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67th Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg - 2.HC

Luxembourg, June 6-10, 2007

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Stage 4 - June 10: Mersch - Luxembourg, 149.5 km

Rast sprints to stage and tour win

Gregory Rast of Astana won the sprint in the final stage of the Tour de Luxembourg, allowing him to jump into first place overall. Former leader Laurent Brochard finished tenth in the stage and fell to second overall. Third place went to Tiziano Dall'Antonio of Panaria.

102 riders started the stage in Mersch, but only 80 finished in the capital of Luxembourg. Rast won the sprint out of a five-main group, with Daniel Andonov Petrov of Team Benfica second and Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) third.

Photography

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Results

1 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                        3.25.21 (43.68 km/h)
2 Daniel Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                     
3 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                         
4 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                      
5 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                0.01
7 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                 
8 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                  
9 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare          
10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
11 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                                 
12 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange                                      
13 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                         0.05
14 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                   0.08
15 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica                                       0.11
16 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                0.15
17 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                     0.16
18 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                                    
19 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                              
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
21 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                  
22 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                       
23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          
24 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                              
25 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                    
26 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                
27 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            
28 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                   0.22
29 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare         
30 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon                                    
31 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                 0.24
32 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                 
33 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange                                0.27
34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                            0.29
35 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
36 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                    0.41
37 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                            
38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                           0.59
39 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                                1.20
40 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                            
41 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange                                   1.29
42 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.36
43 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.42
44 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                      
45 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                      
46 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                    1.44
47 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       1.47
48 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                     
49 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                               2.07
50 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica                                  
51 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica                          
52 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
53 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                             2.10
54 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange                                     
55 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                                4.09
56 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                         6.21
57 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel                              6.29
58 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                8.11
59 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                                           
60 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                     8.24
61 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   8.25
62 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                       
63 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                                
64 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus-Simplon                                   8.30
65 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                               
66 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                        8.32
67 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                         
68 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner               10.15
69 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                         11.39
70 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                   
71 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                               
72 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) CC Differdange                                 
73 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                        
74 Frank Dressler (Ger) CC Differdange                                    
75 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                           
76 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                                
77 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                                    
78 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                    
79 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                        
80 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel                                      17.20
 
Mountains
 
km 118.0
1 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                                    5 pts
2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                               3
3 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                         2
4 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                 1
 
km 139
1 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                     5 pts
2 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon                                    3
3 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica                          2
4 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica                                  1
 
Teams
 
1 Benfica                                                         10.16.19
2 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                                        0.01
3 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                           0.08
4 Unibet.com                                                          0.09
5 Skil-Shimano                                                        0.15
6 Elk Haus-Simplon                                                    0.23
7 Rabobank                                                            0.32
8 Crédit Agricole                                                     1.12
9 Agritubel                                                           1.22
10 Continental Cycling Team Differdange                               1.41
11 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                                          2.12
12 Bouygues Telecom                                                   3.03
13 Astana                                                             9.15
14 Team Wiesenhof Felt                                               12.08
 
Final general classification
 
1 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                       16.47.40
2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             0.10
3 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare             0.15
4 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                     0.25
5 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                               0.27
6 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                          0.29
7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                0.31
8 Daniel Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                     
9 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.34
10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      0.35
11 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                             0.36
12 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                     
13 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange                                  0.39
14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                        0.40
15 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner             0.44
16 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.47
17 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                   0.52
18 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica                                       0.56
19 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner              0.58
20 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                1.06
21 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                                1.09
22 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare     1.14
23 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                    1.20
24 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare     1.33
25 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                   1.42
26 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                          1.49
27 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                 
28 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica                              3.00
29 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                   3.42
30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
31 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                          3.50
32 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange                                   4.01
33 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                            4.03
34 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon                                5.05
35 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             5.35
36 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            6.24
37 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       6.36
38 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange                                6.56
39 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                                       9.02
40 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                     9.32
41 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica                     10.53
42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                           10.59
43 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                       11.02
44 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus-Simplon                                  11.23
45 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                11.30
46 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                        13.59
47 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                            14.03
48 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                              14.33
49 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                   14.49
50 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                          16.25
51 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               18.13
52 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                         
53 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                       18.37
54 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                               18.41
55 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange                                20.03
56 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               20.42
57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                          23.38
58 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                 23.51
59 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                24.05
60 Frank Dressler (Ger) CC Differdange                               24.23
61 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                    24.59
62 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                           26.34
63 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                         29.00
64 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) CC Differdange                            29.28
65 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                   29.29
66 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                 31.47
67 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  32.05
68 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                           32.21
69 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel                             32.22
70 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                               33.44
71 Kane Oakley (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                   33.54
72 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                               34.15
73 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  38.23
74 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                       38.36
75 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          38.42
76 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed              41.40
77 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                      41.52
78 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                               41.56
79 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner               43.16
80 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel                                      47.43
 
Mountain classification
 
1 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                                   16 pts
2 Cédric Herve (Fra) Agritubel                                          13
3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                           12
4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                10
5 Tomas Konecny (Cze) Elkhaus-Simplon                                    6
6 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange                                    6
7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                       5
8 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                     5
9 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                                    4
10 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare        3
11 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              3
12 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                       3
13 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                                2
14 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Benfica                         2
15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                        2
16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                             2
17 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                1
18 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Benfica                                 1
19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              1
20 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                                1
21 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                   1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare         16.47.55
2 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                     0.10
3 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole                               0.12
4 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.19
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                       0.20
6 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                              0.21
7 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange                                   0.24
8 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                             0.32
9 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elkhaus-Simplon                                 0.54
10 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare     0.59
11 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                          1.34
12 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                 
13 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                          3.35
14 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                            3.48
15 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            6.09
16 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                                       8.47
17 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                11.15
18 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                            13.48
19 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                          16.10
20 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               17.58
21 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                         
22 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               20.27
23 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare                 23.36
24 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                23.50
25 Rui Costa (Por) Benfica                                           26.19
26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                         28.45
27 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                   29.14
28 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                 31.32
29 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  31.50
30 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Felt                           32.06
31 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel                             32.07

Team classification
 
1 Benfica                                                         50.24.04
2 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                           0.06
3 Rabobank                                                            0.21
4 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                                        0.26
5 Unibet.com                                                          0.58
6 Elk Haus-Simplon                                                    1.29
7 Skil-Shimano                                                        4.11
8 Continental Cycling Team Differdange                                4.47
9 Crédit Agricole                                                     5.07
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                   5.13
11 Agritubel                                                          9.32
12 Astana                                                            12.24
13 Team Wiesenhof Felt                                               35.14
14 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                                         35.22