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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 5-12, 2006

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Stage 2 - March 7: Cerilly - Belleville, 200 km

Boonen roars again

By Jean-François Quénet in Belleville

A very happy Tom Boonen
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Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) has made it two in a row by winning in Belleville - as Robbie McEwen did before him the last time the race visited this town in the Beaujolais wine area. It was another bunch sprint after a 190 kilometre-long breakaway by little known French rider Nicolas Crosbie of Agritubel. The main loss of the day was best young rider Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) who had a flat tyre on the last descent and crossed the line 1'13 behind the world champion.

Almost the same malediction affected Contador in Paris-Nice last year when the whole Liberty Seguros team fell off with 7km to go into stage 1, an accident that also cost Cadel Evans the overall win. Today, Sergio Paulinho gave his bike to Contador on the Fût d'Avenas descent, 18km before the finish. Luis Leon Sanchez and Daniel Navarro waited for him, but their chasing group never made it across, despite the presence of Bradley McGee who was badly suffering from asthma. The Olympic team pursuit champion didn't cope with the cold weather today.

Liberty Seguros now has no choice but put all of his eggs in Andrey Kashechkin's basket for GC. They had another reason to be disappointed. For the second day in a row, Allan Davis ran second. "I got on Boonen's wheel with no problems, the Australian explained. I even tried to overtake him. At some stage, I believed I could succeed, but it was impossible. I'm still happy because I've tried my best. With the condition I have now, I think more luck can help me win one day, maybe Thursday could be the one."

World Champion Tom Boonen was not exactly over the moon with his latest victory. "I don't want to underrate any victory," he commented. But two years ago, I would have been delighted with a stage win in Paris-Nice. Now it's only a habit. At least at the Ruta del Sol, the duel with [Alessandro] Petacchi was exciting. Here I have a lot of respect for Davis, but no one cares about him in his own team. I understand that they ride for GC, but as a sprinter he deserves more attention."

Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
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It's not sure though that the duel between Boonen and Davis would have ended with a different result if the little man from Bundaberg would have benefited from the support of a train. At the end of stage 1, 'Alby' was a long way behind Boonen. He lost stage 2 by a much smaller margin. "I actually felt better yesterday," he said. "Without the incident with [Boonen's lead out man] Guido Trenti I could have finished closer."

Boonen is definitely the boss of the bunch. After 60 kilometres, when Crosbie had a 15 minute lead, his teammates from Quick Step were pacing. They asked some cooperation from CSC and Liberty Seguros. As they refused, Boonen instructed his teammates to stop working immediately. "They're lazy, we're not going to ride for them! Us at Quick Step, we do 25,000 kilometres per a year in front of the bunch", Boonen exaggerated.

Then he warned everyone: "Tomorrow on the climb of Croix de Chaubouret, I'll ride for 10 metres in front of the bunch and I'll let the race go. I'm not going to burn myself 10 days before Milan-San Remo. It's better if I save some energy for the following stage in Rasteau that suits me better."

The leader of Paris-Nice didn't enjoy the cold, but he loved seeing five of his teammates doing a perfect job for him in the finale. "The Quick Step selection for Milan-San Remo is going to be hot," he smiled. Paolo Bettini's side of Quick Step is lining up at Tirreno-Adriatico while Boonen's is proving his efficiency in France.

How it unfolded

Nicolas Crosbie (Agritubel)
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Nicolas Crosbie didn't wait for one kilometre into the race till he broke clear by himself. After 23km, he already an advantage of 11 minutes. He reached a maximum of 27'30 at km 81, just before an attack launched by two Cofidis riders, Thierry Marichal and Ivan Parra, who were still riding 3 minutes ahead of the bunch at km 130. Parra blew up in the cold and eventually missed the time cut when he crossed the line 32 minutes behind than Boonen.

Before the côte de Châteauneuf (km43), Johan van Summeren (Davitamon-Lotto) and Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros) escaped from the peloton, caught Marichal who had remained solo. Also Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) and Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Fondital) went in between, but had to accept the return of the main pack that was now riding faster under the guidance of Euskaltel.

At the top of col des Echarmeaux, with 40km to go, Crosbie still had some good reasons to believe in being a winner as he maintained 11 minutes lead over the bunch, but a hunger flat was around the corner. He was caught after 187km of solo effort by Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) and Andriy Grivko (Milram), who attacked before the top of the last hill and lost the company of Benoît Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) and Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), because the latter had a puncture.

Dumoulin and Grivko were caught with 2km to go. By then, the Quick Step train was working to perfection in favour of Boonen's second stage win, just like one year ago in Paris-Nice.

Photography

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        5.20.50 (37.402 km/h)
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
4 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram                                    
6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         
7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
9 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
10 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
13 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
16 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                    
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
21 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                  
22 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
23 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
24 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            
25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 
27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
28 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
29 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
30 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                               
31 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        
32 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
33 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           
35 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
36 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
37 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
39 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
41 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
42 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
43 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
44 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
45 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
48 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
49 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
50 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
52 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             
53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               
54 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
55 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
56 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
57 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
58 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
59 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             
60 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
61 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
62 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
63 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
64 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
65 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
66 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      
67 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
68 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
69 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
70 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
72 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    
73 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
74 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
75 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
76 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     
78 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
79 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
80 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                           
81 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
82 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
83 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
84 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      
85 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
86 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
88 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
89 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
90 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
91 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                             
92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                     
93 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
94 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           
95 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     
96 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
98 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
99 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             
100 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
101 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
104 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     
105 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
106 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              
107 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            
108 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
109 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
110 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              
111 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                      
112 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                     
113 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                    
114 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
115 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                    
116 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
117 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     0.21
118 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                 0.25
119 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                1.13
120 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
121 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
122 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
123 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
124 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    
125 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        
126 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                 
128 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
129 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     
130 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
131 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                
132 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
133 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
134 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
135 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
136 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                            
137 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
138 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                
139 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
140 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                               
141 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                 
142 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                1.36
143 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               3.34
144 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                   6.30
145 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                
146 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                         
147 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                
148 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
149 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
150 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    
151 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                 
153 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
154 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
155 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
156 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
157 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
158 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
159 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
160 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                   11.19
161 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
 
Outside time limit (hors delai)
HD Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
 
DNF Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                
DNF Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
DNF Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                  
DNS Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        

Points
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             25 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       22
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            20
4 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       18
5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram                                  16
6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       15
7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               14
8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           13
9 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            12
10 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                             11
11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               10
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               9
13 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                8
14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             7
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               6
16 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                5
17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               4
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        3
19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                   2
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Saint-Hilaire, km 23
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     4 pts
2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                2
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  1
 
Côte de Vernay, km 123
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     4 pts
2 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            2
3 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1
 
Côte de Châteauneuf, km 143
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     4 pts
2 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            2
3 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1
 
Col des Echarmeaux, km 160
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     7 pts
2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          5
3 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             3
4 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             2
5 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
 
Côte des Rochettes, km 175.5
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     4 pts
2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       2
3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          1
 
Col du Fût d'Avenas, km 181
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     4 pts
2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     2
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               1
 
Sprints
 
Saint-Gerand-De-Vaux, km 59.5
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     3 pts
2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     2
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        1

Chauffailles, km 148
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                     3 pts
2 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             2
3 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            1
 
Young rider
 
1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       5.20.50
2 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
4 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
5 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
6 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
8 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                     
9 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                         
10 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
13 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      
17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
20 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
22 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
23 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
24 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             
25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     
26 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  0.25
27 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 1.13
28 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
30 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
31 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
32 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      
33 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                    6.30
35 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
36 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
37 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  
38 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
39 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
40 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       10.22.41
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      0.17
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.18
4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           0.20
5 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       0.22
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     0.24
7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        0.25
9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
10 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            0.26
12 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
13 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              0.27
16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
17 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           0.28
18 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
19 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           0.30
21 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
22 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      
23 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
25 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
26 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                               
27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     0.31
28 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
29 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          
30 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                         0.32
32 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
33 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
35 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     
36 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.33
37 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
38 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
39 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
40 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
41 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
42 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         0.34
44 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
45 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
46 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          0.35
47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           
48 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
49 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
50 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           
52 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
53 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      0.36
54 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             
56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               
57 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
58 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
59 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
60 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
61 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                           
62 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             0.37
64 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
65 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      
66 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          0.38
67 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
68 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                  
69 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        
70 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
72 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           0.39
73 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
74 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 
75 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                0.40
77 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     
79 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            0.41
80 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                 0.42
81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
82 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         0.43
83 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
84 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
85 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
86 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          0.44
87 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
88 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    
89 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            
90 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
91 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                  0.45
92 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                          0.46
94 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
95 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        0.47
96 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
97 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
98 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
99 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
100 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                  0.48
101 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                0.49
102 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           
103 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
104 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                        0.50
105 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                       0.51
106 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
107 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
108 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            
109 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              0.55
110 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram                              0.56
111 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           0.59
112 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                 1.11
113 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.18
114 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                 1.27
115 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                        1.32
116 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
117 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              1.33
118 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         1.35
119 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          1.37
120 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                   1.41
121 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            1.46
122 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                   1.47
123 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                             1.50
124 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.51
125 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                           1.52
126 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                
127 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  1.55
128 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                1.58
129 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                            2.01
130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              2.02
131 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                 
132 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  2.05
133 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 2.11
134 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     2.13
135 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                2.15
136 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                2.16
137 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           2.44
138 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               2.46
139 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           2.50
140 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                    3.19
141 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               4.13
142 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                5.19
143 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                            7.02
144 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         7.04
145 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                
146 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                7.05
147 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              7.06
148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        7.10
149 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              7.15
150 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             7.17
151 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                 
152 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    7.20
153 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                        7.21
154 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       7.22
155 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                   7.23
156 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
157 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                     7.25
158 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          7.33
159 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                   11.59
160 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           12.14
161 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                19.42
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             66 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       45
3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       38
4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            36
5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               31
6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        28
7 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                24
8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                              24
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 23
10 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                           20
11 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                    18
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 18
13 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          17
14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            17
15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              16
16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              16
17 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram                                 16
18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            15
19 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                      15
20 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            14
21 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        13
22 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          13
23 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           12
24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             11
25 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                      11
26 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         10
27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               9
28 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                 9
29 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       8
30 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                8
31 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                       8
32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                             7
33 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                 6
34 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                    6
35 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 6
36 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    6
37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               6
38 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 6
39 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                5
40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        5
41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       4
42 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               4
43 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 3
44 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                              3
45 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      2
46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                   2
47 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            2
48 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            1
49 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1
50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                    27 pts
2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                6
3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          6
4 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             4
5 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             3
6 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  3
7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     2
8 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       2
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               1
10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1
11 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                   10.23.03
2 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                     0.03
3 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         0.04
4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    0.05
5 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     0.08
6 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                      
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                               0.09
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                         0.10
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                      
10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.11
11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
12 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             0.12
13 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         0.13
14 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.15
16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             0.16
17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           0.17
18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                0.18
20 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        0.25
21 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
22 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         0.27
23 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        0.29
24 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             
25 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  0.49
26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               1.11
27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.29
28 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   1.33
29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   1.43
30 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                  1.49
31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 1.53
32 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            2.22
33 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                             6.40
34 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             6.42
35 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                              6.55
36 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        7.00
37 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                    7.01
38 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
39 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           7.11
40 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 19.20
 
Teams classification
 
1 Francaise Des Jeux                                           31.09.09
2 Team CSC                                                         0.05
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                       0.08
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           0.15
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                0.17
6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     0.19
7 Discovery Channel Team                                           0.20
8 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                   0.21
9 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
10 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 0.24
11 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     
12 Liquigas                                                        0.25
13 Quick Step-Innergetic                                           0.27
14 Credit Agricole                                                 0.34
15 Rabobank                                                        0.35
16 Gerolsteiner                                                        
17 Team Milram                                                     0.36
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            0.40
19 Lampre-Fondital                                                 0.41
20 Agritubel                                                       0.49
21 T-Mobile Team                                                   0.52

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