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71st Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007

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Stage 1 - June 16: Olten - Olten TT, 3.8km

World TT champ back on track

By Shane Stokes in Olten

Fabian Cancellara (CSC)
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It's all about the detail. Seeking his first victory since landing the rainbow jersey in last September's world time trial championships, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara scorched to a dominant win on today's sunny opening stage of the Tour de Suisse.

The CSC rider tore around the mainly flat, very technical 3.8 kilometre course in Olten to finish a full eight seconds clear of Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati (Lampre). It was, he said afterwards, a victory which was due in part to his thorough preparation beforehand.

"I rode the course eight times this morning to become familiar with this prologue," he told the press following the stage. "Even considering that, I was a bit surprised by it [the tight corners] as during the race I was going much faster than in training.

"This victory is very good for me. I am happy as it is my first win since Salzburg, where I took the world championship. I have been trying since then to win another race, but the luck wasn't there. It is a good feeling to get back to winning."

He said that the prologue was a big goal for him in the weeks leading up to the race. "This is almost like a present for my family because recently I have been spending a lot of time training. I made a lot of sacrifices for this prologue, and I think my margin of victory is due to everything coming together here."

Cancellara won the short opening TT back in 2003, taking the race lead in Egerkingen. He lost it the following day to the stage winner Alexandre Vinokourov but now, four years older and stronger, and with the Kazakh several hundred kilometres away at the Dauphiné Libéré, he wants to hang on to it a while longer.

"I would like to continue in this jersey of leader for as long as possible," he stated. "When I had it in this race before I lost it after only 24 hours. I will go for the bonifications tomorrow to try to make sure I hold on."

José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) was disappointed with his third place. When he spoke to Cyclingnews he was lying in second position, having narrowly failed to beat longtime leader Bennati. His response reflects this small difference in time, although this became irrelevant when Cancellara went a full nine seconds better than him.

"I am not happy with that result because I was hoping to win," he said in Spanish as he recovered from his effort. "I missed out by just one second and that is not good…I don't like to lose out like that."

Gerolsteiner's Stefan Schumacher was also unhappy, having finished 12 second off Cancellara in 12th place. "It was not so good. I am not happy with this result. I didn't feel good in the turns, I lost some time there. Also there was a corner out on the course, just before it starts to go downhill, and there was a ***ing helicopter there, causing a lot of turbulence. It was hard to control the bike. I'm not happy about that."

He will be riding his first Tour de France this season and so a good showing during the Tour de Suisse would boost his confidence. "I am not sure how my form is right now," said the Amstel Gold winner. "Hopefully it is okay and the race goes well."

Another rider aiming for a strong performance is Discovery Channel's Janez Brajkovic. He hit the deck during the race, crossing the line with his race number hanging off, small scratches on his limbs and smatterings of sandy earth on his skin and clothing. The young Slovenian finished an excellent fifth overall in 2006 and came into the race motivated to do well; losing 34 seconds on day one and placing only 154th is a big frustration.

"I went a little bit too fast into the right hand corner and then the left hand one came straight afterwards," he said, brushing off the dust. "I hit the ground with my pedal and went into the ditch. I was lucky that it was only on the dirt and the crash was not too bad.

"My time was 4'52 and for sure I lost 15 seconds there. For me I think that is okay, but I am really disappointed. My goal coming into the race was a top ten overall but I don't know now. I have a pain in my leg. I am really disappointed right now, but I suppose I have a couple of days before the tough stages take place."

How it unfolded

Volksbank rider Florian Stalder got the 2007 Tour de Suisse off to a start when he began his race against the clock at 15.45 CET. His time of 4'52 stood for just under nine minutes before Alessandro Proni (Quick Step – Innergetic) recorded a 4'35. Four minutes later Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel) went a second quicker again on the fast, technical course, setting a strong pace which would eventually net him 17th on the stage.

Thirteen riders came and went before there was a change to the top of the leader board. Spurred on by the cheers of his compatriots, Swiss rider Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) posted a very respectable 4'33, only to see this beaten 11-odd minutes later by CSC rider Stuart O'Grady's 4'30.

The Paris-Roubaix winner's reign as maillot jaune virtuel lasted just over half an hour before 2006 Tour de Suisse points victor Daniele Bennati (Lampre Fondital) scorched the course with a 4'28. Many of the big names tried and failed to beat this, with riders such as José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), Andreas Klöden (Astana), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne), Carlos Sastre, Frank Schleck (both CSC), Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) and Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) falling between one and 13 seconds short. Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) lost even more time, conceding 26 seconds to Bennati after crashing during his effort.

Things were looking promising for the Lampre rider. However Cancellara was still to go and the world time trial champion set a blistering pace to deny the Italian. Showing the same kind of speed which won him the Tour de France prologue in 2004, he thundered around the technical 3.8 kilometre parcours in a time of 4'20. He was followed home by the last man off, former TT champ Michael Rogers (T-Mobile), but his pace was never threatened by the Aussie.

Cancellara's margin of victory was huge, and so too his satisfaction at taking yellow on home soil. Defending that lead on stage two to Luzern is a big goal but, for now, he'll relax and spend a few hours savouring his first win since the worlds in Salzburg. It's been a bit of a drought but the form is looking good for the Tour prologue in three weeks time.

The 2007 Tour de Suisse continues with a 157.2 kilometres stage from Olten to Luzern. It features two intermediate sprints plus a category three and a category four climb, all coming inside the final 31.2 kilometres.

Photography

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Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                 4.20.90 (52.615 km/h)
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            0.07.96
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              0.08.13
4 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                             0.09.36
5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                    0.09.67
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          0.09.70
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                             0.10.82
8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       0.11.12
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.11.30
10 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                0.11.69
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                 0.11.83
12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   0.12.12
13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                     0.12.59
14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                            0.12.74
15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                               0.13.07
16 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.13.62
16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                            
18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                0.13.63
19 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         0.13.79
20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                 0.14.18
21 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                   0.14.55
22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         0.14.62
23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         0.14.71
24 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  0.14.87
25 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                        0.14.95
26 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  0.15.04
27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          0.15.39
28 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                    0.15.48
29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                           0.15.50
30 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                             0.15.85
31 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         0.16.00
32 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                             0.16.29
33 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                        0.16.42
34 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone          0.16.43
35 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                           0.16.47
36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         0.16.52
37 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                       0.16.72
38 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                              0.16.79
39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    0.16.97
40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                     0.17.04
41 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                            0.17.49
42 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           0.17.59
43 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.17.74
44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                    0.17.94
45 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                0.18.24
46 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                        0.18.25
47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         0.18.86
48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                0.19.03
49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone         0.19.25
50 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                            0.19.49
51 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     0.19.50
52 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 0.19.52
53 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          0.19.55
54 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            0.19.67
55 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 0.19.85
55 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                     0.19.86
58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                               0.19.88
59 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          0.20.06
60 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                 0.20.07
61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    0.20.13
62 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                         0.20.35
63 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                            0.20.45
64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       0.20.46
65 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                0.20.62
66 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                 0.20.83
67 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 0.20.89
68 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             0.21.12
69 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.21.37
70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                              0.21.39
71 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             0.21.40
72 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              0.21.51
72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
74 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 0.21.53
75 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           0.21.62
76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                      0.21.87
77 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            0.21.93
78 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      0.22.05
79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                              0.22.06
80 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    0.22.19
81 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                      0.22.21
82 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            0.22.36
83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           0.23.03
84 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       0.23.04
85 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                   0.23.29
86 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 0.23.35
87 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                0.23.36
88 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                             0.23.40
89 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                             0.23.55
90 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         0.23.57
90 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
92 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.23.82
92 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       
94 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.23.87
95 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               0.23.99
96 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      0.24.07
97 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                      0.24.18
98 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                 0.24.21
99 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       0.25.03
100 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                 0.25.11
101 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             0.25.17
102 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 0.25.27
103 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.25.39
104 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               0.25.40
105 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                             0.25.43
106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          0.25.76
107 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              0.25.82
108 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.25.95
109 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                       0.26.18
110 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir        0.26.78
111 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                          0.26.92
112 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              0.27.08
113 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                       0.27.14
114 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                           0.27.22
115 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    0.27.37
116 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           0.27.62
117 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        0.27.74
117 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    
119 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           0.27.93
120 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir      0.27.96
121 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            0.27.97
122 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      0.28.03
123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.28.18
124 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              0.28.24
125 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                       0.28.74
126 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                0.28.78
127 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            0.28.83
128 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                     0.29.02
129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               0.29.10
130 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           0.29.16
131 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                              0.29.39
132 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.29.40
133 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                    0.29.49
134 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                     0.29.58
135 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  0.29.64
136 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                    0.29.98
137 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.30.52
138 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        0.30.77
139 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      0.30.88
140 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                       0.30.96
141 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              0.30.99
142 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                           0.31.38
142 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                              
144 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                           0.31.47
145 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                 0.31.73
146 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                     0.31.81
147 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                 0.32.14
148 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 0.32.25
149 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                        0.32.28
150 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                          0.32.29
151 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  0.32.37
152 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         0.32.94
153 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                 0.33.09
154 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       0.33.18
155 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     0.33.54
156 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       0.33.56
157 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           0.33.91
158 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                           0.34.10
159 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                              0.35.49
160 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            0.35.52
161 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                      0.35.71
162 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                           0.37.52
163 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                           0.38.68
164 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  0.38.98
165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          0.40.93
166 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               0.44.32
 
General classification after stage one
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                              4.20
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         0.08
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne           0.09
4 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                          0.10
5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                          0.11
8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    0.12
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
10 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                  
12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                0.13
13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                      
14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                             
15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                
16 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                  0.14
17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 
19 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic          
20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic              0.15
21 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                    
22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          
23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          
24 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                   
25 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                         
26 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                   
27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       0.16
28 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                     
29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
30 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                              
31 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
32 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                          0.17
33 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         
34 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           
35 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                            
36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
37 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                        
38 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               
39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     
40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                      
41 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                         0.18
42 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            
43 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                     
45 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                             0.19
46 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                         
47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 
49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      0.20
50 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                             
51 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                      
52 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
53 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
54 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             
55 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
56 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                      
58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                
59 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
60 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                  
61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                 0.21
62 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                          
63 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        
65 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                 
66 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                  
67 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
68 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          0.22
69 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                               
71 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
73 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               
74 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
75 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            
76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                       
77 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             
78 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       
79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                               
80 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 0.23
81 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                       
82 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             
83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            
84 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
85 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                0.24
86 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                  
87 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
88 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                              
89 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
90 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
91 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
92 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
93 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                 
94 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
95 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
96 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
97 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                   0.25
98 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                  
99 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        
100 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                              0.26
101 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
102 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
103 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         
104 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                
105 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                              
106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
107 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
108 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
109 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                    0.27
110 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         
111 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
112 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               
113 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                    0.28
114 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
115 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir     
116 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
117 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
118 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                              
119 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            
120 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            
121 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
122 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                    0.29
124 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
125 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        
126 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
127 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
128 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                      
129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            0.30
130 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
131 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                               
132 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         
133 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                     
134 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                      
135 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
136 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                     
137 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.31
138 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone         
139 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone       
140 Francesco C. Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                     
141 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
142 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                    0.32
143 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                            
144 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                            
145 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com                                  
146 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                      
147 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                              0.33
148 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
149 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                         
150 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                           
151 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
152 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
153 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                  
154 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    0.34
155 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
156 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
157 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            
158 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                        0.35
159 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                           0.36
160 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
161 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                       
162 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                        0.38
163 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                        0.39
164 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                       0.41
166 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            0.45
 
Points classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                   25 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              20
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                16
4 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               13
5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      11
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                                9
8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          8
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                7
10 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   6
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                    5
12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      4
13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                        3
14 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                               2
15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  1
 
Team classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                        13.25
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                               0.15
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 0.17
4 Quickstep-Innergetic                                             0.18
5 Lampre-Fondital                                                      
6 Française des Jeux                                               0.19
7 Gerolsteiner                                                     0.20
8 Astana                                                           0.21
9 Predictor-Lotto                                                      
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                0.22
11 T-Mobile Team                                                   0.24
12 Unibet.com                                                      0.27
13 Liquigas                                                            
14 Rabobank                                                        0.28
15 AG2r Prévoyance                                                     
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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