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66th Paris-Nice - HC

France, March 9-16, 2008

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Stage 6 - March 15: Sisteron - Cannes, 206km

Chavanel gets his revenge

Rebellin takes over from Gesink thanks to downhill

Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis)
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By Jean-François Quénet in Cannes

"What goes up must come down" was the phrase of the day after all the good work done by Robert Gesink up the Mont Ventoux on Thursday was ruined on the descent from the col de Tanneron. An acceleration at the top of the final climb dropped the young Dutch yellow jersey, and on the treacherous descent the Rabobank rider lost contact with Italians Davide Rebellin and Rinaldo Nocentini, who pulled themselves into first and second overall.

The Ventoux and the Tanneron have also given Sylvain Chavanel completely opposite feelings: the Frenchman lost the yellow jersey and any chance to win Paris-Nice on Thursday, but got his revenge in Cannes with a spectacular stage win. Known for his tactical mistakes, the Cofidis rider finally rode smart. He surprised his breakaway companions in the final kilometer of the stage, taking the second win of his ninth pro season up the Mediterranean coast from his win on stage five of the Tour Med.

"I've been turning around the win in this same particular stage of Paris-Nice for the past three or four years," Chavanel commented after the finish. "I was really motivated and my team-mates did a good job. I attacked at the beginning of the downhill and Cunego did the biggest part of the work. At the 1km mark, I decided not to take any more turns. Rebellin let a gap open, I went to catch Sanchez and I counter-attacked."

Chavanel attacks!
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The Frenchman was delighted. "This is a lot of emotion," he said. "It pleases me really. I'm doing the best Paris-Nice of my career. To have worn the yellow jersey for one day and to have won a stage with the possibility of a top 10 overall is very good for me. Apparently you guys also liked what I did. I even had time to enjoy it with putting my arms up in the air."

The yellow jersey could get no help chasing the leaders, and wound up in a second group behind 13 riders, including Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto) and green jersey Thor Hushovd. In the end, he lost 1'27" to Rebellin, and lost all hope of regaining the yellow jersey all because of a poor descent. "It went very fast uphill," Gesink explained. "Right at the top of the Tanneron, Rebellin went so fast that I couldn't stay on his wheel. The few meters I lost there made the downhill terrible. I didn't know what was going on. I was [terrified]. When I saw Fränk Schleck crashing in front of me, I was even more afraid and I could see the gap between Thor Hushovd's group and myself going bigger and bigger."

The young Dutchman looked devastated in Cannes. "I'm very disappointed to lose Paris-Nice downhill," he concluded. "I don't know how much I can do in the final stage but my chances are very small now."

Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
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Rebellin enjoyed taking the yellow jersey over from Gesink just one year after losing it to Alberto Contador on the final day of Paris-Nice. He didn't have a very strong team at his service in 2007, but Bernhard Kohl was a fantastic helper to him in the finale despite being in a breakaway for 170 kilometers before that. Like Gerolsteiner last year, Rabobank couldn't back its leader through to the end. Gesink, who couldn't hold the pace of the Italians on the downhill, was isolated at the bottom of the Tanneron with only Clément Lhôtellerie to try and bring him back.

The Frenchman who rides for the other Dutch registered team, Skil-Shimano, was initially a member of the early breakaway and he decided to wait for the bunch after scoring points for the King of the Mountains prize. "This was the best thing to do for trying to keep his position in the top 10," Skil-Shimano's directeur sportif Rudi Kemna explained. Lhôtellerie is now 11th and Gesink out of the top three.

The last stage will be a duel between Rebellin and Nocentini. It recalls last year's battle between Rebellin and Contador. The Ag2r rider is twice as close to the yellow jersey as Contador was, lagging by only three seconds. Once again, the suspense should last till the very end.

How it unfolded

Yellow jersey Robert Gesink
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Simon Gerrans who came in sixth the day before in Sisteron was a non-starter due to a sore throat. A first attack by Yoann Le Boulanger (Française des Jeux) and Christophe Edaleine (Ag2r) after 10 kilometers didn't meet any particular success, but the next one was going to go far with eight riders who broke clear 13.5km away from the starting point: Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano), Chris Sorensen and Bobby Julich (CSC), Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Mathieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Gert Steegmans (Quick Step), Kevin Ista (Agritubel) and Aleksandr Kuchinsky (Liquigas).

Sandy Casar accelerated after 20km of racing but never managed to reach the front group. The wearer of the polka dot jersey Lhôtellerie passed in first position at the col de Lecques at km 73 where the bunch led by Rabobank was situated 5'10" behind the breakaway. The Frenchman was also first up the col de Luens and the côte de du Mousteiret at km 96. After scoring enough points to secure his lead in the King of the Mountains competition, he returned to the bunch.

The seven leaders reached a maximum lead of 5'25" at the col d'Espargon (km 117). At that point, the teams Lampre and Caisse d'Epargne took care of the chase and the gap went down slowly. The two Belgian riders Steegmans and Ista disappeared from the breakaway group on the col de Bourigaille. In the downhill, race leader Robert Gesink had a flat tyre. Three of his team-mates waited for him and brought him back while Luis Leon Sanchez told everybody to stop pacing hard until the yellow jersey got back on.

Before the col de Tanneron, whose summit was just 20km away from the finish in Cannes, Quick Step and Ag2r also rode behind the five men who started climbing with 1'55" advantage. At the top of the 5.8km climb, the two remaining leaders Julich and Sprick were just 40 seconds ahead. Sprick crashed on a curve, leaving the American alone away.

Robert Gesink's Rabobank team
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A chasing group was formed at the initiative of Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), with Damiano Cunego (Lampre) doing most of the work on the tricky descent. At the bottom, Julich was caught and a new seven-man front group was formed, once again with Kohl but also Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) and Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne).

Gesink was the main victim of the fast downhill, but he also didn't have any team-mates on his side in the third group, Lhôtellerie being his only helper as he also wanted to maintain his position in the top 10 on GC.

While the new contenders for the yellow jersey, Rebellin and Nocentini, marked each other in the final kilometer, Chavanel stunned everybody at the 500 meters to go mark. He went for the stage win and Rebellin became the new race leader, three seconds ahead of Nocentini.

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Results

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                          5.00.25 (41.14 km/h)
2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   0.02
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                    
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                         0.06
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                       
7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                            0.44
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
10 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                   
11 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                  
13 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                           
15 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           
16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              
17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                         
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     
20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                             1.29
21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                  
22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     
24 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
25 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                     
26 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                            
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                               
28 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     
29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                       
30 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           
31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                               
32 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                  
34 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        
35 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                               
36 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                         2.01
38 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                     
39 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
40 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  
41 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                            5.07
42 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                 
43 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                
44 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
45 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               
46 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                    
47 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
48 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         
49 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                            
50 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                     
51 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
52 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                               
53 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                
54 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                             
55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                          
57 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                            
58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                
59 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                              
61 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             
62 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                              
63 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     
64 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
65 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                
66 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                   
67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
68 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                  
69 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30         
70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                      
71 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       
72 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                                 
73 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
74 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux              10.28
75 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                
76 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                      10.43
77 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                        
78 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                           
79 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30            
80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                    
81 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                             
82 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                         
83 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     
84 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   
85 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
86 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
87 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                               
88 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    
89 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    15.26
90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                  19.18
91 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
92 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                    
93 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                      
94 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                
95 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                                
96 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                 
97 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                
98 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                                
99 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                                
100 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                             
101 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               
102 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
103 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
104 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               
105 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  
106 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                               
107 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                              
108 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                        
109 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                  
110 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              
111 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     
112 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   
113 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                  
114 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                   
115 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                
116 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              
117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                             
118 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               
119 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                               
120 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        19.47
121 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                              
122 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                          22.36
DNF Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             
DNF Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                 
DNF Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                              
DNF Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                              
DNF Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                  
DNF Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        
DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                       
DNF Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC                               
DNS Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          
DNS Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                         
 
Sprints
 
La Garde - 87.0 Km
1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        3 pts
2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           2
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              1
 
Montauroux - 171.0 Km
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   3 pts
2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2
3 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           1
 
Cannes - 206.0 Km
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               25 pts
2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     22
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                  20
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                  18
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           16
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     15
7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                              14
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           13
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         12
10 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                 11
11 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       10
12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 9
13 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        8
14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                          7
15 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                          6
16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             5
17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          4
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                        3
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    2
20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                1
 
Mountains
 
Col des Leques - 73.0 Km
1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        7 pts
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   5
3 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           3
4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2
5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              1
 
Col de Luens - 90.5 Km
1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        7 pts
2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           5
3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        3
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   2
5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                               1
 
Côte du Mousteiret - 96.0 Km
1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        4 pts
2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              2
3 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                    1
 
Côte du Clos d'Espargon - 117.5 Km
1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           4 pts
2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              2
3 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           1
 
Col de Saint-Arnoux - 134.5 Km
1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           4 pts
2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   1
 
Col de Bourigaille - 154.0 Km
1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           7 pts
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   5
3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        3
4 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           2
5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              1
 
Col du Tanneron - 186.0 Km
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   7 pts
2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        5
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              3
4 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                           2
5 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           1
 
Young rider
 
1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                5.00.27
2 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                0.42
3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                   
4 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       1.27
5 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                      
6 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
7 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                            
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   
9 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                         
10 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                 1.59
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                5.05
12 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                            
13 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                     
14 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                               
15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             
16 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30              10.41
17 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
18 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    15.24
19 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                 19.16
20 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                                
21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                
22 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
23 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                   
24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                               
25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      
26 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                   
27 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                    
28 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               
29 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                
30 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         19.45
 
Team
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                       15.02.45
2 Cofidis                                                    1.15
3 Quick Step                                                 1.27
4 Crédit Agricole                                                
5 Lampre                                                     1.30
6 Team CSC                                                   2.02
7 Saunier Duval-Scott                                        2.12
8 Gerolsteiner                                               4.27
9 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                           5.12
10 Liquigas                                                  5.50
11 Silence-Lotto                                                 
12 Bouygues Telecom                                          6.22
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         9.28
14 Française des Jeux                                       10.13
15 Rabobank                                                      
16 Agritubel                                                10.45
17 Skil-Shimano                                             15.49
18 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                19.27
19 High Road                                                28.02
20 Team Milram                                              42.13
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                     26.11.31
2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                   0.03
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                      0.48
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                               0.51
5 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                        1.12
6 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1.24
7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      2.17
8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                            2.33
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                             2.39
10 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                        3.21
11 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                    4.13
12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                 4.23
13 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      4.42
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                              5.35
15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                         7.22
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           7.31
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                               7.42
18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     10.00
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                13.08
20 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                13.13
21 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               13.56
22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                          14.36
23 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                 16.09
24 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    19.05
25 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                      20.37
26 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                             23.26
27 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                             23.52
28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 25.39
29 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                    25.55
30 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                           27.12
31 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                27.24
32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                              27.33
33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                27.46
34 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      28.02
35 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                        28.36
36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  28.51
37 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                         29.27
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                29.43
39 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       29.54
40 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    30.44
41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                       32.49
42 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                            33.11
43 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                    33.17
44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     33.18
45 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                             33.34
46 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        34.20
47 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                34.26
48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                          34.44
49 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    35.27
50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    35.28
51 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott              36.13
52 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                       36.51
53 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30    37.13
54 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                           37.20
55 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                  37.25
56 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                           37.38
57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     38.04
58 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                          38.17
59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                      38.25
60 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                         38.43
61 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                            40.53
62 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                          41.48
63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                41.50
64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                     43.34
65 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                           46.45
66 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                           47.31
67 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                      48.40
68 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                         48.51
69 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                           48.52
70 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              49.41
71 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30       50.09
72 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                           50.39
73 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                              51.53
74 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux               51.54
75 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30               53.02
76 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        53.16
77 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                53.22
78 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott           53.51
79 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                            53.54
80 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       54.08
81 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                              55.16
82 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           55.52
83 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    56.21
84 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  57.00
85 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   58.11
86 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux              58.18
87 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                               58.46
88 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                          59.22
89 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                 59.26
90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                    1.00.27
91 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  1.02.26
92 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     1.03.24
93 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                  1.03.34
94 Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road                         1.03.57
95 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel                      1.05.10
96 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                         1.08.28
97 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                        1.08.50
98 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                         1.09.00
99 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale                 1.09.04
100 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                         1.09.06
101 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                           1.10.20
102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                        1.10.46
103 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   1.14.27
104 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                       1.14.33
105 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                        1.14.36
106 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                              1.15.25
107 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne               1.16.47
108 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                       1.17.09
109 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                        1.18.17
110 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30           1.19.19
111 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               1.20.33
112 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      1.22.46
113 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                      1.23.16
114 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                        1.25.11
115 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                 1.26.07
116 Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              1.27.16
117 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                            1.29.34
118 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                      1.29.57
119 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                         1.34.10
120 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale            1.36.42
121 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                        1.40.46
122 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30       1.42.36
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           89 pts
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           64
3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                 59
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               55
5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                              51
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     50
7 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         48
8 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     46
9 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                              43
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                42
11 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                             41
12 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                         40
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                 38
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                   37
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                36
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        36
17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                           35
18 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                      34
19 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                         33
20 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                               32
21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                               29
22 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                              26
23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                       26
24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                             25
25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                 23
26 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       23
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                              22
28 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       22
29 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                 21
30 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                              20
31 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       20
32 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        20
33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                             18
34 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                18
35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                   18
36 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                          17
37 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                   17
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                   17
39 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  15
40 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                             12
41 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                       12
42 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                  11
43 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                         11
44 Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road                              11
45 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                               10
46 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           9
47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     8
48 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                               7
49 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                           6
50 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             6
51 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                               6
52 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                    5
53 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        5
54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                   5
55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        4
56 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          4
57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                            3
58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                         3
59 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           3
60 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              3
61 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               2
62 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       2
63 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                             2
64 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                  1
65 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                                1
66 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   -5
67 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                              -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       59 pts
2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                          24
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                  20
4 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                               19
5 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    16
6 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                           15
7 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       15
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                               14
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                 11
10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                         10
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                    9
12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             9
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                              8
14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           7
15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                        6
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               6
17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           5
18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                            4
19 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                  4
20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  4
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale                     4
22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                  4
23 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                  4
24 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           3
25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               3
26 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           3
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                              2
28 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 2
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                    2
30 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              2
31 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                      2
32 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                    1
33 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         1
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    1
35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        1
36 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    1
37 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                             1
38 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               1
39 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                              1
40 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                   1
41 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                           26.12.22
2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   0.33
3 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     3.22
4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                  3.32
5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       3.51
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                               4.44
7 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis                                 12.22
8 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                13.05
9 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 26.33
10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       29.03
11 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        33.29
12 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott              35.22
13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                           36.29
14 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                          37.26
15 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                      37.34
16 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road                           49.48
17 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                              51.02
18 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                52.31
19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                              54.25
20 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           55.01
21 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                 58.35
22 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     1.02.33
23 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                  1.02.43
24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                        1.07.59
25 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    1.13.36
26 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                               1.14.34
27 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30            1.18.28
28 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       1.21.55
29 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                             1.28.43
30 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30        1.41.45
 
Teams classification
 
1 Quick Step                                             78.37.54
2 Crédit Agricole                                            6.42
3 Cofidis                                                   10.30
4 Silence-Lotto                                             14.22
5 Liquigas                                                  21.27
6 Rabobank                                                  26.25
7 Lampre                                                    27.14
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                          29.16
9 Team CSC                                                  29.35
10 Agritubel                                                33.01
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        36.35
12 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                         42.52
13 Bouygues Telecom                                         43.52
14 Saunier Duval-Scott                                      52.07
15 Gerolsteiner                                             52.13
16 Française des Jeux                                     1.03.39
17 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                              1.08.58
18 High Road                                              1.28.53
19 Skil-Shimano                                           1.55.21
20 Team Milram                                            2.16.14

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