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Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008

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Stage 3 - May 2: Sion - Sion, 18.8km

He's back! Klöden seizes control in time trial

By Ben Atkins in Sion

Andreas Klöden (Astana)
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After a very quiet beginning to his season, Andreas Klöden (Astana) has taken victory in the stage three time trial and with it the overall lead as the race heads towards the mountains tomorrow. Starting the day in eighth place, ten seconds behind overnight leader Michael Albasini (Liquigas), the German proved fastest of all the favourites to take a narrow six second lead over defending champion Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).

On a predominantly flat course, but featuring a tough climb with sections of 17%, the former German champion eclipsed the time set more than half an hour earlier by Dutch time trial specialist Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom). Dekker managed to beat his countryman but was just unable to match Klöden and lost his overnight one-second lead over the Astana rider – he now trails him by five.

Clement held on to his third place, just one second ahead of Tony Martin (High Road), whose time had stood on top of the leader board for well over an hour.

Approaching the finish on the twisting streets of Sion with a comfortably the fastest time so far, Klöden so very nearly lost everything with 200 metres to go as he overcooked it on a corner. "I went so fast that when I used my brakes, my back wheel locked. Fortunately I was able to keep myself on the bike by hitting the publicity boarding with my shoulders," Klöden described afterwards. "I was in a very big gear and so it was difficult to get going again afterwards." Despite this, he finished twenty seconds clear of Clement in a time that was just about good enough to hold off the challenge from Dekker. He led the Dutchman by 17 seconds at the top of the climb with just seven kilometres remaining; those final kilometre wobbles cut that to just six.

"It was quite challenging with the head wind," Klöden continued, "but I remained focused on having a strong ride up the climb and took the jersey." A jersey that the Astana team will be extra motivated to hang on to, excluded, as they are, from so many of the year's big races. "I know that tomorrow will be tough with four climbs," said the former German champion, "but I'm confident in the team's ability to control the race. With four riders in the top 11, it shows that we are in good shape and motivated to win here."

Dekker, the defending champion, was disappointed to have been beaten so narrowly, but took consolation in one fact. "The only positive thing is now Astana must control the race," he said. In tomorrow's decisive stage, the riders will face three climbs instead of the orginally planned four category one mountains due to a course diversion caused by landslides. Dekker hopes the Rabobank team can work together to put Klöden on the ropes. "Perhaps Denis [Menchov] and I can work together to isolate him," he hinted. The 2007 Vuelta a Espana winner now lies in seventh overall, forty five seconds behind Klöden and forty behind Dekker.

Other overall favourites remain poised to take advantage of any opportunities to escape the predicted Astana/Rababank battle; the biggest of these being 2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro Sio. He lost 46 seconds to Klöden today, but could take that back if the German falters. The main threats to Klöden's jersey though undoubtedly come from the Rabobank duo, but with three men in his own team – with Vladimir Gusev, Maxim Iglinsky and Steve Morabito – less than a minute behind him, Klöden should have all the support he needs.

How it unfolded

The time trial took place on a blistering hot day in the Southern Swiss town of Sion. Conditions were the same as those experienced by the women in the GP Suisse – Souvenir Magali Pache that had taken place an hour earlier. Temperatures were very warm and only a light wind was present to trouble riders in the early parts of the course.

Starting as the ninth rider due to his position on the overnight classification, time trial specialist Tony Martin (High Road) was the first to lay down a serious time, finishing in 25:53.66.

Martin's time was to last for almost an hour and a half until it was finally beaten by World championship bronze medallist Stef Clement – who started 97th – and even then the young Dutchman was only able to shave fractionally over a second off the German's time.

Starting three places behind Clement, Gustav Larsson (CSC) looked like he might better the Dutchman for a while, but in the end his time of 25:57.21 was only good enough for a provisional third place behind Martin.

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was the first of the big favourites expected to do well, but he was unable to match his team-mate's time and he went into provisional fourth, behind Larsson.

Marco Pinotti (High Road) went a few seconds faster than Menchov, but Clement, Martin and Larsson seemed untouchable.

Vladimir Gusev (Astana) managed to beat Menchov and Pinotti, but it wasn't until his team-mate Andreas Klöden approached the finish that the lead looked like it would change hands. Klöden nearly came to grief when he overcooked a turn in the narrow, twisty final kilometre, but was able to use the advertising boards on the outside of one corner to keep himself upright. The incident undoubtedly cost him a few seconds, but he managed to cross the line twenty seconds faster than Clement.

2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro Sio finished 46 seconds back, seven slower than Menchov, so it seemed that the only man capable of overhauling Klöden would be last year's Romandie winner Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).

Dekker began the stage well down on the German leader, and was 17 seconds behind at one point, but rallied in the final half. Despite burying himself in the closing stages, Dekker was unable to beat the German's time, but limited his losses by finishing six seconds back.

Roman Kreizinger (Liquigas) kept his GC hopes alive by finishing in sixth, 37 seconds back. The GC hopes of the overnight top three: Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) and Michael Albasini (Liquigas) all but disappeared though. Iglinsky wobbled theatrically around the final bend – overcooking it somewhat as Klöden had done – but the three of them all finished over a minute down and drifted out of contention.

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Results

1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           25.32 (44.17 km/h)
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.06
3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    0.20
4 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                       0.21
5 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                     0.25
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         0.37
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                                
8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                     0.39
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                               
10 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 0.41
11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              0.46
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  0.48
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             0.52
14 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                  0.54
15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
16 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                               
17 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                0.57
18 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                        1.02
19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  1.03
20 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
21 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           1.04
22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                   1.06
23 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 1.11
24 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                    1.14
25 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  1.15
26 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       1.16
27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      1.17
28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                               1.18
29 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  1.19
30 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 1.21
31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                           
32 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.23
33 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                1.24
34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              1.25
35 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   1.28
36 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                            
37 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      1.29
38 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
39 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                              1.30
40 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   1.31
41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                              
42 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                 1.32
43 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      1.36
44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                      
45 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1.38
46 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.39
47 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.41
48 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                   1.47
49 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                               
50 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                   1.48
51 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                                   
52 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                   1.49
53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                  1.51
54 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                  1.53
55 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
56 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                                  
57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                       1.57
58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
59 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 1.58
60 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                             
61 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                             
62 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        2.00
63 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
64 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2.01
65 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                 2.02
66 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                       
67 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           
68 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                                2.03
69 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        2.04
70 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                 
71 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             2.05
72 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                             2.06
73 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                         
75 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         2.08
76 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       
77 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                          2.09
78 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                
79 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             2.10
80 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                    
81 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                               2.11
82 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    2.13
83 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott      2.14
84 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              
85 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               2.17
85 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                              
87 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      2.20
88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                              
89 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                      2.22
90 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              2.25
91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                         2.26
92 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                             2.31
93 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                               2.32
94 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                
95 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  2.34
96 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
97 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                       
98 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           2.36
99 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2.37
100 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                            2.38
101 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                     2.39
102 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                2.41
103 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                         
104 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 2.43
105 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            2.44
106 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                           
107 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                2.46
108 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
109 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                         2.47
110 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    2.48
111 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    2.51
112 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                  2.53
113 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                             2.56
114 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
115 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            2.57
116 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 2.58
117 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                        3.03
118 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
119 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                          
120 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                      3.09
121 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
122 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3.10
123 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                             3.11
124 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
125 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3.12
126 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                        3.14
127 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                       3.15
128 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  3.16
129 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    3.21
130 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  
131 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott        3.25
132 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       3.31
133 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                     3.56
134 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                  4.01
135 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                         4.10
136 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                     4.11
137 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                     4.14
138 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    4.16
139 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              4.24
140 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                 4.27
141 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                            5.05
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         9.31.28
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.05
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         0.35
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                            0.38
5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                     0.43
6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  0.44
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           0.45
8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               0.46
9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    0.54
10 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           0.55
11 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                               
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                 
13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                        1.03
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  1.05
15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                   1.08
16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                       1.11
17 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       1.14
18 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                    1.17
19 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  1.24
20 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              1.25
21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      1.28
22 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                1.31
23 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                   1.36
24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                          1.37
25 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.41
26 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                        
27 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      1.49
28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                         2.00
29 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                   2.03
30 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             2.09
31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             2.10
32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       2.12
33 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                              
34 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                2.14
35 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                2.16
36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     2.19
37 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 2.22
38 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                              2.30
39 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                        2.44
40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  2.51
41 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2.52
42 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  2.53
43 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               3.02
45 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                       3.08
46 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            3.09
47 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                   3.13
48 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                   3.14
49 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
50 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                       3.19
51 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                             
52 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
53 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               3.22
54 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                            
55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                 3.23
56 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         3.27
57 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            3.33
59 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                      3.34
60 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                               3.36
61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                               3.47
62 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          3.56
63 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  3.58
64 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           3.59
65 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                             4.03
66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 4.05
67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                        4.08
68 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           4.12
69 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  4.21
70 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                        4.22
71 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      5.33
72 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               5.49
73 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                6.09
74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              6.47
75 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                  9.11
76 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 9.43
77 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   9.47
78 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                              10.06
79 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                10.21
80 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  10.24
81 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                            10.32
82 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              10.40
83 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   10.47
84 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        10.48
85 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                     10.58
86 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                     11.05
87 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                11.06
88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                              
89 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    11.10
90 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                        11.17
91 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
92 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                  11.22
93 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                             11.35
94 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
95 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    11.42
96 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                   
97 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                     13.24
98 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                      14.17
99 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 14.20
100 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                             14.27
101 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    14.35
102 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                            14.45
103 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale                         14.56
104 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 15.04
105 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                15.06
106 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               15.13
107 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 15.17
108 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                        15.33
109 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                          15.42
110 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                           15.47
111 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          16.26
112 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      16.44
113 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           16.47
114 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 17.01
115 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                17.45
116 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       17.55
117 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 19.17
118 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                19.57
119 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                           20.16
120 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                 20.52
121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                23.17
122 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   23.31
123 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                    24.23
124 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               24.46
125 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              25.33
126 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                 25.44
127 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        25.51
128 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               26.08
129 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             26.10
130 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                        26.24
131 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                            26.34
132 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        27.04
133 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC                                    27.15
134 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 27.26
135 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott       28.23
136 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                              28.32
137 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                           29.29
138 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                    30.50
139 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                           32.00
140 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   38.32
141 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 45.09
 
Points classification
 
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          30 pts
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             29
3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                              26
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                              25
5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          25
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                           24
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           21
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      15
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                      15
10 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                        13
11 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                      11
12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                     10
13 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           10
14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             9
15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          9
16 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                         9
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                8
18 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                       8
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                8
20 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                     8
21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                              7
22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                              6
23 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         6
24 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     6
25 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      6
26 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                       5
27 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                               5
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  5
29 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 4
30 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   4
31 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    3
32 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                     3
33 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             3
34 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      3
35 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     2
36 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        2
37 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                   1
38 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     1
39 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      12 pts
2 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      12
3 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                             6
4 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                       6
5 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
6 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1
7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                            30 pts
2 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                21
3 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      20
4 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      14
5 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      11
6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                             8
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              6
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              4
9 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                              2
10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     2
11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   2
12 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                                2
13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                       1
14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  1
15 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 1
16 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             1
17 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                             1

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