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Deutschland Tour - ProT

Germany, August 1-9, 2006

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Stage 2 - August 3: Minden - Goslar, 181.5 km

"The first to the corner wins"

By Hedwig Kröner

Jens Voigt (CSC)
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Jens Voigt, always ready to be off the front, saw his never ending offensives rewarded again today, winning the second stage of the Deutschland Tour in Goslar. The CSC rider was part of a final breakaway trio also including Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Andrei Kashechkin (Astana), who placed second and third in that order.

"It's great to win here in Germany," Voigt said after the race. "After the Tour, our first real race was the pair time trial in Bühl, and Bobby and I didn't succeed in defending our title - in fact, we ended up sixth, almost three minutes down... I must admit that that got me down quite a bit. Then, the prologue here was messed up because of the rain... so this does feel very liberating! I'm still here, my form is great and I'm happy to have won this stage. It's always great to win on one's home turf!"

Voigt, Rebellin and Kashechkin attacked the field shortly before the summit of the last Cat. 2 climb, the Bockswiese. On the long descent towards Goslar, the main bunch, driven by Lampre riders, chased hard behind them, but even though the trio only had 10 seconds left over them with 5 kilometres to go, the leaders defended their advantage. Inside the town of Goslar, Voigt played his cards exactly right - and was prepared for it.

"Most of the time, when you start to play poker in front, that's when the bunch reels you in and you don't win anything," added Voigt. "I was in the first break, too, and got caught before, then I was with the trio - and I told myself 'there's no way I'm going to have worked 30 kilometres to get taken in again.' And as I'm an experienced rider (smiles) I had looked at the finish profile beforehand and I knew that if you wanted to win here, you had to be first in the last corner before the line, because the last straight was very, very short. So my goal was exactly that: to get to that last corner in front, and from then on, it was all downhill and I could take the time to savour my win," he grinned.

Second-placed Rebellin, who was on Voigt's wheel when they headed onto the final straight, actually slid away slightly with his rear wheel in that left-hand corner, but managed not to crash. But the Italian, of course, missed at least one pedalstroke because of it, and lost contact with Voigt.

Fellow German Erik Zabel (Milram) eventually won the sprint of the main field, and sits now only one point behind the best sprinter, Vladimir Gusev, who also holds the yellow jersey in the race. Rebellin slipped into the jersey of best climber along the way.

Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel)
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Rebellin's teammate Stefan Schumacher, present in the chase group, had tried to make a difference on the first climb of the day, 35 kilometres before the finish, in the fight over the mountains jersey. "We were eight guys to be caught again in the middle of the last climb," he explained. "With about one kilometre to go before the summit, those three got away. We had Davide Rebellin with them, so the finale was almost perfect for us. Second is not very far away from first - it's still a pity, though. I knew that Jens Voigt was pretty fast..."

In the exciting finale, Schumacher hoped that it would come down to a sprint of the main group. "It was really tight, and it could have come together again, so I remained concentrated. If it had been a sprint, I would have been the one to go for it for Gerolsteiner. But the two were really fast so we couldn't see who won," he said, adding that his team's chances on the overall classification were far from gone.

"Levi lost 40 seconds in the prologue, and in view of the mountain stages to come, that's not a lot," Schumacher continued. "On these stages, a lot can happen, and it will come down to gaps of minutes, not seconds. As to myself, I'll look how long I can play a role on GC, and I hope for a stage win."

How it unfolded

The 181 km stage from Minden to Goslar got underway under sunny skies, with one rider not departing: Oliver Zaugg (Saunier Duval). Three intermediate sprints on the flattish first two thirds of the parcours awaited the riders, as well as a fulminating finish with two Cat. 2 climbs to master before the descent down to the finish line in Goslar.

After a few kilometres of strolling, the first attack of the day saw Jan Kuyckx (Davitamon-Lotto) try to get away, but he was quickly caught. From then on, the bunch got moving: 46 km/h were clocked in the first half hour, until Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) made a successful solo move at km 23.

The lone rider's advantage grew rapidly and reached its peak, 6'45, after 45 kilometres. Behind, team Discovery started to put on the pace, but bearing in mind the race profile, they knew that the Gerolsteiner rider would not be a threat to yellow jersey wearer Vladimir Gusev. What followed over the next kilometres looked more like a training ride: at about 40 km/h, the peloton didn't want to catch Scholz too soon, who in turn didn't hurry, either.

In the third sprint of the stage, Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) could have captured the race lead going for the bonus seconds, as he had done in the two previous sprints, but Saunier Duval's Marco Pinotti finally took them.

And Scholz' solo ride didn't last, either: around km 130, once the terrain got hilly, the Gerolsteiner man was back inside the bunch, which had picked up the pace in view of the first climb. Marco Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne) was the first to attack the Discovery- and Liquigas-led peloton on the slopes up the Bad Grund - and got a gap. While nine riders broke off the front of the chasing bunch to catch him, Fertonani won the GPM.

On the descent, 25 kilometres off the finish, a group of eight riders led the favourites by 20 seconds: Voigt (CSC), Kashechkin (Astana), Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne), Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Luengo (Euskaltel), Schröder (Milram), Failli (Liquigas) and Albizu (Euskaltel). But only one kilometre up the next, 5 km-long final climb, the Bockswiese, the leaders were caught once again by a main field.

Fertonani attacked in search of Schumacher's mountain points jersey, and the German countered. Then it was Vinokourov's turn to go for it, and Rebellin reeled him in again. But Astana's assault wasn't over, and as Kashechkin jumped, Rebellin stayed on his wheel, just to pass him for the KOM points on the mountain summit, joined by Voigt. That's when the winning trio was established, and another small ascent after the Bockswiese did not hold them back: Leading a bunch of about 30 riders, in which race leader Gusev was on his own without teammates, Rebellin, Voigt and Kashechkin had 45 seconds when they hit the descent.

Of course, everybody thought that the group would be able to swallow them again before the finish, but it turned out differently: The gap did diminish rapidly, and there were only 10 seconds left under the 5 kilometre-mark. But the trio worked well together until the end, and even though the bunch went full gas on the last clicks, they had apparently gambled just a tad too long...

Once the red flag on the final kilometre was passed, Kashechkin started losing contact because he looked back too much. Then Rebellin followed Voigt around the last corner, slid away slightly and could only look at the German raising his arms in a V from behind.

Photography

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Results

1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       4.22.25 (41.50 km/h)
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       0.05
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                        
6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
7 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
9 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                 
11 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
13 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
14 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       
15 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           
16 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
17 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                           
18 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
21 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                             
22 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                
24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                   
25 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
26 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    
28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
30 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
31 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                           
32 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
33 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                    
35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
36 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                         0.53
37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
38 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                        
39 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
40 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                 
41 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
42 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                                  
43 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
44 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                           
45 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
46 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
47 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                   
48 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
49 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
50 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 
51 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          
52 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      
53 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                    
54 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                       
55 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
56 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     
57 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              
58 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                                 
59 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                              
60 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      
61 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
62 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
63 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                
64 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
65 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                  
66 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
68 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  
69 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
70 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
72 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                         
73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
74 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
76 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
79 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
80 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           
81 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team                               
82 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
83 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    
84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
85 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
88 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
88 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
90 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
91 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       
93 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
94 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
95 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                      
96 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team                           
97 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team                          
98 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                               
99 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                             
100 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   2.08
101 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
102 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  
104 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                   
105 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
106 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                   
107 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
108 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
109 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         
110 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                      
111 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                  
112 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                          
113 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           
114 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
115 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                       
116 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
117 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
118 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
119 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg                                
120 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            
121 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                
122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
124 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         
125 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
126 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
127 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
128 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
129 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
131 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                    5.31
133 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
134 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
135 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             
136 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
137 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
138 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
139 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
140 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
141 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             
142 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             
143 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                              
144 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         7.39
145 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                              
146 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
147 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
148 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         9.56
149 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
150 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                             10.26
151 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                          
152 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                
153 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
154 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
155 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir               
156 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
157 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux                        
158 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             
159 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                         
160 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
161 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
162 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
163 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
164 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
165 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                          
166 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
167 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
168 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
169 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
170 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         14.00
171 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
172 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
DNS Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
 
Points
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            25 pts
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   20
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                  16
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         13
5 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      12
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      11
7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                              10
8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    9
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  8
10 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                7
11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                              6
11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                 6
11 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                6
14 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                      5
15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              4
15 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir               4
15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             4
18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                3
19 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                      2
19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              2
19 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    2
22 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                          1
 
Mountains
 
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    6 pts
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             6
1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  6
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                   5
5 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       4
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  2
6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    2
8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           1
 
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         9.12.17
2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                0.01
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 0.07
4 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                        0.10
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          0.11
6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                 
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       0.12
8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            0.13
9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                0.14
10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   0.17
11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           
12 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              0.21
14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
15 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                           
16 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           0.22
17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                   0.25
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            0.28
19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                0.29
20 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   0.34
21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       0.35
22 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.36
23 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   0.41
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                0.42
25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             0.45
26 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
27 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.47
28 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                 
29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       0.49
30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                              0.50
31 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
32 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 0.53
33 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              0.54
34 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                0.57
35 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
36 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1.00
37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      
38 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.03
39 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.05
40 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                               1.06
41 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                 1.08
42 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team                       1.09
43 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                1.10
44 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.12
45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
46 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              1.13
47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       1.14
48 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team                               
49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.15
50 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
51 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.16
52 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
53 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.17
54 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                   
55 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              
56 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
57 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                           1.19
58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                         
59 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
60 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                    
61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   1.20
62 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       
63 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           
64 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
65 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          1.21
66 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
67 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              1.22
68 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                
69 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                       1.23
70 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
71 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      
72 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.26
73 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                              1.27
74 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             
75 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  
76 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    1.28
77 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.29
78 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              1.31
79 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
80 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               1.32
81 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                             1.33
82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.35
83 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
84 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                          1.38
85 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                  1.39
86 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             1.43
87 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                    1.45
88 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             1.46
89 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.47
90 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2.12
91 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                              2.23
92 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                         2.25
93 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              2.26
94 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg                             2.27
95 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      2.30
96 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          2.31
97 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                       
98 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               2.32
99 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
100 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                          
101 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                               2.35
102 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                             2.36
103 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                2.37
104 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
105 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        2.38
106 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   2.39
107 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
108 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     2.41
109 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                   2.49
110 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                       2.52
111 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                     2.54
112 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            2.58
113 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            3.00
114 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                              3.02
115 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team                     3.04
116 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      3.05
117 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                          3.06
118 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         
119 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                              3.07
120 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
121 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       3.12
122 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                        3.25
123 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        3.27
124 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
125 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears     3.43
126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              3.57
127 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                               4.23
128 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          5.21
129 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                          5.33
130 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    5.35
131 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                5.45
132 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            5.58
133 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                         6.00
134 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               6.01
135 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                         6.06
136 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        6.08
137 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 6.16
138 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             6.21
139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                   6.27
140 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                               7.16
141 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      8.35
142 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         9.23
143 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                          9.42
144 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 10.00
145 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                             10.31
146 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                   10.32
147 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 10.41
148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             10.44
149 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             10.50
150 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir          11.00
151 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                     11.11
152 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         11.12
153 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     11.26
154 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                        11.27
155 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux                   11.36
156 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        11.46
157 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                12.31
158 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                          12.39
159 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                     12.40
160 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       12.41
161 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          12.43
162 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      12.47
163 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                12.48
164 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          13.21
165 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                        13.43
166 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                    15.35
167 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           15.41
168 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             17.19
169 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
170 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance                               19.48
171 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   21.57
172 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        22.02
 
Points classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              30 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         29
3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                      27
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            25
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              22
6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  20
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   20
8 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                 19
9 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             16
10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   16
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                 16
12 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  15
13 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         14
14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             14
15 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                               13
16 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   13
17 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     12
18 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             12
19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             12
20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     11
21 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                11
22 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                      10
23 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               10
24 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                             10
25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   9
26 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             9
27 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                          8
28 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 8
29 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                          7
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                  7
31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                               6
32 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                6
33 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                      5
34 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               5
35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                                 5
36 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    4
37 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir               4
37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             4
39 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                3
40 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     3
41 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                          1
42 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  1

Mountains classification
 
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    6 pts
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             6
1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  6
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                   5
4 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       5
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  5
7 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           3
8 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    2
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           2
8 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                              2
11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1
11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         1

Young rider classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         9.12.17
2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                0.01
3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    0.17
4 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.34
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        0.35
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              0.45
7 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        0.47
8 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     0.57
9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.03
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                 1.08
11 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team                       1.09
12 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.12
13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team                           1.14
14 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.15
15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.17
16 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              
17 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
18 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                           1.19
19 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          1.21
20 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems            1.22
21 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             1.23
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.29
23 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                          1.35
24 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      2.30
25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          2.31
26 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                       
27 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               2.32
28 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                2.35
29 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 2.37
30 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.38
31 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            2.39
32 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team                      3.04
33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               3.07
34 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         3.27
35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               3.57
36 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           5.33
37 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 5.45
38 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             5.58
39 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                          6.00
40 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                6.01
41 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       8.35
42 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                              10.31
43 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              10.44
44 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              10.50
45 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          11.12
46 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      11.26
47 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        12.41
48 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           12.43
49 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       12.47
50 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 12.48
51 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                         13.43
52 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                     15.35
 
Teams classification
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                    3.37.32
2 T-Mobile Team                                                          
3 Astana Team                                                        0.08
4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                     0.16
5 Team CSC                                                           0.17
6 Lampre-Fondital                                                    0.32
7 Quick Step-Innergetic                                              0.53
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                               1.16
9 Liquigas                                                           1.17
10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                1.25
11 Team Wiesenhof Akud                                               1.46
12 Team Milram                                                       2.00
13 Rabobank                                                          2.02
14 Phonak Hearing Systems                                            2.12
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                 2.26
16 Française des Jeux                                                2.57
17 Credit Agricole                                                   2.59
18 Team Vorarlberg                                                   3.23
19 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   3.41
20 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                                  4.21
21 AG2R Prevoyance                                                   5.12
22 Bouygues Telecom                                                  6.12

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