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67th Paris-Nice - HIS

France, March 8-15, 2009

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Stage 6 - March 13: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - La Montagne de Lure, 182.5km

Contador takes control

By Bjorn Haake

Alberto Contador (Astana) takes his best shot
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Alberto Contador (Astana) crushed his opposition on the difficult mountain top finish in La Montagne de Lure to take over the yellow jersey from Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step). Contador left his last companions, Luis León Sánchez and Fränk Schleck, less than five kilometres from the top and stormed to the finish 59 seconds ahead of them.

Chavanel lost almost two minutes on the snow-covered mountain and fell to third in the general classification, while Sánchez rode himself into second overall, 1:13 behind Contador.

For Contador the hard work of the team had paid off. "We took control today. It was a day to make a difference." Contador had lots of opponents on the last climb, and not just from his fellow cyclists. "Luis León Sánchez and Fränk Schleck were very strong – we also had a headwind."

It wasn't only today's stage that had gotten to Contador. "This has been a very difficult Paris-Nice, with the wind and the rain in the beginning. Everyone suffered – me too."

But Contador didn't show the strain. Following wheels when things heated up with 10 kilometres to go, Contador tested his opponents once or twice before launching off the front. Only Schleck was able to follow suit initially, with Antonio Colom (Team Katusha) joining in for a bit.

Luis León Sánchez then made his way across to Schleck and was able to move into second overall through his efforts but thinks he is too far behind Contador to win on Sunday. "To win the final classification is no longer within my reach but there are still two important and very beautiful stages left and we will try to win one of them."

Normally known as a punchy climber who excels on shorter climbs, the Spaniard worked hard over the winter to improve his sustained climbing abilities. "What I did today is a big step in that direction," Sánchez said. "But there is nothing to do because as soon as the road starts climbing, Contador is really at a higher level than everybody else. I will keep on working to be better and better in the mountain hoping to come each time closer."

Contador's blow

Alberto Contador (Astana) rides away from Fränk Schleck
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With less than five kilometres from the top Contador accelerated again, leaving the others behind. Colom, hurting from his efforts to bridge to the lead group, was dropped behind while Luis Leon Sanchez joined up with Schleck to help chase, but the two were never able to return to the flying Spaniard.

Regardless, Schleck was happy to be in fourth, with the podium in sight. His Directeur Sportif, Kim Andersen, was also happy with the team work. "We are certainly pleased with today's outcome with three men in the top ten, so we now lead the stage team standing. Fränk was in an excellent position, and Jens showed great form when he attacked into the headwind on the mountain. Now we have a podium in sight, so tomorrow we will attack again."

Contador didn't need the extra motivation of Anderson's words. "Tomorrow is another race," he said, already thinking about the stage from Manosque to Fayence with nine classified climbs.

Tony Martin (Team Columbia - Highroad) kept his polka dot jersey, thanks to topping the Côte des Mourres in first. He added four more points and leads with 47 points, ahead of Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) with 32 points. Roy gained points on the first two climbs by making the first break. Thomas Voeckler (BBox Bouygues Telecom) was in second before the stage, but sustained a broken collarbone in a crash during the early part of the stage and was forced to abandon.

Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre - N.G.C.) held on to his points jersey by a single point ahead of Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam).

The race started out fast, with five riders going clear inside the first ten kilometres – Mickaël Delage (Silence-Lotto), Javier Aramendia (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Romain Feillu (Agritubel), Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) and Cyril Lemoine (Skil-Shimano). They were joined by Alan Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Christophe Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale) and Sébastien Turgot (BBox Bouygues Telecom). Later Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux), yesterday's stage winner, joined in to form the nine-man break of the day.

Columbia doesn't like break set-up

There's little Sylvain Chavanel can do
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The group's maximum advantage was around six and a half minutes, but Columbia-Highroad did not like Roy in the break, as he threatened Martin's polka-dot jersey. Roy was allowed to take maximum points on the first two category two climbs. He was then 11 points behind in the mountains ranking, but had to sit up under the Columbia pressure. The other eight continued towards the next mountains, the lead hovering around the two-minute mark.

Two climbs later it was all over for the front group, although Feillu still put up a fight just before the sprint in Forcalquier, less than 30 km from the finish. That spoiled it for Haussler, who came close to Feillu, but couldn't catch him. That gave Haussler two instead three points. Lorenzetto received one point for third and so was hanging on with a one-point advantage.

Astana controlled the peloton until the final climb, with one exception. Martin was allowed to go ahead and get four more points for the mountains classification. That was enough for the tired German, who dropped back before things got serious on the final climb. With only seven places awarded points on the finish, there was no point for him to try to ride hard.

On the lower part of the final climb, things started to fall apart, with the front group getting smaller in every switchback. Most of the favourites were there, but David Millar (Garmin-Slipstream) and Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) were two of the best placed riders who fell out of the top 15. Garate had been in second, only six seconds behind Chavanel, while Millar was in seventh, 14 seconds in arrears. Both would lose over five minutes by the day's end.

It didn't take long until Jens Voigt (Team Saxo Bank) attacked, with 11 km to go. In the group of favourites things started to move, with David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) changing the pace, followed by Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Silence-Lotto). That was the signal for Contador to move, with Schleck in tow.

The duo quickly caught Voigt, who tried to help his teammate Schleck, but was dropped and replaced by Antonio Colom (Team Katusha) on the front. Chavanel was in the group of nine riders behind, initially still looking good. But the group disintegrated, with Chavanel on the wrong end. He fought hard but kept losing time to Contador and eventually his 36-second lead on GC.

Motivated by the prospects of yellow, Contador dropped Schleck and Colom to solo away for the win.

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Results

1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                     4.47.46 (38.05 km/h)

2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                   0.58
3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                      1.27
5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                            
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                      1.29
7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             1.31
8 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                   1.34
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                    1.44
10 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank           1.46
11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
12 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                  1.50
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                       
14 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                         2.02
15 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux            
16 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
17 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                    2.06
18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale             2.47
19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                          
20 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
21 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto           3.31
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad       3.56
23 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                     4.01
24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 
25 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                         
26 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                4.17
27 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                  4.38
28 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                   4.48
29 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                       
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                   5.06
31 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                          
33 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                  
34 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                     
35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                  
36 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom          5.12
37 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale            5.20
38 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    
39 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                          
40 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale             5.31
41 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                6.00
42 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                         6.05
43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                             
44 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux             6.24
45 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    6.27
46 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                        7.00
47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                       
48 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
49 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                     7.47
50 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                     8.41
51 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                             
52 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                8.55
53 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream     9.38
54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                      
55 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream               
56 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          
57 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
58 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
59 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               11.16
60 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                    
61 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                         
62 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom       12.58
63 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                   
64 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            
65 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux             
66 Kort de Koen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         
67 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
68 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                13.34
69 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                     
70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                  
71 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
72 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad            
73 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                       15.45
74 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                             
75 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
76 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                  16.27
77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                            
78 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                     
79 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                        
80 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                     
81 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                      
82 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                    
83 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                         
84 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                           
85 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                        17.17
86 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                         
87 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                           
88 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                            
89 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                             
90 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                 
91 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                            
92 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                         
93 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                 
94 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                         
95 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                         
96 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                    
97 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                
98 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                
99 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                 
100 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                     
101 Kevin De Weert  (Bel) Quick Step                       
102 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam               
103 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                 
104 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                   
105 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad        
106 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                        
107 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.              19.24
108 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                     
109 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 
110 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                             
111 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                        
112 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                            
113 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad           
114 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad             
115 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad          
116 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           
117 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         
118 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
119 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                 
120 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                        
121 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
123 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                           
124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C.                     
125 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                             
126 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       
127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                      
128 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   
129 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                     
130 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                        
131 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                
132 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    
133 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    
134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad            
135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                   20.05
136 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                     23.04
137 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha              25.31
138 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                     
139 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                  
140 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                29.27
DNF Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C.                     
DNF Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            
DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux            
DNF Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    
DNF Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale               
 
Sprints
 
Rasteau - 24.5 km
1 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                3 pts
2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                         2
3 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                      1
 
Forcalquier - 155.5 km
.  Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                          3 pts
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                2
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  1
 
La Montagne de Lure - 182.5 Km
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                          25 pts
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                     22
3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               20
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        18
5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                          16
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                        15
7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               14
8 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     13
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                      12
10 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank             11
11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  10
12 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                     9
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                      8
14 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                            7
15 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux           6
16 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom              5
17 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                       4
18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                3
19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                         2
20 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              1
 
Mountains
 
Côte du Pas du Ventoux (Cat. 2), 51.5 Km
1 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     7 pts
2 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                      5
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        3
4 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                           1
 
Côte de Ferrassières (Cat. 2), 78.0 Km
1 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     7 pts
2 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    5
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        3
4 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                      2
5 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                1
 
Côte de Saint-Martin-les-Eaux (Cat. 3), 129.0 Km
1 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                      4 pts
2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                         2
3 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            1
 
Col de la Mort d'Imbert (Cat. 3), 141.0 Km
1 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                      4 pts
2 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                        1
 
Côte des Mourres  (Cat. 3), 158.5 Km
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad              4 pts
2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                  2
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1
 
La Montagne de Lure - 182.5 Km
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                          10 pts
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                      8
3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                6
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                         4
5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                           3
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                         2
7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                1
 
Young riders
 
1 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                4.49.20
2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank            0.12
3 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                   0.16
4 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom            0.28
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                       1.13
6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           3.38
7 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                          4.31
8 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux              4.50
9 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     4.53
10 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                        5.26
11 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                         7.07
12 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                7.21
13 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           8.04
14 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                9.42
15 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                         
16 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne              11.24
17 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux             
18 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
19 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                12.00
20 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.            15.43
21 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                         
22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                
23 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                    
24 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.               17.50
25 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                              
26 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad              
27 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            
28 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          
29 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
30 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                            
31 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    
32 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                      
33 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                    18.31
34 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                      21.30
35 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha               23.57
36 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                 27.53
 
Teams
 
1 Team Saxo Bank                                   14.27.31
2 Française des Jeux                                   3.36
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                     3.49
4 Quick Step                                           4.47
5 Silence - Lotto                                      5.33
6 Agritubel                                            7.37
7 Cofidis                                              7.57
8 Team Katusha                                         8.05
9 Team Milram                                          9.14
10 AG2R-La Mondiale                                        
11 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 9.24
12 Skil-Shimano                                       13.26
13 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                              15.59
14 Astana                                             16.38
15 Liquigas                                           17.37
16 Garmin - Slipstream                                20.09
17 Rabobank                                           23.25
18 Team Columbia - Highroad                           30.34
19 Cervélo Test Team                                  36.21
20 Lampre - NGC                                       49.45
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                    23.21.08
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             1.13
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                    1.24
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                   1.38
5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                   2.01
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                      2.06
7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             2.14
8 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                   2.29
9 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                     2.35
10 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom           3.09
11 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux        3.32
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                   4.16
13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad       4.38
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                4.45
15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                   4.46
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                      5.12
17 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream              5.30
18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                 5.37
19 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale            6.04
20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto           6.12
21 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            6.31
22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                   6.39
23 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale             6.42
24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                     7.04
25 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                         7.32
26 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                  7.47
27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                      7.55
28 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    8.42
29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                   9.19
30 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                         9.32
31 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                        10.25
32 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                    10.27
33 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                     10.29
34 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            10.37
35 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                        10.39
36 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         11.14
37 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                    11.55
38 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              12.03
39 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                    12.28
40 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux            12.43
41 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          12.59
42 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream          13.50
43 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     13.55
44 Kort de Koen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    15.01
45 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                      15.06
46 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux            15.29
47 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                15.56
48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha             16.33
49 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                 16.37
50 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux        16.42
51 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne               17.06
52 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank          17.25
53 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               17.27
54 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream    18.07
55 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam           18.12
56 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad    19.11
57 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.            19.33
58 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                      19.41
59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                    19.48
60 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.             20.17
61 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                   20.18
62 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom       20.35
63 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                    20.39
64 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam             20.47
65 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank             20.51
66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                       21.08
67 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                       21.09
68 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale            21.38
69 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                21.53
70 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                  21.56
71 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam               22.12
72 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                    22.38
73 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                     
74 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                 22.40
75 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale           22.56
76 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                   23.01
77 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                         23.26
78 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom       23.30
79 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                 23.38
80 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                  23.51
81 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                       23.52
82 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               24.05
83 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale               24.27
84 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                       24.52
85 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne              25.09
86 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               25.32
87 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad      25.50
88 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream               25.51
89 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                    26.53
90 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            26.56
91 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C.                 27.01
92 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                    28.07
93 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               28.12
94 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                        28.21
95 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom          28.54
96 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                 29.13
97 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto               30.06
98 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                30.22
99 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          31.15
100 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.              31.55
101 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                32.30
102 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad      33.02
103 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                      33.32
104 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano               33.52
105 Kevin De Weert  (Bel) Quick Step                  34.15
106 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                       34.26
107 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                       34.54
108 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                      
109 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                     35.16
110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.           35.25
111 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto            35.27
112 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                        35.31
113 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad      35.33
114 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad             
115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                   35.54
116 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom      35.56
117 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank               36.31
118 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                     36.32
119 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                   36.51
120 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                      37.12
121 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                       37.25
122 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                   37.55
123 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad       38.03
124 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam           38.44
125 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              40.20
126 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step              40.32
127 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        40.49
128 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                41.22
129 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    44.17
130 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                   44.49
131 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha              47.14
132 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           47.53
133 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                   48.54
134 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale          50.07
135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                50.26
136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                   51.41
137 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano               52.09
138 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream              55.27
139 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam             58.42
140 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                 1.02.16
 
Points classification
 
1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                 63 pts
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam               62
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                          59
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                      59
5 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad             44
6 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               41
7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                        39
8 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     35
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                     34
10 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                         32
11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad           32
12 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream       31
13 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                         30
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                     30
15 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   29
16 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  29
17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                     28
18 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                      27
19 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                    27
20 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                    26
21 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale              25
22 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                      25
23 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                24
24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                         24
25 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                           22
26 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                       20
27 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom          20
28 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                    20
29 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                           19
30 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        18
31 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              16
32 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad         16
33 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                         16
34 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                       16
35 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   15
36 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad       13
37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                   12
38 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                          12
39 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                     11
40 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank             11
41 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                   11
42 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  10
43 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux           9
44 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                9
45 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                         8
46 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              8
47 Kort de Koen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        8
48 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                   8
49 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                        8
50 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                            7
51 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad           7
52 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                        7
53 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                     6
54 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom              6
55 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                      6
56 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                     6
57 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                5
58 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale               4
59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                        4
60 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad          4
61 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                           4
62 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               3
63 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto              3
64 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                3
65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         3
66 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                           3
67 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                      3
68 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                     2
69 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                         1
70 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              1
71 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                     1
72 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad             47 pts
2 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    32
3 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            23
4 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              16
5 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                     15
6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                          14
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                          12
8 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    9
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream         8
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                     8
11 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                          7
12 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       7
13 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               6
14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux           6
15 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                    5
16 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad        5
17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        4
18 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    3
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                        2
20 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               2
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                 2
22 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   2
23 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                        2
24 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         2
25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                 1
26 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           1
27 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                   1
28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   1
29 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                           1
30 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                          1
31 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                1
32 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step               23.23.09
2 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                   0.28
3 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom            1.08
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                       3.11
5 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     6.41
6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                          7.31
7 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                          8.24
8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           9.13
9 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux             10.42
10 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream          11.49
11 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                13.55
12 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux        14.41
13 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne               15.05
14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank          15.24
15 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam           16.11
16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.            17.32
17 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom       21.29
18 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale               22.26
19 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                       22.51
20 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne              23.08
21 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                    24.52
22 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom          26.53
23 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto               28.05
24 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.               29.54
25 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                       31.31
26 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                      33.15
27 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                         33.30
28 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad         33.32
29 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                    34.50
30 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                    35.54
31 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         38.48
32 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                 39.21
33 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     42.16
34 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha               45.13
35 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                 48.25
36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream               53.26
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Saxo Bank                                   70.09.41
2 Quick Step                                           4.09
3 Française des Jeux                                   6.56
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                     7.34
5 Cofidis                                              8.36
6 Team Katusha                                         8.54
7 Silence - Lotto                                      9.22
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 11.12
9 Agritubel                                           12.30
10 AG2R-La Mondiale                                   14.29
11 Team Milram                                        14.41
12 Skil-Shimano                                       15.43
13 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                              20.04
14 Rabobank                                           21.05
15 Astana                                             21.16
16 Liquigas                                           23.52
17 Garmin - Slipstream                                24.07
18 Team Columbia - Highroad                           34.08
19 Cervélo Test Team                                  42.36
20 Lampre - NGC                                       53.40

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