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Deutschland Tour - ProT

Germany, August 1-9, 2006

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Stage 8 - August 9: Bad Krozingen - Karlsruhe, 172.1 km

Brown on a roll, as Voigt triumphs at home

By Jeff Jones

Graeme Brown (Rabobank, L)
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Graeme Brown (Rabobank) has sprinted to his second stage win of the Deutschland Tour, winning the final leg in Karlsruhe ahead of Erik Zabel (Team Milram) and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital). As expected, the stage finished in a bunch sprint, with Brown showing superior speed again. Tour leader Jens Voigt (CSC) finished in the same time as Brown in 106th position, and carried home the final overall victory in his national tour.

"It has of course been a fantastic race for me, where everything has worked out brilliantly," said Voigt to team-csc.com. "I finished the Tour de France in great shape, and in the period in between then and here in the Deutschland Tour I did some criteriums to keep me going. I stayed serious and focused instead of partying. I've really just made sure I kept focus on this particular race, because I badly wanted to do well in front of my home crowd. It's always fun to win a race in Germany and especially a big one like this.

"It's a good race for me. There are many of the Tour de France riders who didn't do this one, and I am able to manage those seven or eight-kilometre climbs with lots of will power and motivation. It's much worse in the races where we have to climb 30 kilometres or so.

Jens Voigt (CSC)
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"I was aiming for something like the top-five, top-six or maybe just the top-ten, but it's definitely been a nice little surprise that I was able to go this fast. It's more fun than when you expect a lot without being able to deliver. I would also like to give credit to the team, because I think they have done some fantastic work. We've had a good mix of riders, some who are good on flat stretches and some who are good in the mountains," Voigt concluded.

In the other classifications, Erik Zabel took home the points jersey; Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) the mountains, even though he finished on the same points as Andrey Kashechkin; Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) the young rider, and Gerolsteiner the teams.

How it unfolded

The four jersey wearers
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The final stage was held over a fairly flat parcours between Bad Krozingen and Karlsruhe, with just one small climb to overcome. 162 riders started the last stage at 12:30, and the pace was on straight away. Numerous attacks went in the opening kilometres, but it took until km 24 before Norwegian Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole) was able to get clear. He took Lloyd Mondory (AG2R) and the ever-aggressive Pascal Hungerbühler (Vorarlberg) with him, and the three quickly found a rhythm.

With Hungerbühler the best placed on GC at 22 minutes, the peloton let the breakaway go. At the first sprint at Mahlberg (km 48), it was Kaggestad before Hungerbühler and Mondory with the peloton at four minutes. 10 km later, Hungerbühler took the mountain points at Burgbühl ahead of Mondory and Kaggestad, which meant that Sebastian Lang had effectively sewn up the mountains jersey, as there were no more points on offer.

The gap grew to six minutes after 68 km, before Lampre-Fondital and Wiesenhof decided that that was enough and positioned their riders at the head of the peloton to chase. At the second sprint in Offenburg (km 76.4), Mondory was first ahead of Kaggestad and Hungerbühler, and by this stage, Milram and then Rabobank joined the chase in the bunch.

Kaggestad took a money sprint in Appenweiler as the break's gap fell to under five minutes, and a bunch sprint started to look extremely likely. After 100 km, it was only 3'45, and the chase relented a little as there were still 72 km to go. The gap went up to 4'15 and came down to 3'00 by the last sprint of the day at Rastatt (km 126), won by Mondory from Kaggestad and Hungerbühler

Kaggestad was the first to give up at 20 km to go, when the peloton was just 20 seconds behind. The two others were caught in Karlsruhe with 15 km to go, shortly before the first passage of the line. The attacks started in the finale, with Astana and Cofidis being aggressive, but the sprinters teams had a lock on the race, and kept the tempo high enough to discourage any move.

T-Mobile was doing the bulk of the work in front, before Lampre and AG2R took over. Prologue winner Vladimir Gusev tried an attack just before the kilometre to go mark, but didn't last long, and Milram led it out for Zabel, despite a spoiler move by Sven Teutenberg (Vorarlberg). Zabel was well placed, but Brown came around him for another big win - his second on European soil.

Photography

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Results

1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                     3.46.38 (45.56 km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
4 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                
6 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
7 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             
8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                    
11 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                              
13 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
14 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                           
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
16 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
18 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                           
19 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
20 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       
21 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
22 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                           
23 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
24 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
25 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
26 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
27 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
28 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          
30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
32 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
33 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
34 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
35 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
36 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
37 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           
38 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                   
40 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                                 
41 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
42 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
43 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 
45 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
46 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
47 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
48 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                                  
49 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
50 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     
51 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       
52 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          
53 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
54 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    
55 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg                                 
56 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
57 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                 
58 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                   
59 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
60 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
61 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
62 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
64 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
66 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                    
67 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                          
68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
69 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team                           
70 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
71 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
72 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
73 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
74 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
75 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                   
76 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                  
77 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                              
78 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                    
79 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                    
80 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
81 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
82 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
83 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
84 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                 
85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
86 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
87 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                
88 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      
89 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             
90 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
91 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
92 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
93 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
94 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    
95 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
96 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
97 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
98 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
99 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                           
100 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
101 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                  
102 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
103 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
104 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
105 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
106 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            
107 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
108 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        
109 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          
110 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
111 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
112 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                       
113 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          
114 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                      
115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
116 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                              
117 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
119 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
120 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
121 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
122 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
123 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
124 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
125 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
126 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                            
127 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
128 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
129 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                               
130 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
131 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
132 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
133 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
134 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                     
135 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team                              
136 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             
137 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
138 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 
139 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                       
140 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                     
141 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
142 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
143 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
144 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
145 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            
146 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
147 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
148 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                              
149 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             
150 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team                         
151 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                          
152 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                      
153 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
154 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                       
155 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                         0.28
156 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance                                0.59
157 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.33
158 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                        2.02
159 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            2.14
160 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           3.18
161 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
162 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      5.44
 
Points
 
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                          25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         20
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              16
4 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  13
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                              11
6 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir               10
7 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            9
8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     8
9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          7
10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                   6
11 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           5
12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             4
13 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   3
14 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                          2
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                1
 
Mountains
 
Burgbühl - Cat. 3, km 58,6
 
1 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                             3 pts
2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   2
3 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  1
 
Sprints
 
Mahlberg, 48,3
 
1 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  6 pts
2 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                             4
3 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   2
 
Offenburg, km 76.4
 
1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   6 pts
2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  4
3 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                             2
 
Rastatt, km 126,6
 
1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   6 pts
2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  4
3 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                             2
 
Young rider
 
1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         3.46.38
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                
3 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                     
5 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                               
7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
8 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       
11 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
12 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
13 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
14 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
15 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
17 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
18 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
19 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
20 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     
21 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
22 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
23 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
24 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                          
25 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team                           
26 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
27 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                                 
28 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                
29 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
30 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
31 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
32 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
34 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
35 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                       
36 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
37 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
38 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
39 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
40 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team                               
41 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                              
42 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
44 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
45 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
46 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                               
47 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              
48 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team                          
49 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             3.18
50 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       5.44
 
Teams
 
1 Team Wiesenhof Akud                                            11.19.54
2 Rabobank                                                               
3 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears                                         
4 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                                       
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    
6 T-Mobile Team                                                          
7 Team Milram                                                            
8 Davitamon-Lotto                                                        
9 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                
10 Credit Agricole                                                       
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                      
12 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    
13 Lampre-Fondital                                                       
14 Française Des Jeux                                                    
15 Astana-Würth Team                                                     
16 Team Vorarlberg                                                       
17 Gerolsteiner                                                          
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                       
19 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                
20 Phonak Hearung Systems                                                
21 Team Csc                                                              
22 Liquigas                                                              
 
Final General classification 
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                      32.11.10
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 1.38
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                2.23
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            2.33
5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                2.57
6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             3.42
7 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                        4.08
8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            4.09
9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 4.36
10 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         4.38
11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              4.48
12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                       5.39
13 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              6.11
14 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      6.22
15 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                6.24
16 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       6.32
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       6.49
18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                  7.34
19 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   7.37
20 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                             7.39
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       8.13
22 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      8.47
23 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              8.55
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             8.59
25 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                            9.06
26 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          9.30
27 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                         9.34
28 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                       9.52
29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           10.07
30 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             10.27
31 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             10.30
32 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                  10.39
33 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          10.56
34 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             11.37
35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       11.44
36 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                            12.03
37 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              12.05
38 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         12.44
39 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                  12.52
40 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                 13.43
41 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                14.09
42 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     14.14
43 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   14.38
44 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      14.46
45 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      15.37
46 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                16.09
47 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             16.19
48 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        16.35
49 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                               17.54
50 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                  18.58
51 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     19.10
52 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              19.15
53 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                     22.11
54 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                        24.08
55 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    26.12
56 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              26.44
57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            27.56
58 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                  28.03
59 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 28.33
60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  28.41
61 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                   29.28
62 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team                          29.51
63 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           30.02
64 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                      30.20
65 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                          30.22
66 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team                      30.25
67 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                             30.31
68 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                         30.46
69 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      30.49
70 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                        30.50
71 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                         31.04
72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                         31.33
73 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems           31.39
74 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                             31.54
75 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             31.55
76 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   32.10
77 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                               32.20
78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                             32.30
79 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                    32.41
80 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                      32.44
81 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team                     32.54
82 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                            33.04
83 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         33.08
84 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      33.41
85 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                          33.44
86 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             33.49
87 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   34.05
88 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                             34.22
89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              34.29
90 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears     34.41
91 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                             34.54
92 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       34.56
93 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                            35.11
94 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   35.19
95 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                              35.38
96 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                        37.22
97 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                37.39
98 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone     37.45
99 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                              37.49
100 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                38.13
101 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              38.46
102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        38.48
103 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                         38.54
104 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       39.08
105 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                    39.10
106 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                       39.12
107 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        39.19
108 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       39.37
109 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             39.42
110 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  39.49
111 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           39.52
112 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                        39.58
113 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          40.00
114 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                       40.02
115 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               40.19
116 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                40.31
117 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             40.48
118 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           41.08
119 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
120 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                         41.31
121 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                       42.09
122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           42.18
123 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                 42.22
124 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           42.27
125 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                  42.33
126 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              42.44
127 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          42.48
128 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         42.52
129 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                              42.55
130 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg                           43.00
131 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            43.17
132 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               43.35
133 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                              44.12
134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                              44.29
135 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                        45.09
136 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         46.36
137 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        47.00
138 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            47.58
139 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                      48.21
140 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 48.34
141 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      48.36
142 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                48.46
143 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                   48.54
144 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                50.38
145 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 50.40
146 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        51.15
147 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir          51.39
148 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                        53.07
149 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                     53.30
150 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             54.33
151 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     55.35
152 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       55.55
153 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                          56.33
154 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                         57.18
155 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             58.05
156 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                     59.16
157 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                    59.31
158 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        1.01.08
159 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                      1.01.23
160 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       1.01.28
161 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance                             1.02.24
162 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud                         1.04.16
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        115 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            88
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                  62
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                   56
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              53
6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              51
7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                          50
8 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                              50
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 49
10 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                43
11 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   37
12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   32
13 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  30
14 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  28
15 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                     27
16 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            26
17 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  25
18 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 24
19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                         24
20 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                         23
21 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 22
22 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         21
23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 20
24 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                              19
25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             17
26 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                            16
27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              16
28 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                               15
29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     15
30 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                14
31 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 14
32 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                      14
33 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir              14
34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         13
35 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         13
36 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     13
37 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         13
38 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               13
39 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     12
40 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         11
41 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           11
42 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                11
43 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                     10
44 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           10
45 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                             10
46 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   10
47 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             9
48 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         9
49 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                           9
50 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         8
51 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                            8
52 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                  8
53 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             8
54 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       6
55 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                     6
56 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                       6
57 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            6
58 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                6
59 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             6
60 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                          5
61 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               5
62 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                                 5
63 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   5
64 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           5
65 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 4
66 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                4
67 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     4
68 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg                                4
69 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     3
70 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                      3
71 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             3
72 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         2
73 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              2
74 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                2
75 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               2
76 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud                          1
77 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 1
78 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                              1
79 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    21 pts
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                  21
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            20
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 17
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         17
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                   16
7 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       12
8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         11
9 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       7
10 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 6
11 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             6
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          6
13 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                            4
14 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  4
15 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              3
16 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3
17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               2
18 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   2
19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          2
20 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2
21 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  2
22 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                             2
23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1
24 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 1
25 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                             1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        32.13.43
2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2.15
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       3.49
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        3.59
5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4.16
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              6.26
7 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                    8.06
8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            8.23
9 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         9.11
10 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     11.41
11 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      13.04
12 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              16.42
13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              24.11
14 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                  25.30
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team                          27.18
16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           27.29
17 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                          27.49
18 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team                      27.52
19 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                         28.13
20 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                        28.17
21 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                         29.00
22 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems           29.06
23 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team                     30.21
24 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         30.35
25 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   32.46
26 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                35.06
27 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         36.15
28 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        37.04
29 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              37.09
30 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                            37.19
31 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           37.27
32 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                37.46
33 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              38.15
34 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                          38.58
35 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        39.36
36 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            39.45
37 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                  39.49
38 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               40.11
39 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           40.15
40 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                41.02
41 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                               41.56
42 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg                         42.36
43 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       46.03
44 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 48.05
45 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud                         50.34
46 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              52.00
47 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      53.02
48 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        53.22
49 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg                     56.58
50 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          58.55
 
Teams classification
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                   96.42.18
2 Team Csc                                                           0.13
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 3.01
4 Lampre-Fondital                                                    8.06
5 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears                                     9.11
6 Astana-Würth Team                                                 10.50
7 T-Mobile Team                                                     13.30
8 Liquigas                                                          13.33
9 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                            16.12
10 Rabobank                                                         17.58
11 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                              20.13
12 Davitamon-Lotto                                                  20.43
13 Phonak Hearung Systems                                           22.55
14 Quick Step - Innergetic                                          37.09
15 Team Vorarlberg                                                  45.17
16 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                1.04.02
17 Team Wiesenhof Akud                                            1.09.25
18 Team Milram                                                    1.10.25
19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                               1.12.53
20 Credit Agricole                                                1.16.33
21 Française Des Jeux                                             1.23.26
22 Bouygues Telecom                                               1.27.38

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