           
60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                        
61 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             0.46
62 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                      
63 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                
64 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                               
65 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.47
66 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                           
67 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                               
68 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                        
69 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                    0.48
70 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                      
71 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
72 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream               0.49
73 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                       
74 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                      
75 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux               
76 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
77 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                           0.50
78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                      
79 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                       
80 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 
81 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                                
82 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   0.51
83 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
84 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                             
85 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                      
86 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                   
86 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                         
88 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                        
89 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  0.52
90 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad              
91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad           
92 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                    
93 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                           
94 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             0.53
95 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                               
96 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                         
97 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                           
98 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            0.54
99 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                           
100 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
101 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank               
102 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                  0.55
103 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                  0.56
104 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux             
105 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                          
106 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                      0.57
107 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 
108 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                             
109 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                             
110 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                
111 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank               0.58
112 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
113 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                      0.59
114 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
115 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream            1.00
116 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                  
117 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                          
118 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam    1.02
119 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                     
120 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
121 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux              
122 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  
123 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                   1.03
124 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
125 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                        
126 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale              1.04
127 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                 1.05
128 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                        1.06
129 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                     
130 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                  
131 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                             
132 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  1.07
133 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel                          
134 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                      1.08
135 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                1.09
136 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                     
137 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                            
138 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                   1.10
139 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.              1.12
140 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                        1.14
141 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                   
142 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream      1.15
143 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                 
144 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                  
145 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                   1.16
146 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                            
147 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C.                   1.18
148 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
149 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                     
150 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                    
151 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   1.19
152 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto               1.20
153 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1.21
154 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                              
155 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       1.22
156 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         1.28
157 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                    1.39
158 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                    1.42
159 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux              1.55
 
Points
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                            25 pts
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                22
3 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 20
4 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad               18
5 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                   16
6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                            15
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                        14
8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                         13
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                      12
10 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis                              11
11 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                         10
12 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                         9
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                          8
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad             7
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                          6
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                 5
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                             4
18 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                             3
19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                          2
20 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                      1
 
Young rider
 
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad            11.16
2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                        0.19
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                   
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 - N.G.C.                    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 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                            0.35
16 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                               
17 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  0.37
18 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream               0.38
19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                      
20 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux               
21 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                  0.39
22 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                    0.40
23 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             0.42
24 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            0.43
25 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   0.45
26 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                          0.46
27 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                 
28 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream             0.49
29 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                  0.51
30 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            
31 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   
32 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                    0.52
33 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   0.56
34 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                       0.57
35 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                 0.58
36 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                    0.59
37 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                         1.03
38 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  1.07
39 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.10
40 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux               1.44
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                34.17
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 - N.G.C                                        1.34
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                         11.05
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 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                    0.21
10 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis                            0.22
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 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                  
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                          0.31
18 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                              
19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           
20 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                       
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                            
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad         0.32
23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                           
24 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale              0.33
25 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale              0.34
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                            
28 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       
29 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           
30 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                0.35
31 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               0.36
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                        
33 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                     0.37
34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                  
35 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           0.38
36 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                               
37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.39
38 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                          
39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                              
40 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom              
41 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                           0.40
42 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                             
43 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Quick Step                           
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  0.41
45 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                         
46 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad               
47 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                         
48 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                               
49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C.                    0.42
50 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
51 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
52 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                      
53 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                    
54 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad             
55 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                    0.44
56 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                           
57 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          
58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                        0.45
59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                           
60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                        
61 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             0.46
62 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                      
63 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                
64 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                               
65 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.47
66 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                           
67 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                               
68 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                        
69 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                    0.48
70 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                      
71 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
72 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream               0.49
73 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                       
74 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                      
75 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux               
76 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
77 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                           0.50
78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                      
79 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                       
80 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 
81 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                                
82 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   0.51
83 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
84 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                             
85 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                      
86 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                   
86 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                         
88 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                        
89 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  0.52
90 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad              
91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad           
92 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                    
93 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                           
94 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             0.53
95 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                               
96 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                         
97 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                           
98 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            0.54
99 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                           
100 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
101 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank               
102 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                  0.55
103 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                  0.56
104 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux             
105 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                          
106 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                      0.57
107 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 
108 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                             
109 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                             
110 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                
111 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank               0.58
112 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
113 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                      0.59
114 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
115 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream            1.00
116 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                  
117 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                          
118 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam    1.02
119 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                     
120 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
121 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux              
122 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  
123 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                   1.03
124 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
125 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                        
126 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale              1.04
127 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                 1.05
128 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                        1.06
129 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                     
130 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                  
131 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                             
132 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  1.07
133 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel                          
134 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                      1.08
135 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                1.09
136 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                     
137 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                            
138 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                   1.10
139 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.              1.12
140 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                        1.14
141 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                   
142 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream      1.15
143 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                 
144 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                  
145 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                   1.16
146 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                            
147 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C.                   1.18
148 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
149 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                     
150 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                    
151 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   1.19
152 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto               1.20
153 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1.21
154 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                              
155 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       1.22
156 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         1.28
157 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                    1.39
158 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                    1.42
159 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux              1.55
 
Points classification
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                            25 pts
2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                22
3 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 20
4 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad               18
5 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                   16
6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                            15
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                        14
8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                         13
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                      12
10 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis                              11
11 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                         10
12 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                         9
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                          8
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad             7
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                          6
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                 5
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                             4
18 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                             3
19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                          2
20 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                      1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad            11.16
2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                        0.19
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                   
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 - N.G.C.                    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 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                            0.35
16 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                               
17 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  0.37
18 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream               0.38
19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                      
20 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux               
21 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                  0.39
22 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                    0.40
23 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             0.42
24 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            0.43
25 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   0.45
26 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                          0.46
27 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                 
28 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream             0.49
29 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                  0.51
30 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            
31 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   
32 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                    0.52
33 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   0.56
34 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                       0.57
35 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                 0.58
36 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                    0.59
37 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                         1.03
38 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  1.07
39 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.10
40 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux               1.44
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                34.17
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 Cofidis                                                0.39
9 Team Milram                                                
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 - N.G.C                                        1.34

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