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71st Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 16-24, 2007

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Stage 6 - June 21: Giubiasco - Crans-Montana, 95 km

All Hail Dekker And Efimkin

By Shane Stokes in Crans Montana and Gregor Brown

Thomas Dekker (Rabobank)
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Apocalyptic race conditions, emergency changes to the parcours, flat out racing and an upheaval in the general classification; today's sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse had it all. At the end of two hours, 28 minutes of racing Tour of Romandie victor Thomas Dekker scooped more success on Swiss soil when he raced to the day's victory, while 11 seconds later Russian rider Vladimir Efimkin sprinted in to take the race overall lead from Fränk Schleck (Team CSC).

The Caisse d'Epargne rider finished in a five man group which wheeled in just behind second-placed rider Gerrit Glomser (Team Volksbank). This quintet had ripped clear of the main field on the tough climb to the finish in Crans Montana, the quality group also including Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval Prodir), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne), Damiano Cunego (Lampre – Fondital) and Simoni's teammate José Angel Gomez Marchante.

As for overnight race leader Frank Schleck, his form on this climb contrasted markedly with his dominant display on stage four. He cracked with just over four kilometres to go and lost 1'21 between there and the finish, placing 26th on the stage and falling to third overall, 21" back. Gomez Marcante is now Efimkin's closet challenger at nine seconds.

Apart from the reshuffling of the general classification, the big news of the day was the incredible storm which was raging at the start and which led to the abandonment of the race after just six kilometres. Huge chunks of hail and ice fell from the skies, breaking team car windshields, bruising riders and even smashing some carbon frames. The riders took cover for a while in a tunnel while emergency discussions about the best course of action were taken by race director Armin Meier and others.

He spoke with rider representatives Schleck, Fabian Cancellara (CSC) and Erik Zabel and due to weather reports forecasting another possible storm on the day's hors categorie climb of Nufenenpass, it was decided to restart the race on the other side of the mountain in Ulrichen, 95 kilometres from the finish. The peloton was ferried to that point and things got underway once more at 15.35.

The chase is on
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"The riders were all in agreement to protect themselves," Efimkin said of the storm and its aftermath. "The solidarity between the riders was truly extraordinary [in the difficult conditions].

"I thank the organisers who made the effort to organise the transport to bring all the race caravan together. We fight on the bike but this became a battle to save the stage, and that was successful."

The 25 year-old stated that he had to dig deep on the final 12 kilometre climb, which gained 833 metres in height, but said that it was worth it. "The climb was very hard, very difficult, even after a couple of hours of racing. When I heard from my team car that Frank Schleck was in difficulty, it was necessary to pedal harder. It made me suffer even more but it worked out well.

"I am very proud to have this jersey. There is a special reason for that because I crashed heavily in Tirreno-Adriatico and, apart from my family, my team was also very concerned and helpful to me. Because of that I am very happy to be in yellow.

"After a difficult start of season due to the crash, I worked a lot to reach this level. In the Euskal Bizikleta I already had the opportunity to win a stage and be the leader for one day. Now here I am first overall again, in an important race like the Tour of Switzerland. I will do everything I can to arrive in Bern with that jersey on my shoulders, even if I know that the task is not an easy one because tomorrow's mountain stage will be very hard.

"I think that I and Vladimir Karpets have a good chance to win the overall classification and we will try to get it."

Team CSC's directeur sportif Kim Andersen was philosophical afterwards. It's likely that the team will come out fighting again tomorrow.

"It's too bad, but it couldn't be helped. We'd kind of hoped that Frank would take another stage, which is why we picked up the pace just before the climb. But maybe it was a disadvantage for Frank that the stage was shortened. He never really got the chance to wear down his rivals, because it was fast paced on a flat road before the climb.

"But, on the other hand, it was quite good that the team was spared a bit today with a shorter route."

Stage winner Thomas Dekker did not appear at the post-race press conference due to the late finish and the fact that he had to wait a long time before being able to give a sample in doping control. The Rabobank team hotel is 95 kilometres from the stage end, making it likely that he will return to the hotel very late.

How it unfolded

Gerrit Glomser (Volksbank)
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The riders started in the Ticino town of Giubiasco this morning facing 190 kilometres to the finish on the 1452-metre Crans-Montana. Soon after the start, they were met with heavy rains and a hailstorm that forced the riders to take shelter in garages. Some riders were nailed with golf ball-sized ice chunks, including White of Discovery, which drew blood.

The race got back underway at 15:35 under sunny skies in Ulrichen, at kilometre 95, or 95km to go. The peloton rolled along led by CSC for race leader Fränk Schleck. The Luxemburger got out of climbing the Hors Catégorie Nufenenpass but still would have to face the 11.3-kilometre explosive climb to Crans-Montana.

Victor Hugo Peña (Unibet.com) and René Weissinger (Volksbank) nailed it off the front of the peloton at 80 kilometres to go. The Colombian-German duo gained up to 2'59" over the peloton still being led by CSC. During this time there was a crash (-63km) with Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre-Fondital) and a Saunier Duval Rider. The Italian from Avola (Sicily) was carried off in the ambulance with a neck brace but at the point of this writing, he was reported with a "possible concussion."

Peña and Weissinger kept tapping out the rhythm westward towards Vaas and the base of the day's climb. Neither of the men had much kick in their legs and they were resigned to the fact that they were going to be climbers' bait for the finale. At 33 kilometres to go, 23 to the base of the Crans-Montana, the duo held on to a slim 1'30" gap.

Gerolsteiner started adding coals to the chase fire for German Stefan Schumacher. The winner of the Amstel Gold Race fancied his changes on the upward run. "It will be an explosive finish that will suit the attackers," Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) noted before the race start.

Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne)
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At 'Sprint 2' the gap was at 1'43". Peña was letting his German partner get all the sprint points. Florian Stalder of Volksbank nipped off the front of the peloton at both sprint points to get third spot. Volksbank was not banking on the stage win but, rather, gathering the points on offer to maintain Stalder's white sprint leader's jersey.

Soon after, at 14 kilometres remaining, the duo was swept up and the path was cleared for the day's final artilleries. At the base of the final run the peloton was thinning under the firepower of 2006 Roubaix winner Fabian Cancellara. The Swiss was followed by Sastre and then race leader Schleck. Astana was looking particularly anxious to attack.

Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) busted CSC's tempo with a blast at 10 kilometres to go. The Belgian was followed by Caisse's David López García. The Spaniard dropped Devolder two kilometres later while Gerrit Glomser (Volksbank) put in a chase from behind. As Devolder was nailed back by the peloton Saunier's magic duo Simoni and Gomez Marchante were moving up beside the Lampre's Cunego.

López García and Glomser joined forces for the final seven kilometres. The duo briefly became a trio at five kilometres to go when a horse ran on the course in front of Glomser. The riders followed the four-legged cycling fanatic for 300 metres until he ran back of the course. Near the same time, Schleck was running out of horsepower and drifting back.

Italian Simoni closed the gap to López García and Glomser at four kilometres remaining. Cunego was having none of it and went after his former team captain with a launch that blew the lead group apart. Only José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) joined Il Piccolo Principe in the drive.

The duo faded and it was countered by young Dutchman Thomas Dekker of Rabobank under two kilometres to go. He caught and passed Glomser and Simoni, who finished second and third. Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) finished in seventh but with his time gap over the faded Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) he took the race leader's jersey.

Photography

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Results

1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.28.00 (38.514 km/h)
2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                               0.08
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      0.11
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
6 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                   0.21
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                       0.31
10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                      
11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 
12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
14 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              0.41
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      
16 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
17 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   
18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          0.47
19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone            1.16
20 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
21 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                         
22 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                 
23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 1.21
24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
25 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                  
26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
28 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
29 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 1.58
30 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                           
31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
32 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
33 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.27
35 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                             2.40
36 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                             2.43
37 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                         2.55
38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
39 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                          
40 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
41 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
42 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         3.16
43 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                           
44 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                       3.33
46 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      
47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            
48 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3.38
49 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                   3.51
50 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         4.22
51 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  4.53
52 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                                4.56
53 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                     
54 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       
55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                        
56 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                           
57 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
58 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
59 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
60 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            5.39
61 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                     
62 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                   5.41
63 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              6.34
64 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      8.15
65 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
66 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 
67 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                                 
68 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
69 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                   
70 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
71 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
72 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
73 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                  9.43
74 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          10.35
75 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
76 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
77 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              
78 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
79 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
80 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
81 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                       
82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
83 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
84 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
85 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              
86 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
87 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 
88 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
89 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
90 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
91 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                    
92 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     
93 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                      10.40
94 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir       10.42
95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                11.18
96 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   12.55
97 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                             
98 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                             
99 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
100 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                               
101 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                     17.38
102 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           18.48
103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      20.20
104 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                      
105 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                 
106 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
107 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
108 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                             
109 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic             
110 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
111 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                               
112 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         
113 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
114 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                
115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
116 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
117 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               
119 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            
120 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                  
121 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                   
122 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
123 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                           
124 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                
125 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
126 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                          
127 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               
128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
129 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               
130 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                         
131 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                         
132 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
133 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  
134 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      
135 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
136 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                  
137 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone              
138 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  
139 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           
140 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
141 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                       
142 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
143 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
144 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   
145 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                
146 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        
147 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                
DNF John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   
DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
DNF Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     
DNF Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
DNS` Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   
 
Points
 
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        15 pts
2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 12
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        10
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              9
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 8
6 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              7
7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              6
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      5
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          4
10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                     3
11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                2
12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       1
 
Mountains
 
Route du Golf - km 93.3
1 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         8 pts
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 6
3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                      4
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              2
5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  1
 
Sprints
 
Visp - km 46.2
1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                 6 pts
2 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                           3
3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 1
 
Sierre - km 74.9
1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                 6 pts
2 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                           3
3 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                               7.24.53
2 Unibet.com                                                        1.15
3 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              1.27
4 Astana                                                            1.35
5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                3.13
6 AG2r Prévoyance                                                   3.44
7 Bouygues Telecom                                                  5.14
8 Quickstep-Innergetic                                              5.21
9 Team CSC                                                          5.22
10 T-Mobile Team                                                    6.42
11 Rabobank                                                         7.41
12 Crédit Agricole                                                  9.41
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               11.38
14 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 12.19
15 Française des Jeux                                              15.34
16 Team Volkswagen-Trek                                            15.45
17 Liquigas                                                        16.14
18 Lampre-Fondital                                                 20.59
19 Gerolsteiner                                                    22.44
20 Team Milram                                                     22.53
21 Predictor-Lotto                                                 32.53
 
General classification
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                       21.57.03
2 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           0.09
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      0.21
4 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                   0.26
5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.30
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                       
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              0.57
8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     1.10
9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1.13
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.50
11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                  1.52
12 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                              1.57
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  2.26
14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         2.47
15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              3.19
16 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              3.32
17 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                       3.47
18 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                             5.18
19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 5.40
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          5.50
21 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           5.59
22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                      6.19
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                      6.21
24 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          6.30
25 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                              6.32
26 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                             6.51
27 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        7.01
28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             7.02
29 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              7.52
30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                
31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         8.25
32 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                     8.42
33 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole                             8.52
34 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                         9.36
35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            10.32
36 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone           10.36
37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         11.05
38 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        11.14
39 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                   12.20
40 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             12.23
41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                      13.23
42 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                  13.42
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                           14.09
44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      14.52
45 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           16.31
46 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  17.12
47 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  17.26
48 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                              17.52
49 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                  18.50
50 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Team Volksbank                            19.32
51 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                            19.35
52 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    20.13
53 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      20.42
54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       21.01
55 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                            21.26
56 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                22.02
57 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                22.32
58 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     22.49
59 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                              23.21
60 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                23.51
61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            24.09
62 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                24.22
63 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                      24.34
64 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        24.35
65 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone          25.38
66 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                      25.41
67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            25.46
68 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             27.20
69 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                 27.39
70 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      28.11
71 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   28.49
72 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                        29.59
73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          31.02
74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 31.41
75 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      32.03
76 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         32.18
77 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                  32.59
78 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Volksbank                         33.18
79 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                  33.21
80 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             33.43
81 Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir       33.57
82 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                34.55
83 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     34.56
84 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               35.47
85 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance                               36.17
86 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    37.28
87 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                            38.16
88 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 38.18
89 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                              38.28
90 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                        39.02
91 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          39.18
92 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 39.22
93 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                  39.36
94 Tom Criel (Bel) Unibet.com                                      41.23
95 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         41.39
96 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            42.08
97 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            42.40
98 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        43.47
99 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                               44.04
100 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone        45.21
101 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
102 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                  45.48
103 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               45.55
104 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               
105 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                           
106 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                           46.45
107 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             47.05
108 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prevoyance                            47.29
109 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      47.30
110 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole                       48.29
111 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           49.17
112 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              49.31
113 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             49.56
114 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          49.59
115 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                            50.18
116 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        50.34
117 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                             50.41
118 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                   
119 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone          51.10
120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   51.33
121 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         51.35
122 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                           51.51
123 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  52.38
124 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               52.45
125 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     53.10
126 Alexandre Usau (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance                           53.30
127 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                     53.45
128 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                     53.58
129 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                54.37
130 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                          54.44
131 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    54.47
132 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          56.20
133 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        57.00
134 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        57.12
135 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          59.12
136 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            59.15
137 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                         1.02.13
138 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.02.50
139 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                           1.02.57
140 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                            1.03.19
141 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                    1.04.15
142 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone    1.07.00
143 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             1.07.11
144 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                         1.07.43
145 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                               1.07.51
146 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                  1.11.06
147 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone      1.32.33
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               60 pts
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    42
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        41
4 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                 35
5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                       24
6 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                               24
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        23
8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     23
9 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                22
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                    20
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone             20
12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            19
13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      19
14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prevoyance                               18
15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            17
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               17
17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       17
18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               17
19 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                16
20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       15
21 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                     15
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            15
23 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                12
24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                        12
25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               12
26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
27 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                          10
28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          8
29 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       8
30 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana                                       7
31 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  7
32 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     6
33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                             6
34 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    6
35 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                                     5
36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic                          5
37 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       4
38 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                4
39 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             3
40 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 3
41 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          3
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      38 pts
2 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     25
3 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                    20
4 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                          15
5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     13
6 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                  10
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         8
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         8
9 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     8
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             6
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                6
12 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone               6
13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     5
14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
15 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step - Innergetic                         4
16 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic             4
17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             3
18 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          2
19 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                2
20 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 1
21 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                1
22 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  1
23 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    1
 
Sprints Classification
 
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                20 pts
2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                          14
3 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                12
4 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana                                   9
5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Volksbank                                  6
6 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                     6
7 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                             6
8 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                6
9 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                           6
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    3
11 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic             3
12 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    3
13 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                      2
14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                                     1
15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1
16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            1
17 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                              65.53.47
2 Unibet.com                                                        4.53
3 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              7.27
4 T-Mobile Team                                                     8.13
5 AG2r Prévoyance                                                  10.24
6 Bouygues Telecom                                                 10.26
7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                               11.47
8 Quickstep-Innergetic                                             12.49
9 Team CSC                                                         13.08
10 Astana                                                          14.27
11 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 31.41
12 Lampre-Fondital                                                 34.15
13 Team Volkswagen-Trek                                            34.19
14 Rabobank                                                        36.42
15 Crédit Agricole                                                 38.51
16 Française des Jeux                                              48.23
17 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               52.50
18 Liquigas                                                      1.06.54
19 Gerolsteiner                                                  1.07.02
20 Predictor-Lotto                                               1.13.15
21 Team Milram                                                   1.20.57

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