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10th Deutschland Tour - ProT

Germany, August 10-18, 2007

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Stage 2 - August 11: Bretten TTT, 42.2km

CSC all the way, yellow to Voigt

By Susan Westemeyer, with additional reporting from Bjorn Haake in Bretten

Jens Voigt is happy
Photo ©: Bjorn Haake
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The leader's jersey at the Deutschland Tour changed hands from one German to another, ending up with last year's winner Jens Voigt of Team CSC. Fabian Cancellera led the team over the finish line, but Voigt took the leader's jersey based on the one-second time bonus he picked up in an intermediate sprint in the first stage. The Danish team won the team time trial in a time of 51.09, with Discovery Channel finishing second, 25 seconds back, and Team Gerolsteiner third.

"Everything went well today, even though there was a lot of pressure on us as the favourite," Voigt said after the stage. "The course was very challenging and almost disgustingly hilly. That makes me all the happier to have the jersey."

He may have been happy to have the jersey, but didn't wear it to the post-stage press conference ("too warm"). He told race organiser Kai Rapp, "You picked a hard course. It went up right from the beginning. The second part was flatter, on good wide roads."

It was the first team time trial ever held in a Deutschland Tour. As usual, time was marked at the arrival of the fifth rider crossing the line. Some teams, such as CSC, made it in with all eight riders, while others had only the necessary five.

The technically demanding course started in the old town of Bretten, a picturesque setting with half-timbered houses and narrow, hilly roads. It later went through a forest, where the road was still wet from the previous day's rain, and eventually past the area's famous vineyards. Had the riders had time, they could have looked up at the hills surrounding them, laden with grape vines. There were no ranked climbs on the course, but it was rarely flat.

How it unfolded

Warmer temperatures and dryer conditions greeted the riders Saturday afternoon, even if the sun played hide-and-seek much of the time. The controversial Austrian Team Elk Haus-Simplon was first off the starters' ramp. The Professional Continental team had its wild-card invitation rescinded earlier in the week, but forced its way back in with a preliminary injunction. An appeal of that injunction is scheduled for Wednesday, but until then, the team can start. It hadn't expected to do well in the team time trial, which it rarely if ever has to ride, and finished dead last, three and a half minutes slower than the winner and nearly thirty seconds behind the next-slowest team, Credit Agricole.

The third team to start was Rabobank, which set the first notable mark, finishing in 52.35. The Dutch team ended up a respectable sixth.

Disco lines up
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Starting sixth, Discovery Channel blasted its way along the course. No doubt the riders were hoping for good performances to recommend themselves to new employers, in light of yesterday's announcement that the team would stop at the end of the season. It set new best times at both checkpoints. Levi Leipheimer led five of his team-mates over the finish line in 52.06, nearly 40 seconds faster than previous leader Rabobank.

The American team's time was to stand for a long time, but there were indications of what was to come. CSC set a new record at the first time check, five seconds faster than Discovery after only 21.6 km. Sprinter Juan Jose Haedo had already given up the struggle to stay with his team-mates by that point.

The next team to start was T-Mobile, which is celebrating its sponsor's decision to honour its contract through 2010. The team's equipment didn't honour its part of the deal though, with two flat tires hurting the team. Gerald Ciolek was the first victim, puncturing early on. The team waited for its young sprinter, which threw it down to seventh place at the first time check. The second puncture did more damage, as it took out Marco Pinotti, a time trial specialist who is now Italy's time-trial champion, following the doping disqualification of Luca Ascani. The team had been counting on Pinotti to lead it on the stage. In his absence, Ciolek led four of his team-mates across the finish in a time of 52.39, fifth overall.

T-Mobile was followed by Team Volksbank, another Austrian Professional Continental team with little experience in team time trials. It came in 16th, at 54.29, a result with which the team was more than satisfied. "We had an uncomfortable feeling going it, but it went very well," said team manager Thomas Kofler. "It was surely an advantage that we had ridden the course in the morning." He was proud of his riders. "When you consider that we didn't have any specialists on our team, then I think that we did exceptionally well."

Robert Förster gets the points jersey
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Meanwhile, Team Gerolsteiner took off in the sunshine, which was reflected in Robert Förster's yellow jersey, shoe covers and sunglass frames. The sprinter knew that his stay in the leader's jersey would be a short one and hoped just to come in with his team-mates at the end.

CSC set another new best time at the second check point, four seconds ahead of Discovery Channel.

Milram, with its team full of sprinters, came in a surprising fifth at the first time check. That exactly fulfilled the expectations of team captain Erik Zabel, who picked his team to finish fifth overall. However, it lost two riders fairy early on, Enrico Poitschke and Ralf Grabsch who had admitted before the race that he had slept badly the night before because of worrying about the stage. Milram was unable to hold its good position and Zabel led the team across the finish line in 53.13, ninth overall. The two stragglers came in together over six and a half minutes down.

Yet another Professional Continental team, Skil-Shimano, which had started next to last, held that position, coming in next to last at the first time check. It rallied to finish 18th.

Gerolsteiner came into the first time check with seven riders, in the fifth fastest time. All seven of those riders then stayed together until the end, where they astounded their own team management by finishing third, only 55 seconds slower than CSC. "Third place is sensational for us," said team manager Hans-Michael Holczer. The team had previously specialised in time trials, but the retirements of Michael Rich and Uwe Peschel change that.

The clear winner of the day was CSC, which had been favoured going in. Or, as the team modestly put it, "Team CSC once again proved to be an excellent team time trial outfit."

Sunday's third stage runs 181.8 km from Pforzheim to Offenburg through the northern part of the Black Forest. The whole course is up-and-down, with two Cat. 1 climbs, but the long flat ride in to the finish might well provide a sprint finish.

Photography

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Images by Bjorn Haake/Cyclingnews.com

Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Team CSC                                     51.40 (49.0 km/h)
2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                          
3 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             0.00
5 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                       0.00
6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           0.00
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           0.00
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              0.25
9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            0.25
10 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             0.26
11 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             0.26
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               0.26
13 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  0.26
14 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.55
15 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner                                      0.55
16 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.55
17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   0.55
18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     0.56
19 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      0.56
20 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     0.56
21 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.56
22 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.57
23 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.57
24 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          0.57
25 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
26 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
27 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 0.57
28 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          0.58
29 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    0.59
30 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 0.59
31 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    0.59
32 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  0.59
33 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
34 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          1.03
35 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                              
36 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           1.03
37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                         1.03
38 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        1.04
39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          
40 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.04
41 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.11
42 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                  1.20
43 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           
44 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     1.20
45 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                         1.20
46 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas                                          
47 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.20
48 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.20
49 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 1.23
50 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                    1.23
51 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1.23
52 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
53 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.23
54 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.23
55 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.27
56 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         1.32
57 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                      1.32
58 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                              1.32
59 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                       1.33
60 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  1.33
62 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                      1.33
63 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
64 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
65 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                         
66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1.33
67 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1.33
68 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  1.33
69 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    1.44
70 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  1.47
71 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
72 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               1.47
73 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                             1.47
74 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.47
75 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             1.47
76 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                             1.50
77 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            1.50
78 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                                
79 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                              1.50
80 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           
81 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                                   
82 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          1.51
83 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                       1.53
84 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                   1.53
85 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                      1.53
86 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      1.53
87 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                     
88 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     1.54
89 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              2.15
90 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt                           2.17
91 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                
92 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt                               2.17
93 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                  
94 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                            2.18
95 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                               2.18
96 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                              2.19
97 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                           2.19
98 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     2.35
99 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               2.35
100 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
101 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               2.35
102 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
103 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                               2.35
104 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
105 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank                                2.49
106 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                    
107 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                2.49
108 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                                2.49
109 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  
110 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 2.50
111 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank                                2.50
112 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.50
113 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom                                   
114 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2.50
115 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.50
116 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.50
117 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 2.51
118 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
119 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                     2.51
120 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                           2.51
121 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    2.51
122 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                     2.52
123 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.52
124 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        2.52
125 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  2.52
126 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.52
127 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.52
128 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                     
129 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             2.53
130 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
131 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
132 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                               2.53
133 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
134 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              2.53
135 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              2.53
136 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                      
137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    2.53
138 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               2.53
139 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      2.55
140 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2.55
141 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         2.56
142 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           2.56
143 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       2.56
144 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              2.56
145 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                3.00
146 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                    
147 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            3.00
148 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  3.00
149 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               3.00
150 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                 3.00
151 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                             3.00
152 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            3.01
153 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                3.29
154 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                        3.29
155 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                    
156 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                             3.29
157 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                             3.30
158 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                               3.30
159 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                         3.30
160 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                3.30
161 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         4.16
162 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  5.20
163 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              5.26
164 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  5.37
165 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank                             5.42
166 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                     5.42
167 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                 5.52
168 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                              5.53
169 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                      6.39
170 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  6.39
171 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  7.01
172 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                            7.10
173 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com                                          7.17
174 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                     7.17
175 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 7.27
176 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                      7.31
177 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          7.31
178 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                      7.33
179 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            7.35
180 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   8.31
181 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             8.37
DNS Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

Young rider
 
1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                  51.40
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                               
3 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   0.26
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                      0.55
5 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      0.56
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         0.57
7 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                 
8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                              
9 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                     0.59
10 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                        
11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                      
12 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                          1.03
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                             
14 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                  1.11
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                       1.20
16 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                                          
17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 1.23
18 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                        
19 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      
20 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      
21 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   
22 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                               1.27
23 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                                    1.33
24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                          
25 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                                     
26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                      
27 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                  1.47
28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                                 
29 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               
30 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                                          1.50
31 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                       1.53
32 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                                       
33 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                                          
34 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                            2.17
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                   
36 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                  
37 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                                2.35
38 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                                     
39 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank                                                 2.49
40 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                                   
41 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              2.50
42 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                      
43 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                               
44 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
45 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                                      2.51
46 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                                
47 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                         
48 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                                          
49 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         2.52
50 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                                      
51 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                
52 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                               2.53
53 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            2.56
54 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                   3.00
55 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                                 3.29
56 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                                  
57 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                                   5.20
58 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                   7.01
59 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                                             7.10
60 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com                                                           7.17
61 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                          
62 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                           7.31

Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                                           2.35.00
2 Discovery Channel                                                                     1.18
3 Gerolsteiner                                                                          2.45
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                      2.51
5 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                                         2.57
6 Rabobank                                                                              3.09
7 Liquigas                                                                              4.00
8 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                                       4.09
9 Team Milram                                                                           4.39
10 AG2r Prévoyance                                                                          
11 Française des Jeux                                                                   5.21
12 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                                 5.30
13 Unibet.com                                                                           5.39
14 Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                                  6.51
15 Lampre-Fondital                                                                      7.45
16 Team Volksbank                                                                       8.27
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                                     8.30
18 Skil-Shimano                                                                         8.33
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                                    8.36
20 Predictor-Lotto                                                                          
21 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                                 8.48
22 Crédit Agricole                                                                      9.00
23 Elk Haus-Simplon                                                                    10.27

General classification after stage 2
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          5.15.55
2 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Team CSC                                      0.01
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                               
4 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                          
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               
6 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                           
7 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
8 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              0.27
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
13 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      
14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.46
15 Markus Zberg (Sui) Gerolsteiner                                      0.56
16 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
19 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     0.57
20 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
21 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.58
22 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
23 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
25 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
26 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
27 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
28 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
29 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    0.59
30 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1.00
31 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
32 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
33 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
34 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                          1.04
35 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
36 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                              
37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
38 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          
39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                            
40 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.05
41 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.12
42 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                         1.16
43 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.21
44 Patrick Calcagni (Sui) Liquigas                                          
45 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                      
46 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           
47 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                          
48 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                         
49 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.24
50 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
52 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
53 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
54 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
55 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.28
56 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         1.30
57 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  1.34
58 Martin Elmiger (Sui) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
59 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
62 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           
63 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
64 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                          
65 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                          
66 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
67 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                         
68 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
69 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    1.44
70 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               1.48
71 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                 
72 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
73 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
74 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
75 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
76 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            1.51
77 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                                   
78 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                                
79 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                              
80 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           
81 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                                  
82 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                                 
83 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      1.54
84 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                     
85 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                       
86 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                          
87 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                           
88 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                         
89 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              2.16
90 Steffen Wesemann (Sui) Team Wiesenhof Felt                           2.18
91 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                
92 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                   
93 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                
94 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                               2.19
95 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                           2.20
96 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     2.35
97 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               2.36
98 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                    
99 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
100 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
101 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
103 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               2.44
104 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                              2.47
105 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                2.50
106 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                    
107 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank                                    
108 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                                    
109 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                     
110 Aurélien Clerc (Sui) Bouygues Telecom                               2.51
111 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Volksbank                                    
112 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
113 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
114 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
115 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
116 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 2.52
117 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               
118 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        
119 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                         
120 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                         
121 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.53
122 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
123 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
124 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                     
125 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 
126 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
127 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
128 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                                   
129 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
130 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
131 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
132 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                  2.54
133 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                        
134 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
135 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  
136 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
137 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2.57
138 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
139 Rubens Bertogliati (Sui) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
140 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
141 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
142 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
143 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  3.01
144 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                    
145 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
146 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
147 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                     
148 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
149 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
150 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                 
151 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                             3.25
152 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                3.30
153 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                 
154 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                    
155 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                            
156 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                 
157 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                               3.31
158 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                             
159 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                    
160 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                             3.47
161 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         4.17
162 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  5.21
163 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              5.27
164 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  5.38
165 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank                             5.43
166 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                         
167 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                 5.53
168 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                              5.54
169 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                      6.39
170 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  6.40
171 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  7.02
172 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                            7.11
173 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com                                          7.18
174 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         
175 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 7.28
176 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          7.32
177 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                          
178 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                      7.34
179 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            7.36
180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             8.32
181 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
 
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 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                        5.15.56
2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                                       
3 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   0.26
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                                      0.55
5 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      0.56
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         0.57
7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                              
8 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                 
9 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                     0.58
10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                    0.59
11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                                      
12 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                          1.03
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                             
14 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                  1.11
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                                       1.20
16 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                                          
17 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                               1.23
18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                     
19 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      
20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      
21 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                        
22 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                               1.27
23 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                                  1.33
24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                                        
25 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                                          
26 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                                     
27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                             1.47
28 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                      
29 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               
30 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                                          1.50
31 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                                   1.53
32 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                                          
33 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                           
34 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                            2.17
35 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                   
36 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                                2.35
37 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                                     
38 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                               2.46
39 Florian Stalder (Sui) Team Volksbank                                                 2.49
40 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              2.50
41 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                               
42 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
43 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                      
44 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                            2.51
45 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                         
46 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                                          
47 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                                          
48 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                            2.52
49 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                                      
50 Unai Uribarri Artabe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                             
51 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                               2.53
52 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            2.56
53 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                                   3.00
54 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                                 3.29
55 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elk Haus-Simplon                                                  
56 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                              3.46
57 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                                   5.20
58 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                   7.01
59 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                                             7.10
60 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com                                                           7.17
61 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                          
62 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                           7.31

Team classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                                          15.47.48
2 Discovery Channel                                                                     1.18
3 Gerolsteiner                                                                          2.45
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                      2.51
5 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                                         2.57
6 Rabobank                                                                              3.09
7 Liquigas                                                                              4.00
8 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                                       4.09
9 Team Milram                                                                           4.39
10 AG2r Prévoyance                                                                          
11 Française des Jeux                                                                   5.21
12 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                                 5.30
13 Unibet.com                                                                           5.39
14 Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                                  6.51
15 Lampre-Fondital                                                                      7.45
16 Team Volksbank                                                                       8.27
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                                     8.30
18 Skil-Shimano                                                                         8.33
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                                    8.36
20 Predictor-Lotto                                                                          
21 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                                 8.48
22 Crédit Agricole                                                                      9.00
23 Elk Haus-Simplon                                                                    10.27

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