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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
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier) plays lead out man for his team
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) in the center is attentive towards the end.
- The main field coming up towards the finish
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) likes these kinds of finishes
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) has the points jersey, but this is not really a sprinter's dream.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) appears to be smiling, but he too wouldn't consider this a sprinter's finish.
- Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) on his solo attempt with 5 kilometres to go
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) head down, but reason to celebrate
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) still in yellow.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) gets another points jersey
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) puts on the points jersey
- Rigoberto Uran (Unibet.com) ahead of everybody else
- Rigoberto Uran (Unibet.com) victory with a bold attack
- Sprint for second Moreni ahead of Klöden and Schumacher
- Cunego and Efimkin coming to the line
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) in the red could not gain ground on the guy in yellow
- Rigoberto Uran (Unibet.com) the surprise winner
- Rigoberto Uran (Unibet.com) the Colombian with arms raised
- The happy winner
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
