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62nd Tour de Romandie - ProT

Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008

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Stage 2 - May 1: Moutier - Fribourg, 170.0km

Rockin' Robbie McEwen gets 2008 win

By Susan Westemeyer

Robbie McEwen (Silence Lotto)
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Australia's Robbie McEwen of Silence-Lotto took his first win of the season, capturing a sprint finish in Fribourg ahead of Italy's Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Denmark's Matti Breschel (CSC). Swiss Michael Albasini (Liquigas) kept the leader's jersey.

The stage was marked by a three-man breakaway. Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R La Mondiale) and Ian McKissick (BMC Racing Team) took off four kilometres into the race, and the last of them, Di Gregorio, wasn't captured until there were only eight kilometres left. That opened up the way for the mass sprint.

The Australian called his win "very satisfactory, because it is the first of the seaon after a few rather difficult months. I crashed in February, then I got sick. The Tour de Romandie was really the race where I had sworn to myself that I would return at my best level. It is very enouraging for the Giro."

How it unfolded

Thursday's stage got off at 1:07 p.m., with 145 riders taking the start without Milram youngster Christian Kux, who missed out on a beautiful sunny stage which was in sharp contrast to the previous day's miserable conditions.

Three riders took off only four kilometers into the stage: Rémy Di Gregorio (FDJ), Jose Louis Arrieta (AG2R) and Ian McKissick (BMC). By kilometer 25, they had a lead of 4'59", and as the peloton basked in the warm sun, the leaders stretched their advantage to over nine minutes with 100 kilometres to go.

After the race turned the halfway point, High Road, Lotto and Liquigas were sharing the lead work in the peloton, and the advantage had dropped to 6'40" with 67 kilometers to go.

The trio probably had high hopes of getting through to the end of the stage, but with 40 kilometers to go, it was beginning to look as if their hopes would be dashed as the lead had dropped to four minutes.

At 36 km, the trio started up the Cote de la Lorette, an 800 meter long climb with an average gradient of nearly 12 percent. Arrieta fell back almost immediately on the cobbled road, and Di Gregorio led the way.

Behind them, Gerolsteiner's Francesco De Bonis took off after the leaders, who were now less than three minutes ahead. He quickly passed Arietta, while High Road led the following peloton.

McKissick struggled a bit on the climb, but then caught up with Di Gregorio on the descent only to drop off again on the next slight climb. De Bonis, meanwhile, gave up his attempt to bridge the gap and was absorbed back into the peloton while Di Gregorio held on to a two minute lead with 30 kilometers to go.

At 15 km to go, the peloton under the leadership of Liquigas and High Road was roaring along, cutting the lead to 1'40" and then slashing it to just 34 seconds with 10 km to go. Liquigas was putting on the speed to set up a sprint win for Daniel Bennati, and with 8 km to go, Di Gregorio's escape was finally over.

The next attack came almost immediately from Alex Moos of BMC. He was soon joined and then passed by Jose Garcia Acosta of Caisse d'Epargne, but the Spaniard was quickly overtaken by Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner), who won a stage in this race last year. The German put in a good effort, but could not withstand the force of the teams hungry for a bunch sprint.

It was a wild final sprint with everyone looking for their chance, but in the end Robbie McEwen of Silence-Lotto proved to be the man of the hour. Bennati took second and third place went to CSC's Matti Breschel.

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Results

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 4.16.16 (39.8 km/h)
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                             
3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                              
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                            
5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                  
6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                
7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                 
9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                           
10 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
11 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                         
12 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                               
13 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                              
15 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                           
16 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                             
17 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                      
18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      
20 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                             
21 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                               
22 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       
23 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                            
24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                           
25 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 
26 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
27 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                             
29 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
30 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           
33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                       
34 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
35 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                            
36 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
37 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                               
38 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                            
39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                       
40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
41 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
42 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                       
43 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
44 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                          
44 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              
46 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                
47 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
48 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
49 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                              
51 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                  
52 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                    
53 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                          
54 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
55 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                        
56 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                               
57 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                          
58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                              
59 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
61 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              
62 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                         
64 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                                   
65 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                           
66 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                                 
67 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
68 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                     
69 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                            
70 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                  
71 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                         
72 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                 
73 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                            
74 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                          
76 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
77 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                        
78 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  
79 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
80 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
81 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
82 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                        
83 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                      
84 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
85 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               
86 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
87 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
88 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
89 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                       
90 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                      
91 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                             
92 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
93 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
94 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
95 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
96 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                                 
97 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
98 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                      
99 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
100 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
101 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                    
102 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                     
103 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                           
104 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      
105 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
106 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     0.13
107 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
108 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                         0.23
109 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                      
110 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                             0.36
111 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
112 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                    
113 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                        1.33
114 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             2.22
115 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  4.41
116 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  5.19
117 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                     
118 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                     7.37
119 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                 9.46
120 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                         
121 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                      
122 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
123 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
124 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                                
125 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                         
126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                             
127 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                          
128 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
129 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                            10.26
130 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                             
131 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      
132 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             
133 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                                
134 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                                
135 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                         
136 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
137 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      
138 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott       11.43
139 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott         
140 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
141 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                              13.19
142 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                     9.05.46
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 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                   
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                
9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    0.11
10 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                               
11 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                            
12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                               
13 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                       
14 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      0.12
15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                       
16 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                             
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
18 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 0.13
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                 
20 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                              
21 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                        
22 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             0.14
23 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                        
24 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                       0.15
25 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                0.16
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                 
27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                              
28 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              
29 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                0.17
30 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                     
31 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  0.18
32 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  0.19
33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       0.20
34 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      0.21
35 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     0.23
37 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      0.30
38 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                              0.47
39 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.17
40 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      1.24
41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                               1.25
42 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            1.26
43 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                        
44 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                            
45 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                       
47 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1.27
48 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        1.28
49 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1.29
50 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                             
51 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
52 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
53 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
54 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                         1.31
55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                     
56 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
57 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
58 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
59 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.32
60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                           
61 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                          
62 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           1.33
63 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                      
64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            1.34
65 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                            
68 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                               1.35
69 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
70 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                   1.36
71 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
72 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
73 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  2.15
74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              4.32
75 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                4.41
76 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                         8.24
77 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   8.26
78 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                  8.27
79 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                               8.28
80 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   8.29
81 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                          
82 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 8.30
83 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
84 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                               8.31
85 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
86 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             8.32
87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                             
88 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                         
89 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
90 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               8.33
91 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                      8.34
92 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                  
93 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
94 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    8.44
95 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                          8.56
96 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                   8.58
97 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                 9.08
98 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                     11.12
99 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                      11.18
100 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    12.31
101 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 13.10
102 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                13.11
103 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 13.17
104 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                             13.19
105 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                              
106 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                          13.20
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      13.23
108 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          13.24
109 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                13.25
110 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
111 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 
112 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 13.26
113 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                             
114 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                                
115 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                13.28
116 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           14.00
117 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       14.51
118 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 17.56
119 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                18.14
120 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                           18.20
121 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                 19.13
122 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   20.50
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                21.51
124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                 23.01
125 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        23.04
126 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               23.08
127 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              23.09
128 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             23.11
129 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                         
130 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               23.45
131 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        23.47
132 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                             
133 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                            23.48
134 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                    24.12
135 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott       25.08
136 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 26.07
137 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                              26.39
138 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                           27.01
139 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                    27.04
140 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                           27.05
141 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   34.26
142 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 42.03
 
Points classification
 
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          30 pts
2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                              26
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          25
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                           24
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             17
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      15
7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                      15
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           14
9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                         13
10 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                      11
11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             10
12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           10
13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          9
14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                8
15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                8
16 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                     8
17 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                              7
18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         6
19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     6
20 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      6
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             5
22 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  5
23 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                               5
24 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   4
25 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                     3
26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             3
27 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      3
28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 2
29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     2
30 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        2
31 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                   1
32 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      12 pts
2 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      12
3 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                             6
4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                       6
5 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                             1
7 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                            30 pts
2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                21
3 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      20
4 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      14
5 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      11
6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                             8
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              6
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              4
9 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                              2
10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     2
11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   2
12 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                                2
13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                       1
14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  1
15 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 1
16 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                             1
17 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             1

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