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71st Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007

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Stage 2 - June 17: Olten - Luzern, 157.2km

Another win for Zabel as Cancellara holds on

Little change in the general classification

By Shane Stokes in Luzern

Zabel wins with the bike throw
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Milram's Erik Zabel is enjoying a late career revival, due perhaps to the weight that has been taken off his shoulders. Since his May 24th confession for having used EPO back in 1996, Erik Zabel has returned to his top sprinting form. He won stages two and three in the Bayern Rundfahrt and today galloped home ahead of Daniel Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), Fabian Cancellara and Stuart O'Grady (both CSC) to win the second stage of the Tour de Suisse.

Neither Zabel nor Bennati knew who won but once the photo finish was studied, it was determined that the Milram rider had triumphed by a very small margin. Bennati had two reasons to be disappointed; for one, he finished as runner up for the second day in a row, and also that position plus Cancellara's strong sprint ensured that he was unable to take over the yellow jersey of race leader.

"I'm very happy to win," Zabel told the media at the post-stage press conference. "Today was a difficult day for the sprinters because of the third category mountain near the end [the Rengg]. I was nearly dropped there but with the last of my strength, I was able to reach the top with the main bunch. The descent was twisting and very fast so that was tough too.

"Ballan and Ongarato were setting the pace coming up to the finish. I could hear a crash behind but it didn't affect us. There was a slight rise to the line and also a slight crosswind, and both of these helped me. The photo finish was very tight but I made it."

Cancellara, in yellow, sprinting
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Cancellara said prior to the stage that his goal was to keep the jersey longer than the 24 hours he held it when he first won the Tour de Suisse prologue back in 2003. He succeeded in that goal, beating Bennati to take second in the day's first bonus sprint and then finishing just behind his Italian rival in the final gallop to the line. He ended the day 7 seconds ahead, conceding just one from his overnight margin to the Lampre sprint specialist. Not a bad showing for a guy who is known more as a time trial rider.

"In the Semaine Catalane I once beat Erik Zabel in the sprint and then another time in Paris-Nice I was ahead of Jaan Kirsipuu," Cancellara said, explaining that he has had some success in this area. "But I think if I trained to improve my sprint, I would lose something else."

He said that his defence of the jersey was achieved through several efforts. "First of all, I fought for the bonus in the first sprint. After that, we had this climb of the Rengg, which was fairly difficult. I wanted to cross the summit toward the front and fortunately I succeeded in that. It gave me additional motivation for the final kilometres.

"When we got to the sprint I was convinced that I would be pretty fast, but maybe not fast enough to win. Stuart O'Grady was there and he did great work as a team-mate to help me. I am pretty happy with my third place and think that this yellow jersey gave me additional strength on the mountain and in the sprint."

Indeed, had things worked out better, he feels he could even have taken the victory. "Just before the finish I went into a roundabout too fast and had to jump over an island on the road. I lost a bit of ground to those ahead of me and had to make a big effort to catch them. Perhaps if the finish was 100 metres further, the result could have been different.

"Initially we didn't know who won," he continued. "I am happy that Zabel took the victory, but would also have been satisfied if Bennati had won because he is a guy for the future. I'm pleased for Zabel, though, because of what he has been through recently."

Daniele Bennati (Lampre)
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The day's big aggressor was the Zurich rider Pascal Hungerbühler, who went clear approximately 82 kilometres from the finish. Making the most of what had been a relatively relaxed pace in the peloton, the Volksbank pro quickly established a lead of over four minutes, but was eventually reeled in after approximately 50 clicks out front. Further attacks then followed, including a move containing team-mate Stadler Florian, Matteo Carrara (Unibet) and Quick Step – Innergetic's Carlos Barredo, which was brought back inside six kilometres to go. As some consolation, Carrara did end the day in the mountains jersey.

Hungerbühler also had something to show, having got some valuable publicity for his Volksbank team. But he said he was sad to be caught. "I had hoped to stay in front for as long as possible, maybe for the mountains jersey. This morning I woke up with the sensation that I had a cold. I was freezing when I went out. I hoped I could sweat it out but that didn't work. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow morning."

Today's stage was marked by a big crash inside the final kilometre, with riders such as Grégory Rast (Astana) hitting the deck. The spill caused big splits in the main bunch but as per UCI rules, these time differences were negated when it came to working out the general classification.

Cancellara was one of those who stayed out of trouble, his strong riding in the run up to the sprint ensuring that he was ahead of the problem. He said that he will try to ride well again tomorrow, even if the parcours doesn't suit him.

"The main aim was to defend the yellow jersey, and to have it tomorrow at the start is a nice result. I know that I am not a climber but I will do everything possible to hold onto this on the mountain tomorrow. I will climb at my own rhythm. I noticed on the Rengg that Damiano Cunego was positioned in the front and so perhaps tomorrow he will try something."

How it unfolded

166 riders lined out for the second stage of the Tour de Suisse, with Fabian Cancellara leading them off in yellow. It was sunny and approximately 26 degrees. The riders were clearly enjoying the weather as it was a relatively peaceful start; CSC were patrolling the front of the bunch and very few attacks were launched.

The first significant move of the day took place when Zurich rider Pascal Hungerbühler went clear approximately 82 kilometres from the finish. He established a gap of two minutes in just five kilometres, and this advantage continued to grow. On the unclassified hill of Swarzenback, site of the day's feed zone, the Volksbank pro had almost four minutes on the CSC-led bunch but with 58 kilometres to go, he reached his maximum gap of 4'30.

Hungerbühler took the first bonus sprint near Wolhusen while behind, 2'25 later, Cancellara fortified his lead when he outsprinted closest rival Bennati. Soon afterwards the riders raced onto the third category climb of Rengg and these slopes saw a number of attacks being launched.

Swiss rider Steve Zampieri (Cofidis) was one of the most aggressive and got away with several others. Hungerbühler was caught near the summit and Matteo Carrara (Unibet) was first over the line, taking the points there ahead of Quick Step duo Carlos Barredo and Alessandro Proni, plus T-Mobile's Giuseppe Guerini.

Carrara persisted after the top and was joined with approximately 12 kilometres to go by Barredo and Stadler Florian (Volksbank). They were 14 seconds clear of the peloton at this stage, but the gap jumped to 45 seconds by the time Stalder took the final hot spot sprint at Malters.

With just over six kilometres to go, Carrara secured the KOM jersey for the day when he crested the fourth category Obernau ahead of Barredo and Florian. Very soon afterwards they were hauled back by the bunch, paving the way for a big sprint.

A crash inside the final kilometre brought down several riders, including the Swiss Grégory Rast (Astana), and opened up large gaps in the peloton. The front runners were ahead of the fallers, though, and Zabel was able to take the victory ahead of Bennati, Cancellara and O'Grady.

Thanks to his strong finish plus the bonus seconds seized earlier, Cancellara ended the day seven seconds ahead of Bennati. He thus succeeded in his aim of holding on at the top, and will begin tomorrow's 228.7 kilometre stage to the Austrian town of Nauders in yellow.

With the Hors Categorie Flüelapass coming 60 kilometres from the finish and then the third category hill of Norbertshöhe topping out with two k's to go, it's going to be hard for the big Swiss rider. He's vowed to fight on, though, and will be helped once more by his CSC team.

Photography

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Images by Shane Stokes / Cyclingnews

Results

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      4.04.56 (38.508 km/h)
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                         
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            
5 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                      
7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       
10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                         
11 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                         
13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                    
14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
16 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 
17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
20 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
21 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                     
22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                    
24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
26 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                                
28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             
29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
30 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
31 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                          
32 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                   
33 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                
34 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                    
35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                  
36 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                        
37 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           
38 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             
39 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
40 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
41 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             
42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
44 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                                
45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                         
46 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                    
47 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      
48 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
50 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
51 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
52 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                    
53 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                   
54 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        
55 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                      
56 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                   
57 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
58 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 
59 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
60 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
61 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                            
62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
63 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                         
64 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
65 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
66 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                 
67 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
68 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                       
69 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                         
70 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
71 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
72 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
73 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
74 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
75 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
76 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
77 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         
78 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
79 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
80 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
81 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                              
82 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
83 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
84 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
85 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
86 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          
87 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
88 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                                
89 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
90 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                           
91 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                              
92 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                        
93 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                      
94 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
95 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                     
96 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
97 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               
98 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
99 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
100 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
101 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
102 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
103 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                      
104 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                                   
105 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                                    
106 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
107 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           
108 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                               
109 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                             
110 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                   
111 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                               
112 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
113 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
114 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                 0.56
115 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                             
116 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
117 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         
118 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            
119 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                         
120 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
121 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                           
122 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
123 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
124 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                              
125 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      
126 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   
127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                    
128 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                         2.56
129 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
130 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      3.15
131 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                        4.00
132 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
133 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
134 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                               
135 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  
136 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
137 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                      
138 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                             
139 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                   
140 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                   
141 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            
142 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
143 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
144 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         
145 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                
146 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  
147 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                            
148 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       
149 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                
150 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       
151 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
152 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
153 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
154 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
155 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              
156 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                       
157 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                                      
158 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
159 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             4.22
160 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
161 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 6.13
162 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
163 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    6.18
164 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          9.49
165 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   20.05
DNF Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
 
Points
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           25 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  20
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       16
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          13
5 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                  11
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                    10
7 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    9
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    8
9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                      7
10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        6
11 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                             5
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        4
13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                   3
14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          2
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                1
 
Mountains
 
Rengg - km 135.3
1 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                         5 pts
2 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          3
3 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 2
4 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    1

Obernau - km 150.6
1 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                         3 pts
2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 2
3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                    1
 
Teams
 
1 Liquigas                                                         12.14.48
2 Lampre-Fondital                                                          
3 Team CSC                                                                 
4 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                     
5 Predictor-Lotto                                                          
6 Bouygues Telecom                                                         
7 Team Milram                                                              
8 Team Volkswagen-Trek                                                     
9 Crédit Agricole                                                          
10 Caisse d'Epargne                                                        
11 AG2r Prévoyance                                                         
12 Française des Jeux                                                      
13 T-Mobile Team                                                           
14 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      
15 Gerolsteiner                                                            
16 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                         
17 Unibet.com                                                              
18 Rabobank                                                                
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       
20 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                    
21 Astana
                                                                  
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  4.09.10
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                0.07
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.15
4 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 0.16
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 0.17
8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           0.18
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            
11 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 
12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                         
13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       0.19
14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                    
15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                       
16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                         0.20
17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                        
19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     0.21
20 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           
21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
23 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                                
24 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          
25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              0.22
26 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                            
27 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                     
28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
29 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                 0.23
30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                                
31 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                  
32 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                   
33 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
34 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                               
35 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      
36 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            
37 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             
38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               0.24
39 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
40 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                    0.25
41 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                
42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
43 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                0.26
44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             
45 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
47 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             
48 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
49 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                         
50 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        0.27
51 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
52 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                                    
53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               
54 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         
55 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
56 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.28
57 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      
59 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
60 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                      
61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                   
62 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
63 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
65 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                      
66 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        0.29
67 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                              
68 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                   
70 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     0.30
71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                           
72 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                         
73 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
74 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                     
75 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                                     
76 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        
77 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
78 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
79 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
80 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
81 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           0.31
82 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                      0.32
83 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
85 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                              
87 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             0.33
88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
89 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
90 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                                0.34
91 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
92 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                      
93 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
94 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                     
95 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
96 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.35
97 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                    
98 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                                
99 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
100 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
101 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               0.36
102 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                      
103 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                
104 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            0.37
105 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                               
106 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                      
107 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                               0.38
108 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                         
109 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                             
110 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     0.39
111 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                
112 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
113 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           0.40
114 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
115 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
116 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
117 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                               0.41
118 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                0.42
119 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                               0.44
120 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                        1.15
121 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                     1.17
122 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       1.20
123 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.22
124 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          1.25
125 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                         1.27
126 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                 1.28
127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                           1.30
128 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
129 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                     1.35
130 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                         3.32
131 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      3.51
132 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   4.18
133 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                              4.22
134 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                               4.24
135 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            4.25
136 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            4.26
137 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                      
138 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                   4.27
139 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            4.30
140 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
141 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                     4.32
142 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
143 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                           4.33
144 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir        4.34
145 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                
146 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  4.35
147 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
148 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                             
149 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   4.36
150 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                            
151 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                            
152 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            4.37
153 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              
154 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                              4.39
155 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  4.42
156 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               4.45
157 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
158 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              4.47
159 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   4.51
160 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             5.01
161 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         6.39
162 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 6.45
163 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    6.46
164 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         10.31
165 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   20.31
 
Points classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       41 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  40
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           25
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          24
5 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   22
6 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    16
7 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                  11
8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                10
9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                    10
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   9
11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             8
12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   8
13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   7
14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                     7
15 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        6
16 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       6
17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                        5
18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                             5
19 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          4
20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        4
21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                   3
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            3
23 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                   2
24 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          2
25 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      1
26 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                1
 
Mountain classification
 
1 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                         8 pts
2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 4
3 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          3
4 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    1
5 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                    1
 
Team classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                         12.28.13       
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   0.15
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     0.17
4 Lampre-Fondital                                                      0.18
5 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                     
6 Française des Jeux                                                   0.19
7 Gerolsteiner                                                         0.20
8 Predictor-Lotto                                                      0.21
9 Astana                                                                   
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                    0.22
11 T-Mobile Team                                                       0.24
12 Liquigas                                                            0.27
13 Unibet.com                                                              
14 AG2r Prévoyance                                                     0.28
15 Rabobank                                                                
16 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                     0.30
17 Crédit Agricole                                                     0.31
18 Team Milram                                                         0.43
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                   0.45
20 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                0.48
21 Team Volkswagen-Trek                                                0.49

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