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71st Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007

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Stage 8 - June 23: Innertkirchen - Schwarzsee, 152.5km

Uran boosts Unibet morale, Efimkin still in pole position

By Shane Stokes in Innertkirchen

Rigoberto Uran (Unibet.com)
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It's been a very mixed few days for the Unibet.com team. Earlier this week they learned that they would not be given a place in this year's Vuelta a España, despite the March 5th agreement between the UCI and the Grand Tour organisers which, effectively, should have cleared the path for them to ride. There is no legal obstacle to the team's sponsors in Spain, after all.

However, despite that fact and the wording of the peace deal, organisers Unipublic ultimately decided to reject the team anyway. The net result means that the Swedish-registered squad will miss all of the Grand Tours this season.

The future of the backing is now uncertain. Talks will take place over the next few weeks to determine if the sponsorship will continue and, unsurprisingly, the riders and management are deeply frustrated. However the Unibet.com squad has been able to at least channel those emotions in a positive way, performing with distinction in this Tour de Suisse.

At the start of stage eight they had three riders in the top 15; Matteo Carrara was fourth, Rigoberto Uran was 11th and Gustav Erik Larsson was 15th. They were consequently second in the Teams Classification, and have been one of the most prominent of the ProTour squads here.

Today all that was surpassed when, after 152.5 kilometres of tough racing, the Colombian pro Uran won the penultimate stage. After breakaway riders Carlos Sastre (CSC) and then Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) were each reeled in, the 20 year old clipped away with approximately 800 metres to go and hit the line two seconds ahead of a 55-man main bunch. This was led home by Christian Moreni (Cofidis) and Andreas Klöden (Astana), while Vladimir Efimkin placed ninth and retains the yellow jersey going into the final day.

Efimkin and Kirchen
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"I had a little bit of luck," Uran said modestly. "I had thought that the finish would be more difficult. The work my teammates did for me before that was very good, and I am very happy to win a stage."

"I have been racing five years and last season I debuted as a professional with the team Tenax. This year I got a new contact with Unibet and changed to that squad. We have got a big team and they believed in me. I am therefore happy to take this win [for them]. This is a very important day for me as it is the second time I have won a race in Europe."

The first was also this month, Uran taking the stage 2b time trial in the Euskal Bizikleta. With the last six riders still to go, the stage was stopped due to stormy conditions. That's not the ideal way to come out on top but nobody can question today's result

He's looking forward to tomorrow, and hopes to move up from his current position of 11th overall. "I like time trials, he said "My aim is to get into the top ten in the final general classification."

When asked about the ProTour issue, he was clearly frustrated by what had happened. "I hope that Unibet will be admitted next year for the Grand Tours. As you know, this year we have not been able to ride those races and I regret that a lot. I hope that will change."

Efimkin ready for challenge

As for the race leader, he is now within one stage of his biggest career result. While he said yesterday that he has not yet been told by the team if he will be riding the Tour de France, his form is obviously extremely good. Caisse d'Epargne teammate Vladimir Karpets is also in the running for overall success; he's third, only 30 seconds back. T-Mobile rider Kim Kirchen is sandwiched between the two Russians in second place, 24 seconds off yellow.

All bar the next three riders are two minutes or more down; Uran's teammate Matteo Carrara is fourth, 31 seconds back, while Frank Schleck (CSC) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) are 33 and 57 seconds adrift respectively. The race is between these six.

"The course today wasn't really easy but the way the race developed was as we thought it would be," said Efimkin, who defended his yellow jersey for the second day in a row. "A break went and then we worked to bring it back. It means that tomorrow is the crucial day for the general classification."

Carlos Sastre did what he could to win but things didn't work out. "I was feeling okay out there, but not now!" he said with a smile immediately after the finish. "I tried but it was really difficult...it was very windy and behind they pulled very hard. But it is okay – this is important for the future.

Gilberto Simoni (Saunier)
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Efimkin is only 25 and hasn't been in this situation before, on the verge of winning one of the biggest races in the sport. But rather than being overwhelmed, he came across as very motivated to perform to the best of his abilities. Having his team-mate also in the running helps to take the pressure off somewhat.

"I am very happy to get to the final day in the jersey of race leader. I will give everything I can. I hope that if I do not win the race, that it will be Karpets in my place.

"Kirchen and Schleck are of course also important contenders. But I think they will have to give everything if they want to beat myself and Karpets. We will do all we can to win."

He was asked what lead he believes he would need to be sure of victory. "It not possible to tell," he answered. "It would perhaps be necessary to have one minute in order to be certain of keeping the jersey, but it's hard to know. I will give everything possible to hold onto the lead."

He said that he rode a time trial two years ago in the Tour of Portugal, which was similar in terms of length. So what kind of work has he done for such races? "Several times I trained for the time trial," he answered. "But always alone, without special preparation [wind tunnel testing- ed.].

"I like the description of the parcours for tomorrow, but I don't know how my muscles will feel! I could have heavy legs; we will see."

He will give his all to take the victory. But if it doesn't work out, he feels that he will have changed as a competitor. "Whether I win or not, this experience will be good for the future," he said. "I have learned how to ride as a leader and I think it should help me become a stronger rider."

How it unfolded

Riders did not wait long for attacks today, with Carlos Barredo from Quickstep the first to give it a go.

After 10 kilometres, a group of 15 tried to go but it was also unsuccessful. In Oberried, after a good 25 kilometres, four riders had a slight advantage but they couldn't get away either. The field was very attentive and also prevented an attack by Juan Antonio Flecha, who never got much more than seven seconds.

50 kilometre into the race all the constant attacking had done was that the race was extremely fast, about 20 minutes ahead of the fastest schedule - but the field still together.

As they passed Spiez with its narrow roads the peloton broke into two and Barredo tried again, but nine seconds was all he got. Ten kilometres later Swiss rider Hubert Schwab of the Quickstep squad had to abandon the race.

At kilometre 70, it was the first time that a group seemed to be able to get a decent gap.

A group of 11 went clear and it built a maximum lead of just over three minutes. The group contained Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), Michael Albasini (Liquigas), Matthew White (Discovery Channel), Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel), Jurgen van Goolen (Discovery Channel), Daniel Navarro (Astana), Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto), Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital), Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole), Enrico Poitschke (Milram), Florian Stalder (Volksbank)

Daniele Bennati (Lampre)
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The peloton started to chip into the lead and it was under two minutes when they entered Fribourg. As they crossed the old part of town, they hit some cobbles and an uphill, which Ballan and Sastre used to get themselves off the front. The two worked well together but the peloton was relentless and it decreased the lead constantly. The chase group fell apart, but four guys stayed between the lead and the field.

At kilometre 123 Florian Stalder won the sprint in Fribourg ahead of Meersman and Albasini and secured the sprints jersey. With a little more than 17 kilometre to go Fabian Cancellara dropped out of the field, saving his energy for the time trial.

One kilometre before the top of the cat 4 GPM in Weissenstein Sastre attacked and dropped Ballan. Sastre got the mountain points with Ballan 22 seconds back and the group chasing behind at a good minute.

Ballan was swept up by the chasers a little while later. Sastre was plotting ahead and increased the lead over the chasers slightly to 30". The field containing the yellow jersey was at 1'30".

The field swept up the remaining chasers at 10 kilometres to go and Sastre's lead shrunk to 48". He took the last sprint with nine kilometres remaining. Stalder got second ahead of Van Goolen. A couple of kilometres later Sastre's attempt was over as he got swamped by the field. There were attacks immediately , but nobody could get ahead.

With five kilometres to go Horner made a bold move and stayed ahead for a couple of kilometres but the chase behind was too hard. Saunier Duval and Quickstep launched attacks but the attentive field did not let anyone get ahead.

The final mountain points were only a couple of kilometres from the finish. It was Proni before Gusev, Gomez Marchante and Schleck.

The field entered the last kilometre where it was Colombian Rigoberto Uran from Unibet who tried to steal the sprinters' show with a last minute attack and he succeeded!

Photography

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Results

1 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                  3.28.51 (43.811 km/h)
2 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              0.02
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                     
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                               
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
12 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                        
14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                           
15 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
17 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                         
18 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                           
19 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                    
20 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                  
23 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                             
24 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                        
25 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                  
26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                       
27 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
28 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          
29 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
30 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                          
31 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
32 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                   
33 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                
34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        
35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
36 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
37 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
38 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
39 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
40 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
41 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
42 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            
43 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  
44 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
45 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
46 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                
47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
48 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
49 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
50 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                         
51 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
52 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                     
53 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                         
54 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
55 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                    
56 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
57 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    0.17
58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                                0.20
59 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                   0.23
60 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
61 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           0.38
62 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                1.28
63 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                         2.27
64 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         
65 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
66 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                               2.36
67 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                               2.39
68 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
69 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           3.36
70 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                         3.42
71 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                   
72 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                   
73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
74 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
75 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                          5.05
76 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                  
77 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
78 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                               5.28
79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                     
80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
81 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             6.34
82 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
83 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
84 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           
85 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
86 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              7.02
88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                              9.58
89 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone         12.24
90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
91 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
92 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
93 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                                      
94 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                                   
95 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
96 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                     
97 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
98 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                     
99 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
100 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     
101 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
102 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                              
103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
104 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
105 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
106 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      
107 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                           
108 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                     
109 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                           
110 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                      
111 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
112 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
113 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
114 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
115 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
116 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
117 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
118 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                  
119 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
120 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                        
121 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             
122 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
123 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                            
124 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
125 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                 12.31
126 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                            
127 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    13.49
128 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
129 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
130 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 
131 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
132 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
133 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    
134 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 
135 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
136 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
137 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                              
138 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
139 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
DNF Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
DNF Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                           
 
Points
 
1 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                       25 pts
2 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                20
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           16
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  13
5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                   11
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               10
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   9
8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          8
9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                7
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                              6
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               5
12 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  4
13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       3
14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                          2
15 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                               1
 
Mountains
 
Weissenstein - km 137.5
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                    3 pts
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                2
3 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               1
 
Rohr - km 151
1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                         5 pts
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                3
3 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                2
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           1
 
Sprints
 
Fribourg - km 123.6
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                   6 pts
2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               3
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                        1
 
Plaffeien - km 143.4
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                    6 pts
2 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                   3
3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1
 
Teams
 
1 Unibet.com                                                      10.26.37
2 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                     0.02
3 Astana                                                                  
4 Team CSC                                                                
5 Caisse d'Epargne                                                        
6 T-Mobile Team                                                           
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                    
8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                    
10 Liquigas                                                           0.17
11 AG2r Prévoyance                                                    0.20
12 Team Milram                                                        0.23
13 Predictor-Lotto                                                    0.38
14 Lampre-Fondital                                                    1.28
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                   2.27
16 Team Volkswagen-Trek                                               2.36
17 Rabobank                                                           3.36
18 Crédit Agricole                                                    6.34
19 Gerolsteiner                                                           
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                 24.46
21 Française des Jeux                                                     
 
General classification
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         29.24.01
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     0.24
3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.30
4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     0.31
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        0.33
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                0.57
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2.02
8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        2.03
9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 2.04
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            2.06
11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                    2.30
12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    3.53
13 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                3.54
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                        4.35
15 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                               5.30
16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                   6.09
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            6.35
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            7.13
19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                7.19
20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                7.53
21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               8.44
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              8.46
23 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                       9.32
24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                          10.07
25 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          
26 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         10.14
27 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               11.00
28 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              11.06
29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                              11.08
30 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                     13.08
31 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             15.46
32 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                        16.52
33 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    16.55
34 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            19.30
35 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        20.37
36 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        20.52
37 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                22.12
38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         24.10
39 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      26.57
40 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                          27.12
41 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     27.31
42 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                          28.16
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                             29.50
44 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           29.58
45 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                        
46 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            33.04
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic           33.33
48 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                              33.45
49 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    34.21
50 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                    35.43
51 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  39.15
52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        39.50
53 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               42.40
54 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               43.22
55 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                              43.23
56 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                              43.38
57 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                        45.36
58 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                  46.24
59 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              47.32
60 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                               49.29
61 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    49.36
62 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        49.41
63 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                   50.18
64 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                           51.55
65 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    51.58
66 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                  53.38
67 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       55.13
68 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                              55.54
69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      56.05
70 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                         56.24
71 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             58.34
72 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          59.07
73 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              59.22
74 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              59.40
75 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             59.52
76 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                1.00.14
77 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         1.00.15
78 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone          1.01.03
79 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone         1.01.12
80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 1.03.25
81 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          1.04.27
82 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                      1.04.52
83 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  1.05.19
84 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        1.06.38
85 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                            1.07.25
86 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      1.07.54
87 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                1.08.39
88 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                           1.09.35
89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           1.10.21
90 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                1.10.25
91 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.11.02
92 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                      1.12.22
93 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                        1.12.57
94 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                            1.13.47
95 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  1.15.07
96 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.15.13
97 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         1.17.10
98 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                              1.19.25
99 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                   1.21.19
100 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                             1.21.40
101 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir      1.21.50
102 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           1.22.09
103 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                    1.22.49
104 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                              1.24.10
105 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                1.24.17
106 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            1.24.40
107 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              1.25.05
108 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       1.25.48
109 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   1.27.04
110 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              1.27.39
111 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                     1.29.16
112 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.29.43
113 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                           1.29.56
114 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    1.30.18
115 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               1.30.55
116 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          1.31.51
117 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             1.34.58
118 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      1.35.23
119 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                       1.37.47
120 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.37.49
121 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                              1.38.34
122 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                           1.41.23
123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.41.55
124 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.41.56
125 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                     1.41.58
126 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.42.28
127 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                          1.44.02
128 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1.44.53
129 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        1.45.05
130 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.45.47
131 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                           1.45.53
132 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          1.48.30
133 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                              1.51.12
134 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           1.51.31
135 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      1.52.08
136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             1.52.15
137 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      1.54.53
138 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               1.55.04
139 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                    1.58.59
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 60 pts
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      42
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          41
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                40
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           38
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       33
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               31
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  31
9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                       30
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              30
11 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        27
12 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 26
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              25
14 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  25
15 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 25
16 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                24
17 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                        24
18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         23
19 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      23
20 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 18
21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         17
22 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              17
23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 17
24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  16
25 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         15
26 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       15
27 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        12
28 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                             12
29 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                            10
30 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                9
31 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               8
32 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            8
33 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         8
34 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                         7
35 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                               7
36 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    7
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                              6
38 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                       6
39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      6
40 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                            5
41 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  4
42 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                  3
43 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   3
44 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                            3
45 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                  3
46 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  2
47 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                           2
48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                          2
49 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               45 pts
2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        43
3 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                    36
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                34
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                       25
6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                      24
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                              18
8 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                            15
9 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       13
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          10
11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          9
12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          8
13 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      8
14 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               8
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  6
16 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 6
17 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                 6
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       5
19 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               4
20 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic               4
21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                   3
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               3
23 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                            2
24 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         2
25 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               2
26 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                   1
27 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                  1
28 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                    1
29 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1
30 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      1
 
Sprints Classification
 
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                  29 pts
2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                            14
3 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  12
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                9
5 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                     9
6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                    6
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                    6
8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   6
9 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                       6
10 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                 6
11 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                              6
12 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                            6
13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         4
14 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic               3
15 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      3
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      3
17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              3
18 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        2
19 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                       1
20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   1
21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                              1
22 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                 1
23 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                       1
24 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1
25 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 1
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                88.16.08
2 Unibet.com                                                          4.31
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 10.21
4 T-Mobile Team                                                      12.56
5 Astana                                                             13.00
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                               13.07
7 AG2r Prévoyance                                                    15.39
8 Team CSC                                                           15.52
9 Quickstep-Innergetic                                               16.35
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                  32.50
11 Lampre-Fondital                                                   34.18
12 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   36.19
13 Rabobank                                                          47.30
14 Team Volkswagen-Trek                                            1.12.47
15 Française des Jeux                                              1.29.16
16 Liquigas                                                        1.29.37
17 Crédit Agricole                                                 1.36.18
18 Predictor-Lotto                                                 1.36.33
19 Gerolsteiner                                                    1.46.47
20 Team Milram                                                     2.00.48
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               2.16.52

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