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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT

Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008

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Stage 7 - June 20: Gruyères - Lyss, 171km

Cancellara hoofs it to solo Swiss success

Kirchen retains yellow jersey in advance of mountain time trial

By Shane Stokes in Lyss

Fabian Cancellara (CSC)
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Much as he did in winning Milan-Sanremo earlier this year, Fabian Cancellara thundered out of a breakaway group and soloed the final kilometres to claim the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse. The double world time trial champion made full use of his horsepower to hold off a hard-chasing bunch, reaching the finish in Lyss with enough time to sit up, celebrate, savour the Swiss support and still finish two seconds ahead of Erik Zabel (Team Milram), Robbie McEwen (Silence Lotto) plus the rest of the peloton.

Race leader Kim Kirchen and his High Road team controlled the race well, with the former keeping an eye on things personally when a dangerous move got clear inside the final ten kilometres.

Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) was first of these to go, surging on the category four climb of Lobsigen, and was joined by Cancellara and Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner). Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) bridged with Kirchen also jumping across, realising that an attack is sometimes the best form of defence. Fothen had started the day just over a minute back and so keeping the German under control was one of Kirchen's main motivations.

Cancellara made his solo effort with approximately five kilometres to go, and was completely committed from there to the line. He received a huge roar from the crowd, and said afterwards that he was delighted to win close to his hometown of Bern.

The move wasn't particularly pre-planned today but it's good to get a stage near my home," he said afterwards. "It was necessary that I used a bit of intelligence to decide what to do. I got into the break and then heard on the radio that Kirchen had rejoined us. That would mean the bunch would chase and so that was my reason to attack a second time.

"Something like today can't be pre-planned. That is something that is decided with good sensations. I looked back and could see the bunch getting closer, so I knew that then was the time to try something. I live here, my family were present here and it was a good day for Swiss sport. To arrive alone here in Lyss was very special."

A hard day at the office for these guys.
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He got some valuable encouragement from the CSC team car, and said that he knew he had to dig very deep if he was to get the win.

"Kim Anderson was shouting to me that I had to keep going strong, to go for it, go for it, but in my head I was thinking, 'where is this finish line?' I knew that the sprinters behind me would accelerate to 70 kilometres per hour whereas me, on my bike computer, I wasn't even doing 60. So I was a bit scared and was wondering where the hell the finish was."

Team-mate Frank Schleck embraced Cancellara at the finish, appearing to be as happy as the Swiss fans were. "It was a very good day for the team, we deserved it. We knew after my crash that it was going to be difficult for me."

He also said that he move wasn't pre-meditated. "It wasn't a plan as such for Fabian to go at the end, but he was super-motivated as he lives close to here. What he showed today is that he is the strongest time trialist, the strongest rouleur... he is amazing."

Schleck had ambitions of winning the race but has decided now to concentrate on recovering after his bad fall earlier in the week. "I was a bit scared and I hung back towards the finish. I don't need another crash," he said. "I will take it easy tomorrow, I don't want to hurt myself more than I need to. I am feeling better every day [as regards his injuries] but I am not at 100 percent. I need to find out how my finger is, I am not sure. But even if it is broken, I can't do anything more about it [than strapping it up]. My shoulder is also sore. But it is not going to be a problem for the Tour."

Kirchen is another who is very much targeting the Tour de France; however, unlike Schleck, he has a very strong chance of winning the Swiss race. He will start tomorrow's time trial with an advantage of 27 seconds over Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) and 33" on former race leader Igor Anton (Euskaltel Euskadi). Stijn Devolder (Quick Step), his own team-mate Thomas Lövkvist and Andreas Klöden (Astana) are 46", 56" and 58" back respectively.

He was happy with how things went, particularly as the team used a bit of strategy to spare its energy for late. "The start was very, very fast and it is not easy to control things on this type of parcours. Many teams wanted to go in the break, there were many riders up there, and so the tactic of having [Thomas] Lövkvist up there meant that we had to do a bit less work.

"Towards the end, I attacked, myself. There was a little hill that I like a lot, and I thought, 'why not?' The gap was not too big and so I decided to try to bridge [to the Cancellara break]. It is less dangerous up front and getting back up to Fothen was good."

Kirchen said that the only previous time he led a stage race was in the Tour of Luxembourg. He said that the experience of leading a race such as the Tour de Suisse was a new one for him, but that he hoped to defend the lead in the stage eight mountain time trial.

"I am not sure how it will go," he admitted. "It is very long and like the other riders, I am a bit nervous. With the yellow jersey on my shoulders this is not the usual situation. 25 kilometres is quite long, it will be necessary to make a big effort. I think tomorrow the strongest riders will be to the front and I think the Tour de Suisse will be decided there."

How it unfolded

141 riders took to the start today, with only Quick Step's Giovanni Visconti deciding not to race.

Just four kilometers into the lightly rolling stage, the first group got away. Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas), Gabriel Rasch (Credit Agricole), Anthony Roux (Francaise des Jeux), Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Hector Gonzalez (Saunier Duval), Marcus Burghardt (High Road), Jeff Louder (BMC) and Daniel Musiol (Volksbank) went clear, but were only able to stay away for about four kilometres.

21 kilometres into the stage, an 18-man group got away, but it contained High Road's Thomas Lövkvist, who is fifth overall, and the other teams weren't willing to let him get away. This group, too, was soon back with the peloton.

High road on the front of the peloton.
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The next group had an even higher-ranked rider, Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas, who was in second place. His companions Johan von Summeren (Silence-Lotto), Sebastien Rosseler (QuickStep) and Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) knew they wouldn't get far with him in the group, and the Czech soon let himself fall back into the main field.

Without Kreuziger out of the lead the rest of the group built up an advantage of nearly five minutes at 66 km to go, when a category four climb brought the lead down a bit.

Scholz had a flat with 47 km to go, and his two companions waited for him, giving up a bit of time. Only three kilometres later Scholz had to change bikes, and they didn't wait for him this time, but he caught them again easily.

High Road, Astana and Rabobank lead the chase, and after the second time over the climb, the lead had dropped to under two minutes.

The stage ended with two laps of a 27 km circuit, and as the peloton crossed the finish line for the next-to-last time, it had cut the lead to one minute, and with 17 km to go, the break was over.

When the climb loomed for the third and final time, Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto), Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) and David Loosli (Lampre) broke out. Hoste stayed ahead, winning the mountain points, and was soon joined by Fabian Cancellara (CSC) and Wednesday's winner Markus Fothen of Gerolsteiner.

Race leader Kim Kirchen (High Road) and Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) joined the leaders, but with 5 km to go, Cancellara turned on his world champion's speed and took off. The other four fell back into the peloton, where the sprinters were jockeying for position.

Try as they could, though, they were unable to catch the two-time world time trial champion, who repeated his breakaway win in this year's Milano-Sanremo. Two seconds later the peloton thundered over the finish line, with Erik Zabel (Milram) taking second on the day and double stage winner Robbie McEwen third.

Photography

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Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                 3.47.09 (45.063 km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        0.02
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     
4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                          
6 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       
7 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                       
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                        
12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                     
15 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                       
16 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
18 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                             
19 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          
21 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                        
22 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                     
23 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
25 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         
27 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
28 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
29 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
30 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                     
31 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                            
32 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
33 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                   
35 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 
36 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            
37 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                       
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
39 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            
41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
43 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                
44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
45 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
46 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   
47 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
48 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
49 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
50 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
51 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
52 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
53 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
54 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                   
55 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
56 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                       
57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
58 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
59 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
61 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            
62 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
63 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
64 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                               
65 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            
66 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                        
67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
68 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                         
69 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                       
70 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          
71 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                   
72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
73 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
75 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        
77 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
78 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
79 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
80 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
81 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
82 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
83 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                         
84 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
85 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                         
86 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                          
87 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                              
88 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                         
89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
90 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                        
91 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                     
92 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
93 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
94 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                   
95 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
96 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
97 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                    
98 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   0.20
99 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                      0.56
100 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                   0.57
101 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        
102 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 2.26
103 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
104 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
105 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   
106 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
107 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                                 
108 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             4.35
109 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   6.07
110 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
111 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
112 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                            
113 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                              
114 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
115 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                   
116 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                        
117 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                             
118 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                   
119 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
120 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   
121 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     
122 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
123 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
124 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
125 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
126 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
127 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
128 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
129 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
130 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                        
131 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                              
132 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                            
133 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                     
134 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         
135 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
136 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                  
137 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
138 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
139 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 
140 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                           
DNF 72 CALZATI Sylvain ALM FRA                                            
DNS 87 VISCONTI Giovanni QST ITA                                          
 
Points
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          20
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   16
4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     13
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                        11
6 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     10
7 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        9
8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  8
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      7
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               6
11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       5
12 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         4
13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                 3
14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    2
15 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                      1
 
Sprints
 
Lyss - km 116.9
1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               6 pts
2 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                    3
3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        1

Lyss - km 143.4
1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               6 pts
2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        3
3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                    1
 
Mountains
 
Lobsigen - km 108
1 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                    3 pts
2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               2
3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        1

Lobsigen - km 134.5
1 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        3 pts
2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               2
3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                    1

Lobsigen - km 161
1 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       3 pts
2 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                            2
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                              1
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                        11.21.31
2 Silence-Lotto                                                       0.02
3 Gerolsteiner                                                            
4 AG2R La Mondiale                                                        
5 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
6 Credit Agricole                                                         
7 Team Volksbank                                                          
8 Cofidis                                                                 
9 Astana                                                                  
10 Rabobank                                                               
11 Quick Step                                                             
12 Caisse d'Epargne                                                       
13 Team Milram                                                            
14 High Road                                                              
15 BMC Racing Team                                                        
16 Française Des Jeux                                                     
17 Lampre                                                                 
18 Liquigas                                                               
19 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                    
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                6.07
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                30.41.42
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      0.27
3 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      0.33
4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                     0.46
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                0.56
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         0.58
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         1.04
8 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                          1.06
9 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    1.13
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                        1.44
12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                  1.45
13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    2.02
14 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.03
15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                               2.04
16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     2.31
17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                          2.41
18 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                               2.53
19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            4.19
20 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  4.27
21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       4.36
22 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      4.55
23 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                               6.10
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          7.31
25 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 8.54
26 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    9.01
27 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                9.18
28 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          10.01
29 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                       10.45
30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              10.51
31 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         12.05
32 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
33 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                    12.10
34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          12.25
35 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             13.02
36 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                     13.30
37 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                          13.57
38 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                           13.58
39 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           15.33
40 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                            17.10
41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
42 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  17.11
43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                17.24
44 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   17.47
45 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                       19.42
46 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                              20.14
47 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                             20.16
48 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              20.32
49 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             21.37
50 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             22.03
51 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 23.18
52 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     25.13
53 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                25.34
54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           25.39
55 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            25.40
56 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          26.02
57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             26.24
58 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            26.51
59 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       27.01
60 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                         27.18
61 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 27.38
62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      28.16
63 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               29.13
64 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 29.19
65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       29.40
66 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                     29.56
67 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       29.58
68 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        30.37
69 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                    30.52
70 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             31.13
71 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    31.17
72 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       32.14
73 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               32.32
74 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   34.09
75 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                        34.48
76 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         35.26
77 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             
78 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      35.29
79 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            35.53
80 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          36.32
81 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                       36.39
82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           37.25
83 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        38.17
84 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    38.25
85 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                 39.13
86 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                               39.35
87 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           39.51
88 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  40.10
89 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                   40.37
90 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 40.47
91 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                     41.41
92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                42.20
93 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     42.37
94 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                               43.57
95 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                   44.10
96 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                              44.11
97 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                           45.08
98 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                             45.12
99 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             45.30
100 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                               46.29
101 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    46.44
102 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                        46.52
103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
104 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            46.54
105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                47.06
106 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   47.45
107 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                  48.16
108 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                        48.52
109 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                            49.59
110 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   50.13
111 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                              50.51
112 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                              50.58
113 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                   51.09
114 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                             51.15
115 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                       51.57
116 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                 52.14
117 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             52.31
118 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              52.51
119 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                            54.04
120 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                 54.51
121 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       
122 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                      
123 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
124 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                54.56
125 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   56.18
126 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  56.40
127 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           57.01
128 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                               57.06
129 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              57.33
130 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               57.37
131 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         57.45
132 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.00.42
133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          1.01.08
134 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                       1.01.18
135 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                            1.02.00
136 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                1.03.08
137 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.03.10
138 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                 1.12.31
139 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.28.17
140 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.37.54
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     72 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   66
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                      43
4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       38
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                    32
6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                        31
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          28
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     26
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      25
10 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                           23
11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       20
12 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              20
13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                20
14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                20
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       19
16 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    19
17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     18
18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                      18
19 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               17
20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          16
21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          15
22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      15
23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                          14
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            14
25 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        13
26 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                     13
27 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                    12
28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                 11
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            11
30 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 10
31 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                          10
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          9
33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       8
34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 8
35 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  7
36 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    7
37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        6
38 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                                6
39 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               6
40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         5
41 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       5
42 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   4
43 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         3
44 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        3
45 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    2
46 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
47 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                 1
48 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                    1
 
Sprint classification
 
1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  18 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             14
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 13
4 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              12
5 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                  9
6 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    9
7 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            6
8 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 6
9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6
10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                5
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  4
12 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       4
13 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 4
14 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                   4
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             3
16 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   2
17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                              1
18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           42 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             42
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                       25
4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                20
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          16
6 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 12
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  10
8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 10
9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         10
10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                              10
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                      8
12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        6
13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           6
14 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      6
15 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  6
16 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       4
17 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                   4
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        4
19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                           4
20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             4
21 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              4
22 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                 4
23 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
24 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   4
25 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      3
26 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           3
27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             3
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              3
29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       2
30 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        2
31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  2
32 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         2
33 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1
34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           1
35 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                            1
36 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      1
37 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                          92.11.41
2 Gerolsteiner                                                        0.32
3 Team CSC                                                            3.15
4 Credit Agricole                                                     8.07
5 Caisse d'Epargne                                                   10.01
6 Liquigas                                                           13.45
7 Bouygues Telecom                                                   14.21
8 AG2R La Mondiale                                                   17.52
9 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                19.07
10 Rabobank                                                          21.41
11 Silence-Lotto                                                     22.45
12 High Road                                                         24.40
13 Lampre                                                                 
14 Team Volksbank                                                    27.53
15 Française Des Jeux                                                36.37
16 Cofidis                                                           43.02
17 BMC Racing Team                                                   43.39
18 Quick Step                                                        45.55
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               52.25
20 Team Milram                                                       56.30

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