Breschel wins from nine-man break
By Susan Westemeyer published
Valjavec claims overall lead from Cancellara
Danish rider Matti Breschel (Team Saxo Bank) proved his prowess in an elite selection during Tuesday's stage of the Tour de Suisse, taking the win from eight breakaway companions in Stäfa. He outsprinted Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) and Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale) for the victory.
"I barely managed to pull myself over the last climb," Breschel said. "I was unsure whether I could take the stage when I closed a gap at 400 meters to go with a huge series of cramps as a result. At 200 meters from the line Iglinsky, my biggest competition, fortunately opened the sprint and eventually I could squeeze myself by him."
It was the third victory this year for the 24-year-old, having previously won stages in the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour of Luxembourg.
Overnight race leader Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) finished in the peloton 1:04 behind the winning break and relinquished his yellow jersey to Valjavec. The Astana rider now leads the Tour de Suisse by two seconds over Cancellara's teammate Andy Schleck.
Schleck had won the two intermediate sprints late in the stage to gather time bonuses, which made him the "virtual" race leader. However, the time bonus Valjavec earned with his third place stage finish enabled him to take the lead by two seconds. The pair had been separated by three seconds going into the stage, with Valjavec 28th at 0:49 and Schleck 34th at 0:52.
Team Saxo Bank directeur sportif Kim Anderson was not sorry to see the yellow jersey leave the team - at least for the time being. "It is okay to pass on the jersey now so we are not bound to be working the next few days since both Matti and Andy have been away throughout the day.
"Now Andy is well-positioned in the GC where I expect that he will meet particularly severe resistance from Valjavec when we are moving uphill again," he said.
A 26-rider escape group dominated the early part of the day: Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas), Oliver Zaugg (Liquigas), Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam), Andrey Amador Bipkazacova (Caisse d'Epargne), Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), Tony Martin (Team Columbia-Highroad), Sergey Klimov (Team Katusha), Matti Breschel and Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank), Maxim Iglinsky and Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana), Françis De Greef, Greg Van Avermaet and Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto), Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-NGC), Huub Duyn (Garmin-Slipstream), Alexander Efimkin and Tadej Valjavec (AG2R La Mondiale), Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux), Maryan Hary (Cofidis), Johannes Fröhlinger, Thomas Rohregger and Peter Velits (Team Milram), Robert Kiserlovski (Fuji-Servetto) and
Silvère Ackermann (Vorarlberg-Corratec).
Martin threatened to take Cancellara's race leadership since he started the day only 34 seconds down on general classification.
The young German lost ground however, and was unable to join the nine who remained in front for the final 30 kilometres: Zaugg, Breschel, Schleck, Iglinsky, Efimkin, Valjavec, Rohregger, Velits and Kiserlovski. They had 2:50 over Cancellara's group, which was close to catching the rest of the 26 riders.
Valjavec positioned himself to take the lead from the big Swiss rider, having started the day 49 seconds behind. His group had 1:40 with five kilometres remaining.
Valjavec attacked solo with six kilometres remaining but the Team Saxo Bank duo pulled him back to give Schleck, 52 seconds behind Cancellara, a chance for the overall lead.
Rohregger made his bid for victory by attacking at the 2 km mark, but he was caught with about 150 metres to go. Iglinsky sprinted for the finish line, but was caught and passed by the Dane in the closing metres. The Kazakh was disappointed with his second place. "I had to win this stage. I was convinced I could win it because the other fast rider in the
group, Breschel, had to work the whole day for Schleck. This was my chance and then in the final metres Breschel came back. I don't think I will sleep well. I wanted to win. It is one year ago that I won."
The group stayed together and Valjavec took the overall lead. Cancellara finished in the chase group over one minute behind his teammate and stage winner, Breschel.
1 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 5:01:34 |
2 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | |
3 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | |
4 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
5 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | |
6 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
7 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
8 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | |
9 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 0:00:05 |
10 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:01:03 |
11 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
12 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
13 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | |
14 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 0:01:04 |
15 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
16 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
17 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | |
18 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | |
19 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
20 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
21 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
22 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
23 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | |
24 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | |
25 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
26 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
27 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
28 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
29 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
30 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | |
31 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
32 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
33 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
34 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
35 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | |
36 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | |
37 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
38 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
39 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | |
40 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
41 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
42 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | |
43 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | |
44 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
45 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | |
46 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
47 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | |
48 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
49 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
50 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
51 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
52 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step | |
53 | Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
54 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | |
55 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | |
56 | Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step | |
57 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
58 | José Angel Gómez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | |
59 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
60 | Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
61 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
62 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
63 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
64 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
65 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto | |
66 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
67 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
68 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
69 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
70 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
71 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
72 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
73 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
74 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
75 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
76 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | |
77 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
78 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | |
79 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
80 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
81 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
82 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | |
83 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
84 | Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
85 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
86 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
87 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | |
88 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
89 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | |
90 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | |
91 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | |
92 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | |
93 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
94 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
95 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
96 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
97 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
98 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | |
99 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
100 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
101 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | |
102 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
103 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
104 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:01:22 |
105 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:02:19 |
106 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:02:51 |
107 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | |
108 | Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas | |
109 | Branislau Samoilau (Bul) Quick Step | |
110 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
111 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:03:29 |
112 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:03:30 |
113 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
114 | Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:04:27 |
115 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:04:52 |
116 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:06:09 |
117 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:07:13 |
118 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:15 |
119 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:12:10 |
120 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:14:31 |
121 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | |
122 | Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | |
123 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
124 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
125 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
126 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas | |
127 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
128 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | |
129 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana | |
130 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
131 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
132 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
133 | Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | |
134 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | |
135 | Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
136 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
137 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
138 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | |
139 | René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
140 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | |
141 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | |
142 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
143 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
144 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | |
145 | Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:23:35 |
146 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
147 | Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | |
148 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | |
149 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
150 | Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
151 | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
152 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
153 | Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
154 | Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
155 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
156 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | |
DNF | René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec |
1 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | pts |
2 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 3 | |
3 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
1 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | pts |
2 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
3 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 |
1 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 25 | pts |
2 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 20 | |
3 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 16 | |
4 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 13 | |
5 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 11 | |
6 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 10 | |
7 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | |
8 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 8 | |
9 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 7 | |
10 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 6 | |
11 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 5 | |
12 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 4 |
1 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 20 | pts |
2 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 15 | |
3 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 10 | |
4 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | |
5 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 4 |
1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 8 | pts |
2 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 6 | |
3 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
4 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 2 | |
5 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 1 |
1 | Team Milram | 15:05:45 |
2 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:00:01 |
3 | Team Saxo Bank | |
4 | Astana | 0:01:05 |
5 | Liquigas | |
6 | Fuji-Servetto | 0:01:09 |
7 | Française des jeux | 0:02:08 |
8 | Team Katusha | |
9 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:02:09 |
10 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
11 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
12 | Silence - Lotto | |
13 | Cervélo TestTeam | |
14 | Team Columbia - Highroad | |
15 | Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
16 | Lampre-N.G.C. | |
17 | Quick Step | |
18 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
19 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | |
20 | Rabobank |
1 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 13:27:57 |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:02 |
3 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 0:00:11 |
4 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 0:00:13 |
5 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 0:00:14 |
6 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:20 |
7 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 0:00:34 |
8 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 0:00:42 |
9 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | |
10 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 0:00:45 |
11 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:47 |
12 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:54 |
13 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:00:55 |
14 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:56 |
15 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:58 |
16 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 0:00:59 |
17 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 0:01:01 |
18 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
19 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
20 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:02 |
21 | Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
22 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:01:03 |
23 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:04 |
24 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 0:01:05 |
25 | Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
26 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | |
27 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
28 | Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step | |
29 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
30 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:01:06 |
31 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
32 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto | 0:01:07 |
33 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:08 |
34 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | 0:01:09 |
35 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
36 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:11 |
37 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
38 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | |
39 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
40 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 0:01:12 |
41 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:13 |
42 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:01:15 |
43 | José Angel Gómez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | |
44 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:16 |
45 | Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step | 0:01:17 |
46 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 0:01:19 |
47 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam | |
48 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:01:21 |
49 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
50 | Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:01:23 |
51 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | 0:01:24 |
52 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
53 | Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:26 |
54 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:01:29 |
55 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 0:01:31 |
56 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
57 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | 0:01:34 |
58 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:36 |
59 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:01:37 |
60 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:38 |
61 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:01:45 |
62 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 0:01:46 |
63 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:49 |
64 | Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:01:51 |
65 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
66 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:01:56 |
67 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | |
68 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
69 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:01:58 |
70 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:02:01 |
71 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:02:02 |
72 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:02:04 |
73 | David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:02:06 |
74 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
75 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:09 |
76 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:02:10 |
77 | Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:02:13 |
78 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
79 | Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha | |
80 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:02:17 |
81 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 0:02:18 |
82 | Branislau Samoilau (Bul) Quick Step | 0:03:52 |
83 | Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas | 0:03:54 |
84 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:04:20 |
85 | Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:04:21 |
86 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:04:35 |
87 | Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:05:20 |
88 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | 0:05:45 |
89 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:07:27 |
90 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07:37 |
91 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:57 |
92 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:09:13 |
93 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:10:02 |
94 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:13:21 |
95 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:13:23 |
96 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:13:43 |
97 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:14:51 |
98 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 0:15:06 |
99 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:15:08 |
100 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:15:17 |
101 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:19 |
102 | Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank | 0:15:21 |
103 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 0:15:23 |
104 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:15:25 |
105 | Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:15:27 |
106 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:15:32 |
107 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:15:33 |
108 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | |
109 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:15:37 |
110 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:15:42 |
111 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:15:51 |
112 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:15:55 |
113 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:15:57 |
114 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | 0:16:15 |
115 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:16:22 |
116 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:16:30 |
117 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:16:42 |
118 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 0:17:24 |
119 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:17:48 |
120 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:17:51 |
121 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:18:55 |
122 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:19:09 |
123 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana | 0:19:14 |
124 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:06 |
125 | Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:24:13 |
126 | Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:24:48 |
127 | Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram | 0:25:33 |
128 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:28:40 |
129 | René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:29:06 |
130 | Matthew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 0:29:13 |
131 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:29:21 |
132 | Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas | 0:29:26 |
133 | Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:29:28 |
134 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:29:29 |
135 | Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:29:38 |
136 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
137 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 0:29:41 |
138 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
139 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 0:29:46 |
140 | Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:29:50 |
141 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:29:52 |
142 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:29:54 |
143 | Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:29:57 |
144 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 0:30:50 |
145 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:34:33 |
146 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 0:38:21 |
147 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:38:32 |
148 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:38:35 |
149 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | 0:38:41 |
150 | Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:38:48 |
151 | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:39:01 |
152 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:39:03 |
153 | Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 0:39:12 |
154 | Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:39:29 |
155 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:42:14 |
156 | Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:43:37 |
1 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 12 | pts |
2 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 12 | |
3 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
4 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | |
5 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 6 | |
6 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
7 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 3 | |
8 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
9 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | |
10 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | |
11 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 1 | |
12 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
13 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
14 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1 |
1 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank | 30 | pts |
2 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 25 | |
3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 25 | |
4 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 23 | |
5 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 22 | |
6 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 20 | |
7 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 19 | |
8 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 17 | |
9 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 16 | |
10 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 16 | |
11 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | 15 | |
12 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 13 | |
13 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 12 | |
14 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 11 | |
15 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 10 | |
16 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 10 | |
17 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 10 | |
18 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | 9 | |
19 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 9 | |
20 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | |
21 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 9 | |
22 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 8 | |
23 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 8 | |
24 | Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto | 7 | |
25 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | 7 | |
26 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam | 7 | |
27 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 7 | |
28 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | 6 | |
29 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 6 | |
30 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 6 | |
31 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
32 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | 5 | |
33 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
34 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 4 | |
35 | Said Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 4 | |
36 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 4 | |
37 | Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
38 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 3 | |
39 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 2 | |
40 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 1 | |
41 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | 5 | |
42 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5 |
1 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 42 | pts |
2 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 26 | |
3 | Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec | 17 | |
4 | Marlon Alirio Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 15 | |
5 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 10 | |
6 | William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 8 | |
7 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 7 | |
8 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 6 | |
9 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 6 | |
10 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 5 | |
11 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
12 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 4 | |
13 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 3 | |
14 | Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 2 | |
15 | Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram | 2 |
1 | Team Saxo Bank | 40:24:12 |
2 | AG2R - La mondiale | 0:00:57 |
3 | Team Milram | 0:00:58 |
4 | Astana | 0:01:38 |
5 | Liquigas | 0:01:47 |
6 | Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:02:14 |
7 | Cervélo TestTeam | 0:02:38 |
8 | Fuji-Servetto | 0:02:40 |
9 | Rabobank | 0:02:47 |
10 | Quick Step | 0:02:48 |
11 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:50 |
12 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:02 |
13 | Française des jeux | 0:03:03 |
14 | Team Katusha | |
15 | Lampre-N.G.C. | 0:03:23 |
16 | Silence - Lotto | 0:03:25 |
17 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:32 |
18 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:04:13 |
19 | Vorarlberg - Corratec | 0:04:44 |
20 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 0:09:32 |

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