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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT

France, June 8-15, 2008

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Stage 6 - June 14: Morzine - La Toussuire, 233km

Sørensen catches greatest career win

Valverde resists attack of Evans and Leipheimer

By Jean-François Quénet in La Toussuire

Chris Anker Sørensen was catching his first pro win
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With astonishing resilience to the chasing group of favourites, Dane Chris Anker Sørensen of CSC took his greatest career win, his first as a professional, to date. He was part of the day's break, then continued solo from the start of the final climb up to La Toussuire and prevailed by over a minute. In the fight for GC, Alejandro Valverde countered moves by Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer and added two seconds to his overall margin of now 39 seconds.

The up and coming Danish climber Sørensen ruled out any comparison with his compatriot Michael Rasmussen after his magnificent solo victory in La Toussuire, where Rasmussen won a stage of the Tour de France two years ago. "I definitely don't want to be the new Rasmussen, let's forget about Rasmussen! But I hope to become the new Danish climber. My first pro win couldn't be a greater one than the queen stage of the Dauphiné, which is a great race, with the col de la Croix-de-Fer, which is one of France's most beautiful climbs. I used to watch the Tour de France pass through it when I was a kid. It's a dream come true for me to win here."

The 23 year-old, who finished the Giro in 27th place before riding the Dauphiné, crossed the line with the gesture of a fisherman, throwing his fishing rod out and raking in his catch of the day. He explained it as a private joke with some friends back in Denmark following the way Paolo Bettini won the World Championship in the role of the hunter.

Sørensen was the only rider left of the breakaway that took shape after 50 kilometres. The highest ranked of the 21-man group was young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, who became the king of the mountains, but was victim of a hunger knock up to La Toussuire where he actually lost even more time than Landis two years ago at the Tour: almost 16 minutes.

"I've never put my body in such a state of fatigue," Rolland said. "But I'm happy to get the polka dot jersey, this is the jersey of my childhood dreams. I took risks today. With a 4'20 advantage that we got at some stage, I was virtually in second position overall. In this stage I've made mistakes that I will not reproduce in the future."

Evans tried to drop Valverde, but it only worked temporarily
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He can look to Valverde for not making mistakes in cycling. The Spaniard didn't panic when Evans attacked with 5.5 kilometres to go. "Instead of responding to him, I preferred to stay behind Gesink, who was keeping a steady but high speed. We had a head wind, I chose to climb progressively. I was very well but the stage was 233 kilometres; that's a distance we have only covered in the classics. As long as we kept Evans at a distance [so] I could see [him] with my eyes, I didn't worry."

The Australian made the race extremely spectacular with his attack. "I'm climbing well," he said after the finish. "But not good enough for the win. Today, I had nothing to lose. Maybe I had a chance to win the overall, sometimes you have to take these chances. I wanted to leave Valverde by himself in the wind." It didn't happen since the race leader got help from a few other riders, mostly Gesink who was targeting the stage win.

That was also the intention of Levi Leipheimer who rejoined Evans but didn't cooperate much with him. The American was still disappointed that the Australian took the second place on GC from him the day before. "I wish I had the same legs yesterday," Leipheimer explained. "La Toussuire wasn't hard enough to make a difference. It was not up to me to work for Evans. I was waiting for Valverde to do some work and I jumped across as he didn't. With two kilometres to go, I realised we were too far from Sørensen for being in contention for the stage win.

"Tomorrow is a hard stage," Leipheimer continued. "Valverde looks strong and he's a smart rider." The Spaniard doesn't want to consider the Dauphiné won before he crosses the line in Grenoble on Sunday. "I will possibly face more attacks," he said. "But it's much shorter and my team works well, so we should save the jersey."

Shall he finish second once again like last year behind Christophe Moreau, Evans will leave the Dauphiné with no regret. "I'm here only to compare myself to the others," he emphasised. "My only goal at the Dauphiné was to get better and I'm getting better. I don't want to be getting too good too soon."

The Valverde-Evans duel might be reproduced next month at the Tour de France with a different scenario.

How it unfolded

Snow still lingers near the top of the 2067-metre high Croix de Fer
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A group of 20 riders went away in the côte de Megève (km 48): Mario Aerts (Silence-Lotto), José Luis Rubiera (Astana), David Lopez (Caisse d'Epargne), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel), Patrice Halgand and Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole), Jurgen Van de Walle and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step), Vladimir Efimkin and Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r), Juan Antonio Flecha and Peter Weening (Rabobank), David Moncoutié and Amaël Moinard (Cofidis), Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), Jérôme Coppel and Rémi Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux), Thomas Voeckler and Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom), Charly Wegelius (Liquigas) and Chris Anker Sørensen (CSC).

Rolland was first at the top ahead of Clement, Van de Walle, Coppel and Moncoutié. Rolland was also first at the top of the côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine (km 72), where the escapees had an advantage of 3'15. At km 119, the group split up and 13 riders went to the front. With 10 kilometres to go to the top of the col de la Croix-de-Fer, there were still 12 together: Rubiera, Lopez, Halgand, Rolland, Van de Walle, Flecha, Moncoutié, Moinard, Di Gregorio, Efimkin, Goubert and Sørensen. Rolland again was first at the top (km 180.5).

At kilometre 191, the two Euskaltel riders Mikel Astarloza and Oroz rejoined the front group while the first part of the bunch was located two minutes behind. At kilometre 213, as the gap was reduced to 55 seconds under the action of the Rabobank riders, Sørensen went solo on the way up to La Toussuire.

With nine kilometres to go, the Dane was 1'30 ahead of Di Gregorio, Astarloza and Lopez. The bunch was at 1'50.

With 5. kilometres to go, Evans attacked and created a gap to the Valverde group. The Spaniard stayed in the wheel of Robert Gesink (Rabobank). Three kilometres further, it was the turn of Levi Leipheimer (Astana) to attack. The American rejoined Evans but their advantage was no more than 25 seconds. Valverde caught them under the flamme rouge.

Sørensen kept a one-minute advantage over Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom), who came in second, while Valverde kept his overall lead over Evans and Leipheimer.

Photography

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Results

1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                    6.15.53 (37.192 km/h)
2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   1.02
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                              1.10
4 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                              1.15
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           1.17
7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                              1.26
9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                           2.11
10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                              2.13
11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                
13 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                               
14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                      2.25
15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                     2.48
17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 
18 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
19 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
20 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                3.37
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                    4.49
22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     5.35
23 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  7.08
24 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                  
25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                 
26 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
27 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                        
28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   7.19
29 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        
30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                    7.28
31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    
32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           7.49
33 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                  9.19
34 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                            11.16
35 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
36 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                
37 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                     
38 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                
39 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                              
40 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                
41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           
42 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       
43 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                   
44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              
45 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  
46 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                    13.48
47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                
48 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                               
49 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                         14.59
50 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                   
51 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 15.16
52 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    15.56
53 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                          20.35
54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                        
55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          
56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                              
57 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             
59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           
60 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                          
61 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
62 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
63 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                      
64 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
65 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     21.58
66 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                            24.02
67 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                 
68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                        25.18
70 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                     26.30
71 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    31.50
72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        
73 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                             
74 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                              
75 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
76 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                           
77 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                  
78 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
79 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
80 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
81 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                  
82 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                
83 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                               
84 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                           
85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              
86 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                  
87 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
88 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                              
89 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                              
90 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
91 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                  
92 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                 
93 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                              
94 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  35.51
95 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                    39.44
96 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             
97 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                            
98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                 
99 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                        
100 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                
101 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                               
102 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    
103 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                    
104 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                 
105 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
106 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                             
107 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    
108 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
109 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                             
110 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                        
111 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                               
112 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                               
113 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
114 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                               
115 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        
116 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                   
117 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                             
118 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 
119 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              
120 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott    
121 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 42.08
DNF Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           
DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                  
DNF Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
DNF John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
DNF Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
DNF Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                            
DNF Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                 
DNF Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                        
 
Points
 
1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                         20 pts
2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     17
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                15
4 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                13
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   11
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             10
7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      9
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                 8
9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                              7
10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                 6
11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         5
12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                               4
13 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                              3
14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                         2
15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Chatillon-sur-Cluses - km 18.5
1 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                  5 pts
2 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                      3
3 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       1
 
Côte de Megève - km 54
1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         7 pts
2 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                          5
3 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                         3
4 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       2
5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                1
 
Côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine - km 72
1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         5 pts
2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        3
3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                1
 
Col de la Croix de Fer - km 180.5                               
1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        40 pts
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                     35
3 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                   30
4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       26
5 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                 22
6 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                               18
7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                              16
8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     14
9 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   12
10 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                       10
11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                          8
12 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                         6
13 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      4
14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     2
15 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1
 
La Toussuire - km 233
1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                         30 pts
2 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     26
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                22
4 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                18
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   14
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             12
7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     10
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                 8
9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                              6
10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                 4
11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         2
12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                               1
 
Teams
 
1 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   18.54.09
2 Team CSC                                                  7.46
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                          9.01
4 Bouygues Telecom                                          9.10
5 Ag2R La Mondiale                                         10.37
6 Astana                                                   10.41
7 Silence-Lotto                                            10.52
8 Française des Jeux                                       11.11
9 Credit Agricole                                          11.14
10 Quick Step                                              11.54
11 High Road                                               18.15
12 Cofidis                                                 18.50
13 Rabobank                                                20.00
14 Liquigas                                                27.34
15 Team Milram                                             58.27
16 Gerolsteiner                                          1.00.38
17 Saunier Duval-Scott                                   1.16.20
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             24.14.58
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           0.39
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                              1.24
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                              2.47
5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   3.19
6 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       4.01
7 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   4.25
8 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                              4.29
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                              4.45
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                           5.33
11 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                              6.46
12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                            6.47
13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                     6.54
14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                          7.23
15 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                7.34
16 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                    8.20
17 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       9.06
18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                 10.31
19 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                     11.18
20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                            12.01
21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                          13.16
22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                   13.53
23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                             14.17
24 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    14.35
25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                 14.44
26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole               15.24
27 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               16.16
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                   16.47
29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                         18.11
30 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                         18.51
31 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    19.05
32 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                             20.14
33 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           20.46
34 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 21.23
35 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                           22.01
36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                           22.10
37 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux              22.46
38 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                            22.51
39 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                   23.10
40 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                  23.27
41 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                     24.12
42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                         24.47
43 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                           25.14
44 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       26.08
45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                 26.49
46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   28.55
47 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  29.18
48 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                            30.51
49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                         31.02
50 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  31.06
51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   31.25
52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                      32.21
53 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                     36.12
54 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                          36.36
55 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    37.43
56 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                         37.50
57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                        39.35
58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                              39.43
59 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                    40.06
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                40.24
61 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     41.04
62 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                            41.32
63 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                          43.25
64 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                     43.44
65 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                43.45
66 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                  43.48
67 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                             44.14
68 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                         44.37
69 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                         45.00
70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       45.05
71 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   46.41
72 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                     47.15
 
Points classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  133 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                               105
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             87
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                          76
5 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                       44
6 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                             40
7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     38
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                36
9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 30
10 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        26
11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          25
12 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           25
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                               24
14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    24
15 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                               24
16 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                    24
17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          23
18 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                        20
19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       20
20 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    19
21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       18
22 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       17
23 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    17
24 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                             16
25 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   16
26 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                15
27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                            14
28 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                        13
29 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                             11
30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     11
31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                           11
32 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          11
33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   9
34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                             9
35 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                             9
36 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                              9
37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       8
38 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                               7
39 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                             7
40 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                               7
41 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                 6
42 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                6
43 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                    6
44 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                               6
45 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        6
46 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                             5
47 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                 5
48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                5
49 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                   4
50 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      4
51 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        4
52 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                          3
53 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                         2
54 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1
55 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1
56 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              -5
57 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                        -5
58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                           -5
59 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        86 pts
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                     70
3 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    59
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             44
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   42
6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                 42
7 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                40
8 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                       38
9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         36
10 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                        36
11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               36
12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                               36
13 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                  36
14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    30
15 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      29
16 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    26
17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                               22
18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       22
19 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                              20
20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    17
21 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                             16
22 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  13
23 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                       13
24 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    12
25 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                            10
26 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                               10
27 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                        10
28 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                              8
29 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                 8
30 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   8
31 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                          8
32 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                             6
33 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            6
34 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                 6
35 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                 5
36 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                             5
37 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                               5
38 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                         5
39 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                 4
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                        4
41 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      4
42 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     3
43 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      2
44 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                       1
45 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                             1
46 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1
47 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      1
48 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1
49 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           
2 Caisse d'Epargne                                      73.03.21
3 Ag2R La Mondiale                                          6.40
4 Silence-Lotto                                             7.33
5 Astana                                                    7.47
6 Team CSC                                                  8.13
7 Credit Agricole                                           9.54
8 Bouygues Telecom                                         11.14
9 Française des Jeux                                       13.35
10 Quick Step                                              14.24
11 Rabobank                                                17.38
12 Cofidis                                                 25.11
13 High Road                                               26.53
14 Liquigas                                                28.53
15 Saunier Duval-Scott                                     34.15
16 Team Milram                                           1.20.02
17 Gerolsteiner                                          1.26.04

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