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67th Paris-Nice - HIS

France, March 8-15, 2009

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Stage 3 - March 10: Orval - Vichy, 178km

Chavanel's big day

By Bjorn Haake

Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) won the stage and took the overall lead
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Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) fulfilled his goals for this year's Paris-Nice by taking the win on the third stage into Vichy, at the same time profiting from a full on attack from the Rabobank team to make the front split and steal the yellow jersey from Alberto Contador.

The Frenchman found himself outnumbered by the Dutch team, but still managed to use his sole teammate to full advantage in the sprint.

"Against three Rabobank riders [Flecha, Langeveld and Garate], it wasn't an easy task," Chavanel said. "In a small group, I'm quite fast but I couldn't win by myself. Kevin [Seeldrayers] did a fantastic job. He brought me back to Flecha's colleague [Langeveld, who had attacked in the last kilometre, ed.]. Then it was another Flecha-Chavanel duel."

While the lead group worked to stay clear in the heavy cross-winds, Contador was on the wrong end of the split and lost more than a minute by the finish. Heinrich Haussler led home the yellow jersey group to retain his green jersey. Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) crossed all mountain tops in first place from the early breakaway and took over the lead in the mountains classification

It's the second year in a row Chavanel has worn the yellow jersey in Paris-Nice – he wore it after stage three last year, too. But this year he wasn't gunning to repeat that experience, but to win a stage. "It was a short experience last year." Chavanel held the lead only for one day before the race ended atop Mont Ventoux last year. Now that he has the lead again, he sees a chance to keep it a few days longer.

"We'll see day by day. I've already checked the profile for the next stages. The climbs aren't impossible and I've already done well on routes like this in the past. Why not try to defend the jersey?"

The bad weather again helped him take the win and the overall. "The way it went, it is normal we take over a minute out of the peloton. It's punches like today you have to deliver." He will see in Lure on Friday the 13th if it will be a lucky day for him in the mountains.

Contador with second scare in two days

Alberto Contador (Astana)
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Contador may have lost a minute on the day, but still remains in overall contention, now sixth at 1:03. He described the rainy day as a typical stage in Paris-Nice. "It was very windy in the end, when the sprinters's teams took over. At that moment we lost the coordination within our team a bit. Without the team's coordination, it is much harder to fight in conditions like these."

Once Rabobank hit the front Contador was in the fourth group on the road. He knew he had to do something. "I saw I had no teammates. The situation was very difficult, but I saw there was a short steep slope coming up and I accelerated." Contador looked good on the uphill, but closing the gap proved to be hard. He received some help from Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) to reach the group ahead. "This was the only possibility for me to save the race," Contador said.

Contador was not sure about the overall anymore. "To make up one minute on a rider like Chavanel, who also is on great form, is difficult. The same is true for Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank), but there is still a lot of road left. Looking at the classification things could have been worse."

Five go away early

The break of the day formed after a little more than 10 kilometres of racing. Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas), Jürgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto), Christophe Le Mevel (Française des Jeux) and Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) rode ahead on the rainy day. They gained a maximum of seven minutes and were able to ride over all three classified climbs ahead of the peloton.

Each time over the category three ranked climbs, Augé gathered four points as he was the first cresting the top. The 12 points gave him the polka dot jersey of best climber.

Rabobank hit the front with 50 kilometres to go with five riders and a few kilometres later the elastic snapped. 20 men, including five from Rabobank, were ahead of the peloton. Behind the cross winds split up the field in several pieces and race leader Contador found himself further back than he wanted. Without the help of his teammates he sprinted to the third group on the road, some twenty seconds behind the Rabobank group. Cadel Evans was also further back.

The relentless work from Rabobank and Quick Step had two effects. For one the quintet on the front was caught, with Bodnar dropping back even before the junction. The other four held their ground. The second effect was reduction of this new lead group to ten riders. Roelandts, Augé, Le Mevel and Veelers from the initial break, as well as Juan Antonio Flecha, Juan Manuel Garate and Sebastian Langeveld from Rabobank, Sylvain Chavanel and Kevin Seeldrayers from Quick Step and Marcus Burghardt (Team Columbia - Highroad).

Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo) took the green jersey for a ride
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Haussler was one of those who dropped out of the 20-man lead group. He waited for the Contador group, which was only 20 seconds behind at this point. But after fruitless chasing the organisation of the group went down the drain. Holding half a minute for a dozen kilometres the lead eventually extended to 50 seconds. In the end the difference was 1:09.

The scenario in the front would have been ideal for Burghardt, as he didn't have to work among the Rabobank and Quick Step teams and he was fresher than sprinter Roelandts. But Burghardt ran into some bad luck in form of a flat tyre with five kilometres to go.

Rabobank sent Langveld on the attack just before the group passed the one kilometre to go sign. He was quickly marked by Chavanel. The two were a bit ahead of the others but it all came back once they hit the finishing straight. Flecha tried to launch the sprint early, and once again it was Chavanel who got onto his wheel and was able to come around for the victory.

Wednesday's stage travels from Vichy to Saint-Étienne over 173.5km and six category three climbs.

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Results

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                4.33.12  (39.09 km/h)
2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                      
3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                      
4 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                             
5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                      
6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                       
7 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad     0.40
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam            1.09
10 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           
11 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                    
12 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                   
13 Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        
14 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                      
15 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                      
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   
17 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad          
18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad          
19 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                            
20 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               
21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                      
22 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale               
23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                        
24 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom              
25 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       
26 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           
27 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                          
28 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     
29 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                       
30 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                     
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                          
32 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                      
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                        
34 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                    
36 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
37 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
38 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                     
39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                            
40 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                 
41 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     1.39
42 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux            2.50
43 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                 
44 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                    
45 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                    
46 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    
47 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                
48 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                     
49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                        
50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                 
51 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                        
52 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                         
53 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                        
54 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                      
55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                         
56 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                        
57 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                        
58 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux            
59 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                      
60 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                        
61 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               
62 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           
63 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                           
64 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
65 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                         
66 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         
67 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
68 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - NGC                        
69 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                           
70 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
71 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                    
72 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            
73 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
74 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                           
75 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad           
76 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream        
77 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       
78 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
79 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              
80 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                        
81 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream              
82 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto              
83 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                       
84 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                   
85 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                            
86 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                   
87 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                        
88 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                             
89 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC                        
90 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                     
91 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                            
92 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                        
93 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                10.07
94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                     10.08
95 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
96 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux            
97 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
98 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              
99 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel                        
100 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   
101 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam               
102 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale              
103 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                           
104 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - NGC                  
105 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux               
106 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                
107 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                
108 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   
109 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                       
110 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                       
111 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                   
112 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad            
113 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   
114 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                         
115 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                         
116 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                  
117 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                           
118 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                          
119 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                       
120 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha             11.34
121 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad           
122 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad          
123 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                          
124 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom          
125 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
126 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
127 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                  
128 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                    
129 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                       
130 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                       
131 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                  
132 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               
133 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
134 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                           
135 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                            
136 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
137 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale              
138 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                          
139 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                       
140 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                 
141 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                  
142 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream             
143 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                
144 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                 
145 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                         
146 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                  
147 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   
148 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                       
149 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                         
150 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam              17.02
151 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux              
152 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                     
153 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                       
DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne               
DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - NGC                        
DNS Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream               
DNS Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam     
DNS Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                         
 
Points
 
Lurcy-Levis - 37.5 Km
1 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           3 pts
2 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   2
3 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            1
 
Escurolles- 160.0 Km
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                      3 pts
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                      2
3 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                     1
 
Vichy - 178.0 Km
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                     25 pts
2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                    22
3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                    20
4 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                           18
5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                    16
6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                     15
7 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  14
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad       13
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam              12
10 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         11
11 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                  10
12 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                  9
13 Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       8
14 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                     7
15 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                     6
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  5
17 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad         4
18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad         3
19 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                           2
20 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de la Croix du Chêne - 81.5 Km
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            4 pts
2 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           2
3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         1
 
Côte de Chavenon - 87.5 Km
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            4 pts
2 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           2
3 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                           1
 
Col de la Bosse - 125.5 Km
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                            4 pts
2 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           2
3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         1
 
Young rider
 
1 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank               4.33.12
2 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                      
3 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam            1.09
5 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            
6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                    
7 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                             
8 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
9 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        
10 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     
11 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     1.39
12 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux            2.50
13 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                    
14 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                        
15 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                        
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                         
17 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux            
18 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                      
19 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
20 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream              
21 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                   
22 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                            
23 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        10.08
24 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                    
25 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad             
26 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                          
27 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                   
28 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                           
29 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                        
30 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha              11.34
31 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                     
32 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                             
33 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom              
34 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                           
35 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                   
36 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                 
37 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                  
38 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                    
39 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                        
 
Teams
 
1 Rabobank                                        13.39.36
2 Quick Step                                          1.09
3 Team Columbia - Highroad                            2.58
4 Skil-Shimano                                        3.27
5 Team Katusha                                            
6 Team Saxo Bank                                          
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
8 Cofidis                                             3.59
9 Silence - Lotto                                         
10 Lampre - N.G.C                                     5.08
11 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                  
12 Team Milram                                        6.49
13 Française des Jeux                                     
14 Liquigas                                               
15 AG2R-La Mondiale                                       
16 Cervélo Test Team                                      
17 Agritubel                                              
18 Astana                                                 
19 Caisse d'Epargne                                       
20 Garmin - Slipstream                                    
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                9.29.24
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                   0.33
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                  0.36
4 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                  0.37
5 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                0.40
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                       1.03
7 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            1.12
8 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                         1.14
9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream              1.17
10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                   1.22
11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam           1.23
12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                1.24
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad    1.26
14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                    1.30
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad      1.35
16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                        
17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1.36
18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale           1.37
19 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                 1.39
20 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                  1.40
21 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom       1.42
22 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                        1.44
23 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad      1.45
24 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   1.47
25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                 1.48
26 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                1.51
27 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
28 Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    1.52
29 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                        1.53
30 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                 1.54
31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   
32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                      
33 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux       1.56
34 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                      
35 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              1.57
36 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom          2.00
37 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC               2.05
38 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                  2.06
39 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                      2.12
40 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     2.35
41 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                    3.09
42 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                       
43 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                    3.14
44 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                3.15
45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                         
46 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                     3.18
47 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam             3.19
48 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            3.20
49 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom        3.22
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                   3.23
51 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                           
52 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                    3.24
53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux               3.25
54 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                      
55 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                    3.26
56 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
57 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                
58 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                   
59 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                     3.29
60 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                        
61 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream               3.30
62 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                            
63 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                    3.31
64 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                     
65 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux        3.33
66 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto          3.34
67 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                             
68 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                 3.35
69 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad       3.36
70 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                        3.37
71 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         3.38
72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                    
73 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                    3.40
74 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                    3.41
75 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                           
76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank             3.42
77 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                3.43
78 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream          3.44
79 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                
80 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                        
81 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                       3.50
82 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream    3.59
83 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               
84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC                    4.02
85 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom           
86 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                      
87 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - NGC                    4.03
88 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     4.06
89 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux            4.39
90 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          5.42
91 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                5.43
92 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad        10.13
93 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                      10.33
94 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        
95 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale          10.35
96 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                   10.36
97 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                       10.40
98 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                       10.49
99 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank               10.51
100 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                  
101 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano              10.53
102 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam               
103 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             10.54
104 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                  10.56
105 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank               10.57
106 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank              10.58
107 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux          11.00
108 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux      11.04
109 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne        11.05
110 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                    11.08
111 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel                  11.09
112 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                    11.16
113 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                
114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                    11.18
115 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto           11.22
116 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi       11.23
117 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream        11.35
118 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad     11.57
119 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                     11.59
120 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad      12.03
121 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             12.07
122 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                      12.08
123 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream           12.10
124 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                  12.12
125 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             12.15
126 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                  12.20
127 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom        12.21
128 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                     12.25
129 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha             12.30
130 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto               12.31
131 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale          12.32
132 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale             12.33
133 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step             12.34
134 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom               
135 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto              12.35
136 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                  12.36
137 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne            12.37
138 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                  
139 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam            12.46
140 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano              12.48
141 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom     12.56
142 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel               13.24
143 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - NGC             13.27
144 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                    14.21
145 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                       14.27
146 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                    14.32
147 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale         14.38
148 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux         17.33
149 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                18.35
150 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam              20.04
151 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream             22.15
152 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                  22.24
153 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                  27.46
 
Points classification
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                     42 pts
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam              42
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                   30
4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                    27
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                         25
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream             22
7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad           22
8 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              21
9 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom          20
10 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                   20
11 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                          19
12 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       18
13 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad           18
14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                    17
15 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                   17
16 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 16
17 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream               16
18 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                        16
19 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                      16
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 15
21 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux          15
22 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale             14
23 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                     13
24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad      13
25 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                        13
26 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                  12
27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                        12
28 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                     11
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                         11
30 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                  9
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                       8
32 Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       8
33 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                  8
34 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                     7
35 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad          7
36 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                       7
37 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                    6
38 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                     6
39 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                       6
40 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad         4
41 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                       4
42 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                   4
43 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                          4
44 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux          3
45 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad         3
46 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                     3
47 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                          3
48 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                           2
49 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                       2
50 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   1
51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                        1
52 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             1
53 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                           12 pts
2 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              6
3 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux           6
4 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                    5
5 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    3
6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         2
7 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                           1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step               9.30.01
2 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                0.03
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam            0.46
4 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom        1.05
5 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                         1.07
6 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                    1.10
7 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                  1.17
8 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom           1.23
9 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                1.28
10 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     1.58
11 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                    2.37
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                2.38
13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                     2.41
14 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                    2.49
15 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                   
16 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                        2.53
17 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux        2.56
18 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         3.01
19 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream          3.07
20 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                  3.25
21 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux            4.02
22 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad         9.36
23 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                       9.56
24 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                    9.59
25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale              10.14
26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                10.20
27 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank               10.21
28 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                     10.39
29 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        10.46
30 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream            11.33
31 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         11.44
32 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                      11.48
33 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha              11.53
34 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                11.54
35 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto               11.58
36 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                   11.59
37 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne             12.00
38 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                        13.50
39 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream              21.38
 
Teams classification
 
1 Rabobank                                        28.29.41
2 Quick Step                                          0.38
3 Team Columbia - Highroad                            2.23
4 Team Katusha                                        2.59
5 Team Saxo Bank                                      3.14
6 Skil-Shimano                                        3.23
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 3.31
8 Cofidis                                             3.53
9 Silence - Lotto                                     4.21
10 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                              5.31
11 Lampre - N.G.C                                     5.57
12 Astana                                             6.04
13 Garmin - Slipstream                                6.05
14 Caisse d'Epargne                                   6.32
15 Team Milram                                        6.43
16 Liquigas                                           6.47
17 Cervélo Test Team                                  6.54
18 AG2R-La Mondiale                                   6.58
19 Française des Jeux                                 7.09
20 Agritubel                                          7.13

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