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66th Paris-Nice - HC

France, March 9-16, 2008

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Stage 3 - March 12: Fleurie - Saint-Étienne, 165.5km

Carlström succeeds from the breakaway

France gets consolation with Chavanel in yellow

By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Etienne

Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) gets his biggest win
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Something must have changed in cycling: long lasting breakaways can now succeed. Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) and Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) were well inspired to go clear after only eight kilometres with Bradley McGee (Team CSC). The duo lost the Australian on the day's final climb, and battled for the stage win in Saint-Etienne at the end of another hard day of racing. Lhôtellerie was stuck on the front in the finale and managed to keep 43 seconds lead over the chasing group in which Sylvain Chavanel took the lead over from Thor Hushovd, but could not prevent Carlström from coming past at the line.

The stage win went to the Finnish rider from Liquigas who usually describes himself as a "happy domestique". "When I go into a breakaway, it's always because there is a possibility to win," he said after taking the honours in Saint-Etienne. "So far I had no luck in this kind of things. Two years ago, I came second in a stage of the Tour de France behind Sylvain Calzati. I didn't think anybody would attack where he did it."

Clément Lhottelerie (Skil-Shimano)
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"Today I hoped to make a winning breakaway," Carlstöm continued. "But we were not sure at all that it would be the case. We created a big gap quickly then we decided to take it easy for a while." That's where McGee's experience alongside Jacky Durand during his years at Française des Jeux had a positive impact on the running of the breakaway. "I tried to control the distance between us and the bunch," the Australian explained. "If we went too hard, there would have been a reaction from the peloton. I think we did it well."

McGee got dropped with 5km to go to the top of col de la Croix de Chaubouret. "Up there I was empty and frozen," he recalled. It was another stage with difficult climate conditions, but the riders finally found some sun as they reached Saint-Etienne.

Carlström didn't help Lhôtellerie very much and admitted it. "I was informed that my team-mate Roman Kreuziger had attacked from the chasing group so I stayed on the Frenchman's wheel," the Liquigas rider said. "He was strong in the climbs but I didn't know how fast he could sprint. I knew I was fresher than him, but I wasn't sure of anything at the end. I opened my sprint with 175 meters to go. The finale was a little bit uphill, that was ok for me. Paris-Nice is a really big race and this is my biggest win so far."

"Sprinting is my weak point," said Lhôtellerie who took the polka dot jersey over from his companion at Skil-Shimano, Thierry Hupond, who also rode away the day before. "I lost time in stage one and I wanted to reposition myself on GC. I'm confident since I came second at the Ruta del Sol."

Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis)
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Lhôtellerie isn't the only Frenchman with a distinctive jersey now. Chavanel has the most distinguished one, that of overall leader. He's the first Frenchman leading Paris-Nice since Didier Rous, who also took it temporarily in Saint-Etienne in 2002. "My legs were fired up in the climb," Chavanel commented. "I was feeling good when I was away with [Damiano] Cunego but that was too far from the finish." But can he hold the yellow jersey through to the finish? "I'm determined to do so. I don't have many adversaries left. It's mostly [Davide] Rebellin and [Yaroslav] Popovych. The Mont Ventoux will decide. I'm confident because I came fifth up there once during the Dauphiné."

Chavanel might be forgetting Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) who is racing at perfection or Robert Gesink (Rabobank) who is a pure climber and might enjoy the Ventoux a lot. The Spaniard is only three seconds behind, while Karsten Kroon (CSC) would have been second had he not been penalized of 20 seconds for drafting behind the car of his directeur sportif in order to get back in the group. The fight up the "giant of Provence" looks to be very promising.

How it unfolded

After eight kilometres in the village of Régnié-Durette, who is famous in the world of cycling for hosting a gathering of former cycling champions every year, three riders broke clear: Kjell Carlström (Liquigas), Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) and Bradley McGee (CSC). 20 kilometres further at the côte de Plantigny, they were 11'30 ahead of the bunch.

The trio's lead went up and down. It was nine minutes at kilometre 75 as the rain was present on the course of Paris-Nice. After 100 kilometres of racing, Rabobank and Caisse d'Epargne, obviously racing for Robert Gesink and Luis Leon Sanchez respectively, took the responsibility of the chase.

In Saint-Chamond, after the intermediate sprint (km 131) dedicated to the memory of Andreï Kivilev who died from a crash there in 2003, a group of big guns comprising yellow jersey holder Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Christophe Moreau and Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel), Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Enrico Franzoi (Liquigas), Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) got away from the bunch.

Carlström overtakes Lhôtellerie
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In the main climb of the day, the category one col de la Croix de Chaubouret, Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) attacked from the group of the favourites. He was 2'15 behind the leaders as McGee dropped off. Kreuziger got caught by Cunego and Sylvain Chavanel but they didn't reach the men in front. During the surge up the final climb, the yellow jersey, Hushovd, was dropped. The group of Chavanel were not able to resist the efforts of the Rebellin group on the descent, but the French rider from Cofidis remained the best placed rider in the chasing group, and sent his team-mate Monfort to the front to keep the pace high on the run-in to Saint Étienne.

Carlström beat Lhôtellerie out in the sprint after letting him do most of the work, but the young Frenchman was rewarded with the polka dot jersey of best climber. Another young Frenchman Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) outsprinted Rebellin for third place and Chavanel claimed the yellow jersey.

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Results

1 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                          4.39.14 (35.56 km/h)
2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       0.43
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                       
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    
9 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
10 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                
12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                         
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                              0.46
15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                             
16 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                     
17 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                 0.49
18 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                        0.52
19 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                           
20 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                  
21 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                               
22 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                               
23 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                     
24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                           3.42
25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     
26 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                          3.46
27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           
28 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         
29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
30 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         
31 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
32 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                
33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                   
34 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  
35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                 3.52
36 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                       5.06
37 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                            5.07
38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                      
39 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                    
40 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                             
42 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
43 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           5.11
44 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     8.04
45 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                   
46 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  
47 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                             8.28
48 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              
49 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
50 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                      17.06
51 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                           
52 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                
53 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                          
54 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                    
55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                          
56 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                   
57 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                   
58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                    
59 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
60 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
61 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                               
63 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                
64 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                            
65 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30         
66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
67 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                           
68 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               
69 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                            
70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              
71 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                
72 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
73 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
74 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
75 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
76 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                  
78 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             
79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                
80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               
81 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                            
83 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                
84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                                
85 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
86 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                 
87 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    
88 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
89 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                           19.36
90 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                        
91 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                                
92 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                 
93 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                                
94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                      
95 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  
96 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                                
97 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   
98 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                               
99 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                         
100 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
101 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                 
102 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                              
103 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             
104 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                   
105 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               
106 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
107 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                          
108 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                          
109 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          
110 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                               
111 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
112 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                      
113 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
114 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        
115 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               
116 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                                
117 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                               
118 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                
119 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                               
120 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30           
121 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      
122 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 
123 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                              
124 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                               
125 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                       
126 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
127 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    
128 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  
129 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
130 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    
131 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  
132 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                        
133 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                              
134 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   
135 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                            
136 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              
137 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                      
138 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                
139 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                
140 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                       
141 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     
142 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                              
143 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                           
144 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                              
145 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                        
146 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                            
147 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              
148 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                             
149 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
150 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                        20.13
DNS Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               
DNF Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                             
DNF Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                            
DNF Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      

Sprints
 
Brindas - 79.0 Km
1 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                3 pts
2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        2
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  1
 
Saint-Chamond (Souvenir Andreï Kivilev) - 131.0 Km
1 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                3 pts
2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        2
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Plantigny - 28.0 Km
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        4 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  2
3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                1
 
Côte de Saint-Martin-en-Haut (D.311-D.122) - 94.5 Km
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        7 pts
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                5
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  3
4 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     2
5 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                            1
 
Côte de l'Aubépin - 108.5 Km
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        7 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  5
3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                3
4 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     2
5 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                1
 
Côte de la Croix Blanche - 122.0 Km
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        4 pts
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                2
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  1
 
Col de la Croix de Chaubouret - 147.0 Km
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       10 pts
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                8
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                6
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                   4
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                3
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            2
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  1
 
Teams
 
1 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                           13.59.57
2 Quick Step                                                 0.21
3 Liquigas                                                   2.10
4 Agritubel                                                  3.09
5 Silence-Lotto                                              4.31
6 Rabobank                                                   6.00
7 Crédit Agricole                                            6.06
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                          10.18
9 Bouygues Telecom                                          13.45
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        16.17
11 Lampre                                                   16.23
12 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                         20.41
13 Team CSC                                                 21.59
14 Saunier Duval-Scott                                      23.44
15 Skil-Shimano                                             25.49
16 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                28.02
17 Gerolsteiner                                             32.40
18 Française des Jeux                                       35.39
19 High Road                                                39.34
20 Team Milram                                              49.03
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                         12.37.01
2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   0.03
3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      0.08
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                         0.14
5 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                        0.18
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                      0.19
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                   0.21
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   
9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                               0.22
10 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                        0.34
11 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                    1.53
12 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                            2.24
13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                              2.44
14 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                     
15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        2.45
16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                           2.49
17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      2.56
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                 3.05
19 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                       3.10
20 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                               3.28
21 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                4.23
22 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                       4.34
23 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      4.47
24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                            4.51
25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                           5.41
26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                            6.27
27 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                 6.43
28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                         6.44
29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                          6.45
30 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                         6.47
31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                               6.48
32 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                           7.05
33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                               
34 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              7.21
35 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                             7.52
36 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                
37 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                               8.11
38 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     9.30
39 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                     9.31
40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                 9.52
41 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                  9.53
42 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                 11.24
43 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                12.58
44 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    14.25
45 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                       15.53
46 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                          16.25
47 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                       16.30
48 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                    16.58
49 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                          18.26
50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    18.42
51 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                          18.59
52 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                
53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                19.05
54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    19.08
55 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                            19.10
56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30    19.13
57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                
58 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                               19.14
59 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                       19.26
60 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                      20.22
61 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                          20.24
62 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  20.28
63 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux               20.57
64 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                   
65 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   20.59
66 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                           21.17
67 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     21.18
68 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                          21.44
69 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                             22.10
70 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                                
71 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              22.18
72 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                    22.27
73 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    23.09
74 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               23.20
75 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                           23.33
76 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           23.45
77 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                          23.46
78 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                              24.22
79 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                             24.25
80 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                             24.26
81 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                           24.33
82 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                      24.46
83 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     25.14
84 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      25.19
85 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    25.24
86 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                   25.34
87 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                25.56
88 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                           25.58
89 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                         26.09
90 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        26.47
91 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                 27.02
92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                          27.10
93 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        27.14
94 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     27.30
95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                             27.39
96 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                           28.05
97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   28.20
98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                          28.25
99 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30       28.27
100 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        28.29
101 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                           28.33
102 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                          28.54
103 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                         29.26
104 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                          29.28
105 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     29.34
106 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 29.36
107 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               29.43
108 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                   30.00
109 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                               30.15
110 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott          30.33
111 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                    30.49
112 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                        31.00
113 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott             31.18
114 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                 31.39
115 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        31.48
116 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       32.11
117 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                       32.16
118 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30            32.24
119 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                     32.33
120 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                     32.36
121 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux             33.05
122 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                      33.24
123 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      33.26
124 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                33.48
125 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
126 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                    35.01
127 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                          35.19
128 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                           35.39
129 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                  36.07
130 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                         36.14
131 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                           38.03
132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                             38.53
133 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                          39.10
134 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                 41.19
135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                          41.21
136 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                               
137 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     41.39
138 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                   41.44
139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                        42.31
140 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux               43.51
141 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                   44.41
142 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                        44.56
143 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30         46.29
144 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30             46.38
145 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                       48.49
146 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                           49.06
147 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale              49.10
148 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 49.28
149 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                           51.18
150 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                              53.46
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           69 pts
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                              51
3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                 36
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                    34
5 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                28
6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                28
7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                              26
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         22
9 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        22
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                         21
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                              20
12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        20
13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                             18
14 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                18
15 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                         17
16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                              16
17 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        16
18 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  15
19 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                         14
20 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                             13
21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                          12
22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                      12
23 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  11
24 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    11
25 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                              11
26 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                10
27 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                          10
28 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       10
29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                   10
30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                            8
31 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                               7
32 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                           6
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                 6
34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 6
35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                           6
36 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               6
37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                              5
38 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                   5
39 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        4
40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        4
41 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                          4
42 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              3
43 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                         3
44 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               2
45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 2
46 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                             2
47 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                      34 pts
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                               19
3 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                           15
4 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    11
5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                 11
6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                            7
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                6
8 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   4
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                   4
10 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                  4
11 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           3
12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               3
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           2
14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                               2
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                 1
16 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                             1
17 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               1
18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        1
19 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               12.37.04
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                               0.18
3 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     1.50
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                               2.41
5 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                      
6 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.42
7 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 4.20
8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       4.44
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                             6.24
10 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                 6.40
11 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                           7.02
12 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                               8.08
13 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                     9.28
14 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                12.55
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                          18.56
16 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                
17 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                       19.23
18 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                              20.54
19 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                          21.41
20 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           23.42
21 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre                           25.55
22 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                 26.59
23 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        27.11
24 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                           28.02
25 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         28.26
26 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                          29.23
27 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      29.31
28 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                29.40
29 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott              31.15
30 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         31.45
31 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        32.08
32 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30             32.21
33 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                      32.33
34 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       33.21
35 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                 33.45
36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    41.41
37 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                43.48
38 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r-La Mondiale                    44.38
39 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30          46.26
40 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              46.35
41 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                        48.46
42 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                               53.43
 
Teams classification
 
1 Quick Step                                             37.51.34
2 Liquigas                                                   4.15
3 Cofidis                                                    4.57
4 Crédit Agricole                                            6.09
5 Rabobank                                                   6.13
6 Silence-Lotto                                              9.01
7 Agritubel                                                 13.05
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                          21.03
9 Lampre                                                    21.36
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        22.21
11 Bouygues Telecom                                         24.59
12 Team CSC                                                 29.39
13 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                30.03
14 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                         30.36
15 Gerolsteiner                                             35.00
16 Française des Jeux                                       37.51
17 Saunier Duval-Scott                                      41.59
18 Skil-Shimano                                             43.34
19 High Road                                                43.50
20 Team Milram                                              53.41

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