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10th Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 10-18, 2007
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Stage 1 - August 10: Saarbruecken, 183.7km
Förster scores home victory
By Bjorn Haake
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Robert Förster of German team Gerolsteiner managed to get the victory in stage one of his country's national Tour. He picked the wheel of Danilo Napolitano, which turned out to be a good choice. The Italian sprinted past Erik Zabel of Milram, but saw Förster only when it was too late.
The rainy day was marked by an escape group of three with Maarten Den Bakker (Skil-Shimano), Matej Mugerli (Liquigas) and Philipp Ludescher (Volksbank). The latter dropped back eventually, with the duo holding up until a little less than ten kilometres from the line.
Mugerli came across in first on both of the day's categorized climbs and picked up maximum points to wear the polka dot jersey tomorrow. This was good consolation for the Slovenian, as the sprinters made clear that they wouldn't let this opportunity slip by, with many teams contributing to the chase.
The final two laps of eight kilometres each were dominated by the sprinters' teams. As the peloton headed into the final bend it was Milram who had built a mini-train for Erik Zabel and André Greipel was leading out Gerald Ciolek of T-Mobile. Greipel grit his teeth in an effort to get the young German into a good position, but Ciolek had to start the sprint too early and eventually could not make the top ten.
Instead it was Erik Zabel and Danilo Napolitano fighting it out in the centre of the road, but as the Italian checked on Zabel it was Förster, while fighting for Napolitano's wheel, who made the switch from the centre to the left side of the road and went past the other two.
Förster was happy after the finish, stating "It's the biggest German race, I am riding for a German team and I am German. What else is there to say?" He also didn't mind the rain, which had been coming down most of the day. "At least it was warm. No, my biggest rival wasn't the weather, but the guys who came in behind me. Sprints are like that. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't."
Ciolek for his part was content how the team was working, indicating that "now all we need to improve is the placing."
How it unfolded
182 riders were at the start of the first stage on a rainy day in Saarbrücken. After the four-kilometre neutral start there was immediate activity, initiated by Wiesenhof. But the peloton stopped this quickly and continued at a fast, but steady pace for a while.
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After 20 kilometres Jon Bru Pascal of Euskaltel, Martin Elmiger (Ag2r) and Albert Timmer (Skil Shimano) could get ahead and were joined by Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom). But the four got only 11 seconds, and were swallowed by the field seven kilometres later, with Bru resisting for a couple of kilometres more than the others.
The next attack came at kilometre 29 through Liquigas rider Matej Mugerli. Two kilometres later he was joined by Volksbank rider Philipp Ludescher and Maarten Den Bakker from Skil-Shimano. The peloton was happy with the constellation and let the trio get ahead.
They had 30 seconds only a little more than a kilometre later and with all three working well together consistently increased their advantage. Going through St. Wendel, famous for its mountain bike events, including the World Championships in 2005, they reached the first sprint of the day with a four-minute lead.
Ludescher was ahead of Den Bakker and Mugerli across the line. The next landmark reached was Marpingen, which was part of a stage of the Tour de France in 2002 and a special bonus sprint awaited the riders. The lead had increased to seven minutes.
In Lebach, at kilometre 66.6, the three arrived at the first mountain of the 2007 Deutschland Tour. They didn't sprint for it and Mugerli went across the line in first, ahead of the experienced Den Bakker and young talent Ludescher. The peloton was still huddling together, even though the rain was lighter than earlier in the race, and the lead reached its maximum of just over ten minutes.
With less than 100 kilometres to go and the rain completely stopped, the peloton finally decided to chase in earnest. Enrico Poitschke (Milram), Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner), Aleksandr Kolobnev (CSC) and Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) put themselves to work up front as all those teams were hoping for a sprint finish.
The next 20 kilometres saw a steady decline of the lead and when the front group started the climb to the second mountain of the day, the gap was less than eight minutes. At the top of the 2.2-kilometre long category three climb it was Mugerli again ahead of Den Bakker and Ludescher. This was the first jersey decision for the day, with Mugerli taking the polka dot.
Paolo Bettini spent most of the day in the back of the peloton. The most exiting display by the Italian was the removal of his white leg warmers and the black shoe covers, which he discarded into the team car after skillfully undressing at around 40 kilometres an hour.
The peloton's speed had some riders in trouble up the climb. In the front it was the young Ludescher having problems and fighting to stay in touch with the other two. With 70 kilometres to go the gap had melted to seven minutes.
Nine kilometres later Ludescher dropped out of the front group for good. And ten kilometres down the road it was Fabian Cancellara in person who put himself to work for CSC and its sprinter, Juan José Haedo of Argentina. The second sprint of the day was won by Den Bakker ahead of Mugerli, but again, the two didn't put up a fight. Greipel took off from the main field to get the third place and one point for the sprint competition.
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With the lead less than four minutes the chase continued, briefly interrupted by the third sprint of the day at kilometre 151.8. The first two spots were reserved again for Den Bakker and Mugerli, but with an attack on the left hand side and the scoring of one bonus second last year's winner Jens Voigt made clear that he was very well interested in the overall victory.
Just before he could even reach the sprint, German Robert Förster flatted, but he quickly re-integrated, even without team-mates, to the back of the field, still 'led' by Paolo Bettini.
With the front group's advantage down to 1'50" the peloton passed a piece of history, the Voelklinger Huette, a former steel works which is a UNESCO world heritage site. But the riders had their own work to do and as the duo in the front crossed the finish line for the first time after four hours three minutes and 58 seconds they still faced two loops of about eight kilometres, with the lead at only 1'04".
As they rode on the local freeway, next to the river Saar, the lead came down very quickly, as all the sprinters' teams turned on the gas.
With T-Mobile, Lampre and Discovery on the front the long escape was finally put to an end 9.5 kilometres from the finish. From then on no escape was allowed and the teams were getting ready for the sprint, which T-Mobile and Milram tried to win from the front but it was Gerolsteiner's Förster who took the honours.
Photography
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- Zabel and Napolitano fight for victory.
- But Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) wins stage 1 on a rainy day.
- The German didn't mind the wet weather or the podium kisses.
Results
1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.24.16 (41.708 km/h) 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 6 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 8 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 15 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 18 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 22 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank 23 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 25 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner 26 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Team CSC 27 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 28 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 29 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 30 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 31 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 32 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 33 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 34 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 35 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 36 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 37 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 38 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 39 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 41 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 43 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 44 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 45 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 47 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 55 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 56 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 57 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 58 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 62 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 63 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 68 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 69 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 71 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 72 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 73 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 74 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 75 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 76 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 78 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 81 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 82 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 83 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 84 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 85 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 86 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 87 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 88 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 89 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 91 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 92 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 94 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 95 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 97 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt 99 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 100 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 101 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 102 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 103 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 105 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 106 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 107 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 108 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 109 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 110 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 111 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 112 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 113 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 114 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 115 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 116 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 118 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 119 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 120 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 121 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 122 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 123 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 124 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 125 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 126 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 127 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 128 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 129 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 130 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 133 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 134 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 136 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 137 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 138 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 139 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 140 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 141 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 142 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 143 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 144 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 145 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 147 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 148 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 149 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 150 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 151 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 152 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 153 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 154 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 155 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 156 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 157 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 158 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 159 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 160 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 161 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 162 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 163 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 165 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 166 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 167 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 168 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 169 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 170 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 171 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 172 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 173 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 174 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 175 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 176 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 177 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 178 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 179 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 180 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 181 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.05 182 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.29 Points St Wendel - km 39.9 1 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 pts 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 1 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 2 Dillingen - km 136.6 1 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 pts 2 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4 3 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 Wadgassen km 151.8 1 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 pts 2 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Finish - km 183.7 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 11 6 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 7 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 9 8 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 7 10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 13 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 3 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 15 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Lebach (cat 3) - km 66.6 1 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 1 Mettlach (cat 3) - km 104.8 1 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 1 Young rider 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.24.16 2 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 9 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 10 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 11 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 18 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 20 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 22 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 26 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 30 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 35 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 36 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 37 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 40 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 41 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 42 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 43 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 45 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 48 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 49 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 51 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 52 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 55 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 61 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 62 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.29 Teams 1 Bouygues Telecom 13.12.48 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 3 Caisse d'Epargne 4 Team Gerolsteiner 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Liquigas 7 Team Volkswagen-Trek 8 Unibetcom 9 Rabobank 10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Française des Jeux 12 Skil-Shimano 13 Team CSC 14 AG2r Prévoyance 15 T-Mobile Team 16 Crédit Agricole 17 Team Milram 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Team Wiesenhof Felt 21 Lampre-Fondital 22 Predictor-Lotto 23 Elk Haus-Simplon General classification after stage 1 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.24.06 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.02 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.04 4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.05 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.06 6 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 0.07 7 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.09 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.10 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 11 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 13 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 19 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 20 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 23 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 27 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank 28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 30 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner 31 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Team CSC 32 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 33 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 34 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 35 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 36 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 37 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 38 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 39 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 41 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 42 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance 43 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas 44 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 46 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 48 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 49 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 50 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 54 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 60 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 61 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 62 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 63 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 66 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 67 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 68 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 72 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 73 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 74 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 75 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 76 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 77 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 78 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 80 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 83 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 84 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 85 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 87 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 88 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 90 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 91 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 92 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 93 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 95 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 96 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 97 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 98 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 99 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt 100 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 101 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 102 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 103 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 104 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 106 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 107 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 108 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 109 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 110 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 111 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 112 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 114 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 115 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 116 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 117 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 119 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 120 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 121 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance 122 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 123 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 124 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 125 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 126 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 127 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 128 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 129 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 130 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 132 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 133 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank 134 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 136 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 137 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 138 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 139 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 140 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 141 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 142 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 144 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 145 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 147 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 148 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 149 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 150 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 151 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 152 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 153 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 154 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team 155 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 156 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 157 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 158 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 159 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank 160 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 162 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 163 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 164 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 165 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 166 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 167 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 168 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 169 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 170 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 171 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 172 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 173 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 174 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 175 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 176 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 177 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 178 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 179 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 180 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.15 181 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.39 Points classification 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 4 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 6 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 11 7 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10 8 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 9 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 9 10 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 11 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom 7 12 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 13 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 6 14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 15 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 16 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 3 17 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 19 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2 20 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 3 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 2 Young rider classification 1 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 4.24.13 2 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.02 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.03 4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 9 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 10 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 11 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 12 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 13 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 15 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 20 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 27 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 31 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 32 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 33 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 34 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 36 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank 37 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 38 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 40 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 41 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt 42 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 43 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 45 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com 48 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon 49 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 51 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 52 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 54 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 59 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 60 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 61 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt 1.32 Teams classification 1 Bouygues Telecom 13.12.48 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 3 Caisse d'Epargne 4 Team Gerolsteiner 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Liquigas 7 Team Volkswagen-Trek 8 Unibetcom 9 Rabobank 10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Française des Jeux 12 Skil-Shimano 13 Team CSC 14 AG2r Prévoyance 15 T-Mobile Team 16 Crédit Agricole 17 Team Milram 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Team Wiesenhof Felt 21 Lampre-Fondital 22 Predictor-Lotto 23 Elk Haus-Simplon
