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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT

Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007

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Stage 6 - August 28: Beek (Ned) - Landgraaf (Ned), 177.4km

Lastras wins the stage, Dekker takes over from fallen Nuyens

By Susan Westemeyer

Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne)
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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Pablo Lastras of Caisse d'Epargne caught an early breakaway group, and was able to break out of it again with 56 kilometres to go in Tuesday's sixth stage of the Eneco Tour. The Spaniard won ahead of former escape companions Anders Lund (CSC) and Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen).

The leader's jersey changed shoulders, landing on those of Rabobank's Thomas Dekker after Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) had to drop out of the race after crashing. The young Dutchman leads by four seconds over Jose Gutierrez of Caisse d'Epargne and is six seconds ahead of Saunier Duval's David Millar in third place.

Lastras knew precisely how long it had been since his last win. "I had to wait exactly two years, two months and ten days for this victory, which is a very long time. He knew his only chance for success was to be in an escape group, and he was lucky enough to get into the right one. Near the end, he was happy to lose companion Lund, who had taken off with him, "because I knew he was faster in the sprint. For this reason, I drove away from him in the final."

The 31 year-old was tired as he approached the final kilometer. "But I persisted and got what I wanted: the win. At last I could win again!"

A mass crash 44 km into the race took down a number of riders, including the numbers one and two in the general classification, Nuyens and Dekker. Nuyens was unable to continue due to pain in his right arm. Dekker went on to take over the race lead, but was obviously in pain after the race, with nasty bumps and scrapes on his right shoulder and thigh. Dekker fell heavily on his right hip, with which he already had problems.

Once again, the day's escape group got away early and this time stayed successfully away to the end. A group of 12 around Skil-Shimano's Maarten Tjillingii built a lead of up to seven and a half minutes. With 56 km to go, Lastras and Lund split off again, and Lastras was finally able to drop the Dane. The following group had crumbled to four as they finally saw him again at the one kilometer mark, but they were unable to catch the Spainiard. The thundering peloton rolled across the finish line not far behind.

Looking to Wednesday's closing time trial stage, the 22 year-old Dekker said, "At least I have the leader's jersey for one day, and I will defend it in the time trial." He picked Millar to end up winning the stage and race, because "he has the best form of all."

The time trial on Wednesday runs 29.6 km from Sittard to Geleen, with a two kilometer detour into Germany's western-most corner.

How it unfolded

148 riders left the Markt at Beek promptly at 12:05 Tuesday afternoon. Heinrich Haussler of Team Gerolsteiner decided not to start the stage. After five kilometres Roger Hammond of T-Mobile flatted, but was able to catch back up.

Just as Hammond flatted, an escape group formed of, among others, Volodymyr Bileka (Discovery Channel), Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Paolo Bossoni (Lampre), Franck Renier (Bouygues Telecom), Alberto Losada (Caisse d'Epargne), Markus Eichler (Unibet), Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano), Christoph Meschenmoser (Skil-Shimano) and Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques). After going 15 kilometres, they had only a 30 second lead over the peloton, with Mauro Facci (Quick.Step), Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) and Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole) caught in between.

Lastras and Hinault fall back into the peloton, but Facci stays in the middle, 12 seconds behind the escape group.

The leading group built up a lead of 4'25" by the time it came to the first climb of the day, the Cauberg. Lastras was the first one over, followed by Galdos and Bossoni. The leading group is composed of Tjallingii, Bileka, Kuschynski, Bossoni, Renier, Anders Lund (CSC), Gregory Henderson (T-Mobile), Lastras, Eichler and Aitor Galdos (Euskaltel). Facci was still 27 seconds behind them.

The most painful way to end a bike race
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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Shortly thereafter, Tom Stubbe of Chocolade Jacques dropped out of the race.

44 kilometres into the race, a mass crash took down a number of riders, including GC leader Nick Nuyens (Cofidis). The peloton put on the brakes to help them get back. Thomas Dekker of Rabobank was one of those who went down, but he made it back to the group.

GC leader Nick Nuyens wasn't so lucky and had to drop out, as did Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) and Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom).

With 110 to go, Facci had given up his struggle and fallen back into the peloton. Because of the big crash, the escape group built up its lead to nearly seven and a half minutes. Tjallingii led the group over the Loorberg ahead of Lastras and Renier, and 5 kilometres later, Bileka took the next climb, the Camerig, ahead of Galdos and Eichler. The lead had fallen to 6'35".

Stéphane Poulhiès and Nicolas Rousseau, both of Ag2r Prévoyance, were next to drop out of the race with 97 kilometres to go.

Kuschynski's chances in the escape were hampered when he took a nasty spill as his front wheel just slid right out from under him. He ripped open both his thigh and shorts on the right side. The tough Russian quickly caught up with his escape-mates.

Rabobank and Saunier Duval took up the lead in the peloton. Rabobank's Dekker was number two on GC going into the stage, but Tjallingii has moved into the "virtual lead" at the moment. The escape group's lead had been cut to less than five minutes with 71 kilometres to go.

Kuschynski dropped back to the race doctor's car to have his wounds tended to. At 56 kilometres to go, the lead was down to 3'41".

The lead group started to come apart. Lund and Lastras took off on their own. Henderson fell off the back of the group and the rest struggled to stay together.

Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) jumped out of the following group, but Rabobank refused him any space. Up ahead, Lund and Lastras tore through the rolling green countryside, quickly opening up a decent sized gap. The peloton moved to within three minutes.

Dekker came to the podium
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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At 38 kilometres to go, Lund and Lastras have opened up a lead of more than a minute over their former companions. Tjallingii didn't want to give up without a fight and took off in pursuit, but he had left it too late and was unable to put any real distance between himself and the now-crumbling escape group.

Lund and Lastras crossed the finish line for the first time on the closing round course 45 seconds ahead of Tjallingii and five others. The former escape group had splintered due to the high speed. The peloton came through 3'26" after the two leaders.

Tjallingii kept the pressure on, and he did everything he could to stay as far ahead of the peloton as possible in hopes of taking over the leader's jersey. He closed the gap to the two in front to 35 seconds. Behind him, the peloton overtook the first to fall out of the former escape group.

The two in front were 18 seconds ahead of the following group at 28 kilometres, with the peloton 2'20" behind. Predictor-Lotto had moved up to share the lead work with Rabobank.

Tjallingii took advantage of a climb to turn on the speed and drop some of his companions, but they caught him again. Sébastien Rosseler attacked out of the Rabobank-led peloton and was soon joined by Kim Kirchen of T-Mobile. They stayed a few seconds ahead of the peloton.

With eight kilometres to go, Lund fell back and was caught by Tjallingii, Caethoven and Hinault. The other four weren't far behind, but neither was the chasing peloton.

As the group of four passed under the one kilometre banner, they had Lastras in its sights. However, the group was unable to catch him as he crossed the finish line alone. Tjallingii tried again to get away but was overtaken by his companions and finished fourth, behind Lastras, Lund and Caethoven. The peloton rolled over the finish line only seconds later.

Photography

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Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com

Images by Elmar Krings

Results

1 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        4.15.28 (41.664 km/h)
2 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            
3 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                                
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                               0.03
6 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                       0.13
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                           
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                        
9 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
10 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                              
11 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                         
12 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
13 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                           
14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       
15 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
16 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                              
17 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
19 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                              
20 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                        
21 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
22 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
24 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
25 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                           
26 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
27 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       
28 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             
29 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
30 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
31 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                              
32 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
33 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                        
34 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
35 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                            
36 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
37 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           
38 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                          
39 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                          
41 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     
42 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                          
43 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
44 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
46 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
47 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
49 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
50 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
51 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         
52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
53 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                           
54 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
55 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
56 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
57 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
58 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
59 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
60 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                               
61 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
62 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
63 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
64 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                           
65 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
66 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                     
67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
68 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                      0.30
69 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                   0.32
70 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                0.43
71 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              0.54
72 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
73 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                            
74 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.37
75 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 1.39
76 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                              2.36
77 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                        
78 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                              
79 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
80 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  
81 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 
82 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
83 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                 
84 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
85 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
86 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                              
87 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                                
88 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                            
89 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
90 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
91 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
92 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
93 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    
94 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
95 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
96 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
97 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
98 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
99 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
100 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
101 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
102 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                      
103 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
104 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                               
105 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
106 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
107 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
108 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         6.00
109 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         6.07
110 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                               7.10
111 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      
112 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
113 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
114 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
115 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                 
116 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                                 
117 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
118 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
119 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
120 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
121 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
122 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
123 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
124 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                          
125 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            9.08
126 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                              9.52
127 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                              12.41
128 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
129 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                               
130 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                       
131 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
132 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          13.51
133 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir          
134 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
DNF Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
DNF Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNF Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNF Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
DNF Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
DNF Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             
DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
DNF Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                          
DNF Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
DNF Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
DNF Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                           
DNF Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 

Sprint

Sprint 1
1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  8 pts
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              5
3 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     3
 
Sprint 2
1 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              8 pts
2 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                               5
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  3
 
Sprint 3
1 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              8 pts
2 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                               5
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  3
 
End of Stage Sprint
1 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             30 pts
2 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          25
3 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                              22
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 19
5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 17
6 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         15
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                         13
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                      12
9 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            11
10 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                            10

Mountains

Mountain 1
1 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              5 pts
2 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3
3 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    1
 
Mountain 2
1 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                5 pts
2 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3
3 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                          1
 
Mountain 3
1 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                               5 pts
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              3
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  1

Teams

1 Team CSC                                                          12.46.50
2 Crédit Agricole                                                           
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                          
4 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                                   
5 Skil - Shimano                                                        0.03
6 Quickstep - Innergetic                                                0.13
7 Team Milram                                                               
8 Rabobank                                                                  
9 Predictor - Lotto                                                         
10 Gerolsteiner                                                             
11 Liquigas                                                                 
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      
13 Unibet.com                                                               
14 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       
15 Lampre - Fondital                                                    0.43
16 T-Mobile Team                                                        2.36
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                     4.00
18 Française des Jeux                                                   4.59
19 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               7.10
20 AG2r Prévoyance                                                      9.08
21 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    9.33
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      25.28.48
2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.04
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             0.06
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         0.15
5 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    0.27
6 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.31
7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             0.38
8 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                     0.39
9 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 0.40
10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                              
11 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      0.41
12 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              0.42
13 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                         0.48
15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                              0.50
16 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              0.51
17 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
18 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       0.54
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   0.55
20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
21 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                0.57
22 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                            
23 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
24 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                       0.59
25 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.01
26 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.02
27 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             1.03
28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           
29 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                      1.04
30 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                      1.05
31 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       1.08
32 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen           1.12
33 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.14
34 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  1.18
35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.24
36 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      1.39
37 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.41
38 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      1.50
39 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.59
40 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.23
41 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                    3.21
42 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               3.49
43 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           3.55
44 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                              4.39
45 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    7.08
46 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                       7.23
47 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            8.51
48 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                  9.08
49 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                 9.09
50 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             10.40
51 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    10.47
52 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  10.49
53 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                    10.50
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          10.59
55 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       11.02
56 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                      11.03
57 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         11.05
58 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                     11.09
59 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                          11.18
60 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                         11.23
61 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              11.26
62 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                   11.28
63 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                11.29
64 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                11.33
65 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                               
66 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    11.34
67 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                       11.45
68 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                     11.50
69 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                  11.52
70 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                               12.21
71 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                12.47
72 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               12.51
73 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        13.15
74 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        13.17
75 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                13.18
76 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
77 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               13.31
78 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                         13.35
79 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                             13.41
80 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                      13.49
81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               14.13
82 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
83 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          14.14
84 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             14.28
85 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  14.33
86 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            14.37
87 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            14.44
88 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     14.57
89 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                       15.50
90 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                  16.06
91 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             16.25
92 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     17.03
93 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    17.59
94 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       18.05
95 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         18.07
96 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                18.21
97 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen      18.29
98 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                      18.30
99 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             18.39
100 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     18.50
101 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        19.04
102 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               20.16
103 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             20.32
104 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen           21.01
105 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 21.07
106 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                             21.27
107 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 21.30
108 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             21.35
109 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                          21.39
110 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                              21.42
111 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
112 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          21.48
113 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                        24.14
114 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir     24.30
115 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                              25.28
116 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             25.31
117 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          26.01
118 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           27.42
119 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  29.25
120 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           30.31
121 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                              30.50
122 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                          31.21
123 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                          31.37
124 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    32.22
125 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        32.30
126 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  32.53
127 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        33.13
128 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                            33.44
129 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            34.07
130 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               37.30
131 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            38.02
132 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                  39.53
133 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              41.54
134 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        1.02.52
 
Sprint classification

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                      74 pts
2 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir          60
3 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             51
4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            51
5 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                          49
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      47
7 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          43
8 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              43
9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            40
10 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  39
11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          36
12 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                            32
13 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                             32
14 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                   32
15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                31
16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  30
17 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              27
18 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           25
19 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 25
20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          25
21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                     24
22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                24
23 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                19
24 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  17
25 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                            16
26 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  15
27 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     15
28 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        15
29 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                         13
30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                        13
31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                13
32 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        13
33 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                          13
34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              12
35 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     12
36 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                      11
37 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                      11
38 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                         11
39 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                11
40 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       10
41 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        10
42 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            10
43 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            8
44 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          8
45 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   8
46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               6
47 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 5
48 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      5
49 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         5
50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             3
51 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        3
52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3
53 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    3
54 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    3
 
Mountains classification

1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                          15 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        15
3 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              8
4 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  6
5 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            6
6 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                5
7 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                               5
8 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             4
9 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                          3
10 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    3
11 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2
12 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 1
13 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          1
14 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         1
15 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   1
16 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      1
 
Team classification
 
1 Predictor - Lotto                                                 76.27.29
2 Rabobank                                                              0.19
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                      0.48
4 Skil - Shimano                                                        1.00
5 Quickstep - Innergetic                                                1.14
6 Team Milram                                                           1.17
7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    1.41
8 Liquigas                                                              1.45
9 T-Mobile Team                                                         4.17
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  7.47
11 Gerolsteiner                                                        11.43
12 Crédit Agricole                                                     11.45
13 Lampre - Fondital                                                   12.07
14 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              17.41
15 Team CSC                                                            17.47
16 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   20.19
17 AG2r Prévoyance                                                     20.23
18 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                             21.27
19 Unibet.com                                                          21.42
20 Française des Jeux                                                  25.31
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                    36.03

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