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67th Paris-Nice - HIS

France, March 8-15, 2009

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Stage 4 - March 11: Vichy - Saint-Étienne, 173.5km

Vande Velde takes solo win

Chavanel holds on by the skin of the teeth

By Bjorn Haake

Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sliptream) wins
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Christian Vande Velde (Garmin - Slipstream) took a brilliant solo win when he attacked out of the break of the day and soloed away for the final 20 kilometres. Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) was attacked by Alberto Contador (Astana) on the final climb of the day, but held on to his yellow jersey by six seconds over Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank).

Vande Velde rode across the line swinging his arms in dedication to his daughter Madeline, who was born last month. "I have seen other rides do it and it was special to be able to do this myself," he said. The moment made up for the nail-biting final, when Vande Velde rode solo towards the line, but received news that Contador had attacked. "I got a little bit nervous then," he said.

Chavanel admitted that he felt yesterday's efforts. "It is always hard to race a day after a great ride. Yesterday I left a lot of energy on the road, so today in the final I was a bit spent." But he was in a decent mood after the race despite the time loss. "I keep the jersey, that is really satisfying for me."

Contador attacked hard on the Côte de Rochetaillée, a five-kilometre climb that averages just over four percent. He quickly gained time on the peloton, with Chavanel visibly suffering to regain control of the race. "I didn't try to follow Contador. When he attacks, he really accelerates – I was afraid of putting myself too much in the 'red'."

Contador was 19 seconds behind Vande Velde over the top, about seven kilometres from the finish, and about 25 seconds ahead of the Chavanel group. Chavanel described the tough KOM moment. "There was a split over the top and it was really difficult on the descent to get back."

He quickly refuted criticism by the French media that he could have done better today. "I didn't crack mentally, even though I lost a little bit of time in the GC. But I didn't panic." He added that his Paris-Nice isn't over yet. "I will still fight and do the best I can," Chavanel said. He knows who he is up against. "This shows that Contador doesn't just want to give up Paris-Nice like that..."

A break that goes far

Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step)
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The race started out quite hectic, with several attacks. Third-placed Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) was one of those gapped off at 40 seconds, before he caught up again. Mountain leader Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) was also dropped briefly in the earlier part of the race.

After some 70 kilometres, things settled down when the break of the day was established. Vande Velde, Nicolas Roche (AG2R La Mondiale), Daniel Moreno (Caisse d'Epargne), Alexandr Kolobnev (Team Saxo Bank), Tony Martin (Team Columbia - Highroad), Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) and Xavier Florencio (Cervélo TestTeam) formed a group that never gained more than two minutes over an attentive peloton.

The break was interested in staying away until the finish, so the mountain points were discussed early to avoid confusion. Dumoulin was allowed to take them all. This would take the precious four points each time and keep the jersey on the shoulders of Dumoulin's Cofidis teammate Augé – just about. At the end of the day Dumoulin came within one point of his compatriot.

Flecha's bad day continued as he had to change bikes right when Bouygues Telecom hit the front. The peloton waited a bit, but once Flecha was close to the tail-end, the pace picked up again, causing an immediate split. Flecha spent a lot of energy to regain the peloton, but eventually was ok and finished in the Chavanel group to keep his third place overall.

With a little more than 25km to go, three riders attacked from the peloton, Pierre Rolland (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel) and Christophe Le Mevel (Française des Jeux). When they were closing in, Vande Velde knew what he had to do. Roche tried to counter, but Vande Velde's attack was too strong.

The rest of the break of the day was gobbled up by the French trio on the lower part of the climb, but Contador was the one who got away. Several riders caught him at the bottom of the descent, with Chavanel losing almost 30 seconds against Garate and Contador.

Stage 5 - March 12: Annonay - Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 204km

Tomorrow the longest stage of the race will bring the riders from Annonay to Vallon-Pont-d'Arc over the course of 204km. The tough ride features seven ranked climbs, including one category one climb and three category two climbs.

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Results

1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                   4.01.31 (43.10 km/h)
2 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                   0.14
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                      
4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                        
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                          
6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                              
7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                      
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad                            
9 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                       
10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                                       
11 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                                        
12 Alberto  Contador (Spa) Astana                                          
13 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                                  
14 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          
16 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                             
17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                
18 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               
19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
20 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                               
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                                     
22 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                           
23 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                                     0.22
24 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.41
25 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                            
26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                                
27 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                      
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                          
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                                       
30 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                      
31 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                       
32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
33 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
34 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
36 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                         
37 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                    
39 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     1.18
40 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                       
41 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                         
43 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                          
45 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                    
46 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                         
47 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
48 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                             
49 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                                             
50 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                            
51 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                  
52 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                                  
53 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                                      
54 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                     1.35
55 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     
56 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                        
57 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        
58 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                        
59 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                               
60 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                                              
61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                                            
62 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
63 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                             
64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                 
65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         
66 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                       
67 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                                         
68 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                         
69 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
70 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                       2.06
71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       2.09
72 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 2.28
73 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.14
74 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             2.47
75 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                          
76 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                         
77 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
78 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                              
79 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          3.31
80 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                            
81 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                     4.08
83 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                4.42
84 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                                      
85 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                      
86 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
87 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                         
88 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            
89 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                                  
90 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                            
91 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                                             
92 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                               
93 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                                       
94 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                            
95 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     
96 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                                      
97 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
98 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                    
99 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC                                         
100 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               5.48
101 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 
102 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                          
103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                   
104 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                
105 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                    
106 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                    
107 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                            
108 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                          
109 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                               
110 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
111 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                               7.01
112 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                        7.43
113 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
114 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                    8.48
115 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                        
116 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                      
117 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
118 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                        
119 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        
120 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                      9.07
122 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                  9.36
123 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                                    9.43
124 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                             
125 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                              10.20
126 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                                    
127 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                        
128 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                                        
129 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                                        
130 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                      11.09
131 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
132 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                           
133 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                         
134 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                          
135 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                   
136 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                            
137 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        
138 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
139 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
140 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
141 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
142 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                 
143 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                   
144 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                    
145 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                           
146 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                
147 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                   
149 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                                  
150 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 
DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
DNS Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel
DNS Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                                   
 
Sprints
 
Saint-Galmier, 109.5km
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                         3 pts
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                              2
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                           1
 
Saint-Chamond (Souvenir Andreï Kivilev), 152.0km
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                         3 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                           2
3 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                              1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Cheval Rigon (Cat. 3) 18.0km
1 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               4 pts
2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                             2
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                    1
 
Col du Beau Louis (Cat. 3) 30.0km
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                           4 pts
2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                         2
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                           1
 
Côte de Saint-Bonnet-les-Oules (Cat. 3) 119.0km
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                           4 pts
2 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    2
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                 1
 
Côte de Saint-Héand (Cat. 3) 125.5km
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                           4 pts
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                         2
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                    1
 
Côte de la Croix Blanche (Cat. 3) 142.5km
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                           4 pts
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                         2
3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                                  1
 
Côte de Rochetaillée (Cat. 3) 167.0km
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                         4 pts
2 Alberto  Contador (Spa) Astana                                          2
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                1
 
Young riders
 
1 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                4.01.45
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                      
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           
4 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                              
5 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                
6 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                                      0.08
7 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                   0.27
8 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                             
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                                 
10 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
11 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         1.04
12 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                    
13 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                                             
14 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    1.21
15 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                               
16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                       1.52
17 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 2.14
18 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             2.33
19 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                              
20 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          3.17
21 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                            
22 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
23 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                     3.54
24 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                                  4.28
25 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            
26 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                               
27 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 5.34
28 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
29 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                     8.34
30 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                   9.22
31 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                          9.29
32 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                               10.06
33 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     10.55
34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                         
35 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
36 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                  
37 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                    
38 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                      
39 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                    
 
Teams
 
1 Team Saxo Bank                                                   12.05.15
2 Cofidis                                                                  
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     0.27
4 Agritubel                                                            0.54
5 Rabobank                                                                 
6 Team Katusha                                                         1.04
7 Garmin - Slipstream                                                  1.07
8 Lampre - N.G.C                                                       1.12
9 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                     1.31
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     
11 Astana                                                              1.48
12 Quick Step                                                          1.58
13 Team Milram                                                             
14 Française des Jeux                                                      
15 Skil-Shimano                                                        2.08
16 Cervélo Test Team                                                   2.35
17 Liquigas                                                            2.42
18 Silence - Lotto                                                         
19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                               4.21
20 Team Columbia - Highroad                                            6.55
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                                13.31.36
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                                    0.06
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                   0.36
4 Alberto  Contador (Spa) Astana                                           
5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                   0.37
6 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.45
7 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                               0.50
8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                                     0.55
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                                  0.57
10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                     1.03
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad                       1.08
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            1.09
13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                            1.10
14 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                  1.12
15 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                         1.17
16 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                 1.20
17 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                  1.21
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                            1.23
19 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                           1.33
20 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            1.51
21 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         1.53
22 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        1.56
23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                   2.06
24 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                     2.12
25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   2.17
26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                     2.20
27 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     2.29
28 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    2.41
29 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                2.42
30 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 2.48
31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      2.51
32 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
33 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   2.58
34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                     3.02
35 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                                     3.07
36 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               
37 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                         3.10
38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                      3.15
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                3.25
40 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                     3.29
41 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                  3.35
42 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       3.40
43 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                              3.56
44 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                         3.59
45 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             4.03
46 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                        
47 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                                         4.07
48 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                                  4.08
49 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         4.10
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                    4.17
51 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                                            
52 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                        4.18
53 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                4.20
54 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                             4.21
55 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                                          4.28
56 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                        4.32
57 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                     4.34
58 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                           4.38
59 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                                         
60 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                     4.40
61 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      4.43
62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                      5.35
63 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                     5.47
64 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                                  5.49
65 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                5.55
66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                                       
67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            6.05
68 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                                6.16
69 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          6.28
70 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 6.37
71 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             6.45
72 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                       6.52
73 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                              7.43
74 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        7.51
75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC                                     8.03
76 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                            
77 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 8.45
78 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                9.50
79 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                  10.03
80 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          10.38
81 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               11.08
82 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                    11.16
83 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    11.21
84 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                    11.27
85 Kevin de Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                    11.31
86 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                        11.42
87 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                             11.53
88 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            11.54
89 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                       12.25
90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               12.33
91 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              12.37
92 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      12.41
93 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                  12.57
94 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                        13.02
95 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     13.03
96 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    13.10
97 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            13.48
98 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                       14.04
99 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                      14.05
100 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               14.11
101 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               14.22
102 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                      14.34
103 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                                       14.41
104 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               14.54
105 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                       15.56
106 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                              15.58
107 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                      16.00
108 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                
109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                   16.03
110 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                               16.05
111 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         16.10
112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                   16.13
113 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                         16.22
114 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                            16.29
115 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                                16.32
116 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           16.33
117 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                             
118 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                              16.38
119 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              17.22
120 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                17.25
121 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       18.06
122 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - NGC                              18.34
123 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                       19.05
124 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                        19.12
125 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                     19.28
126 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                 19.29
127 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                     19.41
128 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                          19.45
129 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                                   19.58
130 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              20.14
131 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                   20.27
132 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                               20.30
133 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               20.55
134 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          21.03
135 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   21.04
136 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              21.22
137 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                21.25
138 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                     21.36
139 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        21.51
140 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                              22.09
141 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                      22.25
142 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                            22.38
143 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                              23.02
144 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                
145 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                             23.14
146 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                      23.24
147 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                               30.32
148 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                                   32.03
149 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                              32.43
150 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                                   37.25
 
Points classification
 
1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                    50 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                                      42
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                               42
4 Alberto  Contador (Spa) Astana                                         34
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                        31
6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                                      28
7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     27
8 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                                 24
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                        24
10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                                      23
11 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                    22
12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                           22
13 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              21
14 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                            21
15 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          20
16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    20
17 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                           19
18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                     18
19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        18
20 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                    17
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad                         16
22 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                         16
23 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  16
24 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                       16
25 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                         16
26 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                   15
27 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                           15
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  15
29 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           15
30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              14
31 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                       13
32 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                                   12
33 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                    12
34 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                         12
35 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      11
36 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          11
37 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                   9
38 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        8
39 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                   8
40 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                            7
41 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      7
42 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              7
43 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                        7
44 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                           7
45 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                     6
46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                      6
47 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         6
48 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        6
49 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                               4
50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                        4
51 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    4
52 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                          4
53 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                           4
54 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           3
55 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              3
56 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                      3
57 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                           3
58 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               2
59 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                        2
60 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                              1
61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                         1
62 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              1
63 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                            14 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                          13
3 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              10
4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                         8
5 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            6
6 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     5
7 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                           4
8 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     3
9 Alberto  Contador (Spa) Astana                                          2
10 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                        2
11 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                         2
12 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   2
13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               1
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                   1
15 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                                 1
16 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                           1
17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                   1
18 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                               13.32.13
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                          0.40
3 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                   0.44
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                             0.46
5 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                            0.56
6 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     2.04
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                 2.05
8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                  2.11
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       2.14
10 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                                     2.30
11 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                                         3.30
12 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         3.33
13 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                        3.55
14 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                           4.01
15 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                                5.39
16 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          5.51
17 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             6.08
18 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               10.31
19 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    10.44
20 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                       11.48
21 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              12.00
22 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      12.04
23 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                  12.20
24 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     12.26
25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                13.45
26 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                       13.57
27 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                               15.21
28 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    15.26
29 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                15.28
30 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          15.45
31 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                                 15.55
32 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                         15.56
33 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                         18.35
34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    20.27
35 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                 20.48
36 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         21.14
37 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                               21.32
38 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                             22.01
39 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                               32.06
 
Teams classification
 
1 Rabobank                                                         40.35.50
2 Quick Step                                                           1.42
3 Team Saxo Bank                                                       2.20
4 Cofidis                                                              2.59
5 Team Katusha                                                         3.09
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  4.08
7 Skil-Shimano                                                         4.37
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     6.05
9 Silence - Lotto                                                      6.09
10 Lampre - N.G.C                                                      6.15
11 Garmin - Slipstream                                                 6.18
12 Astana                                                              6.58
13 Agritubel                                                           7.13
14 AG2R-La Mondiale                                                    7.35
15 Team Milram                                                         7.47
16 Française des Jeux                                                  8.13
17 Team Columbia - Highroad                                            8.24
18 Liquigas                                                            8.35
19 Cervélo Test Team                                                       
20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                               8.58

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