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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
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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."
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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
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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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- Bradley Wiggins held the best time for a while, until Contador bettered it.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) showed once again that he can time trial even if it is not a road race.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) in his winning ride of 11:05.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) dons the first yellow jersey at Paris-Nice.
- Luis-Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) powers to a third place finish, nine seconds behind Contador.
Images by Jean-François Quénet/Cyclingnews.com
- Tony Martin has the white jersey for the best young rider.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- How did Alberto Contador (Astana) win a flat time trial? That's the question on everyone's lips.
- Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins (Garmin - Slipstream) was guttered with his second place.
- Spain's Luis-Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) claimed third place.
- As happy as Alberto: Alberto Contador (Astana) was delighted with his time trial win, his rivals however weren't as impressed.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) claims another stuffed lion for his collection.
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
