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Mark Cavendish back after Giro d'Italia success
Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) has his speed back, and showed it on stage 3.
Cavendish takes Columbia's next win in Suisse
Team Columbia-Highroad continued to win the sprints at the Tour de Suisse, with Mark Cavendish taking the honours in the third stage in Lumino. The Brit finished ahead of Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam).
Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) maintained his overall lead.
"It was another perfect win for us and having four riders there to help me in the last three kilometres showed how good and strong we are as a team," Cavendish said.
"It was a great lead-out and all the guys worked perfectly. Thor Hushovd tried to get a jump on me but I was able to get him before the line."
An escape group of four men marked the 198 kilometre stage from Davos. William Frischkorn (Garmin-Slipstream), Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre-NGC), Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) and Marlon Pérez (Caisse d'Epargne) had over three minutes on the main group at the top of the Lukmanierpass (1940m) at 70.6 remaining kilometres to go.
Gasparotto, 48 seconds behind in the overall classification at the beginning of the stage, endangered Cancellara's lead. The group worked to limit the escape's advantage prior to the end of the stage.
American Frischkorn lost contact with the other three in the final nine kilometres, and the group caught the remaining three escapees with four kilometres left to race.
Canada's Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Slipstream) tried a solo move in the final three kilometres. The sprinters, led by Team Columbia, caught him with 1500 metres to go.
Marcus Burghardt, yesterday's winner Bernhard Eisel, Tony Martin and George Hincapie strung out the peloton and guided the Manxman to the finish. Hincapie was the final one in the train, as he was for Cavendish in Milano-Sanremo.
Hushovd was the first to go for the sprint, but Cavendish was on him and then powered past him. Freire went after the 24-year-old, but Cavendish finished two bike lengths ahead of the three-time World Champion.
It was Freire's second consecutive second-place finish, but "the disappointment today is less than yesterday," Rabobank Directeur Sportif Adri van Houwelingen said. The Spaniard was able to console himself with the points jersey.
There were many crashes during the stage on rain-wet roads. Mathew Hayman and Lars Boom of Rabobank both went down. The Austrian Professional Continental team Vorarlberg-Corratec was hard hit, as René Haselbacher, Andreas Dietziker, Pascal Hungerbühler and Sebastian Siedler all crashed on the descent of the Lukmanierpass. All were able to continue, although Haselbacher lost over 27 minutes.
Tuesday's fourth of nine stages runs 197 kilometres from Biasca to Stäfa. It features the Hors Categorie Gotthardpass, the "roof of the Tour" at 2108 metres, only 45 km into the stage. There is another Category Two climb near the end, with the last 37 km being relatively flat.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 4:39:27 | |
| 2 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | ||
| 3 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 4 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 6 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 7 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 8 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 9 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 10 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 11 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 12 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 13 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 14 | Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 15 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
| 16 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 17 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | ||
| 18 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | ||
| 19 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 20 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | ||
| 21 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 22 | José Angel Gómez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 23 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 24 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
| 25 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 26 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 27 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 28 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 29 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | ||
| 30 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 31 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 32 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana | ||
| 33 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 34 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | ||
| 35 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | ||
| 36 | Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 37 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 38 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 39 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 40 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 41 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | ||
| 42 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 43 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 44 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 45 | Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step | ||
| 46 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | ||
| 47 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 48 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step | ||
| 49 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | ||
| 50 | Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 51 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 52 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | ||
| 53 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | ||
| 54 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 55 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 56 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 57 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 58 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 59 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 60 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 61 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | ||
| 62 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 63 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 64 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 65 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 66 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 67 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 68 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 69 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 70 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 71 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 72 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 73 | Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 0:00:16 | |
| 74 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | 0:00:17 | |
| 75 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 76 | René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:00:19 | |
| 77 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:24 | |
| 78 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 79 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas | ||
| 80 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 81 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | ||
| 82 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | ||
| 83 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:30 | |
| 84 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 85 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 86 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 87 | Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 88 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | ||
| 89 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 90 | Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas | ||
| 91 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 92 | Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 93 | Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 94 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 95 | Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 96 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 97 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | ||
| 98 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 99 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | ||
| 100 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 101 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 102 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 103 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 104 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 105 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:43 | |
| 106 | Branislau Samoilau (Bul) Quick Step | ||
| 107 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 108 | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 109 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 110 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 111 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 112 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 113 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 114 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 115 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 116 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 117 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 118 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 119 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 120 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 121 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 122 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 123 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 124 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 125 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 126 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 127 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 128 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 129 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:59 | |
| 130 | Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 131 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 132 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 133 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 134 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 135 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 136 | Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 137 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 138 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 139 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | ||
| 140 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 141 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 142 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | ||
| 143 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:14 | |
| 144 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 145 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 0:01:22 | |
| 146 | Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:02:50 | |
| 147 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:03:44 | |
| 148 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 149 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:04:05 | |
| 150 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 151 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:23 | |
| 152 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 153 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:05:29 | |
| 154 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 155 | Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 156 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 157 | René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:27:43 | |
| DNF | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| DNF | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 25 | pts |
| 2 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 20 | |
| 3 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 16 | |
| 4 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 13 | |
| 5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 11 | |
| 6 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 10 | |
| 7 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | |
| 8 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 8 | |
| 9 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 7 | |
| 10 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
| 11 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 5 | |
| 12 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 4 |
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 6 | pts |
| 2 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
| 3 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 |
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 6 | pts |
| 2 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
| 3 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 |
| 1 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 12 | pts |
| 2 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
| 3 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 6 | |
| 4 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 4 | |
| 5 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 2 |
| 1 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 2 | |
| 3 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 1 |
| 1 | Française des jeux | 13:58:21 | |
| 2 | Team Columbia - High Road | ||
| 3 | Team Katusha | ||
| 4 | Cervélo Test Team | ||
| 5 | Team Saxo bank | ||
| 6 | Astana | ||
| 7 | Rabobank | ||
| 8 | Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 9 | Silence - Lotto | ||
| 10 | Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 11 | Liquigas | ||
| 12 | Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 13 | AG2R - La mondiale | ||
| 14 | Quick Step | ||
| 15 | Team Milram | ||
| 16 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 17 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | ||
| 18 | Lampre-N.G.C. | 0:00:24 | |
| 19 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:54 | |
| 20 | Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:01:02 |
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 8:25:39 | |
| 2 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:00:22 | |
| 3 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:25 | |
| 4 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:27 | |
| 5 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:34 | |
| 6 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:35 | |
| 7 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:36 | |
| 8 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:38 | |
| 9 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:00:39 | |
| 10 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 0:00:41 | |
| 11 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 12 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 13 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 14 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:42 | |
| 15 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 16 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:00:43 | |
| 17 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:44 | |
| 18 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:45 | |
| 19 | Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 20 | Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step | ||
| 21 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 22 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:00:46 | |
| 23 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 24 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 25 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:47 | |
| 26 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:48 | |
| 27 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | 0:00:49 | |
| 28 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 29 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:00:50 | |
| 30 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:51 | |
| 31 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 32 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 33 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 34 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:52 | |
| 35 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 36 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:53 | |
| 37 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:55 | |
| 38 | José Angel Gómez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 39 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:56 | |
| 40 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step | 0:00:57 | |
| 41 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | ||
| 42 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | ||
| 43 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 0:00:58 | |
| 44 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 45 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:00:59 | |
| 46 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:01:01 | |
| 47 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 48 | Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:01:03 | |
| 49 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | 0:01:04 | |
| 50 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 51 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:06 | |
| 52 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 53 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:01:09 | |
| 54 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:01:11 | |
| 55 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 56 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 0:01:13 | |
| 57 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:01:14 | |
| 58 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:16 | |
| 59 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:17 | |
| 60 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:18 | |
| 61 | Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:01:22 | |
| 62 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:01:25 | |
| 63 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 0:01:26 | |
| 64 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:29 | |
| 65 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:01:31 | |
| 66 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 67 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 0:01:32 | |
| 68 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | 0:01:34 | |
| 69 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 70 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:01:36 | |
| 71 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 72 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 73 | Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:01:37 | |
| 74 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:01:38 | |
| 75 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
| 76 | Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:01:40 | |
| 77 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:01:41 | |
| 78 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:01:42 | |
| 79 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:44 | |
| 80 | Branislau Samoilau (Bul) Quick Step | 0:01:45 | |
| 81 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:01:46 | |
| 82 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 83 | Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas | 0:01:47 | |
| 84 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:49 | |
| 85 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 86 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:50 | |
| 87 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:01:53 | |
| 88 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 89 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 90 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:01:57 | |
| 91 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 92 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 0:01:58 | |
| 93 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:02:28 | |
| 94 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 0:03:37 | |
| 95 | Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:04:01 | |
| 96 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | 0:05:25 | |
| 97 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana | 0:05:27 | |
| 98 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:06:27 | |
| 99 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:37 | |
| 100 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:08:18 | |
| 101 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:10:59 | |
| 102 | Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:11:01 | |
| 103 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | 0:11:46 | |
| 104 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:13:01 | |
| 105 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:14:31 | |
| 106 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 0:14:46 | |
| 107 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:14:48 | |
| 108 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:14:53 | |
| 109 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:14:55 | |
| 110 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:14:57 | |
| 111 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:14:59 | |
| 112 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 0:15:03 | |
| 113 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:06 | |
| 114 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:15:12 | |
| 115 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:13 | |
| 116 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 0:15:14 | |
| 117 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:15:17 | |
| 118 | René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:15:19 | |
| 119 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:15:22 | |
| 120 | Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 0:15:26 | |
| 121 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 0:15:30 | |
| 122 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:15:31 | |
| 123 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:34 | |
| 124 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:15:35 | |
| 125 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:15:38 | |
| 126 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas | 0:15:39 | |
| 127 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:15:41 | |
| 128 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 129 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 130 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:15:42 | |
| 131 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:15:44 | |
| 132 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:15:48 | |
| 133 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | 0:15:50 | |
| 134 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:15:51 | |
| 135 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 136 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:15:54 | |
| 137 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 138 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 0:15:55 | |
| 139 | Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:15:57 | |
| 140 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 0:15:59 | |
| 141 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:16:02 | |
| 142 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:16:03 | |
| 143 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:16:05 | |
| 144 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:16:07 | |
| 145 | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:16:10 | |
| 146 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 147 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:16:12 | |
| 148 | Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 0:16:21 | |
| 149 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:16:22 | |
| 150 | Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:16:38 | |
| 151 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:16:42 | |
| 152 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 0:17:03 | |
| 153 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:18:35 | |
| 154 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:19:23 | |
| 155 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:20:46 | |
| 156 | Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 157 | René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:42:55 |
| 1 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 30 | pts |
| 2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 25 | |
| 3 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 23 | |
| 4 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 22 | |
| 5 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 19 | |
| 6 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 16 | |
| 7 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | 15 | |
| 8 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 12 | |
| 9 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 12 | |
| 10 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 10 | |
| 11 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 10 | |
| 12 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | 9 | |
| 13 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 9 | |
| 14 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | |
| 15 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 8 | |
| 16 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | 7 | |
| 17 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 7 | |
| 18 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 7 | |
| 19 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | 6 | |
| 20 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | |
| 21 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
| 22 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 5 | |
| 23 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 5 | |
| 24 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 4 | |
| 25 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 4 | |
| 26 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 4 | |
| 27 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
| 28 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
| 29 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
| 30 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 1 | |
| 31 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | -5 | |
| 32 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | -5 |
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 12 | pts |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
| 3 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | |
| 4 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 6 | |
| 5 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
| 6 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | |
| 7 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 | |
| 8 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
| 9 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
| 10 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 |
| 1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 19 | pts |
| 2 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 15 | |
| 3 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 11 | |
| 4 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
| 5 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 7 | |
| 6 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
| 7 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 6 | |
| 8 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 5 | |
| 9 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
| 10 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | 2 |
| 1 | Team Saxo bank | 25:18:26 | |
| 2 | Team Columbia - High Road | 0:00:06 | |
| 3 | Cervélo Test Team | 0:00:30 | |
| 4 | Astana | 0:00:34 | |
| 5 | Rabobank | 0:00:39 | |
| 6 | Quick Step | 0:00:40 | |
| 7 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:42 | |
| 8 | Liquigas | 0:00:43 | |
| 9 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:54 | |
| 10 | Française des jeux | 0:00:56 | |
| 11 | Team Katusha | ||
| 12 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:00:57 | |
| 13 | Team Milram | 0:00:59 | |
| 14 | Lampre-N.G.C. | 0:01:15 | |
| 15 | Silence - Lotto | 0:01:17 | |
| 16 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:24 | |
| 17 | Fuji-Servetto | 0:01:32 | |
| 18 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:02:05 | |
| 19 | Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:02:36 | |
| 20 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 0:07:24 |