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71st Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007

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Stage 4 - June 19: Nauders - Triesenberg-Malbun, 167.2km

Schleck king of the Virages once more

By Shane Stokes in Liechtenstein

Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) rewarded
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For local riders, the tough climb to Triesenberg- Malbun is known as the Alpe d’Huez of the region. It rides 1,118 metres in 12 kilometres, making for an average of nearly ten percent, and deserves a classification higher than the second category awarded to it by the race organisers. Given the unofficial link to the Tour de France climb, it is fitting that the rider who won there today is the defending champion from l'Alpe, Frank Schleck.

The CSC rider was clearly strongest on the cruel slopes up towards the rocky 1,600 metre summit. Following an unsuccessful move by Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval Prodir), he put in a couple of digs with about seven kilometres remaining. The first saw him get away before being recaptured; the second acceleration broke the group, giving Schleck the chance to put some daylight between him and the other overall contenders and to take over yellow from his teammate Fabian Cancellara.

The 27 year-old time trialled to the top and finished 32 seconds clear of Russian rider Vladimir Efemkin (Caisse d'Epargne). José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was ten seconds further back, and Matteo Carrara (Unibet.com) and Schleck's compatriot Kim Kirchen came home 48" down. Simoni was sixth while big names such as Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel), Linus Gerdemann, Patrik Sinkewitz, Michael Rogers (all T-Mobile) were between 1’59 and 3’51 behind.

Andreas Klöden and Carlos Sastre finished further back, crossing the line together 5'48 in arrears.

Fränk Schleck (Team CSC)
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"That was a bloody hard climb," said Schleck, when asked about the strange classification in the race manual. "I had a 39 x 25 on and think the others had the same.

"I had good legs and wanted to make a selection. I saw that Carrara was on my wheel so I went a bit faster. Afterwards some riders came back to me but I accelerated harder to make them tired. At that moment I saw that I was alone. I think it was a good idea then to continue the effort.

"The two last kilometres were very tough. It is a very, very hard climb and everyone suffered a lot. I was being updated about the other riders [via race radio] - they were riding together, but it was fine. I knew the distance, I maintained my rhythm and it worked out well."

"It is a fantastic victory, to win on a summit like this. I am a fairly good climber. It is a victory which gives me confidence for the Tour. I dedicate it to my team and to my younger brother, who rode very well and got second at the Giro."

Directeur sportif Kim Anderson was beaming at the finish. "We were thinking that he would do well in the mountains. He knows this climb from four years ago, he did it back then. In the middle of the race today we had to decide if we would go for the stage win or just the jersey. That is why we started to pull so early, to bring back the leaders."

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC)
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The stage was marked by a long-distance breakaway by Kevin de Weert (Cofidis) and Arkatiz Duran Aroca (Saunier Duval-Prodir). They were finally reeled in with approximately 20 kilometres to go, paving the way for a big showdown amongst the favourites.

Kim Kirchen rode strongly to get fifth and agreed with Schleck that the classification was very misleading. "It should be a first category climb because I think it is the hardest finish we have at this Tour de Suisse. I am happy with the result. I had problems at the start, was suffering, but just kept to my rhythm and it worked out fine.

"I had a bad crash yesterday so today is very good. I don't think I lost much time. We will see how it goes [for the overall classifrication]. We have a good team, we can attack. The Tour de Suisse is very hard and there is a long way to go. People can have good days and bad days. I expect to be in the front but nobody knows."

He ended the day third overall, 49 seconds back. The next T-Mobile rider is Gerdemann, 2'21 down. So, the obvious question is, does that mean he is the new team leader for the race?

"We will see," he answered. "Everyone can have a bad day, and equally everyone can have a good one too. I think that we have a strong team and the others on it haven't lost so much time. We will see what happens."

Frenchman John Gadret was 14th, 2'16 back. "It was a very difficult climb," he said. "I am happy enough with how it went."

"For me is more like a hors categorie mountain," said Scheck's teammate Sastre, coming home with Klöden. "It was very nice for the team - Frank won the stage and took the jersey. It is great for CSC."

The previous yellow jersey Cancellara got dropped early on in the climb and eventually came home 63rd, 10'49 back. His experience of leading the Tour de Suisse is over for this year, but he has the chance to be part of the winning team of the race. Schleck is in a strong position and with Cancellara and the rest of the team fully committed to protecting the jersey, he will try to hold on all the way to Bern on Sunday.

When asked as to what their chances are, team DS Andersen strayed clear of making rash predictions. He preferred instead to savour the moment. "It is a hard week. It is a good result. We have what we have for now."

How it unfolded

The riders
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Although this is the Tour de Suisse, today's stage began in Austria and travelled to Liechenstein. A total of 161 riders lined out in bright, warm conditions for the day's start in Nauders. The riders rolled away from the same location as yesterday's finish and covered the first few kilometres in reverse to stage three, having a brief two kilometre climb to the top of stage three's final climb, then a fairly long descent afterwards.

Several riders tried to go clear, but nothing of any significance occurred until approximately 30 kilometres into the stage when the peloton split into two groups. The first section contained approximately 50 riders, including the CSC team and their race leader Fabian Cancellara.

This front group had opened up a lead of 45 seconds by the time they arrived in Prutz (km 36.5). Ten kilometres later things came back together. The next move of significance went 116 kilometres from the finish when Kevin de Weert (Cofidis) attacked on the way towards the day's first climb, the second category Arlbergpass.

Arkatiz Duran Aroca (Saunier Duval-Prodir) counter-attacked approximately ten kilometres afterwards and sent off in pursuit. After some 70-odd kilometres of racing de Weert was 5'18 ahead of the peloton and 2'38 up on Duran Aroca. The junction between the first two was made some seven kilometres later, by which time the peloton had faded to almost nine minutes back.

Duran Aroca took the prime ahead of de Weert at the top of the climb. The bunch was 9'33 down the slopes at this point but the pace shot up when riders started firing off attacks. One of those to the fore was Carlos Sastre, who is here to build form prior to leading the CSC team in the Tour de France. On the descent he was away with six others, namely Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Andrey Mizourov (Astana), Carlos Barredo (Quick Step Innergetic), Marco Marzano (Lampre), Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet), and Florian Stalder (Volksbank).

Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile)
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As expected, this provoked a chase from behind and within ten kilometres everything was back together once more. CSC then started to drive the pace, bringing the gap down and by the time de Weert took the bonus sprint at Bludenz, 51.8 km from the line, they were just 3'30 ahead. T-Mobile also got involved in the chase and with approximately 20 kilometres to go, things were back together once more.

Florian Stalder (Volksbank) beat Gustav Erik Larsson (Unibet) and Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux) at the second sprint prime, then shortly afterwards the peloton hit the final climb. It would gain 1118 metres in 12 kilometres, cresting out at an altitude of 1600 metres, and was far harder than the race manual ranking of second category would suggest.

Astana's Andrey Mizourov was the first to attack, getting a lead of 15 seconds. Behind, yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara was in difficulty and soon got dropped. Mizourov was caught, then with nine kilometres to go Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval Prodir) kicked clear in a short-lived move which thinned the front group right down.

Schleck then put in a dig, going clear of the others and being chased by Matteo Carrara (Unibet). He was reeled in by the others, but went again with seven kilometres remaining and this time got a big advantage over a chasing group containing riders such as Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne), Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) and others.

With five kilometres to go he was twenty seconds clear of the Stijn Devolder-led chase. Schleck continued to build his lead between there and the finish, hitting the line 32 seconds clear of Vladimir Efemkin (Caisse d'Epargne), and a further ten ahead of José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir). Carrara and Kirchen came home 48" down, with Simoni completing the top six. Devolder paid for his strong efforts in fading to tenth.

The net result was a shift in the maillot jaune from Cancellara to Schleck. The Luxembourg rider will start tomorrow's 192.8 kilometre stage from nearby Vaduz to Giubiasco with a 49" lead over Efemkin. A third and a first category climb come in the first 115 kilometres, after which there is a long descent and then a mainly flat run in to the finish.

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Results

1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                   4.20.37 (38,493 km/h)
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.32
3 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           0.42
4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                   0.48
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       
6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1.05
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.11
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              1.25
9 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     1.37
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.40
11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                  1.54
12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.59
13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.07
14 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                2.16
15 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       2.34
16 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                              2.41
17 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             2.53
19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           2.58
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
21 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                         3.07
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              3.16
23 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               3.51
24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                      4.17
25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              4.56
26 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                 
27 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                             5.04
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                             5.07
29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                     
30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                5.37
31 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          5.41
32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                              5.48
33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          
34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                 5.56
35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             5.57
36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         6.00
37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           6.08
38 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                   6.25
39 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              6.33
40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       6.40
41 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        6.59
42 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            7.11
43 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
44 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           7.28
45 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             7.51
46 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                             8.00
47 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                     8.03
48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                    8.07
49 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  8.23
50 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                   8.48
51 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          8.53
52 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            8.57
53 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   9.00
54 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    9.09
55 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                 9.38
56 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                 9.47
57 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            9.51
58 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                      10.04
59 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             10.05
60 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                         10.26
61 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                            10.49
62 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            
63 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                     
64 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                              
65 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                            11.04
66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                           11.12
67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        11.16
68 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                11.21
69 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  11.41
70 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      12.46
71 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
72 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         12.53
73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     13.39
74 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   
75 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
76 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          14.24
77 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
78 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                       
79 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           
80 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                     14.32
81 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            14.37
82 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 15.16
83 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            15.34
84 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                17.10
85 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      
86 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              17.23
87 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
88 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             17.52
89 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                             
90 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                              19.17
91 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                            20.27
92 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
93 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                
94 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                       
95 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                        
96 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                    
97 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                            
98 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       
99 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
100 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        
101 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
102 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
103 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                           
104 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                               
105 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                
106 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
107 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                               
108 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            
109 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                          
110 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   
111 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
112 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      
113 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  
114 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
115 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
116 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
117 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
118 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
119 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
120 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
121 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             
122 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                         
123 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
124 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                 
125 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
126 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             20.35
127 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                   
128 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
129 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
130 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                
131 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
132 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
133 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
134 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         
135 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        
136 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                  
137 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
138 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
139 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
140 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                          
141 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           
142 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
144 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           
145 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                       20.44
146 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          20.49
147 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                           21.01
148 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                21.22
149 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              23.56
150 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                         
151 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone          24.12
152 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              24.25
153 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        24.50
154 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                    26.17
155 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                          
156 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
157 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
DNF Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
DNF Francesco C. Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                         
DNF Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
DNF Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
 
Points
 
Arrivee - km 167.2
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        15 pts
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             12
3 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             10
4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      9
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      8
6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         7
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              6
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 5
9 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        4
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             3
11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                     2
12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1
 
Mountains
 
Arlbergpass - km 83.2
1 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     8 pts
2 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                6
3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      4
4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     2
5 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 1
 
Steg/Malbun - km 166.8
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         8 pts
2 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              6
3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              4
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      2
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      1
 
Sprints
 
Bludenz - km 115.4
1 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                6 pts
2 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     3
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1
 
Schann - km 152
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 6 pts
2 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                 3
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             1
 
Teams
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                              13.06.15
2 T-Mobile                                                          1.24
3 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              3.00
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                  3.09
5 Unibet.com                                                        3.14
6 Ag2r Prévoyance                                                   6.15
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                              7.34
8 Team CSC                                                          7.49
9 Discovery Channel                                                 8.08
11 Astana                                                          12.34
12 Volksbank                                                       17.06
13 Cofidis                                                         17.52
14 Crédit Agricole                                                 23.08
15 Rabobank                                                        25.42
16 Française Des Jeux                                              27.08
17 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               30.02
18 Gerolsteiner                                                    33.33
19 Predictor-Lotto                                                 35.51
20 Liquigas                                                        36.50
21 Milram                                                          40.05
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  14.32.24 (38,294 km/h)
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.49
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           0.58
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                   1.05
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.19
7 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     1.39
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              1.46
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           2.03
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     2.06
11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.21
12 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                      
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         2.26
14 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                2.40
15 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       2.49
16 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  2.55
17 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                              2.58
18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             3.06
19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3.21
20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              3.51
21 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               4.01
22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                      4.24
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          4.52
24 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                             5.00
25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                             5.11
26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 5.19
27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         6.09
28 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                              6.11
29 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          6.14
30 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           6.18
31 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             6.26
32 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              6.49
33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                      6.50
34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                 7.03
35 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                             7.09
36 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        7.20
37 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              7.31
38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            7.36
39 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                         7.41
40 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         7.52
41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                    8.24
42 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                     8.26
43 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  8.45
44 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          9.10
45 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    9.29
46 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   9.57
47 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           10.15
48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                10.36
49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                      10.50
50 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                  10.51
51 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            11.01
52 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          11.03
53 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                            11.22
54 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11.52
55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                           12.14
56 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                            12.17
57 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                            12.20
58 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      12.57
59 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         12.58
60 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                         12.59
61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  14.54
62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        15.00
63 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  15.10
64 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     15.34
65 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     15.36
66 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                         15.54
67 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                     16.26
68 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               16.27
69 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      16.46
70 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                17.23
71 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             17.45
72 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                        18.04
73 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                              18.11
74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       18.28
75 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  20.16
76 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                20.26
77 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                      20.42
78 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      20.56
79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    21.23
80 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      22.28
81 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           22.30
82 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            22.42
83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 22.58
84 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  23.11
85 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            23.20
86 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                 23.22
87 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                      23.25
88 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir       23.36
89 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                            23.38
90 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            24.20
91 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                24.42
92 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                               24.44
93 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                            25.46
94 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               26.01
95 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                        26.28
96 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                        
97 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                           26.35
98 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                            
99 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              26.48
100 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   27.57
101 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                            28.09
102 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      28.10
103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                 28.18
104 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                    29.20
105 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         29.43
106 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           29.57
107 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                             30.03
108 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              30.11
109 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          30.45
110 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           31.01
111 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                            31.08
112 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       31.13
113 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  
114 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        31.14
115 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                              31.21
116 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                31.28
117 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                     31.43
118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone          31.50
119 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                        32.04
120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   32.13
121 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         32.15
122 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                              32.21
123 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               32.23
124 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                           32.37
125 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            32.45
126 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               33.57
127 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                34.25
128 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                          
129 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        35.11
130 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            35.23
131 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                          35.24
132 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    35.27
133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          35.54
134 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                     37.24
135 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               38.40
136 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             40.21
137 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  40.43
138 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                           43.22
139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       43.30
140 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     43.35
141 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             43.37
142 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                44.16
143 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      44.20
144 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                       44.33
145 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          47.17
146 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               47.21
147 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        47.25
148 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 47.27
149 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        47.37
150 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      47.40
151 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                           47.48
152 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                    49.11
153 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                    51.00
154 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                              53.44
155 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                 55.38
156 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        56.06
157 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              57.43
 
Points classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    42 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               40
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        25
4 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                       24
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        23
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     23
7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                22
8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       18
9 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 16
10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     15
11 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                    15
12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            13
13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                               11
14 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                              11
15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            10
16 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
17 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                10
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                9
19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              9
20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         8
21 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          8
22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                8
23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        7
24 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                       7
25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                7
26 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  7
27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             6
28 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     6
29 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    6
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                          5
31 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     4
32 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       4
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             3
34 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 3
35 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                3
36 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                     2
37 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                2
38 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1
39 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      28 pts
2 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     17
3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                          15
4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                  10
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         8
6 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     8
7 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              6
8 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                6
9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      5
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
11 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                         4
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     4
13 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic             4
14 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                2
15 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                    2
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             1
17 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                12 pts
2 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   9
3 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           9
4 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                             6
5 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                6
6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                 3
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                     3
8 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic              3
9 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     3
10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      2
11 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     1
12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            1
14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                              43.41.57
2 T-Mobile                                                          1.31
3 Unibet.com                                                        3.38
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                  5.12
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              6.00
6 Ag2r Prévoyance                                                   6.40
7 Quickstep-Innergetic                                              7.28
8 Team CSC                                                          7.46
9 Discovery Channel                                                 8.34
10 Astana                                                          12.52
11 Lampre-Fondital                                                 13.16
12 Volksbank                                                       18.34
13 Cofidis                                                         19.22
14 Rabobank                                                        29.01
15 Crédit Agricole                                                 29.10
16 Française Des Jeux                                              32.49
17 Predictor-Lotto                                                 40.22
18 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               41.12
19 Gerolsteiner                                                    44.18
20 Liquigas                                                        50.40
21 Milram                                                          58.04

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