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July 2, 2010, 18:00

• Haselbacher leaves Vorarlberg-Corratec

  

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  July 2, 2010, 12:16

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  Cycling News

  Austrian to look for new team

  Team Vorarlberg-Corratec must do without its biggest name rider. Rene Haselbacher has refused to sign a new contract with the team, which has fallen to Continental status.

  The Austrian team had its Professional Continental licence revoked by the International Cycling Union last month, and only on Thursday was it awarded a Continental licence. The riders were offered new contracts.

  “I have not signed one of those,” Haselbacher, 32, said on his personal website. I am now training normally, but without a team. In the next weeks I will know what my athletic future is. I will look to have discussions with teams.”

  Haselbacher has moved to South Africa and trains in a South African jersey. Since he is no longer with the Vorarlberg-Corratec team, he will be unable to ride the Tour of Austria, which starts on Sunday, July 4.

  “I am happy for my friends on the team that they can continue to ride through the end of the year and I wish them a successful Tour,” he said.

  Haselbacher rode for Team Gerolsteiner from 1999 to 2006, and for Astana in 2007 and 2008, before joining Vorarlberg-Corratec last year. He won the Austrian national title in 2002 and the Rheinland Pfalz Rundfahrt in 2006.

• Baby Felline to have a taste of the Tour de France

  

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  July 2, 2010, 13:28

  By:

  Jean-François Quénet

  A year ago he was sitting his A-levels

  Fabio Felline from Footon-Servetto is the youngest rider on the start line of the Tour de France. Born on 3 March 1990, the Italian is young enough to be Lance Armstrong’s son.

  Felline won two stages and the overall of the Circuit de Lorraine in May this year. That prompted Footon-Servetto management to send him to the world’s biggest race. “I think I was potentially a reserve before”, he told Cyclingnews in Rotterdam.

  He first came to attention at the early Spring races in Belgium when he hurt many other riders’ legs in the Dwars Door Vlaanderen before puncturing 8km from the line. Felline followed that up with a tenth-place finish in the GPE3 won by Fabian Cancellara, a remarkable three days before his twentieth birthday.

  Along with Peter Sagan, who scored five wins this year but isn’t part of the Liquigas team for the Tour, Felline is the prodigy of the professional ranks. “For me, this is all new”, he said before starting his first Tour de France. “Exactly a year ago I was doing my A-level exams, I got 90/100.”

  Felline signed with the Footon-Servetto team in part due to his personal relationship with team manager Mauro Gianetti, going back to when he was 15.

  “I’m here at the Tour for experience”, Felline said. “It’s a reward for my early season results. It’s also a way to have a taste of the event. I have no pressure. I only have to take what is positive for my future. I even know how many stages I have to do. Well, in theory I’m here for ten stages but if I get tired before, I’m free to go home earlier and if I feel like doing one or two more, I can as well. I have no idea how I’ll go. I’ve never ridden my bike for more than 200 kilometres for two days in a row. I’ve been told this event is the biggest in every aspect. It’s the nicest race, the most dangerous, the most everything… It’s really special for me to be here.”

  The second youngest starter of the Tour de France is Felline’s compatriot Adriano Malori, who is two years older than him.

• Basso: ready and relaxed

  

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  July 2, 2010, 13:44

  By:

  Hedwig Kröner

  Liquigas leader happy to be back at the Tour

  It has been five years since Ivan Basso was last at the Tour de France, and one could sense that it was a special moment for the Liquigas rider as he prepared for the first big show of the event in Rotterdam, the official team presentation held on Thursday afternoon.

  "I'm very happy to be here," smiled the winner of the 2010 Giro d'Italia as he sat down with Cyclingnews waiting for his team's call to ride over the Erasmus bridge and onto the podium, surrounded by a substantial crowd. "It's a fantastic moment to be back after five years. We haven't started the race yet, but I am very eager to do my best."

  After being excluded from the race one day before the start of the 2006 Tour, and having completed a suspension for his involvement in Operacion Puerto, the Italian raced three Grand Tours before coming back to the French event this year. But what has been a slow come-back for him may also play to his advantage, as his build-up back to the highest level was made steadily.

  "After my Giro victory I'm very motivated to do well at the Tour again," he continued. "I hope to have three really good weeks. My form is good, but not super yet. But I know it will rise during the next weeks. I am confident."

  Liquigas' plan is for Basso to score another podium placing at this Tour, after finishing third in 2004 and second one year later. "I'm ready - but I also think everybody is ready! There are the world's best riders at the start, so it will be difficult to achieve [a podium placing]. But this is our objective," he confirmed.

  The 2010 Tour de France is thus a very open one, despite public attention focusing mostly on defending champion Alberto Contador (Astana) and Lance Armstrong (RadioShack), going for what would be a more than legendary eighth Tour de France victory. Basso noted that there were many other contenders for a top GC placing this year, including the Schleck brothers (Saxo Bank), World champion Cadel Evans (BMC) and Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), to mention but a few and in no particular order.

  "Alberto is the great favourite, of course," Basso commented. "But there are many riders this year that are ready to fight for the podium. What Alberto has done in the last years is impressive - still, we all need to believe that we can beat him."

  The Italian was not fazed by the prospect of Northern Europe sidewinds or cobblestones, which could have a serious impact on General Classification in the first week of racing. "I had a lot of training on these grounds - last year at the Vuelta, this year at the Giro. I'm ready," he assured.

  Bu the most important thing to him, insisted the Italian, was to enjoy being back at the Tour de France and to compete in the event without pressure, as he has already one Grand Tour win in his pocket this year. "I think I can do a great Tour de France," he said. "I'll definitely go for a stage win, and I hope for the podium. Whether I can win? Maybe not. But I don't want to think too much about this right now. Honestly, I have no pressure, and I don't want to limit myself to this or that objective right now. I just want to ride."

• Riccò to appeal suspended sentence

  

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  July 2, 2010, 14:35

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  Cycling News

  Lawyer claims he has been tried for same offence twice

  Riccardo Riccò has intimated that he will appeal the two month suspended sentence handed to him by a French court on Tuesday for the use of harmful substances. Riccò was also fined €3,000 in the case, which related to his positive test for CERA at the 2008 Tour de France.

  “We consider this judgment to be unjust in that a fundamental principle of French and European law, non bis in idem (that someone cannot be tried for the same offence twice), has been flouted. Mr. Riccò cannot be condemned twice for the same infraction,” Riccò’s lawyer Annamaria Tripicchio Rogier told AFP.

  Riccò had previously been sentenced to pay a fine of €5,710 by a court in Padua, Italy in February of this year in charges also relating to his positive test and possession of doping products at the 2008 Tour de France. He was suspended from cycling for twenty months for his positive test, but returned to the peloton in March to ride for Ceramica Flaminia.

• Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke race to debut in October

  

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  July 2, 2010, 16:31

  By:

  Cycling News

  Five ProTour teams already agreed to ride

  There is a new race on the International Cycling Union schedule, the “Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke”, to be held October 5. It will be a revival of the earlier race Binche-Doornik-Binche in Belgium.

  That race was last run in 1996, and has a special relationship to the late cyclist. “The reason (this race was chosen) is that Frank Vandenbroucke was the very last winner of this race in 1996,” said his uncle and race organiser Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke.

  “This year I am organising this wonderful race again,” he said. “So far we have agreements from five ProTour teams, Quick Step, Omega Pharma-Lotto, Garmin-Transitions, RadioShack and AG2R. And I am still negotiating with some others.”

  The race will have UCI 1.1 status.

  Frank Vandenbroucke died last fall of a pulmonary embolism in Senegal at the age of 34. The troubled Belgian had a history of emotional, legal and drug problems. He was considered to be the best young Belgian cycling talent in the 1990s, winning 51 races in six years.

• Cavendish targets stages and the green jersey

  

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  July 2, 2010, 16:32

  By:

  Daniel Benson

  HTC-Columbia rider proud to be part of growing British peloton

  Mark Cavendish refused to put a number on the number of stages he is targeting at this year’s Tour de France but the winner of six stages in 2009 said that he would aim for as many as possible as he targets the green points jersey.

  “I’m physically great,” he said at the HTC-Columbia press conference in Rotterdam. “I was good in Switzerland and the preparation has gone well. I’m excited for the racing.”

  Asked if comparing his tally of six wins from last year to any success he had this year was fair, he replied: “That’s not a realistic thing to do. Because I won six last year doesn’t mean I have to win six this year. I want to win as much as possible. I want to win 21 stages. I know that’s not realistic but every time we step on a bike the goal is to win.”

  During the press conference Cavendish also praised his team several times, calling them ‘diverse’ and ‘in form’, and adding “We want to win a stage, with or without me. We’ll be looking at our first opportunity tomorrow and the first sprint stage on Sunday and then reach Paris with the green jersey if that’s possible too.”

  As for his rivals, the Manx missile picked out the usual suspects, including Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and last year’s green jersey Thor Hushovd (Cervelo). “There are a few great guys here in the sprints. I spoke with Tyler yesterday and he looks incredibly fit and he’ll be a threat. Oscar has been going great this year and obviously Thor can never be counted out.”

  Cavendish also paid tribute to the other seven British riders who will race this year’s Tour de France. Bradley Wiggins, Steve Cummings, and Geraint Thomas, David Millar, Jeremy Hunt and Daniel Lloyd will also be in the peloton, making up nearly five per cent of the peloton.

  “There are eight guys from the UK and they’re not just riders who will make up the numbers, they’re guys who will have an impact and that’s incredible to see. It’s a great group of guys. Bradley will be exciting to see.”

  In Cavendish’s favour as he targets the sprints and green jersey, is the support and experience on hand at his HTC-Columbia team. Although George Hincapie has left a void since moving to BMC, the team can still count on the likes of Bernhard Eisel, Mark Renshaw and Adam Hansen, the latter back at the Tour after missing out in 2009. Cavendish will also have Erik Zabel in his corner too, who will carefully study the key stages and pass on vital advice before the finish.

  “He’s a great guy to have, a great guy with the team and probably the most experienced guy in the last generation of cycling. He won the green jersey so many times, so he must have been doing something right and that works with us too. I won a lot of races last year with him. He can tell us one thing and you can have 100 per cent trust,” Cavendish said.
   

• Rabobank ready for Tour de France challenges

  

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  July 2, 2010, 16:35

  By:

  Hedwig Kröner

  Two leaders and a sprinter target success for Dutch team

  The Rabobank team is gearing up for tomorrow's start of the Tour de France on home turf. It has an important meeting to observe on Friday afternoon, which may give the Dutch team further motivation for the three-week race: the soccer World Cup quarterfinal game against Brazil. While the match will serve as welcome distraction in a country as crazy about football as about bikes, it will not distract the Rabobank riders from their primary goal at this year's Tour, i.e. the overall victory for Denis Menchov.

  The Russian can be added to the list of the overall favourites, and he has built up his season for that sole goal. He declined to defend his Grand Tour title at the Giro d'Italia earlier this season, choosing instead to arrive at the Tour de France start fresh, without too many racing kilometres in his legs.

  "My form is very good," the Russian said at the team's press conference on Friday morning at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. "I feel good. I did a good job at the Dauphiné in June and had an excellent preparation camp in the Sierra Nevada afterward. So I think I will be at the start line in perfect shape."

  This is a different build-up for Menchov than in the last two years, when he did the Giro, winning it in 2009. The three-time Grand Tour winner is back to a less exhausting pre-Tour programme in the hope that this will make the difference for an overall success. "I hope that this preparation will be sufficient. I don't think I missed [the rhythm of racing], my preparation at the Dauphiné and my training afterward were good."

  Menchov, the experienced leader who may only have another two or three years to achieve a Tour victory, gets support from an upcoming star, Robert Gesink. It is the second Tour for the Dutchman, who hopes to finish it in Paris this time after crashing out early last year. Gesink, recently victorious of a stage in the Tour de Suisse, is rated as the next great Dutch stage racer and will be protected to learn the trade of Grand Tour racing whilst also trying to go for GC honours.

  "I'm only 24 years old. I'm still here to learn and to become stronger," said Gesink, who feels that he is up for the challenge for a top spot on general classification and the white jersey of best young rider. "Nevertheless, I will try to do well on the overall. My goal is the white jersey."

  Asked how he rated his chances against the likes of Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank), he said, "Nobody is unbeatable. When I won the Tour de Suisse stage to La Punt, I was a bit surprised that Andy got dropped. Of course, the Tour de Suisse is not the Tour de France, but I still think that it is possible."

  The third card in the hands of Rabobank is multiple World Champion Oscar Freire, arguably one of the smartest sprinters around, and who will be extra-motivated as he revealed that this could be his very last Tour de France before retirement at the end of 2011.

  "My condition is good, better than at the Tour de Suisse," the Spaniard said, hoping to score on the flatter stages resulting in fast bunch finishes. Knowing the configuration of his team, focused on the support of Menchov and Gesink, Freire will be largely by himself in the stage finales.

  "My situation is different compared to that of Farrar, for example. I don't have a lead-out train to take me to the finish; I have to work hard to get a good position for the final 200 metres, whereas the protected sprinters don't have this sort of difficulty. But I know I can rely on myself, like last year in Barcelona, where, even if I did not win, I had a great result."

  Regarding Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), Freire noted that the rival sprinter would again be very competitive at the Tour, regardless of the difficulties he's had until now. "He is better now than he was at the beginning of the season," he said. "Of course, it will be difficult for him to do even better than last year [where he won six stages - ed.]. Still, there are a lot of flat stages this year and I still hope to get some chance."

• Big names among early starters for Tour de France prologue

  

  Article published:

  July 3, 2010, 16:31

  By:

  Cycling News

  Martin, Vande Velde, Wiggins all in first hour

  Christian Vande Velde and Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions), Bradley Wiggins and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky), Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) and Levi Leipheimer have all opted for early start times in Saturday’s Tour de France prologue to try and avoid the rain showers forecast for later in the afternoon.

  Team leaders and time trial favourites are usually placed in the final slots of the start list but Cyclingnews understands that teams have studied hour by hour weather forecast and carefully selected the start times of their riders.

  Spain’s Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Footon-Servetto) is the first rider off at 16:15 local time. Martin starts at 16:25, Vande Velde at 16:31, Boasson Hagen at 16:33, Zabriskie at 16:53, Wiggins at 16:55 and Leipheimer at 17:17.

  Most of the other big-name start two hours later. Cadel Evans (BMC) starts at 19:20, Lance Armstrong (RadioShack) is third from last off at 19:30. Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) is off at 19:31 and Alberto Contador (Astana) is last rider off at 19:32.

  According to detailed weather forecasts for Rotterdam, rain is expected in the morning before drier conditions in the middle of the day. Scattered showers are forecast from two o’clock onwards, with an increasing percentage of humidity. The highest chance of rain, 88%, is at 19:00.

  With 12 corners on the city centre 8.9km course, the difference between wet roads and dry ones could well determine the stage winner. Fabian Cancellara, the favourite for the prologue win, starts second to last.

  Start times for Rotterdam prologue:

  #	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
  1	Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto	16:15
  2	Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	16:16
  3	Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank	16:17
  4	Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	16:18
  5	Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	16:19
  6	Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	16:20
  7	Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	16:21
  8	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram	16:22
  9	Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quick Step	16:23
  10	Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team	16:24
  11	Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia	16:25
  12	Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	16:26
  13	Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team	16:27
  14	Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	16:28
  15	Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha	16:29
  16	Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux	16:30
  17	Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions	16:31
  18	Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo	16:32
  19	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team	16:33
  20	Grégory Rast (Swi) Team Radioshack	16:34
  21	Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank	16:35
  22	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana	16:36
  23	Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto	16:37
  24	Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	16:38
  25	Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank	16:39
  26	Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	16:40
  27	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	16:41
  28	Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne	16:42
  29	Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	16:43
  30	Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram	16:44
  31	Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step	16:45
  32	Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team	16:46
  33	Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia	16:47
  34	Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto	16:48
  35	Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team	16:49
  36	Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	16:50
  37	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha	16:51
  38	Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux	16:52
  39	David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions	16:53
  40	Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	16:54
  41	Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team	16:55
  42	Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team Radioshack	16:56
  43	Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank	16:57
  44	Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana	16:58
  45	Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Footon-Servetto	16:59
  46	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	17:00
  47	Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank	17:01
  48	Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	17:02
  49	Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	17:03
  50	José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	17:04
  51	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	17:05
  52	Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram	17:06
  53	Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step	17:07
  54	Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team	17:08
  55	Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia	17:09
  56	Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto	17:10
  57	Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team	17:11
  58	Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	17:12
  59	Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha	17:13
  60	Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux	17:14
  61	Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions	17:15
  62	Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	17:16
  63	Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team	17:17
  64	Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack	17:18
  65	Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank	17:19
  66	Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana	17:20
  67	Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto	17:21
  68	Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini	17:22
  69	Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank	17:23
  70	Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	17:24
  71	Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	17:25
  72	Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne	17:26
  73	Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	17:27
  74	Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram	17:28
  75	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step	17:29
  76	Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team	17:30
  77	Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia	17:31
  78	Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto	17:32
  79	Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team	17:33
  80	Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale	17:34
  81	Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha	17:35
  82	Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux	17:36
  83	Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions	17:37
  84	Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo	17:38
  85	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team	17:39
  86	Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team Radioshack	17:40
  87	Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank	17:41
  88	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Astana	17:42
  89	Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto	17:43
  90	Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	17:44
  91	Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank	17:45
  92	Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	17:46
  93	Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	17:47
  94	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	17:48
  95	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	17:49
  96	Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram	17:50
  97	Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step	17:51
  98	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team	17:52
  99	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia	17:53
  100	Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	17:54
  101	Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team	17:55
  102	David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	17:56
  103	Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha	17:57
  104	Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux	17:58
  105	Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team	17:59
  106	Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo	18:00
  107	Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team	18:01
  108	Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack	18:02
  109	Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank	18:03
  110	Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana	18:04
  111	Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto	18:05
  112	Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini	18:06
  113	Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank	18:07
  114	Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	18:08
  115	Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	18:09
  116	Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne	18:10
  117	Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	18:11
  118	Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram	18:12
  119	Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step	18:13
  120	Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team	18:14
  121	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia	18:15
  122	Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team	18:16
  123	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team	18:17
  124	John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	18:18
  125	Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha	18:19
  126	Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux	18:20
  127	Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions	18:21
  128	Alexander Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo	18:22
  129	Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team	18:23
  130	Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack	18:24
  131	Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank	18:25
  132	Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana	18:26
  133	Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto	18:27
  134	Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini	18:28
  135	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank	18:29
  136	Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	18:30
  137	Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	18:31
  138	Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	18:32
  139	Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	18:33
  140	Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram	18:34
  141	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step	18:35
  142	Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team	18:36
  143	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia	18:37
  144	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	18:38
  145	Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team	18:39
  146	Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	18:40
  147	Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha	18:41
  148	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux	18:42
  149	David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions	18:43
  150	Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	18:44
  151	Serge Pauwels (Ned) Sky Professional Cycling Team	18:45
  152	Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack	18:46
  153	Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank	18:47
  154	David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Astana	18:48
  155	Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto	18:49
  156	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	18:50
  157	Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank	18:51
  158	Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	18:52
  159	Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	18:53
  160	Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne	18:54
  161	Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	18:55
  162	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram	18:56
  163	Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step	18:57
  164	George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team	18:58
  165	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia	18:59
  166	Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto	19:00
  167	Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team	19:01
  168	Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	19:02
  169	Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha	19:03
  170	Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux	19:04
  171	Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions	19:05
  172	Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo	19:06
  173	Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team	19:07
  174	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack	19:08
  175	Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank	19:09
  176	Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana	19:10
  177	Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto	19:11
  178	Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	19:12
  179	Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank	19:13
  180	Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	19:14
  181	Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne	19:15
  182	Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	19:16
  183	Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	19:17
  184	Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram	19:18
  185	Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step	19:19
  186	Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team	19:20
  187	Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia	19:21
  188	Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	19:22
  189	Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team	19:23
  190	Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale	19:24
  191	Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha	19:25
  192	Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux	19:26
  193	Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions	19:27
  194	Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	19:28
  195	Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team	19:29
  196	Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack	19:30
  197	Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank	19:31
  198	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana	19:32