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33rd Volta ao Algarve - 2.1
Portugal, February 21-25, 2007
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Stage 5 - February 25: Vila Do Bispo - Portimão, 185.6 km
Petacchi takes the final crown
By Jean-François Quénet in Portimão
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Although Alessandro Petacchi isn't a big fan of numbers and prefers to focus on the high standard of his wins, he edged his personal win record to 126 victories at the final stage and the overall classification of the Tour of Algarve. Just like his win on Sunday, 121 of his voctries are bunch sprints. The first of his career was a three-man sprint in Mersing, Malaysia, at the end of stage in the 1998 Tour de Langkawi, he also had three other overall classifications under his belt: the 2000 Giro di Lucca, the 2005 Vuelta Valenciana and the 2006 Niedersachsen Rundfahrt where he also captured all five stages.
Petacchi almost swept the Tour of Algarve; in four of the five stages, he crossed the line in first position but was relegated in stage 1 in a questionable decision by the judges. He came 6th in stage 2 and was extremely angry at the end because of being boxed in. "I can't say I would have won it for sure but I'd have done a good sprint, he reflected. Anyway, it's the same. I'm happy with what I've won. It's important for me to win the Tour. This is my fourth stage race overall win. I've always liked the idea of not being only a winner of bunch sprints."
Even though his lead-out train in Algarve lacked Milram's new signing Brett Lancaster and he lost Alberto Ongarato at half way into the race, his team has dominated well enough for the team to be encouraged for their coming goals. "Today again my team-mates have worked a lot," Petacchi said. "Our two Germans (Marcel Sieberg and Björn Schröder, ed.) have paced the bunch for most of the stage. At the end [Alessandro] Cortinovis also came in as Lotto gave us a hand for catching the breakaway. When we were at one minute, we decided to keep them there for not coming across too early. We've handled the situation really well."
Despite the terrain being up and down in stage five, the scenario of the stage didn't give much suspense. The Française des Jeux directeur sportif Martial Gayant drove up briefly to the breakaway group only for giving a bidon to Carlos Da Cruz. "As soon as I saw these six riders, I understood they had no hope at all," he said. "This is the everyday life of professional racing nowadays: nothing unexpected happens really." It might be something the governing body could worry about even before they resolve their concerns about doping and Pro Tour…
How it unfolded
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Seven riders broke clear after only 11 kilometers: Carlos Da Cruz (Française des Jeux), Angel Vasquez (LA MSS), Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis), Pedro Lopes (Benfica), Johan Coenen (Chocolade Jacques), Daniel Musiol (Wiesenhof) and Hector Guerra (Liberty Seguros), the latter being the first to give up at km57.
The six men got a maximum advantage of 5.10 at km89, the bunch being driven mostly by the two German riders from Milram, Marcel Sieberg and Björn Schröder. Predictor-Lotto shared the turns in front of the peloton, therefore the gap decreased to 2.30 with 40km to go.
Eight kilometers before the end, the peloton was regrouped for one more sprint won by Alessandro Petacchi.
Photography
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Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Alessandro Petacchi on the start line.
- Belgian talks between Philippe Gilbert and Gert Steegmans.
- The winner is... Alessandro Petacchi again.
- Tiago Machado, 6th on gc and best young rider.
- Carlos Da Cruz broke away and collected the combined jersey in the name of his team-mate Philippe Gilbert.
- Alessandro Petacchi won the green jersey, of course!
- Final yellow jersey for Alessandro Petacchi.
- René Haselbacher, Alessandro Petacchi, Tiago Machado, Roy Sentjens, Wim van Huffel and Carlos Da Cruz shared the honors at the end.
- Davide Rebellin post stage
Images by João Dias www.cycloweb.freealoja.com
- Alessandro Petacchi's Colnago Bike
- The start at Vila do Bispo
- The breakaway with Pedro Lopes (Benfica) on the front at Casais
- The peloton with Team Milram in the head
- The breakaway
- The breakaway with Afonso Azevedo (LA MSS), Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis), Pedro Lopes (Benfica), Carlos Da Cruz (Française des Jeux), Daniel Musiol (Wiesenhof Felt) and Johan Coenen (Chocolade Jacques) on the way to Alferce KOM
- The peloton on the way to Alferce KOM
- Last turn
- 300 meters before the finish line and it seems Team Milram had the work done for Petacchi
- Another group heading the finish line with Benfica's Javier Benitez on the front.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 4.38.05 2 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 9 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon 10 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 13 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 14 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 15 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 16 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 18 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 20 Alejandro M. Marques (Spa) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 21 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 22 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 23 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 25 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira 26 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 27 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 28 Claudio Faria (Por) LA-MSS 29 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 30 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 31 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 33 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA-MSS 34 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 35 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica 36 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 37 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 38 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 39 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 40 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 42 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 43 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 44 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 45 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 46 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 47 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt 48 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 49 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 50 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 51 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 53 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Vitória-ASC 54 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica 55 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Fernando Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 57 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 58 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 59 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 60 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 62 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 63 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 64 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 65 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória-ASC 0.16 66 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.20 67 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 68 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.29 69 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 70 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.31 71 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.34 72 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 73 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA-MSS 0.37 74 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 75 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon 76 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 0.41 77 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória-ASC 78 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 79 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros 0.44 80 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 81 Ricardo Martins (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 82 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira 83 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 84 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 85 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 86 Rui Sá (Por) Barbot-Halcon 87 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 88 Stefan Kushlev (Bul) Riberalves-Boavista 89 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 90 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental 91 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 92 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 93 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 95 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 96 Edgar Anão (Por) LA-MSS 97 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 98 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista 99 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 100 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 101 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 102 Claus Michael Möller (Den) Barbot-Halcon 103 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 104 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 105 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 106 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 107 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 108 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 109 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 110 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 111 Virgilio Martins Santos (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 112 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 113 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC 114 André Moreira Vital (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 115 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 116 José Carlos Silva Rodrigues (Por) Vitória-ASC 117 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 119 João Cabreira (Por) LA-MSS 120 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 121 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS 122 Rui Filipe Pinto (Por) Barbot-Halcon 123 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira 124 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 1.02 125 Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 1.42 126 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 127 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 1.44 128 Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 2.38 129 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.55 130 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 131 Virgilo Neves (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 132 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 133 Bruno Pires (Por) LA-MSS 134 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 135 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental 136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.00 138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 139 Bruno Neves (Por) LA-MSS 4.13 140 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 5.13 141 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 7.04 142 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 143 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 144 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 145 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 146 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 25 pts 2 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 20 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 16 4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 13 5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 6 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 8 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 6 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 4 9 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon 2 10 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1 Mountains 1 (Cat 3, 45.4 km) 1 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 5 pts 2 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 3 3 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Mountains 2 (Cat 3, 98.6 km) 1 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS 5 pts 2 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 3 3 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 1 Mountains 3 (Cat 3, 107.1 km) 1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 pts 2 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 3 3 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 1 Metas Volantes Marmelete, 51.2 km 1 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 pts 2 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 2 3 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Lagoa, 169.3 km 1 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 pts 2 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2 3 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 1 Teams 1 Barloworld 13.54.15 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 3 Team Milram 4 Cofidis 5 Discovery Chanel 6 Benfica 7 Française Des Jeux 8 Astana 9 Rabobank 10 Madeinox-Bric-Loule 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Liberty Seguros 13 Predictor-Lotto 14 Team Wiesenhof Felt 0.20 15 La Mss 0.37 16 T-Mobile Team 0.44 17 Riberalves-Boavista 18 Vitoria-Asc 0.57 19 Chocolade Jacques 1.03 20 Barbot-Halcon 1.21 21 Duja-Tavira 22 Unibet.Com 1.28 23 Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 2.09 Final general classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 23.33.02 2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 0.20 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 0.22 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.27 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.29 6 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 0.31 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 0.33 8 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 9 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 10 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 11 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.34 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 0.37 13 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 14 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 15 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA-MSS 16 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld 17 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 18 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.46 21 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 1.10 22 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 1.22 24 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.31 25 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 1.34 26 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 1.36 27 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica 1.38 28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 29 Claudio Faria (Por) LA-MSS 30 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Barbot-Halcon 31 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 32 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 34 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 35 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt 36 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 37 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 38 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.08 39 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.09 40 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 2.10 41 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA-MSS 2.15 42 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.17 43 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 2.18 44 Andre Cardoso (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 2.19 45 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Duja-Tavira 2.21 46 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 2.22 47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 48 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 49 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 50 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 51 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória-ASC 2.59 52 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 3.39 53 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 55 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 56 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 57 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 58 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3.59 59 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 4.02 60 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.08 61 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 4.22 62 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 63 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 4.23 64 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 65 Rui Miguel Sousa Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros 66 José Carlos Silva Rodrigues (Por) Vitória-ASC 67 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 68 Virgilio Martins Santos (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 69 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 70 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental 4.33 71 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kelly 5.20 72 Hugo Manuel Vitor Izidoro (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 5.21 73 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 5.50 74 Bruno Neves (Por) LA-MSS 5.51 75 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Halcon 5.57 76 Edgar Anão (Por) LA-MSS 6.04 77 Stefan Kushlev (Bul) Riberalves-Boavista 78 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 79 Angel Vazquez Iglesias (Spa) LA-MSS 80 André Moreira Vital (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 81 Rui Filipe Pinto (Por) Barbot-Halcon 82 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 6.29 83 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6.34 84 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 7.09 86 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.39 87 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 8.12 88 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 89 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 90 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica 91 Bruno Pires (Por) LA-MSS 8.15 92 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 8.32 93 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 8.53 94 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira 8.56 95 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 96 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 97 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 9.31 98 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 10.26 99 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 10.43 100 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.12 101 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 13.58 102 Alejandro M. Marques (Spa) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 14.38 103 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 15.16 104 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 105 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.22 106 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 16.10 107 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 108 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 109 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16.39 110 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 111 José Manuel De Sousa Cunha (Por) Vitória-ASC 112 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 16.49 113 Ricardo Martins (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 16.54 114 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 17.21 115 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17.23 116 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.34 117 Fernando Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 19.36 118 Rui Sá (Por) Barbot-Halcon 20.21 119 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória-ASC 20.22 120 Luis Silva (Por) Duja-Tavira 20.43 121 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 122 Nelson Hugo Rocha (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 21.12 123 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 124 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória-ASC 21.27 126 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 127 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 21.50 128 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista 21.56 129 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja-Tavira 130 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 131 Claus Michael Möller (Den) Barbot-Halcon 132 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 133 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 134 João Cabreira (Por) LA-MSS 135 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 136 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 23.14 137 Celio Cristiano Sousa (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 23.21 138 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 23.38 139 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 140 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 23.53 141 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 24.07 142 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 25.15 143 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental 26.26 144 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 28.01 145 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental 36.05 146 Virgilo Neves (Por) Paredes Rota dos Móveis 48.01 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 96 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 55 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 49 4 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 46 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 46 6 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 24 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 20 10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 11 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 16 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14 13 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 14 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 10 15 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 10 16 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 8 17 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 8 18 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 6 19 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 6 20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 6 21 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 6 22 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 23 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 24 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 25 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 Mountains classification 1 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18 pts 2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 3 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 15 4 Gilberto Martins (Por) Madeinox-Bric-Loulé 11 5 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 6 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 9 7 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 7 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7 9 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 6 10 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 5 11 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 5 Metas volantes classification 1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 pts 2 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 6 3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 4 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4 6 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 7 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 8 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 9 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 3 10 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 2 11 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld 2 Combination classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 4 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja-Tavira 5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 6 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 7 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 11 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental Young rider classification 1 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista 2 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental 5 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Continental Teams classification 1 Astana 70.40.50 2 Discovery Chanel 0.09 3 Team Milram 0.33 4 Barloworld 1.04 5 Liberty Seguros 1.05 6 Gerolsteiner 2.05 7 Cofidis 8 Benfica 2.09 9 Predictor-Lotto 10 La Mss 2.46 11 T-Mobile Team 2.49 12 Française Des Jeux 4.06 13 Madeinox-Bric-Loule 4.51 14 Team Wiesenhof Felt 5.31 15 Quickstep-Innergetic 6.04 16 Chocolade Jacques 6.14 17 Riberalves-Boavista 6.55 18 Rabobank 7.12 19 Duja-Tavira 10.00 20 Barbot-Halcon 11.55 21 Unibet.Com 15.14 22 Vitoria-Asc 21.20 23 Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 23.33
