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71st Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007
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Stage 2 - June 17: Olten - Luzern, 157.2km
Another win for Zabel as Cancellara holds on
Little change in the general classification
By Shane Stokes in Luzern
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Milram's Erik Zabel is enjoying a late career revival, due perhaps to the weight that has been taken off his shoulders. Since his May 24th confession for having used EPO back in 1996, Erik Zabel has returned to his top sprinting form. He won stages two and three in the Bayern Rundfahrt and today galloped home ahead of Daniel Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), Fabian Cancellara and Stuart O'Grady (both CSC) to win the second stage of the Tour de Suisse.
Neither Zabel nor Bennati knew who won but once the photo finish was studied, it was determined that the Milram rider had triumphed by a very small margin. Bennati had two reasons to be disappointed; for one, he finished as runner up for the second day in a row, and also that position plus Cancellara's strong sprint ensured that he was unable to take over the yellow jersey of race leader.
"I'm very happy to win," Zabel told the media at the post-stage press conference. "Today was a difficult day for the sprinters because of the third category mountain near the end [the Rengg]. I was nearly dropped there but with the last of my strength, I was able to reach the top with the main bunch. The descent was twisting and very fast so that was tough too.
"Ballan and Ongarato were setting the pace coming up to the finish. I could hear a crash behind but it didn't affect us. There was a slight rise to the line and also a slight crosswind, and both of these helped me. The photo finish was very tight but I made it."
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Cancellara said prior to the stage that his goal was to keep the jersey longer than the 24 hours he held it when he first won the Tour de Suisse prologue back in 2003. He succeeded in that goal, beating Bennati to take second in the day's first bonus sprint and then finishing just behind his Italian rival in the final gallop to the line. He ended the day 7 seconds ahead, conceding just one from his overnight margin to the Lampre sprint specialist. Not a bad showing for a guy who is known more as a time trial rider.
"In the Semaine Catalane I once beat Erik Zabel in the sprint and then another time in Paris-Nice I was ahead of Jaan Kirsipuu," Cancellara said, explaining that he has had some success in this area. "But I think if I trained to improve my sprint, I would lose something else."
He said that his defence of the jersey was achieved through several efforts. "First of all, I fought for the bonus in the first sprint. After that, we had this climb of the Rengg, which was fairly difficult. I wanted to cross the summit toward the front and fortunately I succeeded in that. It gave me additional motivation for the final kilometres.
"When we got to the sprint I was convinced that I would be pretty fast, but maybe not fast enough to win. Stuart O'Grady was there and he did great work as a team-mate to help me. I am pretty happy with my third place and think that this yellow jersey gave me additional strength on the mountain and in the sprint."
Indeed, had things worked out better, he feels he could even have taken the victory. "Just before the finish I went into a roundabout too fast and had to jump over an island on the road. I lost a bit of ground to those ahead of me and had to make a big effort to catch them. Perhaps if the finish was 100 metres further, the result could have been different.
"Initially we didn't know who won," he continued. "I am happy that Zabel took the victory, but would also have been satisfied if Bennati had won because he is a guy for the future. I'm pleased for Zabel, though, because of what he has been through recently."
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The day's big aggressor was the Zurich rider Pascal Hungerbühler, who went clear approximately 82 kilometres from the finish. Making the most of what had been a relatively relaxed pace in the peloton, the Volksbank pro quickly established a lead of over four minutes, but was eventually reeled in after approximately 50 clicks out front. Further attacks then followed, including a move containing team-mate Stadler Florian, Matteo Carrara (Unibet) and Quick Step – Innergetic's Carlos Barredo, which was brought back inside six kilometres to go. As some consolation, Carrara did end the day in the mountains jersey.
Hungerbühler also had something to show, having got some valuable publicity for his Volksbank team. But he said he was sad to be caught. "I had hoped to stay in front for as long as possible, maybe for the mountains jersey. This morning I woke up with the sensation that I had a cold. I was freezing when I went out. I hoped I could sweat it out but that didn't work. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow morning."
Today's stage was marked by a big crash inside the final kilometre, with riders such as Grégory Rast (Astana) hitting the deck. The spill caused big splits in the main bunch but as per UCI rules, these time differences were negated when it came to working out the general classification.
Cancellara was one of those who stayed out of trouble, his strong riding in the run up to the sprint ensuring that he was ahead of the problem. He said that he will try to ride well again tomorrow, even if the parcours doesn't suit him.
"The main aim was to defend the yellow jersey, and to have it tomorrow at the start is a nice result. I know that I am not a climber but I will do everything possible to hold onto this on the mountain tomorrow. I will climb at my own rhythm. I noticed on the Rengg that Damiano Cunego was positioned in the front and so perhaps tomorrow he will try something."
How it unfolded
166 riders lined out for the second stage of the Tour de Suisse, with Fabian Cancellara leading them off in yellow. It was sunny and approximately 26 degrees. The riders were clearly enjoying the weather as it was a relatively peaceful start; CSC were patrolling the front of the bunch and very few attacks were launched.
The first significant move of the day took place when Zurich rider Pascal Hungerbühler went clear approximately 82 kilometres from the finish. He established a gap of two minutes in just five kilometres, and this advantage continued to grow. On the unclassified hill of Swarzenback, site of the day's feed zone, the Volksbank pro had almost four minutes on the CSC-led bunch but with 58 kilometres to go, he reached his maximum gap of 4'30.
Hungerbühler took the first bonus sprint near Wolhusen while behind, 2'25 later, Cancellara fortified his lead when he outsprinted closest rival Bennati. Soon afterwards the riders raced onto the third category climb of Rengg and these slopes saw a number of attacks being launched.
Swiss rider Steve Zampieri (Cofidis) was one of the most aggressive and got away with several others. Hungerbühler was caught near the summit and Matteo Carrara (Unibet) was first over the line, taking the points there ahead of Quick Step duo Carlos Barredo and Alessandro Proni, plus T-Mobile's Giuseppe Guerini.
Carrara persisted after the top and was joined with approximately 12 kilometres to go by Barredo and Stadler Florian (Volksbank). They were 14 seconds clear of the peloton at this stage, but the gap jumped to 45 seconds by the time Stalder took the final hot spot sprint at Malters.
With just over six kilometres to go, Carrara secured the KOM jersey for the day when he crested the fourth category Obernau ahead of Barredo and Florian. Very soon afterwards they were hauled back by the bunch, paving the way for a big sprint.
A crash inside the final kilometre brought down several riders, including the Swiss Grégory Rast (Astana), and opened up large gaps in the peloton. The front runners were ahead of the fallers, though, and Zabel was able to take the victory ahead of Bennati, Cancellara and O'Grady.
Thanks to his strong finish plus the bonus seconds seized earlier, Cancellara ended the day seven seconds ahead of Bennati. He thus succeeded in his aim of holding on at the top, and will begin tomorrow's 228.7 kilometre stage to the Austrian town of Nauders in yellow.
With the Hors Categorie Flüelapass coming 60 kilometres from the finish and then the third category hill of Norbertshöhe topping out with two k's to go, it's going to be hard for the big Swiss rider. He's vowed to fight on, though, and will be helped once more by his CSC team.
Photography
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- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) battles Erik Zabel for stage two
- Zabel wins with the bike throw ahead of points leader Daniele Benatti
- Cancellara, in yellow, sprinting to keep the jersey
- Erik Zabel (Milram) on the podium after winning stage two of the Tour de Suisse
Images by Shane Stokes / Cyclingnews
- Saunier Duval Prodir's promising young sprinter Francisco Ventoso
- Swiss rider Steve Zampieri (Cofidis) is hoping to ride well on home soil.
- Matthias Kessler (Astana) is aiming for another good Tour de France.
- Paris-Roubaix winner Stuart O'Grady (CSC)
- Stuart O'Grady is building form for the Tour.
- Jens Voigt is presented to the crowds in Olten.
- Fabian Cancellara got a great reception in yellow.
- Frank Schleck is likely to be one of the GC guys here at this race.
- For now, the team will ride to protect the overall lead of Fabian Cancellara.
- Stuart O'Grady is looking forward to the Tour de France.
- Carlos Sastre has had a somewhat quiet spring but after the departure of Ivan Basso, he will lead the Tour team.
- Karsten Kroon was one of several strong riders on the Tour de Suisse team. While some have sent their 'A' squads to the Dauphine, CSC have done the opposite.
- Fabian Cancellara salutes the crowd in Olten.
- Swiss rider Martin Elmiger, interviewed by race announcer Georges Luchinger
- Martin Elmiger was a strong seventh in the prologue
- Giro star Gilberto Simoni is here.
- Gilberto Simoni was happy to sign autographs for the fans.
- Like Damiano Cunego, Gilberto Simoni opted to ride this race after the Tour of Italy.
- AG2R's climbing specialist John Gadret.
- Triple world champ Oscar Freire was hoping to win the first stage, but instead came down in a crash.
- FDJeux's Swedish champ Thomas Lovkvist
- 2006 Milan San Remo winner Filippo Pozzato, with a rather unusual tattoo.
- Filippo Pozzato rolls out.
- Each day, Bilberto Simoni has been having fun with the fans at the start area. He's happy to chat and sign autographs with them.
- Fabian Cancellara and his baby girl.
- Fabian Cancellara's daughter seemed unperturbed by the cameras, which is just as well.
- The family Cancellara.
- Some rather strange entertainment at the stage finish
- Erik Zabel wins stage 2
- The sprint was very close, with a photo finish needed to separate Erik Zabel and Daniele Bennati (Lampre Fondital)
- Pascal Hungerbuhler was clear for much of the break.
- The Volksbank rider was chasing good publicity for his team and also some success in his home race.
- Don't fall over!
- Erik Zabel salutes the crowd
- Nice!
- Fabian Cancellara waits for the jersey...
- ...then gets it, plus a big furry toy for his daughter
- Erik Zabel talks at the post-race press conference
- Fabian Cancellara does the same
Results
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4.04.56 (38.508 km/h)
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
5 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
11 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic
13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto
14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
16 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank
17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
20 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance
24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
26 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic
27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
30 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
31 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
32 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
33 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto
34 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank
35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
36 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com
37 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
38 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
39 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
40 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
41 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole
44 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com
46 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank
47 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team
48 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole
49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
50 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
51 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
52 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com
53 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
54 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
55 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
56 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
57 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
58 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic
59 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
60 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
61 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana
62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole
63 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
64 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
65 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
66 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
67 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
68 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram
69 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com
70 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
71 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic
72 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
73 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
74 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
75 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
76 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
77 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
78 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team
79 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com
80 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
81 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
82 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
83 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
84 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
85 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
86 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic
87 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
88 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole
89 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team
90 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana
91 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com
92 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
93 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
94 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance
95 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
96 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
97 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
98 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
99 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
100 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic
101 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
102 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
103 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
104 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank
105 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance
106 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
107 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
108 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
109 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com
110 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram
111 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank
112 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir
113 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir
114 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.56
115 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
116 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole
117 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC
118 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
119 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
120 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic
121 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
122 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
123 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
124 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
125 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
126 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance
127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank
128 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 2.56
129 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
130 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.15
131 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 4.00
132 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
133 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
134 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana
135 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank
136 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
137 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team
138 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com
139 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank
140 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram
141 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
142 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
143 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
144 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
145 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
146 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
147 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana
148 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
149 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
150 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
151 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
152 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
153 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
154 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
155 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
156 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank
157 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance
158 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
159 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.22
160 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
161 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.13
162 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
163 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.18
164 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 9.49
165 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.05
DNF Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
Points
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 16
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 13
5 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 10
7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 9
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8
9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7
10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6
11 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 5
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4
13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 3
14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1
Mountains
Rengg - km 135.3
1 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 5 pts
2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3
3 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 2
4 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1
Obernau - km 150.6
1 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 3 pts
2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 2
3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1
Teams
1 Liquigas 12.14.48
2 Lampre-Fondital
3 Team CSC
4 Quickstep-Innergetic
5 Predictor-Lotto
6 Bouygues Telecom
7 Team Milram
8 Team Volkswagen-Trek
9 Crédit Agricole
10 Caisse d'Epargne
11 AG2r Prévoyance
12 Française des Jeux
13 T-Mobile Team
14 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
15 Gerolsteiner
16 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
17 Unibet.com
18 Rabobank
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Saunier Duval-Prodir
21 Astana
General classification after stage 2
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.09.10
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.07
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.15
4 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.16
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.17
8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.18
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
11 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic
12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.19
14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com
15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.20
17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.21
20 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
23 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
24 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic
25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22
26 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana
27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
29 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.23
30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
31 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
32 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
33 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
34 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
35 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team
36 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
37 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.24
39 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
40 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 0.25
41 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto
42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic
43 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 0.26
44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
45 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
47 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
48 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
49 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com
50 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.27
51 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance
52 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance
53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
54 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
55 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
56 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.28
57 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
59 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
60 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
62 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic
63 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team
64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic
65 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
66 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.29
67 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com
68 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
70 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 0.30
71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana
72 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
73 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
74 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank
75 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance
76 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
77 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
78 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
79 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team
80 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
81 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.31
82 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.32
83 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
85 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
87 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.33
88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole
89 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
90 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.34
91 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
92 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
93 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
94 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
95 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
96 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.35
97 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank
98 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank
99 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole
100 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir
101 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.36
102 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram
103 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
104 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.37
105 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole
106 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
107 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 0.38
108 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com
109 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com
110 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.39
111 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank
112 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
113 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40
114 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
115 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
116 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
117 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 0.41
118 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.42
119 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 0.44
120 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.15
121 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1.17
122 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.20
123 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.22
124 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.25
125 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 1.27
126 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 1.28
127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.30
128 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
129 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.35
130 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 3.32
131 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.51
132 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.18
133 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 4.22
134 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 4.24
135 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.25
136 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 4.26
137 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team
138 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4.27
139 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.30
140 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
141 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4.32
142 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
143 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 4.33
144 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.34
145 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
146 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.35
147 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
148 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com
149 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.36
150 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana
151 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas
152 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4.37
153 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
154 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 4.39
155 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.42
156 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 4.45
157 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
158 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.47
159 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.51
160 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.01
161 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.39
162 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.45
163 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.46
164 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 10.31
165 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.31
Points classification
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 41 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 24
5 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 22
6 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16
7 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 11
8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10
9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 10
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance 9
11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8
12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8
13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7
14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7
15 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6
16 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6
17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5
18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 5
19 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4
20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4
21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 3
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3
23 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 2
24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2
25 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1
26 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1
Mountain classification
1 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 8 pts
2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4
3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 3
4 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1
5 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1
Team classification
1 Team CSC 12.28.13
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.15
3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.17
4 Lampre-Fondital 0.18
5 Quickstep-Innergetic
6 Française des Jeux 0.19
7 Gerolsteiner 0.20
8 Predictor-Lotto 0.21
9 Astana
10 Bouygues Telecom 0.22
11 T-Mobile Team 0.24
12 Liquigas 0.27
13 Unibet.com
14 AG2r Prévoyance 0.28
15 Rabobank
16 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.30
17 Crédit Agricole 0.31
18 Team Milram 0.43
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.45
20 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.48
21 Team Volkswagen-Trek 0.49
