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65th Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 11-18, 2007

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Stage 3 - March 14: Limoges - Maurs, 215.5 km

Kolobnev comes of age

Pellizotti retains lead before crucial stage

By Jean-François Quénet in Maurs-la-Jolie

Alexander Kolobnev (Team CSC)
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Alexander Kolobnev scored the first ProTour win of his career with a 213 kilometers breakaway in Paris-Nice, foiling the sprinters by holding a slim twelve second lead on the long drag to the finish in Maurs. The 25 year-old pulled off the move which was similar to one he executed in the 2006 Vuelta a la Valenciana. In the fight for the field sprint, Tom Boonen came out on top, thinking that he had won the longest stage of the Race to the Sun. With the lead cars just in front, Boonen did not see that the Russian from Team CSC was ahead of the commissaire's vehicle taking his first win for his new squad. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) finished safely in the bunch and retained his leader's jersey.

"This is a great win but also an unexpected one", said Kolobnev, the former Russian champion. "I knew the last seven kilometers were downhill so I had to go solo before the top the last small hill. I went all right but after such a long breakaway, I was full of pain."

There were huge hopes for the Vyksa-born rider when he turned pro with Acqua e Sapone in 2002. He rode with Mario Cipollini at Domina Vacanze and joined Rabobank for the 2005 and 2006 season, but he actually didn't fulfill all the expectations so far. "At Rabobank, I was missing the confidence from the team" he explained. "I have found at CSC what was missing for me before. But I didn't expect this win because I don't have good form right now. I couldn't attend the team's training camp in California due to visa problems. I've prepared for the season by myself. Fortunately, the Clasica Almeria and the Tour of Valencia gave me the rhythm of racing again."

The win was Kolobnev's biggest achievement so far, and could signal the real start of his career. It also served to restore the high standard of Team CSC, who have been much quieter than at the last two editions of Paris-Nice.

Pellizotti
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Stage four might be one for Fränk Schleck who is one of the hot favorites for the uphill finish in Mende. Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) and Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) are among the other contendors, but the stage could also be good for prologue winner David Millar. "It's been perfect for me to lose the yellow jersey yesterday because today would have been very hard for my team, the stage was so long," the Briton commented. "I feel very good and I'm confident for being able to stay up there in the climb."

The finish at the Croix-Neuve of Mende is called "montée Laurent Jalabert" named after the winner of the famous stage on Bastille Day, 1995, when the ONCE team threatened Miguel Indurain's five-year reign in the Tour de France. In 2005, the Tour returned to the 300m high climb, and the winner on the day was Marcos Serrano of Liberty Seguros - but who was 5th that day? Current Paris-Nice leader Franco Pellizotti! The Italian, who spent the stage discovering the life in yellow, is optimistic about his chances. "I know this climb really well and I hope to be able to keep the jersey", he said.

How it unfolded

Uhh, Mr. Boonen?
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After only two kilometers into the longest stage of Paris-Nice, three riders went clear: Alexander Kolobnev (CSC), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) and Fabio Baldato (Lampre). Former French champion Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) joined them rapidly. Haussler targeted the mountain prizes all the way and the gap went up to 8'45 at km 55.

100 kilometers further, their lead was still 6'40 on the bunch led by six riders from Liquigas. It went down to five minutes at the last climb of the day, the Côte du Fangas at km 173 where Haussler kept using his energy for taking the polka dot jersey from Stéphane Augé's shoulders. On the downhill, Saunier Duval's Reimert Wielinga went alone in between the break and the bunch but didn't make it across.

Quickstep was working hard in the last 40 kilometers. The difference was just under two minutes with 20km to go. 7km away from the line, Kolobnev parted company with his three friends and profited from the downhill finish to hold his lead on the peloton, where Tom Boonen took the field sprint ahead of Points leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital).

Photography

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Results

1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                       4.59.35 (43.159 km/h)

2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                     0.12
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
4 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                  
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                   
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram                                 
8 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                    
9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                             
10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                
11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                     
12 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
13 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                              
14 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                   
15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                
16 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                        
17 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                
18 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
19 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                    
20 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            
21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
22 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                 
23 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                  
24 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           
25 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
26 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                  
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                    
29 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
31 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           
32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
33 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                     
34 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    
35 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                          
36 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile                                 
37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                              
38 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                               
40 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
41 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                
42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                   
43 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                  
44 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
45 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram                                   
46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                         
47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    
48 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                              
49 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                             
50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance                         
51 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                
52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           
53 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                  
54 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
55 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        
57 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                        
58 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                  
59 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      
60 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 
61 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
62 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                            
63 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           
64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    
65 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                  
66 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                             
67 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
68 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        
69 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                          
70 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
71 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
72 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           
73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              
74 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                  
75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                           
76 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              
77 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                            
78 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 
79 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
80 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                  
81 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                       
82 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             
83 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                             
84 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                              
85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                    
86 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     
88 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
89 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        
90 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               
91 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                
92 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      
93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
94 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  
95 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 
96 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                 
97 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                         
98 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
99 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                            
100 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
101 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               
102 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
103 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        
104 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis                                
105 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                             
106 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
107 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                    
108 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                   
109 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
110 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                     
111 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                   
112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    
113 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                       
114 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                 
115 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
116 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
117 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
118 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram                                  
119 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                           
120 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                         
121 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                               
122 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                         
123 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
124 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                 
125 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
126 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis                                
127 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram                                
128 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                    
129 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
130 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                     
131 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance                         
132 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
133 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
134 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                              
135 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile                                  
136 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                            
137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               
138 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                     
139 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       
140 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                              
141 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                 
142 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      
143 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
144 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  
145 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
146 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   
147 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                       
148 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                              
149 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                             
150 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               1.06
151 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                    13.12
152 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                            
153 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux               
154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                   
155 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               
156 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                     
157 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                      18.09
158 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
DNF Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                     

Points

Lubersac (54.5km) 

1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                   3 pts
2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner               2
3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                    1

Sousceyrac (178km) 

1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                   3 pts
2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                    2
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner               1

Maurs (215.5km) 

1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                  25 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic             22
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital             20
4 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                      18
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance          16
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                       15
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram                     14
8 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel        13
9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                 12
10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                    11
11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                         10
12 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                9
13 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                   8
14 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                        7
15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                     6
16 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel             5
17 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                     4
18 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne        3
19 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                         2
20 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1

Mountains

Côte de Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval (14.5km)
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner     4 pts
2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital      2
3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel          1

Côte de la Grande Renaudie (48.5km)
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner     4 pts
2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel          2
3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC         1

Côte de la Pouège (59km)
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner     4 pts
2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel          2
3 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital      1

Côte du Fangas (173.5km)
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner     7 pts
2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC         5
3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel          3
4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital      2
5 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval     1

Young Rider

1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                          4.59.47
2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                      
3 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                    
5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                         
6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             
7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
8 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                   
9 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                               
11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                     
12 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                              
14 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
15 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    
17 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
18 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                            
19 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        
20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
21 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             
23 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                              
24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     
25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  
26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 
27 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            
28 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  
29 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                     
30 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
31 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux              17.57

Team

1 Team CSC                  14.59.09
2 Agritubel                     0.12
3 Astana                            
4 Predictor - Lotto                 
5 Team Milram                       
6 Discovery Channel Team            
7 T-Mobile Team                     
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi               
9 Saunier Duval - Prodir            
10 Liquigas                         
11 Gerolsteiner                     
12 Rabobank                         
13 Ag2R Prevoyance                  
14 Lampre-Fondital                  
15 Bouygues Telecom                 
16 Quick Step - Innergetic          
17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone     
18 Caisse D’Epargne                 
19 Credit Agricole                  
20 Francaise Des Jeux               

General classification after stage three

1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                      13.32.59 (43.032km/h)
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     0.02
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   0.06
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                            0.07
5 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   0.08
6 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir         0.10
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    0.11
9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 
10 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                            0.13
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                    0.14
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                           0.15
15 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                         
17 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                  
18 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               0.16
19 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram                                   
20 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                0.18
22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             
23 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                         0.19
24 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                              
25 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                               0.20
26 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      0.21
27 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                        
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     0.22
29 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                             0.23
30 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                         0.24
31 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                          0.25
32 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           
33 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                     
34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel                  0.26
35 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                              0.27
36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    
37 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     
39 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                              0.29
40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                  
41 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                        0.31
42 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
43 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
44 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                              0.32
45 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
46 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                             0.33
47 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
48 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
49 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                  
50 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  0.34
52 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
53 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                       
54 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                               
55 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
56 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                        
57 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                 0.35
58 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  
59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                              
60 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto                           
61 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                           
62 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    0.37
63 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                   
64 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           
65 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                
66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance                     0.38
67 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                             
68 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   
69 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    0.39
70 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  
71 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
72 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                
73 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                             0.40
74 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                            
75 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                         
76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                
77 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               
78 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        
79 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                   0.41
80 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    
81 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      
82 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                     
83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    0.42
84 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                 0.43
85 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                       0.44
86 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    
87 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                             0.45
88 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    
89 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                          
90 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                     0.46
91 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis                                 
92 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                          0.47
93 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                    0.48
94 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile                                 
95 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      0.49
96 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       
97 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile                                   
98 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                            0.50
99 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
100 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                                   
101 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                       0.51
102 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           
103 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                
104 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      
105 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                             
106 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    0.52
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                   0.54
108 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
109 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                     
110 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                 
111 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                         0.55
112 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                       0.56
113 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            
114 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                         0.57
115 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                             1.00
116 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                          1.01
117 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic           1.02
118 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram                               
119 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.07
120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic               1.09
121 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                     1.11
122 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                     1.12
123 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                    
124 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                   
125 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                1.15
126 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                         1.17
127 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel              1.18
128 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                 1.24
129 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis                            1.25
130 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                               1.28
131 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                             1.32
132 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                          1.37
133 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                             1.38
134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram                            1.48
135 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                   2.06
136 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                           2.07
137 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              2.08
138 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                      2.11
139 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            2.12
140 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  2.14
141 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                 2.23
142 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux               2.27
143 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram                                  
144 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir            2.28
145 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     3.05
146 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                           3.11
147 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                             3.27
148 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     4.02
149 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic               4.14
150 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                   4.31
151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic              13.30
152 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                13.43
153 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                       13.52
154 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux          14.22
155 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                    14.42
156 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic          15.27
157 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                      18.34
158 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux             21.35

Points Classification

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                 68 pts
2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance              41
3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                          38
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                 35
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                           35
6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                      32
7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                      31
8 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux               27
9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                 27
10 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir              25
11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                       25
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 25
13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    24
14 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             23
15 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram                           23
16 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                       22
17 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram                        22
18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom               21
19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                   20
20 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                      20
21 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                        18
22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                 18
23 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             16
24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel             16
25 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                             16
26 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                        15
27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel              15
28 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir          13
29 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel           13
30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                      12
31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux             12
32 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto                    12
33 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                        11
34 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   11
35 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               10
36 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                          10
37 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                     10
38 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                      9
39 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                           9
40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux             7
41 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                            7
42 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                         6
43 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      5
44 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic             5
45 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                   4
46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole             4
47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                     4
48 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             4
49 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                         4
50 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                           3
51 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne            3
52 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                       3
53 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                  3
54 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    2
55 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                    2
56 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile                             2
57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole              2
58 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          2
59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                      1
60 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                   1
 
Mountains Classification

1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                  19 pts
2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                           10
3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                        8
4 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                          8
5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                       6
6 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    5
7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                          4
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 2
9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis                    2
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux             1
11 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir           1
12 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole              1

Young Rider Classification

1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                            13.33.06
2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      0.01
3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             0.03
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                   0.08
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                    0.13
6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                         0.14
7 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          0.15
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel                      0.18
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                     0.20
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         
11 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.24
12 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                 0.26
14 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                  0.28
16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                0.30
17 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   0.31
18 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  0.32
19 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    0.34
20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                         
21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         0.39
22 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.43
23 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            0.44
24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                  
25 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        0.47
26 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC                            0.49
27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
28 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                              0.50
29 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           1.00
30 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                     1.05
31 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  21.28

Team Classification

1 Liquigas                  40.39.31
2 Caisse D’Epargne              0.05
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir        0.09
4 Lampre-Fondital               0.12
5 Bouygues Telecom              0.25
6 Predictor - Lotto             0.30
7 Team CSC                      0.32
8 Francaise Des Jeux                
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi               
10 Discovery Channel Team       0.34
11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone     
12 Credit Agricole              0.37
13 Rabobank                     0.40
14 Quick Step - Innergetic      0.41
15 T-Mobile Team                0.51
16 Gerolsteiner                 0.57
17 Astana                       0.58
18 Ag2R Prevoyance              1.08
19 Agritubel                    1.09
20 Team Milram                  1.46

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