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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT

France, June 8-15, 2008

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Stage 1 - June 9: Avignon - Privas, 194km

Valverde wins as Hushovd leads the Dauphiné for the first time

Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) wins stage one over Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), who has become the new overall leader
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By Jean-François Quénet in Privas

All the big names feel concerned about the Dauphiné this year: Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Alejandro Valverde sprinted to the win on stage one in the uphill finish and only missed the yellow jersey by one second, and it's the first time in his career that Thor Hushovd leads the Alpine race.

It was also notable that Cadel Evans, Levi Leipheimer and Haimar Zubeldia took part in the sprint for the stage win. They finished 5th, 6th and 8th respectively - none of them hiding their strength, setting up expectations of a great battle in the mountains later in the week.

"Since yesterday I had good sensations," said Valverde who took third at the prologue in Avignon. "With this stage win, I have completed one goal already, now we'll see how it goes in the mountains, I hope I'll keep going well. It means a lot to me to win a stage here. It's a good motivation for the team who has done phenomenal work today."

The Astana team of race leader Levi Leipheimer chose to sit out of the work to control the race rather than use up their energy so early, and it was up to Crédit Agricole to do most of the work.. "All the other teams knew that I wanted to take the yellow jersey," explained Hushovd who did so by only one second. "I'm very happy to become the race leader because it's my first time at this race and I like the Dauphiné a lot. I came here to win a stage. After tomorrow, it will only be training for me and I'll enjoy the landscapes of the mountains."

Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux) was part of the breakaway which stayed away for most of the stage, but was ultimately reeled in by the team of Hushovd. "They didn't let us play much of our game in the front," said Joly. "But I don't have anything bad to say about Crédit Agricole today. I felt the same when I led the Tour du Limousin, I wanted to defend straight away."

Hushovd takes yellow at the Dauphine
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It was two second places for Hushovd in two days. "Yesterday I had a good prologue and there was nothing more I could do against Leipheimer, today it's the same feeling," the Norwegian underlined. "My team trusted from the start and was the only one chasing, but at the end, there was nothing I could do against Valverde. I did a good sprint myself. When he accelerated, I was at my maximum already."

The Murcian appreciated the uphill terrain in Privas. "I'm a complete rider," he admitted. "But as a sprinter, on a flat road, there's no way I can beat riders like Hushovd. Today's sprint was a special one. I accelerated with power 300 meters before the line."

"I'm having a good season so far," he continued. "I race less and my preparation is different. It pays off apparently, and I have the Tour de France in mind. I considered myself as one of the five or six contenders for GC. It also requires a bit of luck to win the Tour de France but I'll try."

At the Dauphiné, there's one more stage open to the sprinters, and Hushovd hoped that his team would get more help controlling the race. "I hope somebody will give us a hand, maybe High Road for Andre Greipel," he suggested.

How it unfolded

The breakaway with Joly, Kux and Labbe
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Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) was the most active right after the start but the bunch didn't let him go. Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux) managed to go clear after 15km into the race. He was chased down by Christian Kux (Milram) and Arnaud Labbe (Bouygues Telecom). They formed a group of three riders at km 23. The peloton was quickly located 3.10 behind the trio.

At km 29, the whole Crédit Agricole team occupied the front line. They never allowed the gap to beyond 4'40". At km 38, it was 3'20".

Kux was the first at the top of the climb of Puy-Saint-Martin and became the king of the mountains. With 25km to go, finally one team gave a hand to Crédit Agricole in front of the bunch, it was High Road. Joly, Kux and Labbe got caught with 12km to go after 167 kilometers of breakaway.

With 300 meters to go in the uphill finish in Privas, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Épargne) took the lead and won the stage easily in front of Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) who became the new race leader.

Photography

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Results

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     4.46.36 (40.614 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                   
3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                     
4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                                      
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                         
7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                               
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                       
10 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                       
11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                             
12 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                                                  
13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                  
14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                
15 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
16 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                                    
17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                     
18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                                        
19 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                                
20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                                     
21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                        
22 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                                   
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                                        
24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                                    
25 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                               
26 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                                       
27 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                                     
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                                               
29 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                     
30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                                        
31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                             
32 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                 
33 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              
34 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                               
35 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                                       
36 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                                       
37 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                            
38 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                               
39 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                
40 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                
41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                
42 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                
43 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                                  
44 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                               
45 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                                           
46 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                 
47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                                        
48 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                    
49 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                             
50 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
51 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             
52 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                  
53 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                                     
54 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
55 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                                 
56 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                                      
57 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                       
58 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
59 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                             
60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                     
61 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                       
62 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                    
63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                                     
64 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                 
65 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                                         
66 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                            
67 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                 
68 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                                      
69 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                                     
70 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              
71 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                               
72 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 
73 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                                        
74 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                     
75 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
76 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                              
77 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                                         
78 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                               
79 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                                       
80 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                                         
81 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                 
82 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                             
83 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                            
84 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                       
85 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                                           
86 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                                         
87 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                                        
88 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                                                   
89 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                        
90 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              
91 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                               
92 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                   
93 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                
94 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                                        
95 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                                       
96 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                          
97 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                                      
98 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           
99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                 0.24
100 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                                    
101 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
102 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                                 
103 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                                        
104 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                                    
105 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            
106 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           0.32
107 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                                   
108 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                                 0.35
109 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    0.41
110 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                    
111 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                                      
112 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           0.49
113 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         0.51
114 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                               
115 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                                    
116 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                     1.02
117 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
118 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         1.18
119 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
120 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            
121 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                                        
122 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 
123 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                                     
124 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                                         
125 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                      
126 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                                      
127 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                               
128 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                        
129 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                                  1.45
130 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                                       
131 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                                        
132 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                                        
133 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     2.09
134 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                
135 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              2.20
136 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                       2.22
137 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                                
138 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                                        
139 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                                    3.06
140 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            3.08
141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        4.58
142 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       6.02
143 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                                6.17
 
Points
 
Privas - km. 194
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          40 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                 30
3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                   25
4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  20
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                                    16
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                       13
7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                             11
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                             9
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                      7
10 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                      6
11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                            5
12 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                                                 4
13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 3
14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               2
15 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Puy-Saint-Martin - km. 136.5
1 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                                     5 pts
2 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             3
3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 1
 
General classification after stage 1  
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                            4.52.41
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        0.01
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                     0.05
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                                     0.17
5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                              
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                                  0.18
7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                    
8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                                  0.19
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              
10 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                                         
11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               0.20
12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         0.21
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                                        
14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                        
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                                    0.22
17 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                             
18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                                     
19 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                                 0.23
20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                                  
21 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                                       0.24
22 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                                      
23 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              
24 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          0.25
25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
26 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                                           
27 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                                                 
28 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            0.26
29 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                
30 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                      
31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                            
32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                
33 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         0.27
34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
35 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                                   0.28
36 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                                       
37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                0.29
38 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                 
39 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                                
40 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                                        
41 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                                        
42 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                                              0.30
43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                               
44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                 0.31
45 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          0.32
46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                                            
47 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                
48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                                       
49 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                  
50 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            0.33
51 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                                         
52 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                                     
53 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                               
54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                             0.34
55 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                       
56 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                                     
57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                                0.35
58 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                                 
59 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                                     0.36
60 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                             
61 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                               
62 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                                    0.37
64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                
65 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                    
66 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                               
67 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                              0.38
68 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                                 
69 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                 
70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                               
71 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                                       
72 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                         0.39
73 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                          
74 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                                               0.40
75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                               
76 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                 
77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                                     
78 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                                  0.41
79 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                       
80 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                               
81 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                                       
82 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                                         
83 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                                    
84 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                                  0.42
85 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                        
86 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                                     
87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                     
88 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                                   0.44
89 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                            
90 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                                        
91 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                
92 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       0.45
93 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                                   
94 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                0.46
95 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                                               
96 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
97 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           
98 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                                     0.47
99 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                       
100 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                             0.49
101 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                                                0.51
102 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                0.58
103 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                         0.59
104 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                                  1.00
105 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            
106 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           1.02
107 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                           1.12
108 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                                1.13
109 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                               1.14
110 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                                    
111 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                                 1.15
112 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    1.19
113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                1.21
114 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                     1.24
115 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                                 1.34
116 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         1.39
117 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                           1.43
118 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        1.49
119 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
120 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                                 1.51
121 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         1.52
122 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                                  1.58
123 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                           1.59
124 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                                    2.00
125 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                    2.01
126 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             2.02
127 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                                    2.05
128 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                                     2.06
129 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                                       
130 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                  2.07
131 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                                    2.24
132 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                                      
133 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     2.39
134 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                            2.47
135 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            2.50
136 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                                    2.59
137 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                                       3.02
138 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
139 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            3.40
140 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                                    3.46
141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        5.44
142 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       6.50
143 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                                6.52
 
Points classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          65 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                                 60
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                       53
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                                    29
5 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                   25
6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  23
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                                       20
8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                            16
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                            15
10 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                                 11
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            11
12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                    9
13 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                                    7
14 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                                     7
15 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                      6
16 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                                        5
17 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                            5
18 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                                                 4
19 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                                      4
20 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                                 3
21 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               2
22 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                                        2
23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                            1
24 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                                     5 pts
2 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             3
3 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                                       14.38.51
2 High Road                                                                        0.10
3 Credit Agricole                                                                      
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                              0.13
5 Cofidis                                                                          0.17
6 Team Milram                                                                      0.18
7 Quick Step                                                                           
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                 0.19
9 Gerolsteiner                                                                         
10 AG2R La Mondiale                                                                0.21
11 Rabobank                                                                        0.23
12 Team CSC                                                                        0.25
13 Bouygues Telecom                                                                0.27
14 Française Des Jeux                                                              0.33
15 Liquigas                                                                        0.38
16 Silence-Lotto                                                                   0.44
17 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                             1.08
18 Lampre                                                                          1.32

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