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33rd Volta ao Algarve - 2.1

Portugal, February 21-25, 2007

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Stage 3 - February 23: Lagoa - Lagos, 208.3 km

Petacchi finally delivers

Eisel takes the lead

By Jean-François Quénet in Lagos

Bernhard Eisel
Photo ©: JF Quenet
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Alessandro Petacchi’s fans can take a deep breath of relief: their man is still able to win a bunch sprint with no discussion, and more than that, he’s able to climb again. Stage three of the Tour of Algarve has put the sprinter back on track in the lead up to Milano-San Remo. The Portuguese race also has a new leader with Bernhard Eisel who came second but nowhere close to the Italian star.

"Petacchi was really impressive in the mountains," Eisel explained. "He made the front group and I got dropped. I wasn’t strong enough to stay with the best riders up there but we got back on nearby Portimao (with 30 km to go)."

In the early part of the race, the bunch actually used the same road through the charming seaside town of Lagos and Eisel noticed that it would be a dangerous finale if the roundabout located just before the 2km mark stayed open on the left side. "It wouldn’t have been difficult to close it with a car," the Austrian said. "I told the commissaire at the back of the bunch that he should give instruction but nothing was done. The Milram train and myself turned around on the right side but some riders went left, then we were 100 meters behind about 20 guys. Fabio Sacchi put an enormous effort to close the gap till 1km to go, then Marco Velo set the pace till 200 meters and when Petacchi started sprinting, it was too late for me to react already."

Alessandro Petacchi
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Petacchi confirmed: "It was a hard stage. I’m very happy with my condition, especially in the hills. There was a steep one where I had to climb on the 23. I hope to keep the same shape for the coming goals. Now I can see the hard work pays off. It’s important for me to win once again. To repeat a win means it’s no coincidence."

Petacchi might score again because the two last stages of the Tour of Algarve look to be built for sprinters even more and he’s only three seconds down on Eisel on GC. "It’s nice to have the yellow jersey," the T-Mobile rider noticed. "But I will defend it only on the last day of I still have it. It’s okay for us to control the race a little bit if Milram and Quick-Step give us a hand, but today Quick-Step didn’t ride in the front for one single meter although they had the yellow jersey."

Nowadays bunch sprints seem to be the every day life of professional bike riders. Every attack looks like a suicide effort or just a preparation for one day races as it was the case for Philippe Gilbert. Last year’s Het Volk winner had his first breakaway of the 2007 season but he never had in mind to win the stage. "I knew that sooner or later the bunch would catch us," he said with a hint of disappointment. "What I did today only confirmed that I trained well during the off-season but that’s not a surprise. In a 5-days stage race, I can’t imagine myself staying in the middle of the peloton all the time. At least, I’ve done some efforts for later."

How it unfolded

The stage started without injured riders Juan Manuel Garate (Quick-Step) and Alberto Ongarato (Milram) who had crashed the day before, also without Samuel Caldeira and Daniel Petrov (Duja Tavira) who failed an hematocrit blood test in the morning.

After 50 kilometers, three riders broke clear: Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques) and Thomas Berkhout (Rabobank). Stubbe went for all three mountain prizes of the day. The trio got a maximum lead of 11.35 at km 77.

Discovery Channel led the bunch in preparation for a counter-attack by Vladimir Gusev. In the Alto da Foia, with 50 km to go, the Russian accelerated, split the bunch in many pieces and eventually went away with Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Nelson Vitorino (Duja Tavira). The six riders re-grouped in the front while the peloton was still divided in several parts, the first part being located at 1.20 35 km before the finish.

In the last ten kilometers, Gusev and Rebellin resisted to the return of the bunch more than Gilbert and his group, but they also got caught within five km to go. Alessandro Petacchi easily won the bunch sprint of the longest and supposedly hardest stage of the Tour of Algarve.

Photography

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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet

Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                  5.05.46
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                            
3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                                    
4 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
5 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                            
6 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira                                 
7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                           
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
9 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                         
11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                               
12 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                           
13 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                         
14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                                  
15 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                            
16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                       
17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                          
18 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                                  
19 Bruno Neves (Por) LA-MSS                                                
20 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                                 
21 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                        
22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                               
23 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                           
24 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 
25 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           
26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                               
27 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica                                            
28 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      
29 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
30 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                     
31 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                             
32 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                         
33 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile                                           
34 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                   
35 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                                  
36 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                              
37 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                      
38 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
39 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                                         
40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                               
41 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                            
42 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   
43 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
44 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                    
45 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                 
46 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              
47 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic                                
48 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
49 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
50 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                               
51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             
52 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                
53 Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                     
54 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
55 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                  
56 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                             
57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
58 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                              
59 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                              
60 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA-MSS                                              
61 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
62 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                               
63 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                  
64 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             
65 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                
66 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                
67 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                                 
68 Claudio Faria (Por) LA-MSS                                              
69 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                            
70 Virgilio Martins Santos (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                       
71 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira                                          
72 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                       
73 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                         
74 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         
75 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis                                           
76 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira                                       
77 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                     
78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis                                            
79 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                    
80 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                  
81 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
82 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                           
83 José Carlos Silva Rodrigues (Por) Vitória-ASC                           
84 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   
85 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
86 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                            
87 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                              
88 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  
89 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica                                             
90 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                         
91 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                          
92 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                      
93 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros                          
94 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel                                  
95 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                               
96 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld                                               
97 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA-MSS                                           1.11
98 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly    1.41
99 André Moreira Vital (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                           
100 Stefan Kushlev (Bul) Riberalves-Boavista                               
101 Rui Filipe Pinto (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                   
102 Bruno Pires (Por) LA-MSS                                               
103 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                                
104 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                                
105 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS                                    
106 Edgar Anão (Por) LA-MSS                                                
107 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                    
108 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros                                    
109 Alexis Rodríguez (Spa) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                         
110 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                             
111 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória-ASC                                     
112 Fernando Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                          12.31
113 Rui Sá (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                             
114 Jorge Alberto Brito Ferraz (Por) Barbot-Halcon                         
115 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC                                          
116 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros                           
117 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             
118 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
119 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                            
120 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                             
121 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     
122 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis                                         
123 Ricardo Martins (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                          
124 Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                        
125 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                            
126 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
127 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                                  
128 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                  
129 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira                                           
130 Devi Vervaeke (Bel) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly      13.00
131 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória-ASC                                        
132 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
133 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com                                      
134 Alejandro M. Marques (Spa) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                         
135 Helder Oliveira (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                              
136 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile                                             
137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                          
138 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                          
139 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   
140 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira                                       
141 José Martins (Por) Vitória-ASC                                         
142 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                            
143 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                            
144 Ricardo Horta (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                      
145 Claus Michael Möller (Den) Barbot-Halcon                               
146 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
147 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
148 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica                                             
149 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
150 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                            
151 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                  
152 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                                     
153 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
154 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista                                
155 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
156 Bruno Sa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                                 
157 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                            
158 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                             
159 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly           
160 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                
161 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental                             
162 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Vitória-ASC                           
163 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
164 José Vaz (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                                     
165 João Cabreira (Por) LA-MSS                                             
166 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                         
167 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                         
168 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
169 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                               
170 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                           
171 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
172 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       
173 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                           
174 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental                             22.03
175 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental                                
176 Virgilo Neves (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                            
177 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly             
 
 Points
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                       25 pts
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                          20
3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                                  16
4 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          13
5 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                          10
6 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira                                8
7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                          6
8 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             4
9 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            2
10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                        1
 
Mountains
 
P.M. (Cat, 3), km 71,5
1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                  5 pts
2 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                              3
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                               1
 
Portela da Viuva (Cat. 3), km 149,2
1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                  5 pts
2 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                              3
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                               1
 
Col Foia (Cat. 2), km 159,2
1 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                              9 pts
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                  7
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                               5
4 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira                                       3
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      1
 
Metas Volantes
 
Lagos, km 25,8
1 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     3 pts
2 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      2
3 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                             1
 
Villa do Bispo, km 49
1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                  3 pts
2 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                             2
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                               1
 
Aljezur, km 84,5
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                               3 pts
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                  2
3 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                              1
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel                                                15.17.18
2 Team Milram                                                              
3 Gerolsteiner                                                             
4 Barloworld                                                               
5 Française des Jeux                                                       
6 T-Mobile Team                                                            
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                     
8 Benfica                                                                  
9 Astana                                                                   
10 Unibet.Com                                                              
11 Cofidis                                                                 
12 Liberty Seguros                                                         
13 Predictor-Lotto                                                         
14 Chocolade Jacques                                                       
15 Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                     
16 Rabobank                                                                
17 La Mss                                                                  
18 Duja-Tavira                                                             
19 Riberalves-Boavista                                                     
20 Madeinox-Bric-Loule                                                 1.41
21 Barbot-Halcon                                                       3.22
22 Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis                                            14.12
23 Vitoria-Asc                                                             
24 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn                                               27.41

General classification after stage 3
 
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                  14.12.52
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                   0.03
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                              
4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                              0.05
5 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                      0.07
6 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                            0.10
7 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             0.11
8 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                   
9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                    0.12
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             
11 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   
12 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                       0.14
13 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                        0.15
14 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                   
15 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira                          0.16
16 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
17 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                       
18 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 
19 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica                                          
20 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                          
21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                                
22 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               
24 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros                            
25 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                               
26 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                            
27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                             
28 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
30 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
31 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                         
32 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
33 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
34 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
35 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 
36 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                           
37 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic                              
38 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
39 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
40 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     
41 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
42 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                 
43 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis                                         
44 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
45 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                
46 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
47 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental                              
48 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                   
49 Claudio Faria (Por) LA-MSS                                            
50 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                       
51 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                    
52 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental                              
53 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                                
54 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         
55 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                      
56 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                                       
57 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA-MSS                                            
58 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     
59 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                  
60 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                                       
61 Bruno Neves (Por) LA-MSS                                              
62 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                            
63 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            
64 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica                                           
65 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                       
66 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                        
67 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel                                
68 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
69 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  
70 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                             
71 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                       
72 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros                        
73 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           
74 José Carlos Silva Rodrigues (Por) Vitória-ASC                         
75 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 
76 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira                                        
77 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                          
78 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira                                     
79 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           
80 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                
81 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld                                             
82 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                                
83 Virgilio Martins Santos (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                     
84 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                    
85 Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                   
86 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                        
87 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                
88 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                             
89 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                          
90 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis                                          
91 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             
92 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                         
93 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                    
94 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                        
95 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                       
96 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                     1.13
97 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA-MSS                                         1.27
98 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                        1.57
99 Bruno Pires (Por) La Mss                                              
100 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                  
101 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly     
102 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros                                  
103 Edgar Anão (Por) LA-MSS                                              
104 Alexis Rodríguez (Spa) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                       
105 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                              
106 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória-ASC                                   
107 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                              
108 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS                                  
109 Stefan Kushlev (Bul) Riberalves-Boavista                             
110 André Moreira Vital (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                        
111 Rui Filipe Pinto (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                 
112 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              12.36
113 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC                                   12.47
114 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros                         
115 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                          
116 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira                                         
117 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        
118 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                
119 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   
120 Rui Sá (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                           
121 Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                      
122 Jorge Alberto Brito Ferraz (Por) Barbot-Halcon                       
123 Ricardo Martins (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                        
124 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           
125 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                           
126 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                          
127 Fernando Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                             
128 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis                                       
129 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                                
130 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                   13.10
131 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                      13.11
132 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                     13.14
133 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                  13.16
134 Bruno Sa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                               
135 Helder Oliveira (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                            
136 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                          
137 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           
138 Devi Vervaeke (Bel) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly         
139 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista                              
140 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira                                     
141 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
142 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
143 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              
144 Alejandro M. Marques (Spa) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                       
145 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                
146 Ricardo Horta (Por) Barbot-Halcon                                    
147 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                        
148 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile                                           
149 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
150 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                             
151 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
152 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
153 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                         
154 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          
155 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
156 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
157 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória-ASC                                      
158 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 
159 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
160 Claus Michael Möller (Den) Barbot-Halcon                             
161 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com                                    
162 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Vitória-ASC                         
163 José Vaz (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                                   
164 João Cabreira (Por) LA-MSS                                           
165 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                         
166 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
167 José Martins (Por) Vitória-ASC                                  14.01
168 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly    14.42
169 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                     14.48
170 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                          
171 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                  14.57
172 Renato Silva (Por) Benfica                                      15.04
173 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                              15.13
174 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           22.19
175 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental                              
176 Virgilo Neves (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                     37.10
177 Simon Kelly (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly      45.56
 
Points classification 
 
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                        55 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                     46
3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                                32
4 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                        30
5 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        26
6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            25
7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                      24
8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                        20
9 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   11
10 Martin Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Duja-Tavira                            10
11 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                               10
12 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld                                      10
13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          8
14 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                      7
15 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                              6
16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                       6
17 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen               5
18 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 5
19 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                           5
20 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         5
21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            4
22 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  4
23 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                          2
24 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                          2
25 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen               17 pts
2 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           15
3 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 10
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             7
5 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira                                     6
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                            6
7 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                               5
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    1
 
Metas Volantes classification
 
1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   11 pts
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                               6
3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                5
4 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                  5
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                            5
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             4
7 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   4
8 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis                           2
9 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé                           2
10 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           1
11 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira                                  1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen               25 pts
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                              28
3 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                 29
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            35
5 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental                           40
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                          156
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                         2
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                      4
9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                                 7
10 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            9
11 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                        9
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                                
2 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                   
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                
4 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                  
5 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental                               
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel         42.39.21
2 Team Milram                       
3 Quickstep-Innergetic              
4 Astana                            
5 Barloworld                    0.03
6 Duja-Tavira                       
7 Gerolsteiner                      
8 Française des Jeux                
9 Team Wiesenhof Felt               
10 Benfica                          
11 T-Mobile Team                    
12 Cofidis                          
13 Chocolade Jacques                
14 Unibet.Com                       
15 Riberalves-Boavista              
16 Liberty Seguros                  
17 Predictor-Lotto                  
18 Rabobank                         
19 La Mss                           
20 Madeinox-Bric-Loule          1.44
21 Barbot-Halcon                3.25
22 Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis     14.15
23 Vitoria-Asc                      
24 Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn        27.44