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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, September 9-15, 2007
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Stage 3 - September 12: Worcester - Wolverhampton, 152.5 km
Goss wins in Wolverhampton
By Gerry McManus in Wolverhampton
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Matt Goss (Team CSC) punched the air in delight as he crossed the finish line to win the third stage of the Tour of Britain into Wolverhampton on Wednesday 12th September. Goss proved he had the best legs from a group of six riders that had arrived at the city centre altogether after 152km of racing from Worcester through the tough Malvern Hills. Goss charged from the front of the group in the wide finish to hold off the challenge from Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) and Roger Hammond (T-Mobile).
Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) brought home the bunch six minutes behind to win the sprint for ninth place ahead of Jonny Bellis (Great Britain) and Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems), who retained the yellow jersey for one more day.
"This is much better than the third place I got in the first stage and wearing the yellow jersey last year," said Goss. "It has been a good race for me. I put in a few attacks in the last 20km and I was feeling pretty good. There were only three of us left with a kilometre to go but we started playing around a bit and it allowed the others to get back on. I was expecting an attack from them but I think they used a lot of energy getting back to us and nothing happened."
Goss had confidence in his sprint but was cautiously watching the others. "Roger (Hammond) was one of the guys I was watching the most," continued Goss. "He is a fast guy and certainly strong as well."
The Australian's target for the day was always the stage victory and he hadn't thought about taking the race lead. "I don't think that the Tinkoff team would have let the break go out to any more than what it was. That was our limit and it was smart by them as there was no one in our group that could take the lead. It was good for them and it worked well for us as well."
Nineteen year old Ben Swift (Barloworld) took over the climber's jersey when he took the primes at Malvern Hills and the ultra steep Ankardine Hill and was placed second behind Goss on the final climb of Sutton Bank.
"The mountains jersey is definitely something I had thought about," said Swift: "I had picked up a few points in the first stage and again yesterday. I was joint third in the competition going into today. I was looking to get into a move and then I took full advantage of it."
The British youngster will be wearing the polka dot jersey in his home town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire when the race starts there tomorrow.
How it unfolded
The race pattern was very simple. A group of eight riders had already broken clear before the first sprint prime of the day at the three counties showground. Goss, Hammond, Bichot and Swift had gone clear with Paul Manning (Great Britain), Martijn Maaskant (Rabobank), Zakkari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com) and Rob Partridge (Recycling.co.uk).
The Tinkoff team had hit the front to contain the leader's margin but the lead went steadily up from three minutes to four as the leaders fought it out between themselves for the mountains and sprint prime points.
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Eight teams were represented in the front group and the remainder of teams seemed content to let Tinkoff do all the work.
Goss put a strong attack in on the final climb of the day at Sutton Bank which asked questions of his breakaway companions. Although Swift had ridden strongly enough to take the KOM jersey overall, he was the first to be shelled out from the group followed by Rob Partridge to leave six at the front.
Goss hit the gas pedal again and only Hammond and Bichot could stay with him. The trio almost blew there chance when they started to play cat and mouse with each other and the others clawed their way back on with 1km to go.
Goss still had enough left in the tank to secure victory and move into third place in the points competition with only two points between him and Trusov who is currently wears the green jersey. Dempster has the consolation of moving into the sprints jersey and is nine points clear of Piet Rooijakkers (Skil Shimano). Paul Manning (Great Britain) was given the most combative rider award on the stage.
Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques – Topsport) was unable to start the stage due to the injuries he sustained on the crash at the finish in Taunton on Tuesday but they are not thought to be too serious.
The race moves up to Yorkshire on Thursday travelling 163km to via a loop through West Yorkshire and north of Leeds to drop into the city of Bradford. The stage is largely flat but the first category climb of the Cow and Calf after 142km may be a launch platform for the stage winner.
Photography
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- Piet Rooijakkers in the sprints jersey
- David Deroo (Skil- Shimano) wired for sound
- Piet Rooijakkers (Skil - Shimano) with the team mechanic
- Tinkoff protects the lead of Trusov
- Roger Hammond (T-Mobile) leads the breakaway
- Hammond was riding well in the Malvern Hills
- Manning and Swift on the front of the break
- Goss swings off for Manning and Swift to lead up the Malvern Hills
- Savatore Commesso leads for Tnkoff
- Russell Hampton (Great Britain) on the first climb
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) safely in the bunch
- Tinkoff on the front of the bunch
- Hammond in the break
- Swift was climbing well on stage three
- Bichot, Partridge and Manning lead the break which stayed clear
- Hammond finished third
- Joy for Goss in Wolverhampton
- Goss was quite happy with his victory
- Champagne for Nikolai Trusov in yellow
- Ben Swift (Barloworld) took over the king of the mountains jersey
- Swift leads in the mountains competition
- Youthful Ben Swift happy to lead in the mountains competiton
- Kisses for Trusov - still in yellow
- Cavendish wins the bunch sprint with ease
- Cavendish finishes in ninth
Results
1 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 3.48.41 (42.25 km/h) 2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 5 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.04 6 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 0.07 7 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 1.52 8 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2.45 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 6.00 10 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 11 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 13 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 14 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 17 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 18 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 20 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank 21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 23 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 24 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 25 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 26 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 27 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 28 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 29 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 30 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 31 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 32 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 33 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 34 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 35 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 36 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 37 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 39 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 40 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 41 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 42 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 43 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 44 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 45 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 46 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 47 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 48 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 50 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 51 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 52 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 53 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 54 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 55 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 56 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 57 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 58 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 59 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 60 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 62 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 63 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 64 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 65 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 66 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 67 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 68 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 69 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 70 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 71 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 72 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 73 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 74 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 75 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 76 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 77 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 78 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 79 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 80 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 81 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 82 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 83 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 84 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.37 85 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 6.00 86 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 87 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 88 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 89 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.51 90 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 91 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 6.00 92 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles Sprints 3 Counties Showground 1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 pts 2 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 3 3 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 2 4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 1 Chelmarsh 1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 pts 2 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 3 3 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 1 Bridgnorth 1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 pts 2 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 3 3 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 1 Mountains KOM Cat 1: Malvern Hills 1 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 10 pts 2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 8 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 6 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 5 5 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 4 6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 7 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 8 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 1 KOM Cat 1: Ankardine Hill 1 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 10 pts 2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 8 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 6 4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 5 5 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 4 6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 7 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 1 KOM Cat 3: Sutton Bank 1 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 3 3 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 2 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 1 Teams 1 CSC 11.38.03 2 T- Mobile 3 Agritubel 4 Rabobank 5 South Australia.com-AIS 0.04 6 Great Britain 0.07 7 Barloworld 1.52 8 Recycling.co.uk 2.45 9 Skil-Shimano 6.00 10 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 11 Duja Tavira 12 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 13 Fuerteventura-Canarias 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 Navigators Insurance 16 Team Konica Minolta 17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles General classification after stage 3 1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.03.37 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.08 3 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.12 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.14 5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 6 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 0.17 7 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.18 8 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 9 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.19 10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.20 12 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.21 13 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.22 14 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 15 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.23 16 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 17 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 0.25 19 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 0.26 21 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.27 23 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.31 24 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.34 25 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 0.42 26 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 27 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 0.46 28 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.55 29 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2.29 30 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.31 31 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 2.53 32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 5.06 33 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 5.15 34 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 5.18 35 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 5.21 36 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 5.22 37 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 7.09 38 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 10.54 39 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.11 40 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 11.13 41 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 11.14 42 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 11.15 43 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 11.16 44 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11.18 45 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 46 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 47 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 48 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 49 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 11.19 50 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 11.20 51 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 11.21 52 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 11.22 53 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 54 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 11.26 55 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 11.31 56 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.42 57 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 11.47 58 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 11.48 59 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 11.51 60 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 11.55 61 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 11.57 62 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.16 63 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 13.51 64 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 14.40 65 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15.01 66 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 18.10 67 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 20.49 68 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank 20.52 69 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 20.55 70 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 21.01 71 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 21.08 72 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 21.17 73 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 21.18 74 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 21.19 75 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 21.23 76 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 21.28 77 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 21.29 78 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.31 79 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 21.36 80 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 21.57 81 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22.01 82 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22.05 83 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 22.12 84 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 22.16 85 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 86 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 22.56 87 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 23.07 88 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 23.15 89 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.45 90 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 23.52 91 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24.17 92 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 25.14 Points classification 1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 pts 2 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 25 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 23 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 22 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 20 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 19 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 17 8 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 15 9 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 14 10 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 13 11 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 12 12 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 12 13 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 11 14 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 11 15 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 16 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 10 17 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 10 18 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9 19 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 20 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 9 21 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 8 22 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 7 23 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 7 24 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 6 25 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 26 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 4 27 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 28 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 29 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 30 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 31 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 1 Sprint classification 1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 20 pts 2 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 7 4 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 7 5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 6 6 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 6 7 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 6 8 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 9 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 10 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 11 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 3 12 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 3 13 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 14 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 15 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 16 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 2 17 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 2 18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 19 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 1 Mountains classification 1 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 31 pts 2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 18 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 16 4 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13 5 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 12 6 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 10 7 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 8 8 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 8 9 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 8 10 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 7 11 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 7 12 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 13 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 6 14 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 5 15 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 16 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 17 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 4 18 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 19 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 4 20 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 21 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 2 22 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 23 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2 24 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 1 25 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1 26 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Team classification 1 Duja Tavira 33.11.46 2 Skil-Shimano 0.02 3 Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.08 4 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.09 5 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 0.17 6 Agritubel 4.56 7 CSC 4.57 8 South Australia.com-AIS 4.58 9 Barloworld 7.05 10 Rabobank 15.57 11 Great Britain 16.15 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.43 13 Navigators Insurance 22.28 14 T- Mobile 26.44 15 Team Konica Minolta 41.57 16 Recycling.co.uk 49.56 17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 53.25
