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Tour of Britain - 2.1

Great Britain, September 9-15, 2007

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Stage 4 - September 13: Rother Valley Country Park - Bradford, 163.3 km

Palomares wins in Bradford

By Gerry McManus

Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) beats Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport)
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Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) powered his way to the stage victory in Bradford and took the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) in the process. Palomares won the three man sprint into Bradford with Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport) and David Rodriguez Blanco (Duja Tavira). The stage will be remembered for two reasons in addition to Palomares's victory. Firstly, the stage from Rotherham to Bradford was re-named in tribute to the gallant fundraiser Jane Tomlinson who lost her battle with cancer recently. Secondly, the stage featured a bizarre neutralised section of 25 km in North Yorkshire.

"I am very happy," said Palomares. "It was my second victory of the season. I won the last stage of the Regio Tour in front of Alessandro Pettacchi and I am happy. I knew the last climb was going to decide the stage. I attacked at the bottom of the climb because there were some Skil-Shimano riders there and I knew I had to drop them. I knew that Rodriguez Blanco was strong too and the two of us rode with Stubbe and we worked very well together."

"I came here with the ambition of winning a stage and if I leave here with the yellow jersey, then obviously that is even better, but it is going to be difficult because there are good riders here but I will be trying."

"I thought that Rodriguez Blanco would be in the yellow jersey today but it turned out to be me because of time bonuses," continued the 31 year-old from Valencia: "It will be very hard to defend the lead. The Tinkoff team tried and they suffered. We know that we have very good riders and we will suffer but we will sell this lead at a very high price."

How it unfolded

Race leader Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems)
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The race was led off by the family of Jane as a tribute to the woman who raised money for cancer charities having been diagnosed with the illness a number of years ago. Brave Tomlinson took on tough challenges including running marathons and cycling across America in her quest to raise cash for cancer charities.

When the racing finally got going on the flat stage, it was apparent that many riders had fancied their chances and attacks were thick and fast. Race leader Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) consolidated his lead by winning the sprint prime at Wickersley to gain three seconds bonus.

Britain's Paul Manning had already won the most combative rider award in Wednesday's stage and was looking good for the double when he won the third category KOM prime at Limestone Hill with Roger Hammond (T-Mobile) close behind. Fifteen riders had gone clear and were rocketing along the straight and narrow roads towards Thorne in Yorkshire with Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles Tony Gibb leading the break over the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. Team CSC were driving the bunch behind with Trusov tucked in nicely behind their train.

The leaders were quickly caught and the bunch split into two at the 70km mark with 26 rides going clear to build up a 29 second advantage. Trusov had missed the break but second placed CSC rider Luke Roberts had made the cut along with third place Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano) and fourth place Romain Feillu (Agritubel). Trusov was now in serious trouble and had lost the leader's jersey on the road.

Britain's Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles) leads the
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Bizarrely after around 80km of racing, the whole race was neutralised. Race officials used the rule normally applied when riders are caught at railway crossings. The race organisers' official statement was that North Yorkshire Council had failed to issue a document in time which gave the police permission for the rolling road closures and thus the race had to be neutralised until it went through the council boundary. The race was stopped for fifteen minutes while everyone was informed of the problem.

According to the race organisation, they only discovered the error on Wednesday evening and decided to make the race neutralised after consulting the police motorcycle escort group. The decision was a surprise to everyone else on the race including team managers and riders. The peloton rode at a steady pace and were allowed to go through the traffic junctions with traffic lights but race photographers on motorbikes were told that they had to obey the rules of the road and had to stop at red lights.

The whole peloton rode together for around 25km and the race was stopped and re-started again to allow the race leaders to regain their 29-second advantage. Problem solved - and the leaders got back into a rhythm and gained more time on the bunch. The lead was over a minute 10km later.

Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano) won the sprint at Otley and a front group of 23 was together at the bottom of the tough climb of the Cow and Calf. Luke Roberts was in yellow on the road and looked good for the overall lead. Palomares and Blanco Rodriguez put in a powerful attack on the climb. Roberts couldn't respond going over the summit only in sixth place and it wasn't enough. The race winning break had been formed with Palomares, Blanco Rodriguez and Stubbe. The trio had a 20 second lead with nineteen riders chasing on the fast run in to the finish in Lister Park, Bradford. Palomares made sure he was first round the hairpin bend just 200 yards from the finish and the Spanish professional powered his way to the chequered flag.

Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) beats fellow Briton Ben Swift (Barloworld)
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Romain Feillu (Agritubel) has been steadily moving up in the points classification and received the green jersey thanks to winning the group sprint for fourth place. Australia's Zak Demspter (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) leads the sprints competition four points ahead of Rooijakkers.

Ben Swift (Barloworld) held on to the mountains jersey which must further improve his chances of a professional contract with the team for next season.

"It was nice to have the jersey on the podium in my hometown of Rotherham this morning," said Swift: "It is where I started my cycling career really. There was a big group of people I knew at the top of the first KOM. There were three guys away and I attacked to pick up the last point available."

"The first hour was stupidly fast," continued Swift. "None of the breaks were staying away until the big group went with most of the teams in it. I was a bit worried that Paul (Manning) was in the break as he was second in the mountains competition but I knew I had a comfortable lead."

Swift talked about the race being stopped. "Nobody really knew what was happening, said Swift: "It was a big shock getting started again as my body just seized up. Some of the riders weren't too happy but some were glad of the rest especially after the hectic start. Tomorrow is the last real danger day for the mountains competition with three category two climbs and will try to pick up as many points as I can. The team are pleased and they have given me the all-clear now to go and pursue it which is quite pleasing."

Blanco Rodriguez is only one second behind Palomares going into the penultimate stage from Liverpool to Kendal with Roberts eight seconds back. Rooijakkers lies in fourth at nine seconds. The 170km Friday stage has 50km pan flat followed by undulating roads that include three second category climbs. The yellow jersey could change hands again with nine seconds bonus on offer to any rider who can win all three sprint primes.

Photography

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Images by Gerry McManus/www.gerrymcmanus.co.uk

Images by Rick Wilson

Results

1 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                            2.43.41 (43.01 km/h)
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                    
3 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                                            
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                         0.12
5 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              
6 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                            
7 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain                                                           
8 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                                          
9 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                                
10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                      
11 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                              
12 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                                 
13 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                    
14 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                                            
15 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                           
16 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile                                                          
17 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                      
18 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                             
19 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank                                                            
20 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile                                                         0.16
21 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                                            0.18
22 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                              0.22
23 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                       0.29
24 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                                       0.57
25 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                                               
26 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                                            
27 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                
28 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira                                                        
29 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                      
30 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              
31 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                                           
32 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                          
33 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                                           
34 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                                               
35 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance                                                
36 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank                                                               
37 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                       
38 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                                             
39 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                             
40 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                            
41 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                              
42 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain                                                      
43 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                        
44 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                           
45 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                          
46 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                         
47 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                                          
48 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                
49 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                       
50 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                       
51 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank                                                          
52 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira                                                        
53 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance                                                    
54 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                          
55 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                                         
56 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile                                                           
57 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                                       1.10
58 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                      3.23
59 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                      3.32
60 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                     3.47
61 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank                                                        3.50
62 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain                                                       
63 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                      
64 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                             
65 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                          
66 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance                                               
67 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira                                                         
68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                        4.01
69 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                4.20
70 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                 
71 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain                                                     6.30
72 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                              
73 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain                                                            
74 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                     10.32
75 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                    11.45
76 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                              
77 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                                           
78 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira                                                          
79 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                           
80 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                                          
81 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                              
82 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                      
83 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance                                                
84 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                              12.49
85 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                                   
86 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                                   
87 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                           
88 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                             
89 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            
90 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          
91 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                
92 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        12.56
 
Sprints
 
Wickersley
1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              5 pts
2 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                            3
3 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                               2
4 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                                         1
 
Moorends
1 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                             5 pts
2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                    3
3 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                               2
4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                              1
 
Otley
1 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                      5 pts
2 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                          3
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                            2
4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                              1
 
Mountains
 
KOM Cat 3: Limestone Hill
1 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                                         4 pts
2 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                                            3
3 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                             2
4 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                                               1
 
KOM Cat 1: Cow and Calf
1 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                                          10 pts
2 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                  8
3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                   6
4 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                      5
5 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                      4
6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                              3
7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                    2
8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                            1
 
Teams
 
1 Fuerteventura-Canarias                                                             8.11.27
2 Duja Tavira                                                                           0.45
3 Skil-Shimano                                                                          0.57
4 South Australia.com-AIS                                                                   
5 Rabobank                                                                                  
6 T- Mobile                                                                             1.01
7 CSC                                                                                   1.07
8 Agritubel                                                                             1.14
9 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                                                            1.30
10 Barloworld                                                                           1.42
11 Great Britain                                                                            
12 Navigators Insurance                                                                 1.48
13 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                                           2.27
14 Recycling.co.uk                                                                      5.17
15 Team Konica Minolta                                                                  8.13
16 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                              13.34
17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                                         14.37
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                           13.47.30
2 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                                        0.01
3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                           0.08
4 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                   0.09
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                         0.11
6 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                                      0.14
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                            0.17
8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                     
9 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                              0.18
10 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                  0.20
11 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                       0.21
12 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                         0.22
13 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank                                                        0.42
14 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              
15 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                        1.03
16 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                       1.08
17 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                
18 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                                       1.10
19 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                
20 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                                         1.11
21 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                      
22 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                   1.16
23 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance                                                1.19
24 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                      1.27
25 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain                                                  1.31
26 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                      1.40
27 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                               2.13
28 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                                        2.29
29 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira                                                    3.38
30 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias                             4.31
31 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                4.35
32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                          5.51
33 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                                        6.00
34 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                                     6.07
35 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                                           7.54
36 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                        9.07
37 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        11.08
38 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile                                                     11.13
39 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain                                                     11.18
40 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                           
41 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                      11.31
42 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                                      11.39
43 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                             11.52
44 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                                           11.53
45 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank                                                          12.00
46 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                  12.03
47 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira                                                        
48 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                        12.04
49 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                                      12.07
50 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                                          12.11
51 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                                      12.14
52 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                  12.33
53 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                                     12.36
54 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                   12.42
55 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                     14.29
56 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank                                                       14.59
57 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain                                                  15.09
58 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance                                          15.33
59 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                                     16.54
60 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira                                                    17.29
61 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                     21.34
62 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank                                                     21.37
63 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                 21.48
64 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance                                           21.53
65 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile                                                        22.01
66 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile                                                      22.02
67 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                    22.46
68 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira                                                     22.53
69 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                         22.55
70 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                     24.31
71 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                     24.43
72 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                    25.40
73 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                        25.50
74 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     25.53
75 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                      26.13
76 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       27.38
77 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain                                                       28.34
78 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain                                                    29.14
79 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                         31.32
80 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                         32.51
81 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                 33.04
82 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance                                           33.09
83 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                     33.27
84 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                      33.38
85 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                                      33.49
86 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                        33.56
87 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                              34.05
88 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                              34.06
89 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                    35.25
90 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                              35.52
91 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        36.29
92 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                           36.54
 
Points classification
 
1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                           32 pts
2 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                              26
3 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                             25
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                                           25
5 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                                          24
6 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                             23
7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                                          22
8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                             22
9 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                                        18
10 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain                                                        16
11 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                15
12 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                                             15
13 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                 14
14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                          14
15 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                                         13
16 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                     12
17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                                        12
18 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                           11
19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                                        11
20 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                         11
21 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                         10
22 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                                       10
23 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                               9
24 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                     9
25 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                         9
26 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                     8
27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank                                                              7
28 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                     6
29 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                          6
30 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                               5
31 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                                4
32 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta                                            4
33 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                      4
34 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                   3
35 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                            3
36 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                           2
37 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                                         2
38 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                                           2
39 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                1
40 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                          1
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                          20 pts
2 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                     16
3 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                         10
4 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              7
5 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                             7
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                                           7
7 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                                         7
8 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                    6
9 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                                               6
10 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                                 5
11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                           5
12 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                   4
13 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                              4
14 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                     4
15 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                 3
16 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                                           3
17 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                                        3
18 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                           2
19 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                          2
20 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                             2
21 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                             2
22 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile                                                          1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld                                                              32 pts
2 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain                                                        22
3 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                 20
4 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira                                                          18
5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                                             16
6 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                               13
7 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile                                                           13
8 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile                                                          8
9 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                                  8
10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                     7
11 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                            7
12 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira                                                       7
13 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                  6
14 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                                           6
15 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank                                                         6
16 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                     5
17 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance                                                   5
18 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                          5
19 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                   4
20 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile                                                          4
21 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                          4
22 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk                                                     4
23 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                             3
24 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                                   2
25 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                                          2
26 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                          2
27 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS                                            2
28 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta                                            2
29 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                                           1
30 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira                                                        1
31 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                         1
32 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            1

Team classification
 
1 Fuerteventura-Canarias                                           41.23.21
2 Duja Tavira                                                          0.37
3 Skil-Shimano                                                         0.51
4 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport                                           1.39
5 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed                                           2.28
6 South Australia.com-AIS                                              5.47
7 CSC                                                                  5.56
8 Agritubel                                                            6.02
9 Barloworld                                                           8.39
10 Rabobank                                                           16.46
11 Great Britain                                                      17.49
12 Navigators Insurance                                               24.08
13 T- Mobile                                                          27.37
14 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                             35.09
15 Team Konica Minolta                                                50.02
16 Recycling.co.uk                                                    55.05
17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles                                      1.07.54

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