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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT
Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008
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Stage 4 - June 17: Gossau SG - Domat-Ems, 171km
McEwen does it again
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Silence-Lotto's Robbie McEwen did it again, jumping into the wind early and taking it all the way to the finish line, to win his second straight mass sprint in the Tour de Suisse. Second and third places went to Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Gerald Ciolek (High Road).
"In the finale I had Leif Hoste, Jurgen Roelandts and Greg Van Avermaet beside me, and they did it perfectly," McEwen said. "I could launch my sprint in the last turn. Now we will go drink a glass of champagne."
Referring to press reports from yesterday's awards ceremony, which claimed the the Australian had cursed at the race and the country, McEwen explained, "A Swiss newspaper wrote that I had offended the land. That is not true. I love Switzerland!"
The race was once again dominated by a long escape. Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom,) Matej Jurco (Milram) and Jonathan Garcia (BMC) got away only a few kilometers into the stage and built up a lead of up to nearly ten minutes. However, the sprinters' teams were determined not to let them stay away to the end, and caught them with only six kilometres left to the finish line.
How it unfolded
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There were 154 riders at the line in Gossau, with Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rabobank), Andey Mizurov (Astana) and Eros Capecchi (Saunier Duval) the non-starters for the day.
Only a few kilometers into the race the escape group of the day formed. Matej Jurco (Milram), Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Jonathan Garcia (BMC) got away. The peloton was content to let them go, and within 20 kilometres they had built up a lead of over eight minutes.
After only 40 km, the lead was over 10 minutes and the peloton slowly started reacting. The lead dropped to eight to nine minutes for a long time, a gap with which the peloton was content.
Light rain began to fall on the peloton for the second half of the stage, which featured two category three climbs. Small as they were, they were enough to cut into the advantage of the leading trio. By the time the race descended the second climb, their lead had shrunk to just over two minutes.
The three men took that two minute lead into the last 20 km, but their time was running out. The field bided its time, only closing down the last of the gap with six kilometres to go. The three turned around, saw the onrushing field, and patted each other on the back after a 160 km escape.
High Road looked like it was riding a team time trial, with six riders leading the peloton and pushing the pace as they crossed the two kilometre banner. Quick Step, Lotto and Milram then moved up to do lead work, but it was Lotto and High Road who would lead the field into the final corner.
With his team-mates dropping him off at the perfect moment, McEwen jumped early into the wind. The feisty Australian was able to hold off the hard-charging Freire and Ciolek to take his second win of the Tour, and his third of the year.
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- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) at the start.
- Team Astana signs in.
- Swiss Gregory Rast (Astana) at the start.
- German Andreas Klöden (Astana) gives a wave.
- René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) explain's the previous stage.
- Elias Schmäh (Team Volksbank)
- Andreas Dietziker (Team Volksbank)
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) all smiles.
- Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) waves to the crowd at the start.
- German sprinter Erik Zabel (Team Milram)
- Swiss Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) on the start podium.
- Swiss Michael Albasini (Liquigas) waves.
- Martin Elmiger (AG2R La Mondiale) has a look at the newspaper.
- Spain's Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) signs in.
- Belgium's Gert Steegmans (Quick Step)
- Belgian Champion Stijn Devolder (Quick Step)
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel Euskadi) covered up his leader's jersey with the team vest on the rainy morning.
- The breakaway gained ten minutes but was still reeled in by the sprinters.
- Euskaltel Euskadi leads the peloton for overall leader Igor Anton.
- Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) made the day's break
- The three-man escape which lasted 160km: Matej Jurco (Milram), Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Jonathan Garcia (BMC)
- The teams come to the front to chase down the escapees.
- The lunge for the line goes to McEwen.
- McEwen went early but still held on to win.
- The stage four sprint saw McEwen back out on top.
- McEwen holds off Ciolek and Freire to take his second sprint win.
- McEwen won't get his lead-out men at the Tour, but has shown he can win if they're around.
- McEwen, perhaps demonstrating to the Silence Lotto bosses that having men around for lead-outs can pay off.
- McEwen pumps his fist with joy after winning his second stage.
- Hoste was as happy with McEwen's win as if he'd won the race himself.
- Leif Hoste celebrates after delivering McEwen to the sprint win.
- Robbie McEwen (Silence Lotto) counts his wins from the stage four podium.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Marcus Burghardt (High Road) looking relaxed.
- Gerald Ciolek (High Road) gunning for the sprints.
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank)
- Dutchman Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) keeps close to the wheels.
- The peloton follows.
- This can only be Switzerland
- Germany's Andreas Klöden (Astana) looks determined.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana)
- Australia's Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) nips the win.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) keeps in yellow.
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4.04.10 (41.947 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 12 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 13 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 14 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 16 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 18 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 22 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 23 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 24 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 27 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 28 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 30 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 31 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 34 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 35 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 36 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 38 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 39 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 40 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 44 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 45 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 47 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 49 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 51 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 53 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 54 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 55 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 56 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 57 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 58 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 62 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 65 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 67 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 71 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 72 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 73 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 74 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 77 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 79 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 80 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 82 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 83 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 84 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 85 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 86 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 89 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 90 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 92 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 93 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 94 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 95 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 97 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 98 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 100 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 101 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 103 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 104 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 105 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 106 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 107 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 108 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 0.22 109 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 110 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 111 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 112 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 116 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 119 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 120 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 121 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 122 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 126 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 127 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 128 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 129 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 130 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 131 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 132 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 133 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 134 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 136 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 137 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 138 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.36 139 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.43 140 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.48 141 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 142 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.52 143 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 1.04 144 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.11 145 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 146 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 147 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 148 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 149 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 150 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 2.08 151 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.22 152 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 153 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.31 HD Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott DNS Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana DNS Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank DNS Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 25 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 20 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 16 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11 6 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 10 7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 9 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 7 10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 12 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 15 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 1 Sprints Landquart - km 148.9 1 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Aspermontstrasse - km 161.1 1 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 1 Mountains Schellenberg - km 113.5 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 3 3 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 4 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 1 St.Luzisteig - km 139.3 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 3 3 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Young rider 1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 4.04.10 2 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 13 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 17 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 18 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 19 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.22 21 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 22 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 24 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 25 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 26 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 27 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.52 29 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.11 30 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.22 HD Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott DNS Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank DNS Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott General classification after stage 4 1 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.36.44 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 0.06 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.12 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.16 5 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.18 6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.21 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.22 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.25 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.40 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 11 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 1.03 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 14 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.07 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.09 16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1.21 17 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank 1.34 18 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.38 19 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 1.44 21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.48 22 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 24 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 2.01 25 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.12 26 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.20 27 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.26 28 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.36 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.39 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2.44 31 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.49 32 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.06 33 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.16 34 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 3.20 35 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.24 36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.34 37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.37 38 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.44 39 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.48 40 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 4.19 41 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 4.33 42 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.14 43 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.18 44 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.31 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5.36 46 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 5.40 47 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.31 48 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.37 49 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6.48 50 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.03 51 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.04 52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.11 53 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 8.16 54 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 8.18 55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 8.28 56 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.33 57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 9.44 58 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.49 59 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.51 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9.53 61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.50 62 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.10 63 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.21 64 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 11.27 65 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12.25 66 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.44 67 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.47 68 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.58 69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 13.10 70 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.37 71 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 13.51 72 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.22 73 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 74 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 75 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.01 76 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 77 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 15.23 78 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 15.28 79 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 15.29 80 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 15.35 81 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 16.08 82 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 16.30 84 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 16.47 85 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 16.59 86 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 17.06 87 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 17.12 88 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.34 89 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18.02 90 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.18 91 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 92 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 97 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 98 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.32 99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 18.40 100 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 101 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.42 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 18.54 103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19.22 104 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 19.28 105 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.45 106 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 19.46 107 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.51 108 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 20.31 109 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.23 110 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 22.21 111 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 22.39 112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 114 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 115 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 22.57 116 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 23.01 117 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 23.02 119 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 23.24 120 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 121 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 23.36 122 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 23.46 123 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23.50 124 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 24.03 125 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.15 126 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.28 127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 128 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26.37 129 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 27.19 130 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 27.30 131 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 27.39 132 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 133 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 134 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 135 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 136 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 137 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 138 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27.47 139 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road 28.01 140 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 141 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 28.24 143 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 28.46 144 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 145 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 29.51 146 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29.53 147 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 29.54 148 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.19 149 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 30.57 150 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 31.29 151 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.00 152 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32.03 153 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.51 Sprint classification 1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 18 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 14 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 12 4 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 5 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 7 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 8 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 9 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 10 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 65 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 50 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 32 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 28 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 20 7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 20 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 17 11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 13 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank 12 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 10 16 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 10 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 19 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 20 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 22 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7 24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 7 25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 6 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6 27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 28 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank 6 29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 5 30 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 31 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 33 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 34 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 4 35 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 3 36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 3 37 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 38 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 2 39 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 40 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2 41 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1 42 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 1 Mountains classification 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre 26 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 13 4 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 10 7 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 9 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 10 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 6 11 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 6 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 13 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 14 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 2 18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1 20 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 21 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 22 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1 Young rider classification 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 16.37.05 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.04 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.19 4 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 1.23 5 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.59 6 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.28 7 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45 8 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.13 9 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6.27 10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.26 11 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.37 12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.01 13 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 15.02 14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 15.08 15 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 15.14 16 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 16.26 17 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.13 18 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17.41 19 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.57 20 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank 19.25 22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 22.18 23 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.07 25 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 27.40 26 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 29.30 27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29.32 28 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 29.33 29 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 30.36 30 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 31.08 31 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.39 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 49.52.56 2 Astana 0.43 3 Gerolsteiner 1.32 4 Lampre 4.02 5 Credit Agricole 4.09 6 Caisse d'Epargne 4.17 7 Bouygues Telecom 4.21 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.57 9 Liquigas 5.40 10 Rabobank 6.33 11 Française Des Jeux 6.49 12 Saunier Duval-Scott 7.52 13 High Road 8.49 14 AG2R La Mondiale 11.27 15 BMC Racing Team 11.38 16 Team Volksbank 12.25 17 Silence-Lotto 13.53 18 Quick Step 15.20 19 Team Milram 21.03 20 Cofidis 22.31
