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62nd Tour de Romandie - ProT

Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008

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Stage 1 - April 30: Morges - Saignelégier, 182.4km

Iglinsky takes wet stage - Albasini steps into yellow

By Susan Westemeyer

Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
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Maxim Iglinsky of Team Astana won the first stage of the Tour de Romandie, out-sprinting Michael Albasini of Liquigas and Markus Zberg of Gerolsteiner on a difficult uphill sprint. Albasini, who had finished third in the prologue, took over the leader's jersey with a one-second advantage over Iglinsky.

"Today I was really very cold at the beginning," Albasini said. He noted that in the finale, "I succeeded in being near the front to avoid a possible crash in the final tight turn. I would have preferred to win the stage, but you can't have everything...."

The 27-year-old Swiss rider was thrilled to take over the leader's jersey in his homeland race. He has done well in Switzerland in the past, winning a stage and the sprinter's jersey in the Tour de Suisse in 2005, and both the mountain and sprinter's jersey in that race in 2006. Albasini turned pro in 2003 for the Swiss team Phonak before joining Liquigas in 2005.

It was the first season win for Iglinsky, 27, and his sixth as a professional. The Kazahki national champion, who has won stages in the Dauphine Libere and the Deutschland Tour, pointed proudly to his national jersey after crossing the line, and said, "I am so happy with the confidence that the team gave me today. My personal ambitions for the next days are the team ambitions. In theory Andreas Klöden is our leader. We will know more after the time trial."

Astana Directeur Sportif Alain Gallopin said that the stage went as planned. "Already this morning we decided to do everything for Max", he noted. "On the last climb, I told our best rider today, Andreas Klöden, not to cooperate any more in the leading group, because Max was coming closer with a group that included three other Astana Cycling Team riders. When the two groups came together, I felt confident. I explained to Max that he had to take the last corner as the first rider, which he did perfectly. I am so glad for our riders and Kazakh sponsors." Astana now has four riders in the top 11 overall.

The stage, which led over three categorised climbs, was marked by a long escape group by Patxi Vila (Lampre), Morris Possoni (High Road) and Matti Breschel of CSC, but the category one climb Le Gruyere with 20 kilometres to go was their undoing. Astana led the charge to catch them, and as the 38-man strong group neared the finish line, last year's champion Thomas Dekker started the sprint. Iglinsky was able to take advantage of a momentary hesitation by the young Dutch rider and shot by him on the final tight corner to take the lead. He was followed by Albasini and Zberg with the same time, putting two Swiss riders on the podium. Dekker came in fourth, two seconds later.

Vila took the mountain climber's pink jersey, with the sprinter's green jersey going to Possoni. The white jersey for points leader went to Albasini.

Thursday's second stage runs 172 kilometres from Moutier to Fribourg, and features three ranked climbs of category one, three and two, with the final ascent just 34 kilometres before the finish line.

How it unfolded

The race got underway promptly at 12:50 under not-so-good weather conditions. It was raining at the start and the bad weather was expected to stay around, with snow even being reported on the last part of the course. Florant Brard of Cofidis, who finished last in yesterday's prologue, was too ill to start. The weather wasn't bad enough to keep away the vampires. Doping controllers did 102 blood checks on 13 of the 19 teams before the stage started.

Three riders got away at the 10 kilometre mark: Matti Breschel (CSC), Morris Possoni (High Road) and Patxi Vila Errandonea (Lampre). They were eventually followed by Daniel Wyss of BMC, who never quite caught up with them. After 80 km, the trio had a lead over the peloton of 7'40", with Wyss five minutes back. The bad weather must have inspired all the riders to hustle along, as they averaged 45 km/hour in the first hour.

With about 90 km to go, Wyss was absorbed back into the peloton. Breschel, Possoni and Vila kept their lead of over seven minutes as they started up the first climb of the day. Vila took the mountain points, followed by Possoni and Breschel. Much later, Steve Zampierei (Cofidis) went over as fourth, followed by Amets Zxurruka (Euskaltel)

Behind them, the entire Rabobank team moved up to the front in the continuing rain and picked up the tempo, bringing the trio's lead down to six minutes.

The second climb of the day saw the points go to Vila, Possoni, Breschel, Rick Flens (Rabobank) and Bram de Groot (Rabobank) in that order. Shortly thereafter came the first intermediate sprint in Le Noirmont, with Possoni this time taking the points ahead of Vila and Breschel. The peloton was then about five and a half minutes back.

With 50 km to go, the rain was still coming down, making the long descent to Glovelier tricky on the winding roads. The advantage of the leaders dropped to 4'20" with Rabobank still leading the chase with help from Caisse d'Epargne.

The rain finally began to let up and the feared snow stayed away, but in the enduring cold the leaders continued to lose ground on the chasing bunch. By the 40 km to go mark the lead was down to 3'40" and dropped further as they neared the final climb of the day, the category one Le Gruyere. On the long climb, Possoni and Vila dropped Breschel in a desperate attempt to fend off a charging chase group.

With 22 km to go, Denis Menchov pulled a 10-man group clear of the peloton, which included Dekker and Astana's Vladimir Gusov. The powerful Russian pulled the train up the mountain, pulling steadily away from the rest of the bunch. Up ahead, Vila took the mountain points ahead of Possoni, but their lead had shrunk to under a minute.

Possoni held on to take the points at the second sprint at Lajoux just 4.5 kilometres later, and held onto a slim advantage as the third group on the road fought to close the gap to the ten men ahead. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) broke out of the Dekker group to go after the two leaders with 15 km to go.

The move inspired Alexander Botcharov (Credit Agricole) to try his luck, and the Russian passed Astarloza, overtook Possoni and Vila and then took off on his own. The two former leaders were absorbed by the first chase group behind, while Astarloza fought to get on terms with Botcharov. Behind, the group of chasers had grown to about 25 riders, but there was little organisation and several attacks before Astana took over control and set about chasing.

With six kilometres to go, Astarloza joined Botcharov in the lead while Jussi Veikkanen (Francaise des Jeux) was trying to bridge across. As the Astana team continued setting pace, more riders joined the chasing bunch. With just four kilometres to go, Finn managed to catch up to the two leaders, but the larger group wasn't far behind.

The steam train in teal, yellow and white finally closed down the breakaway inside two kilometres to go, and Gusov and Maxim Iglinksy led the charge under the red kite with Dekker in tow. Dekker opened the sprint early with 350 metres to go, but he hesitated for a moment when he realized how far he had to go, and Iglinsky took advantage of that, shooting around him on a sharp curve. The Kazakh champion was able to hold on to his lead and finished ahead of Albasini and Markus Zberg of Gerolsteiner, with Dekker finishing fourth, two seconds later.

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Results

1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                       4.47.28 (38.07 km/h)
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.02
5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                       
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                              
7 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        
11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            
12 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  
13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
15 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                  
16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
17 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                            
18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
19 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     
20 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                      
21 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
22 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               
24 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
26 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
27 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         
28 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                            
29 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     
31 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   
32 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                         
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                             
34 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                             
35 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
36 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                           
37 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
38 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                                
39 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    0.29
40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.18
41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
42 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
43 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                     
45 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
46 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
48 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
49 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    
50 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                           
51 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                          
52 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                     
53 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
54 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                   
57 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                           
58 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
59 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                          
60 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
61 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                     
62 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                      
63 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                          
64 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                        
65 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                        
66 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                              
67 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                         
68 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
69 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
70 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        
71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                         
72 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                          
73 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
74 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
75 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
76 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
77 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            1.52
78 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                1.56
79 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              4.26
80 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                             8.19
81 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   
82 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     
83 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
84 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       
85 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
86 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                        
87 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                        
88 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
89 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                    
90 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                     
91 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
92 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                               
93 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
94 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                               
95 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                
96 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
97 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           
98 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     
99 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
100 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                    
101 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                   
102 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                           
103 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
104 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
105 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott     13.10
106 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                           
107 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                            
108 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                
109 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
110 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                   
111 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
112 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                       
113 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
114 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                           
115 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
116 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 
117 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
118 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
119 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                       
120 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
121 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    
123 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                               
124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                    
125 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                        
126 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
127 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                          
128 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         
129 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                             
130 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           
131 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
132 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
133 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
134 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                   
135 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
136 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         16.26
137 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                              
138 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                       
139 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                       
140 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                   
141 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               20.38
142 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      
143 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 20.57
144 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                        
145 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
146 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                               31.22
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                   4.49.30
2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                          0.01
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      0.08
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.09
6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.10
7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
8 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                              
10 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                            0.11
11 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                             
12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                             
14 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    0.12
16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     
17 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                           
18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
19 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               0.13
20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               
21 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                            
22 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                      
23 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                           0.14
24 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                      
25 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     0.15
26 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                              0.16
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               
28 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                            
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            
30 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott              0.17
31 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
32 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   
33 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                0.18
34 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                0.19
35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     0.20
36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    0.21
37 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         
38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   0.23
39 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    0.48
40 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.23
41 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    1.24
42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                             1.25
43 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          1.26
44 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                      
45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                          
46 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                        
47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
48 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                     
49 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.27
50 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                1.28
51 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                          
52 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.29
53 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                           
54 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
55 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
56 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                       1.31
57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                   
58 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
59 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
61 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
62 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.32
63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                         
64 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                         
65 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                        
66 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         1.33
67 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    
68 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          1.34
69 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
71 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                          
72 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                             1.35
73 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
74 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                 1.36
75 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
76 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                     
77 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            2.10
78 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                2.15
79 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              4.41
80 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 8.26
81 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                8.27
82 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                8.28
83 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           
84 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                                 
85 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 8.29
86 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                        
87 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               8.30
88 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  8.31
89 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
90 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
91 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
92 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                           8.32
93 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
94 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       
95 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   
96 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
97 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                        8.33
98 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
99 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                    8.34
100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                               
101 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
102 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                              
103 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                8.35
104 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                8.51
105 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                               13.15
106 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               13.17
107 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                  13.18
108 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                          
109 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                           
110 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                           13.19
111 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                            
112 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               13.20
114 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                             
115 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 
116 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                        
117 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                      13.21
118 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                           
119 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
120 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             13.22
121 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                               
122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    13.23
123 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
124 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         13.24
125 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
126 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                              13.25
127 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
128 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
129 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
130 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                       
131 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott          
132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               13.26
133 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
134 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
135 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                              13.28
136 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                              16.32
137 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         16.35
138 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                       
139 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                  16.38
140 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                         16.39
141 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               20.48
142 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 20.50
143 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 21.07
144 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                21.14
145 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   21.15
146 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                               31.37
 
Points classification
 
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                        30 pts
2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                            25
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           17
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        16
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                    15
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         14
7 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                         12
8 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                     11
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            10
10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        9
11 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       9
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              8
13 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                   8
14 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       6
15 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    6
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           5
17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                5
18 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 4
19 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   3
20 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    3
21 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               2
22 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2
23 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                 1
24 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             1
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     6 pts
2 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                           4
3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                          28 pts
2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                    20
3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           8
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            6
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            4
6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                            2
7 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  2
8 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                               2
9 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                1
10 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           1

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