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62nd Tour de Romandie - ProT

Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008

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Stage 4 - May 3: Sion - Zinal, 126.5km

Strength wins it for "unknown" De Bonis

Klöden hangs on to overall lead

By Susan Westemeyer

Italian Francesco De Bonis of Gerolsteiner celebrates
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Francesco De Bonis of Gerolsteiner and Astana's Andreas Klöden put on amazing shows of strength Saturday afternoon, as the young Italian joined an early escape group and was able to hold on to sprint to the stage win. Klöden held on to his overall lead by nearly single-handedly controlling the chasing group on the final climbs. John Gadret of AG2R finished second in the dramatic finale and Manuel Beltran of Liquigas was third.

"The escape left very early and there was a lot of uncertainty in the middle," De Bonis said. "When I found myself alone, I felt very tired and following Beltran used up a lot of strength. At 100 meters to go I only saw Gadret and I was still very afraid. I didn't believe it until 50 meters before the finish!" His Directeur Sportif, Reimund Dietzen, called it "a dream ride".

The 25 year-old neo-pro took his first pro win in dramatic fashion. He joined an escape group which formed early, and went after the King of the Mountain points. On the final climb, only 20 km or so before the finish, he took off from the remains of the group to take the points that would assure him the coveted jersey, and just kept on going. Beltran caught up with him and the two went under the Flamme Rouge together. Gadret came up from behind and shot past them, looking like he would take the stage. But young De Bonis was not to be denied. He surprised the French rider with an attack and passed him with 100 meters to go, crossing the finish line with a three second advantage and a joyous demonstration.

Only the day before, the Italian had made his mark. He finished 20th in Friday's time trial, as the best of his team, 1'03" behind winner Klöden. It was an impressive performance by the rider who is better known for the climbing abilities he demonstrated Saturday.

Klöden was equally impressive in defending his yellow leader's jersey. Near the end of the race he had only Maxim Iglinsky at his side, and in the end the slender German was on his own. But he showed that he was rightfully team captain and race leader, often leading the pack up the long climbs, fast enough to drop the slower riders off the back and to pick up time on those ahead of him. He now goes into the final stage with a lead of 35 seconds over Roman Kreuzgier of Liquigas and 43 seconds over Marco Pinotti of High Road.

How it unfolded

 

The pack passes by the pyramid of Euseigne,
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The race got off right on time under sunny skies, with one rider, Patxi Vila of Lampre not taking the start. The remaining riders were eager to get going on this short but mountainous Queen stage, which featured three category one climbs, plus a uncategorized climb up to the finish line, in only 112.4 kms. A landslide forced the organizers to cancel the third climb of the day, Saint-Luc, and the peloton took a flat way around instead.

Almost immediately the first attacks came out of the field, and only 20 km into the stage, an escape group had formed. It wasn't far ahead of the field, and the make-up of the group remained fluid. Some of the riders involved were Bauke Mollema (Rabobank), Chris Anke Sorenson (CSC), Luca Barla (Milram), Ludovic Turpin (AG2R), Nicolas Crosbie (Bouygues Telecom), Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre) and Jerome Coppel (Francaise des Jeux).

With 95 km to go, there were seven riders in the lead, but it was still only a slight lead and Astana wasn't going to let the race slip out of its hands. This group worked well together, though, and within six kilometres had built up a lead of 1'20". The group, which had grown, consisted of David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel), Hubert Schwab (QuickStep), Michael Albasini (Liquigas), Steve Zampieri (Cofidis), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), Volodymir Gustov (CSC), Francesco De Bonis (Gerolsteiner), John Gadret (AG2R), Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole), and Stef Clement (Rabobank).

Astana picked up the speed and pulled the peloton up the first mountain. The team increased the tempo enough that the first non-climbers were dropped off the back, and the escapees' lead stayed around 1'13" with 87 km to to go.

Overall leader German Andreas Kloeden (center) rides behind French Sandy Casar (left) and Czech Roman Kreuziger
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Gerolsteiner's young De Bonis took the mountain points on the Cote de St. Martin, ahead of Zubeldia and Zampieri. The group had a lead of 1'38" at this point, Back in the field, Astana continued to keep watch over everything, and Thomas Dekker kept a close eye on Andreas Klöden. The young Dutchman went into the stage only five seconds behind the Astana rider in the GC.

The leaders started up the second climb, up to Vercorin, with a slowly increasing lead, nearly two minutes at this point. They then passed through the first intermediate sprint at km. 48.6, without contesting it. Albasini went across first, followed by Zubeldia and Halgand.

Astana startd to see the leader's jersey slipping off of Klöden shoulders and forced the speed again, pulling the lead down to 1'40" with 60 km to go. With 55 km to go, Saunier Duval started showing up behind Rabobank and Klöden in the peloton. The lead had dropped to about 1'10".

De Bonis was determined to win the KOM jersey, and took off shortly before the peak. He crossed under the banner first with Zampieri second and Zubeldia third. Their advantage was back up to 1'30". THe group got smaller, too, as at least Lopez Garcia couldn't keep up with the pace.

Zampieri was leading the escape group around a hairpin curve on the descent with 45 km to go. His front wheel slipped away and down he went. The Swiss rider appeared uninjured but had large black oil smears on his left leg. He quickly caught up again with Lopez Garcia, who was trailing the group, in his fight to catch up again. Zubeldia had meanwhile established a few meters lead over the group, which was starting to pull apart on the rapid descent. But by the time they hit the bottom, they were all back togehter again, with a lead of about 1'50".

With 38 km to go, the lead had picked up to just over two minutes as the peloton went through the feed zone. Astana had moved back into the lead. Soon after, at the second intermediate sprint, with 31 km to go, Albasini went through first again, picking up some more bonus seconds. He was the virtual leader at this point. Clement and Schwab were second and third. Astana led the peloton under the arch for the sprint, exactly two minutes later.

The attacks out of the escape group started with 26 km to go, with Halgand breaking out first. De Bonis went with him as behind them, the rest of the group fell apart. Schwab, Gustov and Zubeldia caught them, but the rest were dropped or struggled desperately to stay within sight.

 

Overall leader German of Astana
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Maxim Iglinksy took over the lead work, and put enough pressure on to drop the lead to 1'20". He was so good, in fact, that at 24 km, an orange-and-blue clad rider dropped off the back of the peloton, and Thomas Dekker indicated that was it for his chances in this race.

Di Bonis took over the lead up front, and he and Halgand opened up a lead over their former escape copmanions. The field started overtaking those who had fallen out of the breakaway group, while individual riders tried their luck to jump out of the peloton. One of them, Triki Beltran, made his way up to near the front.

At 22 km, Klöden was alone, but still leading the group and looking confident. Gustov caught up with De Bonis and Halgand at 21 km and a 1'04" lead, and Zubeldia made the connection again. At 19 km, with 43 seconds, De Bonis took off, in hopes of more mountain points, quickly building up a sizeable lead.

Morabito and Iglinksy came up to help Klöden. The peloton was 24 seconds behind the remains of the former escape group, and De Bonis was 25 seconds ahead of them with 25 kms to go.

Sandy Casar decided to look for his chances for the overall win, and with 13 km left, had left the peloton and caught up with the remnants of the escape group. He changed places with Halgand, who was being absorbed back into the peloton, which was now 51 seconds behind De Bonis.

Iglinksy continued to pull the group up, with Klöden right behind him and Rabobank's Denis Menchov in fourth place. The peloton had shrunk to about 20 riders.

Klöden took over the lead, seeing the danger in Casar's attempt, and pulled the peloton apart as he overtook the former escape group. Juan Manual Garate of Quick Step jumped out and joined John Gadret (AG2R), who was slightly ahead. With only 10 km to go, De Bonis contined to hold a 10 second lead over Beltran and 39 seconds over the Klöden group, which could no longer be callled a peloton. Gadret and Garate caught Beltran and the three gave chase to the Gerolsteiner youngster, who was 28 seconds ahead with one kilometre to go to the mountain points.

De Bonis achieved his goal of taking the King of the Mountains pink jersey, with a narow 20 second lead over those behind him. He shot down the short descent, hoping desperately to hold up for the stage win. Klöden contined to hold control of the group, which had overtaken Beltran, Gerate and Gadret. At 7km, Beltran took off again, picking up a few seconds lead. High Road's Morris Possoni, wearing the green points jersey, was the next to jump out. But Klöden continued to pull the group along, not letting the Italian get away.

The last few kilometres wre uphill again, and Beltran pulled up to the young Italian, with the following group also coming closer and closer Jose Angel Gomez Marchante of Saunier Duval jumped out, halfway between the two leaders and the following pack.

Beltran led the way under the Flamme Rouge, with De Bonis on his rear wheel. The Spaniard did his best to shake the young Italian, but the Gerolsteiner rider wsn't going down without a fight.

With only a few hundred meters to go, the two were caught. Gadret shot by them and looked to have the win. But De Bonis was determined to have it all and somewhere found the strength to sprint past the French rider and take the win. He caught him at 100 meters and had enough of a lead to raise his arms joyfully before collapsing in exhaustion and happy tears in his soigneur's arms. The remains of the peloton, ihcluding leader Klöden, crossed the finish line only seven seconds later.

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Results

1 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              3.28.06 (36.472 km/h)
2 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  0.03
3 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                0.05
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  0.07
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                            
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                               
7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                       
8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                        
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                0.16
12 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      
13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                         0.28
14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                
15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
17 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
18 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.59
19 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                          1.04
20 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 1.27
21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     1.53
22 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                          1.57
23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
26 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                
28 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.04
29 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             2.05
30 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 2.10
31 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
33 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                       2.26
34 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                4.28
35 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             5.09
36 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                       5.47
37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                              
38 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
39 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  6.55
40 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      7.03
41 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                              7.05
42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                              7.27
43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                             
44 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
45 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
46 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                       
47 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                     
48 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      
49 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  7.35
50 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         8.12
51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               8.16
52 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                    10.02
53 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              10.07
54 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 10.16
55 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
56 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
57 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              10.27
58 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                 10.34
59 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                       
60 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
61 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                             
62 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott         
63 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    12.06
64 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                               13.57
65 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                               16.37
66 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                            
67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                         
68 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                     
69 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  
70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
71 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
72 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
73 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                            
74 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
75 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                                
76 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
77 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                         
78 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
79 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                           
80 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
81 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      20.32
82 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                         
83 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
84 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      
85 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                 
86 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                                 
87 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      
88 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        
89 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                                
90 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                               
91 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                            
92 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
93 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 
94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        20.49
95 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        21.44
96 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                23.20
97 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                             27.16
98 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
99 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     28.30
100 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
101 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                             29.57
102 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       
103 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
104 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                             
105 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     
106 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                               
107 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
108 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                            
109 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
110 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                        
111 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                     
112 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                    
113 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                        
114 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
115 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
116 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                        
117 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                     
118 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
119 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                         
120 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
121 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
122 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                              
123 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                         
124 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                          
125 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott           
126 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                           
127 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                    
128 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
129 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     
130 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                                
131 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                               
132 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
133 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
134 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                       12.59.41
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        0.35
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                    0.43
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          0.45
5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.54
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  1.05
7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                   1.08
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  1.14
9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           1.52
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                         1.58
12 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     2.00
13 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                2.05
14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                               2.10
15 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                  2.12
16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                            2.30
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             2.36
18 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                          2.45
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
20 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                3.02
21 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                         3.04
22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     3.14
23 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              3.23
24 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            4.00
26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 4.13
27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      4.15
28 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                       5.02
29 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                5.05
30 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       5.09
31 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  5.17
32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                5.54
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                          6.18
34 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                       6.43
35 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      8.01
36 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  8.22
37 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      8.59
38 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                   9.01
39 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                10.11
40 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             10.20
41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                             11.07
42 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        11.32
43 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                  11.44
44 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            11.49
45 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              12.14
46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   12.46
47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     13.23
48 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                 13.40
49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              14.18
50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    14.51
51 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                16.23
52 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                16.31
53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                17.03
54 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        18.37
55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                               19.53
56 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 19.56
57 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                       19.57
58 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        20.26
59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         20.29
60 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                      20.38
61 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                20.51
62 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                        21.33
63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 22.45
64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                        22.53
65 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                            22.55
66 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                    23.19
67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                       23.44
68 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      23.47
69 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          23.58
70 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    23.59
71 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                               24.11
72 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           24.28
73 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    25.02
74 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               25.22
75 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               26.13
76 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             27.10
77 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    27.28
78 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       27.47
79 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                 28.12
80 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     29.37
81 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    30.12
82 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 30.49
83 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                             30.57
84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                                
85 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   31.35
86 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            32.00
87 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
88 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     32.58
89 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          32.59
90 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           33.17
91 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         34.02
92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                      34.12
93 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                            35.10
94 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    35.23
95 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              35.53
96 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                           36.46
97 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                             37.15
98 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  37.56
99 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 39.42
100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      40.38
101 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                   40.53
102 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                   40.55
103 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              40.56
104 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                41.12
105 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              41.16
106 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  41.32
107 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 
108 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                43.56
109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    44.07
110 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                        44.46
111 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                44.54
112 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                         45.32
113 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                          45.37
114 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         46.16
115 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                               46.30
116 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     46.34
117 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                46.51
118 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       47.28
119 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               47.35
120 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                      47.45
121 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       47.46
122 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                               49.47
123 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  53.21
124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                55.34
125 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              55.58
126 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            56.00
127 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                       56.14
128 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                           56.24
129 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott      58.13
130 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                             58.22
131 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                          59.19
132 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                 1.00.40
133 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.08.22
134 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                              1.14.59
 
Points classification
 
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             35 pts
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          32
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         30
4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                             26
5 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   25
6 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         25
7 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                          24
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    23
9 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                  17
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           16
11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                    15
12 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                    15
13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   15
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                     13
15 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       13
16 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                     11
17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    10
18 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                          10
19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     9
20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         9
21 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                        9
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               8
23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               8
24 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                      8
25 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                    8
26 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             7
27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     6
28 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        6
29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                             6
30 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     6
31 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  5
32 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                   5
33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 5
34 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                              5
35 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     4
36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                4
37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                            3
38 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   3
39 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3
40 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     3
41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                               2
42 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       2
43 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    1
44 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   36 pts
2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               21
3 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     20
4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  16
5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        14
6 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     14
7 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                            12
8 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                     11
9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                      8
10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                     8
11 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                    8
12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           8
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            6
14 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    6
15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 6
16 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                  4
17 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                     4
18 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         4
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             2
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                            2
21 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    2
22 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
23 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                               2
24 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                      1
25 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 1
26 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                1
27 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                            1
28 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                            1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     12 pts
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         12
3 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     12
4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      6
5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         3
6 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                      3
7 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                2
8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1
9 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                           1
10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   1
11 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           1

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