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71st Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007

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Stage 5 - June 20: Vaduz - Giubiasco, 192.8km

Robbie rockin' again as Schleck stays safe

By Shane Stokes in Giubiasco

McEwen and Benatti
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Robbie McEwen won three stages in last year's Giro d'Italia, took one this year and was then beaten into sixth place on stage two of the Tour de Suisse. But any thoughts that the 34 year old Australian was starting to slow down appear to have been dispelled today when he sprinted to victory in the Italian-speaking town of Giubiasco.

Led out by Predictor-Lotto team-mate Fred Rodriguez, McEwen hit the front and held off main rivals Daniele Bennati and Erik Zabel all the way to the line. It was his fifth win of the season and followed on from stage victories in three other ProTour events, namely Tirreno-Adriatico, the Tour of Romandie and the Giro.

"Every sprint has a story, and most of time it involves the good help of team-mates," he said after the race. "Today Chris Horner was up there in the final kilometres, but mostly the two guys who helped me were Leif Hoste and Freddy Rodriguez. Hoste was able to keep Fred and myself out of the wind and in a good position all the way until about 600 metres to go.

"Myself and Fred Rodriguez were in about sixth or seventh position and then with about 300 metres to go I told him to hit the front and go for it. He pulled the sprint for me. I stayed about two or three lengths behind him so I could make a run towards him."

McEwen showed his experience in working with the fact that the sun was behind them. "I was looking for the other riders trying to come from behind. I could see the shadows of the others behind me and when first shadow started to move towards me, that is when I started my sprint. It was a very tough sprint, it was uphill. I felt like I was starting to slow down, but I was able to hold everyone off behind me and get the win."

Yesterday was the first time in his pro career that Frank Schleck took the lead of a stage race. He started the day in yellow and had a relatively straightforward ride, finishing towards the front of the main bunch and preserving his overnight advantage over his main rivals.

Frank Schleck is starting to enjoy this
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"It was a very fast start and a lot of riders tried to go on the attack," he said, looking very relaxed at the post-stage press conference. "It was very possible that a big group could have got clear and we had to avoid that. We tried to let a little group go, of perhaps three to six riders but not more, and we knew that after that happened, there would be a good chance that the sprinters' teams would help us to bring it back."

That plan worked out well, with Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval) and fellow Swiss rider Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet.com) attacking some 28 kilometres after the start. The duo built a maximum lead of over nine minutes before Ten Dam went on ahead alone on the run up towards the start of the first category Lukmanierpass.

He persisted with his effort but sensing the possibility of a bunch gallop, the sprinters' teams drove the pace and eventually hauled him back with some 13 kilometres remaining. An attack by José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was then neutralised by the peloton, after which McEwen and the others sprinted it out on Giubiasco's Via Monte Ceneri.

"It was a very hot day out there," said Schleck. "There was a lot of attacking until the first hill but after that things settled down and the break went clear.

"This evening I am very happy to have the jersey for another day. Tomorrow will be a very hard stage. It is important to defend the lead, it is a very important jersey. I think that the Tour de Suisse one of the best races in the world. I hope to keep the jersey and after the climb to Crans I can tell you more about my chances. We will see tomorrow."

How it unfolded

156 riders lined out for the start of the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse, a 192.8 kilometre race from Vadul in Liechenstein to the Italian-speaking town of Giubiasco. Although there was the category one Lukmanierpass to be scaled, the summit came a full 78.3 kilometres from the finish. This made it possible that a bunch sprint could take place.

Former Tour of Britain winner Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank) was the only non-starter. Very soon after the drop of the flag the Swiss rider Pascal Hungerbühler (Team Volksbank) attacked, but he was hauled back. His compatriot Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval) also tried unsuccessfully, then David Lopez (Caisse d'Epargne) did likewise at the summit of the uncategorised St. Luzisteig climb.

The very aggressive opening kilometres then saw a group of seven move away after 174 kilometres, but with Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) present in the break, it was quickly reeled in.

After several more unsuccessful attempts, Bertogliati went once again 28 kilometres after the start and was joined by Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet.com). They hit the Wurth sprint on Aspermontstrasse some five kilometres later, where the gallop was taken by Ten Dam over his breakaway companion. The duo had by then opened up a considerable 3'10 gap to Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) and the rest of the bunch.

The leaders sped on from there to the third category climb to the summit at Hotel des Alpes [km 58.5]. Bertogliati was first to the top, while the main bunch was approximately nine minutes back. KOM leader Alessandro Proni nabbed third from the peloton, crossing the line ahead of his Quick Step – Innergetic team-mate Mauro Facci.

The gap then started to fall on the descent, dropping to 7'16 before going back up again to 8'25 after some 100 kilometres of racing had elapsed. Very soon afterwards - with some 86 kilometres to go - Ten Dam dropped his breakaway companion on the lead up to the first category Lukmanierpass.

The summit was 78 kilometres from the line and by then he was five minutes clear of Bertogliati and 9'19 ahead of the bunch. This main group was led over the top by mountains leader Proni.

Once on the descent, the peloton set about closing the gap. With 50 kilometres left Bertogliati was reeled in, leaving just Ten Dam alone in front. He had just over five minutes with 40 kilometres to go; by the next bonus sprint this was down to 2'56. Stalder won the gallop behind for second, strengthening his hold on the jersey for this classification.

Ten Dam took the category 4 prime of Gorduno just before his adventure finally came to an end with 13 kilometres remaining. His escape was one that had been an impressive 152 kilometres in length. Three km later Stadler took second in the final AXA-Winterthur bonus sprint behind team-mate Gerrit Glomser, ensuring he'd be on the podium this evening.

The stage win was very much up for grabs and José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) surged clear with about 8km to go. However the sprinters' teams were determined to keep everything together. After his recapture the speed was kept high to dissuade any further moves and as a result, the top fast men scrapped it out for the win. McEwen proved quickest in the final push for the line, going early and holding off new points leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre) and stage two victor Erik Zabel (Team Milram). Swiss champion Gregory Rast had gone early on the left but faded to sixth.

Schleck crossed the line in 32nd place, holding onto yellow at the end of what was a relatively straightforward day. It means he maintains his 49 second advantage over Vladimir Efimkin heading into tomorrow's tougher stage, the 190.8 kilometre race to Crans Montana. The riders face the hors categorie Nufenenpass , then a long descent down towards two AXA Winterthur sprints before the final category two ascent to the finish line.

Photography

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Results

 
1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                            4.55.39 (39,127 km/h)
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          
4 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                 
5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
6 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
12 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                 
13 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                           
14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                          
15 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                
16 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            
17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        
18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          
20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                 
21 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                           
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          
23 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
24 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
25 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
26 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                    
27 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
28 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           
29 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
30 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
33 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
34 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
35 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
36 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      
37 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
38 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
39 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
41 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
42 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              
43 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
44 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
45 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                         
46 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
47 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      
48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                     
49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                        
50 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                          
51 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
52 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              
53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
54 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
55 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
56 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                      
57 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
58 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
59 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                 
60 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
61 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            
62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
63 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       
64 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                                 
65 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
66 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
67 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                                
68 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
69 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                        
70 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
71 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                     
72 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   
73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
74 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                    
75 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
76 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  
77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
78 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                    
79 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                  
80 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic              
81 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                           
82 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
83 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
84 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                       
85 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                             
86 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                           
87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
88 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
89 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
90 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                                    
91 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
92 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
93 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
94 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
95 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   
96 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 
97 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
98 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
99 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                   
100 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
101 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
102 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        
103 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
104 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                          
105 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  
106 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    
107 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      
108 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                
110 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
111 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
112 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                          
113 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
114 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
115 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        
116 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      
117 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                   
118 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
119 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
120 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                            
121 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
122 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     
123 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                0.30
124 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                            0.33
125 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       0.35
126 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                      
127 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                
128 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                
129 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     
130 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             
131 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.39
132 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
133 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
134 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           
135 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                             
136 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
137 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                            
138 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                0.43
139 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.44
140 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 0.46
141 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                         
142 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              0.57
143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                1.02
144 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           1.06
145 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                              1.18
146 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    
147 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                 1.44
148 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                            3.47
149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             4.32
150 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                7.16
151 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        26.52
152 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
DNF Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                         
DNF Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         
DNF Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
DNF Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
DNS Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                         
 
Points
 
Arrivee Etape 05 - km 192.8
1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                 25 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               20
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        16
4 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               13
5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              11
6 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                           10
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 9
8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        8
9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 7
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                             6
11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                5
12 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                4
13 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          3
14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                         2
15 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                               1
 
Mountains
 
Hotel Des Alpes - km 58.5
1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      5 pts
2 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     3
3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       2
4 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                   1
 
Lukmanierpass - km 114.5
1 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                    12 pts
2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      8
3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       6
4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      4
5 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                           2
 
Gorduno - km 175.5
1 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     3 pts
2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       2
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     1
 
Sprints
 
Lodrino - km 165.3
1 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     6 pts
2 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 3
3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           1
 
Giubiasco - km 182.3
1 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  6 pts
2 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 3
3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           1
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                        14.46.57
2 Bouygues Telecom                                                      
3 T-Mobile Team                                                         
4 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                       
6 Caisse d'Epargne                                                      
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                  
8 Lampre-Fondital                                                       
9 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                  
10 Unibet.com                                                           
11 Rabobank                                                             
12 Predictor-Lotto                                                      
13 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   
14 Française des Jeux                                                   
15 Team Volksbank                                                 
16 Crédit Agricole                                                      
17 AG2r Prévoyance                                                      
18 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    
19 Team CSC                                                             
20 Team Milram                                                          
21 Liquigas                                                             
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  19.28.03 (38,505 km/h)
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.49
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           0.58
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                   1.05
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.19
7 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     1.39
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              1.46
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           2.03
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     2.06
11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.21
12 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                      
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         2.26
14 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                2.40
15 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       2.49
16 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                              2.55
17 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             3.06
19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3.21
20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              3.51
21 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               4.01
22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                      4.24
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          4.52
24 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                             5.02
25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                             5.11
26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 5.19
27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         6.09
28 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                              6.11
29 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          6.14
30 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           6.18
31 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             6.26
32 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              6.49
33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                      6.50
34 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                             7.09
35 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        7.20
36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              7.31
37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            7.36
38 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                         7.41
39 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         7.52
40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                    8.24
41 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                     8.26
42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          9.10
43 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  9.20
44 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    9.29
45 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   9.57
46 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           10.15
47 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                      10.50
48 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                  10.51
49 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            11.01
50 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          11.42
51 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11.52
52 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                            11.53
53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                11.54
54 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                           12.14
55 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                            12.17
56 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                            12.20
57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      12.57
58 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         12.58
59 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                         13.58
60 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                14.16
61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  14.54
62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        15.00
63 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  15.10
64 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     15.34
65 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     15.36
66 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                         15.54
67 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               16.27
68 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      16.46
69 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                17.23
70 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             17.45
71 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                        18.04
72 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                              18.11
73 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       18.28
74 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  20.16
75 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                20.26
76 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                      20.38
77 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      20.56
78 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    21.23
79 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      22.28
80 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            22.42
81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 22.58
82 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           23.09
83 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            23.20
84 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                      23.25
85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  23.46
86 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir       24.15
87 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            24.20
88 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                               24.44
89 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                 25.06
90 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                25.25
91 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               26.01
92 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                   26.28
93 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                           26.35
94 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                            
95 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                        27.07
96 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                            27.25
97 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              27.45
98 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    27.53
99 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                             28.09
100 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      28.10
101 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                 28.18
102 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         29.43
103 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           29.57
104 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              30.11
105 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          30.39
106 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                            30.58
107 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           31.01
108 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                             31.13
109 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        31.14
110 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                             31.21
111 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                   
112 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                     31.43
113 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone          31.50
114 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       31.52
115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                        32.04
116 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                32.07
117 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   32.13
118 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         32.15
119 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                              32.21
120 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                           32.37
121 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            32.45
122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               33.25
123 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               33.57
124 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                34.25
125 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                          
126 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                          35.24
127 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    35.27
128 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        35.46
129 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          37.00
130 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                     37.24
131 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               38.40
132 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            39.55
133 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             40.21
134 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  40.43
135 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       43.30
136 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     43.35
137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             43.37
138 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                           43.55
139 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                       44.33
140 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      44.55
141 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                45.02
142 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          47.17
143 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        47.25
144 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        47.37
145 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      47.40
146 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               47.51
147 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 48.11
148 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                           48.23
149 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                    51.46
150 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           52.38
151 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                              53.44
152 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      1.22.58
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               60 pts
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    42
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        41
4 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                 35
5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                       24
6 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               24
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        23
8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     23
9 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                22
10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             20
11 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      18
12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                               18
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               17
14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                16
15 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     15
16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                    15
17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            13
18 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               12
19 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            10
20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
21 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                          10
22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                9
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         8
24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          8
25 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       8
26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        7
27 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                       7
28 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  7
29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             6
30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     6
31 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                             6
32 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    6
33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                          5
34 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     4
35 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       4
36 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                4
37 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             3
38 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 3
39 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          3
40 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                3
41 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                     2
42 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                2
43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                         2
44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1
45 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   1
46 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      38 pts
2 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     21
3 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                    20
4 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                          15
5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     13
6 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                  10
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         8
8 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     8
9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              6
10 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               6
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     5
12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                         4
14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     4
15 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic             4
16 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          2
17 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                2
18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             1
19 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                1
20 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  1
21 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                18 pts
2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                          14
3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   9
4 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  6
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     6
6 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                             6
7 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                6
8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                     3
9 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic              3
10 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    3
11 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      2
12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     1
13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            1
15 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                              58.28.54
2 T-Mobile Team                                                     1.31
3 Unibet.com                                                        3.38
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                  5.12
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              6.00
6 AG2r Prévoyance                                                   6.40
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                              7.28
8 Team CSC                                                          7.46
9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                8.34
10 Astana                                                          12.52
11 Lampre-Fondital                                                 13.16
12 Team Volksbank                                                  18.34
13 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 19.22
14 Rabobank                                                        29.01
15 Crédit Agricole                                                 29.10
16 Française des Jeux                                              32.49
17 Predictor-Lotto                                                 40.22
18 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               41.12
19 Gerolsteiner                                                    44.18
20 Liquigas                                                        50.40
21 Team Milram                                                     58.04

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