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77th Critérium International - 2.HC

France, March 29-30, 2008

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Stage 2 - March 30: Les Vieilles Forges (Les Mazures) - Monthermé, 98.5km

Gerrans takes first 2008 victory as Voigt claims 'his' jersey

By Hedwig Kröner

Australian Simon Gerrans took the second stage of the Critérium International on Sunday, scoring his first victory thus far this season. At the end of a long breakaway, together with three-times winner of the event, Jens Voigt (Team CSC), the 27 year-old of Crédit Agricole got the better of the tall German, who nevertheless claimed the leader's jersey he was out for.

It was a two-man show as of the second ascent of the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout with 13 kilometres to go, where Gerrans and Voigt dropped their breakaway companions Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) and Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre). The quartet had been in front of the race since kilometre 15.

"This stage was my sole objective, coming to Critérium International," Gerrans admitted happily. "I'm not good enough a rouleur to hope for anything in the time trial, so this stage was the one I wanted to win."

The stage was interrupted half way through by a group of demonstrators, when the breakaway had already gained an advantage of nearly two minutes. The race was thus brought to a halt, and re-started once the road was cleared, using the same time gaps. "After the race had been stopped, it was difficult to start anew as we had cooled down. But we immediately rode fast enough again to continue hoping that the neak would succeed. That's how we kept our advance until the end," he added.

How it unfolded

The race was fast and furious right from the start at 8:30am. The first attack at the foot of the very first ascent was made by Paris-Nice best climber Clément Lhotellerie (Skil-Shimano), who was followed by Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) and Leonardo Duque (Cofidis). Soon, other riders followed – most notably three-time winner Jens Voigt (CSC).

By five kilometres of racing, a group of 15 had some 20 seconds over the bunch: Voigt, Gustav Erik Larsson, Andy Schleck (CSC), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne), Rémi Pauriol (Crédit Agricole), Robert Gesink (Rabobank), Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre), Tschopp, Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Leonardo Duque (Cofidis), Andriy Grivko, Peter Velits (Milram), Lhotellerie and Alexandre Moos (BMC Racing Team).

But the peloton managed to catch the break before they headed towards the next climb, the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout ("climb of the Notwithstanding mountain"), where climbers again made the day hard for the rest of the bunch. Pauriol and Lhotellerie went off again by kilometre 11, this time joined by Fränk Schleck (CSC). The two French men could not hold the pace of the CSC rider near the top of the climb, where Schleck scored the maximum mountain points.

The Côte du Mont Malgré Tout had done some damage, as it split the field in several groups. A front group of around 50 riders formed on the plateau of the hill, out of which four riders jumped away: Voigt, Casar, Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole) and Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre). They put in a consistent pace and opened a considerable gap before the descent at kilometre 25.

The four-man group extended its advantage to 45 seconds at kilometre 30, and to 1'30" at the foot of the next climb, the Côte de Blossette. The gap continued to grow steadily, and as the break approached the fifth climb of the day, the Côte des Perrières, it was up to 1'55".

At kilometre 48, a group of demonstrators blocked the road, and the race was stopped. Event organisers had to wait for the road to be cleared before re-starting the race at the top of the Côte des Perrières (kilometre 49), respecting the time gaps: Voigt, Casar, Gerrans and Santambrogio thus started with an advantage of 1'55 over the first field, with the second one 2'40" adrift.

The breakaway worked well together and continued to hold off the bunch: the gap grew to 2'15" at the summit of the Côte de Bois de l'Or (kilometre 61).

Even the second ascent of the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout did not see the chasers come any nearer. But in the lead group, Casar's and Santambrogio's forces faded, and they lost contact to their two companions. At the summit, Santambrogio had lost 50 seconds to the leaders Voigt and Gerrans, who still had an advantage of 2'25" over the main field. Frenchman Casar managed to catch the two again, but finally had to give in to their leg-breaking pace and got dropped with 13 kilometres to go.

Ten kilometres before the line, there was still no reaction from the bunch, as the gap to Voigt and Gerrans grew to 2'40". In the final climb of the Côte de la Roche aux 7 villages ('the rocky climb of seven villages') up to the finish in Monthermé, the leaders battled it out amongst themselves. Under the rain, Voigt led the Australian up the climb, but with 300 metres to go, Gerrans came around him.

Results

1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                     2.27.36
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                  0.04
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  1.39
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
6 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
7 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                   
8 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      
9 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road                                   
11 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                          
13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                  
14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                            
15 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                  1.43
16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
17 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
18 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                    
19 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         
20 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                           
21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   1.46
22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                              
23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     
24 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            
25 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                
26 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                
27 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                           
28 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road                               
29 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                     
30 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                                 
31 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  
32 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.50
33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                   
34 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                      1.59
36 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    
37 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   2.05
38 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                     2.10
39 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               
40 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        2.17
41 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                              2.22
42 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                             2.30
43 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     2.42
44 Chris Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                 
45 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        2.53
46 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              3.01
47 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                               3.23
48 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                  3.45
49 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                           4.43
50 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                       5.52
51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                         
52 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road                                   
53 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                          
54 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                           5.56
55 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          6.10
56 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                   
57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                             
58 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                           
59 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                             
60 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 
61 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     
62 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                             
63 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                               
65 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                               
66 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    
67 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
68 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                     
69 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                  
71 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 
72 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
73 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                    
74 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
75 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    
76 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
77 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   
78 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
79 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road                          
80 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  
81 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
82 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
83 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                   
84 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           
85 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                  
86 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                             
87 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                          
88 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                             
89 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                               
90 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner         6.21
91 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                         6.57
92 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    8.01
93 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               
94 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                       
95 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
96 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                   
97 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                      8.34
98 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
99 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
100 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                 
101 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                           9.00
102 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                        
103 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
104 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                          
105 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                        
106 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                  
107 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                              
108 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30           
109 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                              
110 Jesús Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       
111 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner          
112 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                
113 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                    
114 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner         
115 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                   
116 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            
117 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner              
118 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
 
Points
 
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          15 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    12
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    10
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                   8
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          7
6 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            6
7 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  5
8 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     4
9 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    3
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road                                  2
 
Mountains
 
Côte des Vieilles Forges - 2.0 Km
1 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                  4 pts
2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        2
3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         1
 
Côte du Mont Malgré Tout - 13.0 Km
Standing Rider number bib                                        
1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  6 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          4
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2
 
Côte de Blossette - 34.0 Km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           4 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     1
 
 
Col du Loup (D.131-D.13) - 39.5 Km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           4 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     2
3 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                               1
 
Côte des Perrières - 49.0 Km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           4 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     1
 
Côte de Meillier-Fontaine - 56.5 Km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           4 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     1
 
Côte du Bois de l'Or - 61.0 Km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           6 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     4
3 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                               2
 
Côte du Mont Malgré Tout - 77.0 Km
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           4 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     2
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     1
 
Young rider
 
1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                2.29.15
2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                   
3 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 0.04
4 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                          
5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                             0.07
6 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road                                
7 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                      
8 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                                  
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   
10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                               0.11
11 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
12 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.03
13 Chris Froome (Ken) Barloworld                                 
14 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        1.14
15 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                  2.06
16 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                           3.04
17 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road                               4.13
18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                           4.17
19 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          4.31
20 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                   
21 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                           
22 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 
23 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     
24 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
25 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    
26 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
27 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                     
28 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
29 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
30 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                    
31 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
32 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
33 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road                          
34 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           
35 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                          
36 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                         5.18
37 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     6.55
38 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                     7.21
39 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
40 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                   
41 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                               
42 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                               
43 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           
44 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                     
45 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner               
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                7.26.10
2 Crédit Agricole                                            0.41
3 Bouygues Telecom                                           1.46
4 Cofidis                                                    1.49
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          1.54
6 AG2R La Mondiale                                           2.09
7 Rabobank                                                       
8 Lampre                                                     3.09
9 High Road                                                  5.55
10 Karpin Galicia                                            6.06
11 Caisse d'Epargne                                              
12 Française des Jeux                                        6.10
13 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                 6.41
14 Barloworld                                                7.13
15 Skil-Shimano                                              7.31
16 BMC Racing Team                                          10.19
17 Team Milram                                              10.30
18 Agritubel                                                15.08
19 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                             18.09
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                               7.17.53
2 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                             1.14
3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                 1.30
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       1.36
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                   
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
7 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                           
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                   
10 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                            
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                   
12 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1.40
13 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                      
14 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         
15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                    
17 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                          1.43
18 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                           
19 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                
20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  
21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                               1.47
22 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                              2.19
23 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                             2.23
24 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                     5.49
25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                           5.53
26 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                         6.07
27 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                   
28 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                    
29 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                  
30 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                          
31 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  
32 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                       6.38
33 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                           8.10
34 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        8.17
35 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     
36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                       8.21
37 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                             8.24
38 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road                               
39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     
40 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       
41 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                     
42 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      8.28
43 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                8.37
45 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   8.43
46 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30           8.48
47 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         
48 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        8.55
49 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                 8.57
50 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                
51 Chris Froome (Ken) Barloworld                             9.20
52 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
53 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        9.31
54 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              9.39
55 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                              10.01
56 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                 10.23
57 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                      11.00
58 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                          11.21
59 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                      12.24
60 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                     12.30
61 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                      12.47
62 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
63 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         12.48
64 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                             
65 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 
66 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                             
67 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                             
68 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
69 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                               
70 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   
71 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 
72 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
73 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     
74 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                     
75 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    
76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
77 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
78 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                  
79 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road                          
80 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                   
81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
82 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
83 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                             
84 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                               
85 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner        12.59
86 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                        13.35
87 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road                              14.06
88 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       14.13
89 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     14.26
90 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      14.39
91 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                       
92 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                     15.12
93 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                  
94 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
95 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
96 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30       15.38
97 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                   
98 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
99 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                 
100 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                              
101 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner         
102 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road                             18.19
103 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom              18.37
104 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner          
105 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                            
106 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                            
107 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                  20.28
108 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                  
109 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              
110 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                   21.27
111 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                        
112 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                              
113 Jesús Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       
114 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner          
115 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
116 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                   
117 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner              
118 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            
 
Points classification
 
1 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                               24 pts
2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          15
3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                   15
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         15
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    13
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    10
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                10
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  8
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                   8
10 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                         7
11 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                   6
12 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           6
13 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                          6
14 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             5
15 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        4
16 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    4
17 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                            2
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) High Road                                  2
19 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                          1
20 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          26 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    12
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                         10
4 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                           8
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                8
6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  6
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                  4
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          3
9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                               3
10 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             2
11 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       2
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1
13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                        1
14 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                          1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                7.19.29
2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                   
3 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                      0.04
4 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                     
5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                             0.07
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                0.11
8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                            4.17
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                4.31
10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
11 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                    
12 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                          
13 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis                             6.48
14 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) High Road                               
15 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                     
16 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                    6.52
17 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                 7.21
18 Chris Froome (Ken) Barloworld                             7.44
19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
20 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        7.55
21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                  8.47
22 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                           9.45
23 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                      11.11
24 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
25 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         11.12
26 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 
27 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
28 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     
29 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
30 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                     
31 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
32 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) High Road                          
33 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                        11.59
34 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    13.36
35 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux              14.02
36 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                               
37 Tony Martin (Ger) High Road                              16.43
38 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom               17.01
39 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           
40 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                             
41 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                    19.51
42 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                               
43 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           
44 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
45 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner               
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                               21.56.52
2 Bouygues Telecom                                           1.46
3 Rabobank                                                   1.59
4 Lampre                                                     3.09
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          8.35
6 Team Milram                                               10.30
7 Française des Jeux                                        11.16
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                          12.47
9 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                 13.22
10 Cofidis                                                  15.11
11 AG2R La Mondiale                                         15.31
12 Crédit Agricole                                          16.06
13 BMC Racing Team                                          17.00
14 High Road                                                19.17
15 Karpin Galicia                                           19.28
16 Barloworld                                               27.16
17 Skil-Shimano                                             27.34
18 Agritubel                                                28.30
19 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                             44.01