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Mark Cavendish counts his wins.
Mark Cavendish won the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse Thursday in Bad Zurzach over Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre - N.G.C.). Team Columbia-Highroad teammate George Hincapie led him up to the final 175 metres.
Slovenian Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale) kept the race lead he took on Tuesday's stage to Stäfa. He leads over Swiss riders Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), nine seconds back, and Oliver Zaugg (Liquigas), 14 seconds behind, with three days remaining. Cancellara picked up five seconds via bonus sprints during the stage to break the tie with Zaugg and move into second place alone.
"It was easy to win here today," said Cavendish. "Hincapie brought me good into position and I moved around Hushovd."
The sprinter admitted that he was "quite tired" going into the stage. He called the closing course "difficult, technical and challenging" and said that the last few kilometres were "very physical."
"There was a second category climb at the beginning of the stage and a headwind for most of the day," said Cavendish. "It made it a very hard day for me, but it was all worth it. I came to the Tour of Switzerland because it's the best way to prepare for the Tour de France for me and because I wanted to do some climbs. So far it's going very well.
Reto Hollenstein (Vorarlberg-Corratec) took off on a solo escape 50 kilometres into the race. He built up a lead of over eight minutes, but the young Swiss neo-pro never really had a chance.
Hollenstein led by 2:13 over the peloton with 30 kilometres remaining. Team Columbia-Highroad, Rabobank and Cervélo TestTeam were intent on a sprint finish and worked to pull him back, catching him 12 kilometres later.
Teams Milram and Liquigas led the group in the final 10 kilometres to Bad Zurzach. Silence-Lotto, Quick Step, Cervélo TestTeam and Team Columbia-Highroad were at the front for the final three kilometres.
The peloton successfully negotiated a number of corners at high speed in the last kilometre. Hincapie came to the front in the final 400 metres with Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) on his wheel, but the Norwegian was unable to beat the smaller Briton, Cavendish.
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 4:18:26 | |
| 2 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | ||
| 3 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 4 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 5 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 6 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 7 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 8 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 9 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 10 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | ||
| 11 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 12 | Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 13 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 14 | Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 15 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 16 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | ||
| 17 | Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 18 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 19 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 20 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 21 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 22 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 23 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 24 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 25 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 26 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | ||
| 27 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 28 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 29 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 30 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 31 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | ||
| 32 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 33 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 34 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 35 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 36 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 37 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 38 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 39 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 40 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 41 | Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 42 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | ||
| 43 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 44 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 45 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | ||
| 46 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 47 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 48 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 49 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | ||
| 50 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 51 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana | ||
| 52 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 53 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 54 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 55 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | ||
| 56 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 57 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 58 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 59 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 60 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 61 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 62 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 63 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 64 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 65 | Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | ||
| 66 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 67 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 68 | René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 69 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 70 | Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 71 | Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 72 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 73 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 74 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 75 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 76 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 77 | Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 78 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
| 79 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 80 | Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas | ||
| 81 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 82 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 83 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
| 84 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 85 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 86 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | ||
| 87 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 88 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 89 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | ||
| 90 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 91 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | ||
| 92 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | ||
| 93 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 94 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 95 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | ||
| 96 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 97 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 98 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 99 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 100 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 101 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 102 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | ||
| 103 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 104 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step | ||
| 105 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 106 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 107 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 108 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 109 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 110 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 111 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
| 112 | José Angel Gómez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 113 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 114 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 115 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 0:00:22 | |
| 116 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:25 | |
| 117 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:27 | |
| 118 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 119 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 120 | Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step | ||
| 121 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:00:31 | |
| 122 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:00:33 | |
| 123 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:42 | |
| 124 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas | ||
| 125 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 126 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | ||
| 127 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:00:46 | |
| 128 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 129 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:49 | |
| 130 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:51 | |
| 131 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 132 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:59 | |
| 133 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | ||
| 134 | Branislau Samoilau (Bul) Quick Step | ||
| 135 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 136 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | ||
| 137 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 138 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 139 | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 140 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 141 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 142 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 143 | Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 144 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 145 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 146 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | ||
| 147 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 148 | Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:01:06 | |
| 149 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 150 | Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 151 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:45 | |
| 152 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 153 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:02:30 | |
| 154 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:04:04 | |
| DNF | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 25 | pts |
| 2 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 20 | |
| 3 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 16 | |
| 4 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 13 | |
| 5 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 11 | |
| 6 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 10 | |
| 7 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | |
| 8 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 8 | |
| 9 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 7 | |
| 10 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | 6 | |
| 11 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 5 | |
| 12 | Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 4 |
| 1 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | pts |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
| 3 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 1 |
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | pts |
| 2 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 3 | |
| 3 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 |
| 1 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 8 | pts |
| 2 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 6 | |
| 3 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 4 | |
| 4 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 2 | |
| 5 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 |
| 1 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 3 | |
| 3 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 2 | |
| 4 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
| 1 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | 3 | |
| 3 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 2 | |
| 4 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | 1 |
| 1 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 12:55:18 | |
| 2 | Team Columbia - Highroad | ||
| 3 | Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 4 | Française des jeux | ||
| 5 | Silence - Lotto | ||
| 6 | Astana | ||
| 7 | Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 8 | Team Milram | ||
| 9 | Lampre-N.G.C. | ||
| 10 | Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 11 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
| 12 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | ||
| 13 | Rabobank | ||
| 14 | Vorarlberg - Corratec | ||
| 15 | Quick Step | ||
| 16 | Team Katusha | ||
| 17 | Caisse d'Epargne | ||
| 18 | Cervélo TestTeam | ||
| 19 | AG2R - La mondiale | ||
| 20 | Liquigas |
| 1 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 23:10:27 | |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:09 | |
| 3 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 0:00:14 | |
| 4 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:00:42 | |
| 5 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:45 | |
| 6 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:54 | |
| 7 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:55 | |
| 8 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:56 | |
| 9 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:01 | |
| 10 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:02 | |
| 11 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | ||
| 12 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:01:05 | |
| 13 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:07 | |
| 14 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:08 | |
| 15 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:01:24 | |
| 16 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 0:01:39 | |
| 17 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:01:52 | |
| 18 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:56 | |
| 19 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:02:02 | |
| 20 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 0:02:04 | |
| 21 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:02:07 | |
| 22 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:14 | |
| 23 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | ||
| 24 | Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:02:28 | |
| 25 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:36 | |
| 26 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:02:43 | |
| 27 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:49 | |
| 28 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 0:02:52 | |
| 29 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:02:54 | |
| 30 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 0:02:55 | |
| 31 | Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:02:56 | |
| 32 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | ||
| 33 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto | 0:02:58 | |
| 34 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:02 | |
| 35 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 0:03:03 | |
| 36 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:03:04 | |
| 37 | José Angel Gómez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:03:06 | |
| 38 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:03:22 | |
| 39 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | ||
| 40 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:28 | |
| 41 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:42 | |
| 42 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | 0:03:45 | |
| 43 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:03:47 | |
| 44 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:04:04 | |
| 45 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:04:19 | |
| 46 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 0:04:33 | |
| 47 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:04:49 | |
| 48 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:04:52 | |
| 49 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:05:02 | |
| 50 | Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas | 0:05:45 | |
| 51 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:05:52 | |
| 52 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:06:04 | |
| 53 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 54 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:44 | |
| 55 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:48 | |
| 56 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:07:00 | |
| 57 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:07:09 | |
| 58 | Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step | 0:07:53 | |
| 59 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 60 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:08:37 | |
| 61 | Branislau Samoilau (Bul) Quick Step | 0:08:42 | |
| 62 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:09:55 | |
| 63 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:10:41 | |
| 64 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:10:56 | |
| 65 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:11:15 | |
| 66 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:11:30 | |
| 67 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:12:09 | |
| 68 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:12:33 | |
| 69 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:12:51 | |
| 70 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:13:04 | |
| 71 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:13:29 | |
| 72 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:13:33 | |
| 73 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:13:35 | |
| 74 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:14:42 | |
| 75 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 0:15:04 | |
| 76 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:15:14 | |
| 77 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:15:19 | |
| 78 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:15:33 | |
| 79 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:17:16 | |
| 80 | Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:17:44 | |
| 81 | Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:18:23 | |
| 82 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | 0:18:29 | |
| 83 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 0:18:38 | |
| 84 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | 0:19:08 | |
| 85 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:19:12 | |
| 86 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:19:35 | |
| 87 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step | 0:19:36 | |
| 88 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:19:45 | |
| 89 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:20:15 | |
| 90 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:20:39 | |
| 91 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 92 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:20:46 | |
| 93 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 0:21:04 | |
| 94 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:21:42 | |
| 95 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:21:53 | |
| 96 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:21:57 | |
| 97 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:22:54 | |
| 98 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:23:15 | |
| 99 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:25:13 | |
| 100 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 0:25:17 | |
| 101 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:25:45 | |
| 102 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:26:16 | |
| 103 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:28:06 | |
| 104 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:28:21 | |
| 105 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | ||
| 106 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:28:35 | |
| 107 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana | 0:31:38 | |
| 108 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:32:48 | |
| 109 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:33:10 | |
| 110 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 0:33:25 | |
| 111 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:33:36 | |
| 112 | Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:33:46 | |
| 113 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:33:52 | |
| 114 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | ||
| 115 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:33:56 | |
| 116 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:34:18 | |
| 117 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:34:39 | |
| 118 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:35:01 | |
| 119 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:35:40 | |
| 120 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 0:35:43 | |
| 121 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:36:07 | |
| 122 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | 0:36:15 | |
| 123 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:37:28 | |
| 124 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:37:56 | |
| 125 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:39:22 | |
| 126 | Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:43:07 | |
| 127 | Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:43:31 | |
| 128 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:44:01 | |
| 129 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:46:59 | |
| 130 | René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:47:25 | |
| 131 | Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 0:47:32 | |
| 132 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:47:40 | |
| 133 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:47:57 | |
| 134 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 135 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:48:00 | |
| 136 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:48:13 | |
| 137 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | ||
| 138 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas | 0:48:27 | |
| 139 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 0:48:32 | |
| 140 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:48:49 | |
| 141 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:49:08 | |
| 142 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 0:50:08 | |
| 143 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:50:46 | |
| 144 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:53:51 | |
| 145 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:56:51 | |
| 146 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:56:54 | |
| 147 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | 0:57:00 | |
| 148 | Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:57:07 | |
| 149 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 0:57:39 | |
| 150 | Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:57:48 | |
| 151 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:57:49 | |
| 152 | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:58:19 | |
| 153 | Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 0:58:37 | |
| 154 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 1:00:33 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 50 | pts |
| 2 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 50 | |
| 3 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 38 | |
| 4 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 35 | |
| 5 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 35 | |
| 6 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 29 | |
| 7 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 26 | |
| 8 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 25 | |
| 9 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
| 10 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 20 | |
| 11 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 20 | |
| 12 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 19 | |
| 13 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | 15 | |
| 14 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | 15 | |
| 15 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 15 | |
| 16 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 13 | |
| 17 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 11 | |
| 18 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 10 | |
| 19 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 10 | |
| 20 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 10 | |
| 21 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | 9 | |
| 22 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | 9 | |
| 23 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | 9 | |
| 24 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 9 | |
| 25 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | |
| 26 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 9 | |
| 27 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | |
| 28 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 8 | |
| 29 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 8 | |
| 30 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 8 | |
| 31 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 7 | |
| 32 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 7 | |
| 33 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 7 | |
| 34 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | |
| 35 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | 6 | |
| 36 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 6 | |
| 37 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
| 38 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 5 | |
| 39 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 5 | |
| 40 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
| 41 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 4 | |
| 42 | Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 4 | |
| 43 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 4 | |
| 44 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
| 45 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 4 | |
| 46 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
| 47 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
| 48 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
| 49 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 1 | |
| 50 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
| 51 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | -5 | |
| 52 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | -5 |
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 18 | pts |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 15 | |
| 3 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 12 | |
| 4 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | 9 | |
| 5 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 9 | |
| 6 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | |
| 7 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | |
| 8 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 6 | |
| 9 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
| 10 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
| 11 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 3 | |
| 12 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | |
| 13 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | |
| 14 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 | |
| 15 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
| 16 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
| 17 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 | |
| 18 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 |
| 1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 60 | pts |
| 2 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 26 | |
| 3 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 21 | |
| 4 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 19 | |
| 5 | Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 17 | |
| 6 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 15 | |
| 7 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 11 | |
| 8 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 10 | |
| 9 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 10 | |
| 10 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 8 | |
| 11 | Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 8 | |
| 12 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
| 13 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 7 | |
| 14 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | |
| 15 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 6 | |
| 16 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 6 | |
| 17 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 6 | |
| 18 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 6 | |
| 19 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 6 | |
| 20 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 5 | |
| 21 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 4 | |
| 22 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | 3 | |
| 23 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
| 24 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 2 | |
| 25 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
| 26 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 2 | |
| 27 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | 2 | |
| 28 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 2 | |
| 29 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 2 | |
| 30 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | 1 | |
| 31 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | |
| 32 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 |
| 1 | Team Saxo Bank | 69:31:42 | |
| 2 | Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:02:14 | |
| 3 | Liquigas | 0:03:38 | |
| 4 | Astana | 0:04:34 | |
| 5 | Fuji-Servetto | 0:05:55 | |
| 6 | Team Milram | 0:06:31 | |
| 7 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:07:45 | |
| 8 | Française des jeux | 0:07:50 | |
| 9 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:08:02 | |
| 10 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:08:35 | |
| 11 | Team Katusha | 0:09:15 | |
| 12 | Quick Step | 0:10:21 | |
| 13 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:12:57 | |
| 14 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 0:14:28 | |
| 15 | Lampre-N.G.C. | 0:15:08 | |
| 16 | Silence - Lotto | 0:15:28 | |
| 17 | Cervélo TestTeam | 0:19:16 | |
| 18 | Rabobank | 0:25:06 | |
| 19 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:28:14 | |
| 20 | Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:38:20 |