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27th Clásica San Sebastián - ProT
Spain, August 4, 2007
Main Page Results Live report ProTour standings
Bertagnolli marks splendid return
Il Trentino takes La Clásica Donostiarra over Gárate
By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Monika Prell in San Sebastián
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Leonardo Bertagnolli has marked a splendid return to his best by winning the 27th edition of the Clásica San Sebastián today in Spain. The 29 year-old Italian of Team Liquigas escaped at 11 kilometres remaining of the 225-kilometre race with Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick.Step Innergetic) to then overpower the Spaniard in a head to head sprint on the hot finishing straight along the Bay of Biscay. A small chase headed by Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) finished around a half-minute back.
The sixth-year professional from Trento had to stop for a month this spring for what doctors diagnosed as cardiac arrhythmia but he was able to build back to top-form and mark his first win after 17 months.
"This was one of my most important victories, as important as the stage win of the Vuelta a España and the stage win of the Giro d'Italia," proudly stated Bertagnolli to Cyclingnews after the day of work. "After the health problems I had this year and the five-month break in competition I was had to make I am very happy about my win in San Sebastián. [sister city of Trento - ed.]
"I did not expect to win, but when I saw that Gárate began the sprint very early, I knew that I had luck."
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Bertagnolli said 'grazie' to his Liquigas team that signed him on from Cofidis this last winter. "I dedicate this victory to my team that let me recuperate without pressure."
The Alto de Jaizkibel at 32 kilometres to go did not finalize the race but it definitely helped decide it. At the top of the 465-metre climb the small move of José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r Prévoyance), Michael Albasini (Liquigas) and Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick.Step Innergetic) was barely holding on to its gains. Spaniard Arrieta went full throttle down the race's major climb (number six in total) but behind him, at under one minute, was a group of who's who in cycling.
"When we had three minutes, and I saw that David López was with us," Luis Arrieta explained of the escape. "I thought that Caisse d'Epargne perhaps would not work hard to reach us but when I saw that López could not follow us I saw it difficult to win because we did not really have a big advantage."
Valverde, Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Ballan, 2006 winner Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), consistent Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) and four Quick.Step riders were out for the kill. The Alto de Gurutze did the deed when Valverde attacked like mad to squash the three front runners and cleared the way for a Gárate and Bertagnolli to go clear on the descent.
Arrieta was satisfied that he took the day's mountain's competition. "The win of the mountain classification makes me proud, because the Clásica is a very prestigious race."
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Belgium-based Quick.Step played the team card to perfection by putting Van de Walle in the escape and then countering with Gárate once the trio's move was caught. When the 2005 Spanish Champion went up the road he left Barredo and Italian Champ Giovanni Visconti to mark any move that would attempt to go clear.
The duo's move looked like an aperitif for the final showdown but as the kilometres ticked by it became apparent that it had substance.
Through the congested outskirts of the Basque city Gárate and Bertagnolli kept swapping the duties on the front and by the unclassified Alto de Miracruz at three kilometres remaining they had 38 seconds. The gap was made more convincing by the total lack of responsibilities in the chase. Caisse had giving up its efforts, Saunier Duval had fired its missile with José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Euskaltel's Mikel Astarloza was being heavily marked. The Basque was able to make it off the front but he was discouraged by Asturiana rider Barredo who was covering for Gárate.
Gárate had the faster finish on paper and he led through the semi-curve that saw the successful launch of Florencio last year. However, Bertagnolli had some gas left in his tank to power the thrusters one last time. He throttled at 100 metres remaining with Gárate on his left and the Bizkaiko Golkoa on his right to mark an emotional return to the top.
"I began to sprint too early," noted a disappointed Gárate. "I thought that I was faster than Bertagnolli in the sprint. As we passed lots of kilometres away, I was tired. I intended to surprise him, but that did not work. In the end, I reached his back wheel, but it was impossible for me to give more."
Valverde had the help of his Caisse d'Epargne gunner Joaquím Rodríguez in the race's finale but 'The Green Bullet' was left with an uncooperative four-man move into San Sebastián. Ballan, Sastre, Astarloza and Barredo were not eager to help the winner of the 2006 Liège-Bastogne-Liège add yet another trophy into his Murcian treasure chest. The group battled for third while Bertagnolli fell into the arms of his soigneur. Valverde proved his speed to take third over Ballan with Barredo in fifth, Astarloza sixth and Sastre seventh.
How it unfolded
The Clásica San Sebastián celebrated its 27th birthday on Saturday as more than 150 riders set off under sunny skies and temperatures just under 30°C.
An escape broke away after just 30 kilometers; initiated by Paolo Bossoni (Lampre-Fondital). He was followed by Francesco Bellotti (Crédit Agricole), three riders from Euskaltel and Mauro Facci (Quick.Step Innergetic).
Pressure in the main pack broke the peloton down to a chasing group of about 30 as the lead group whittled down to four riders. Four became three when José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r Prévoyance) led over the Alto de Jaizkibel followed by Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick.Step Innergetic) and Michael Albasini (Liquigas) and dropped David López García (Caisse d'Epargne).
The leaders had only a 50-second advantage after the second-to-last climb. Behind them, Alejandro Valverde attacked the main group but was quickly covered. So he attacked again and was able to bridge to the three leaders, bringing a smaller contingent from the chase group with him.
Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick.Step Innergetic) and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) built a small gap over the new leading group into the final climb.
As the unclassified Alto de Miracruz started, the duo had about 20 seconds on the chase. Ballan attacked from behind. Sastre, Valverde, Astarloza and Barredo stuck with him.
But the two leaders held their lead and Bertagnolli led Garate under the 1K to go marker. Garate fired through the final corner and the pair go head-to-head with 300 meters to go but Bertagnolli muscled past to take the win after 5.12.44 of racing.
Valverde led led the group of five over the line for third.
Photography
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- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) signs in.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel)
- Anthony Charteau (Crédit Agricole)
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre Fondital)
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick.Step Innergetic) tries to sign !
- A special bike for Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital).
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) answers the press.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC)
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) at home is very popular.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) looks a bit tired on the start.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the podium with the official speaker.
- Swiss champion Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner).
- Allan and Scott Davis in family...
- Last year winner Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
- UCI Pro Tour leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) on the start line.
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) finished 26.
- UCI Pro Tour leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) congratulates his teammate for this victory.
- The traditional champagne for the victory in San Sebastián...
- A big meeting with Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and Miguel Indurain.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) wins the Clásica San Sebastián 2007.
- The first victory in Classic for Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas).
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) salutes Garate who finished two.
- Garate, Bertagnolli and Valverde on the podium.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) steels in the first place on the UCI Pro Tour ranking
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) at the start.
- Riders start on the Bay of Biscay.
- Di Luca goes easy at the start.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) has an eye for the wins.
- Miguel Indurain followed the race.
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick.Step Innergetic) is the current Italian National Champion.
- Schleck ... Andy and Fränk.
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) rides in his all white ProTour kit.
- Caisse does the chase work for Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) sends his squadra to the front.
- Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) worked hard for Valverde.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) charges early on.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) on the move towards his race win.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) in his Spanish National kit.
- Tin-Tin Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) was in the thick of the action.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC)
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick.Step Innergetic) cuts his path.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) wins.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) takes la Clásica San Sebastián.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) wins on the streets of San Sebastián.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) finishes behind Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Kisses for Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas).
- Txapela time for Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas).
- Podium with Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick.Step Innergetic), Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) in the ProTour jersey.
- Teammates Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
- Yes! Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) confirms.
- The Killer and Big Mig meet.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) at the presentation
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick.Step Innergetic) in his Italian National Championship colors
- Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir) is all smiles at the start
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) in the all-white ProTour leader's kit
- Di Luca at the start.
- Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis)
- Team Gerolsteiner patrol the front of the race early.
- Caisse D Epargne try to set things up for Valverde.
- Alejandro Valverde sits safely I a pocket of team-mates
- Rodriguez and Valverde up the tempo
- Rodriguez in Azione
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) shows the effects of the summer weather
- Davide Rebellin
- Attacco Bertagnolli (Liquigas) makes a successful launch late in the race
- Rodriguez on the Azione climb
- Rodriguez tried to keep the race together for Valverde on the final climbs
- Gruppo Bertagnolli
- Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) spent some time setting tempo at the front of main group
- Fränk Schleck
- Visconti arrives at the finish in the second group on the road
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick.Step Innergetic)
- Valverde finished 3rd
- The final podium
- Gara
- Giovanni Visconti in the bunch earlier in the 225-kilometer race
- The early break on the Alto De Jakzibel
- On the Alto De Jakzibel
- Rodriguez again
- Danilo Di Luca during the race
Results - 225 km
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 5.12.42 (43.186 km/h) 2 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick.Step Innergetic 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.18 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick.Step Innergetic 6 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28 9 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick.Step Innergetic 0.37 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 14 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 17 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 18 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 20 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 21 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 22 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.39 23 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.41 24 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 0.43 25 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step Innergetic 1.36 26 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 28 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 3.41 29 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.54 30 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 31 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 4.51 32 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.25 33 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 35 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 36 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 37 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 38 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 40 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 41 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 45 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 46 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 47 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 48 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 49 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 50 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 52 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 53 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 54 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 55 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 58 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 59 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 61 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 62 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 63 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 8.46 64 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.34 65 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 66 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Iker Leonet (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 68 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 69 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick.Step Innergetic 72 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 73 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 74 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile 75 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 76 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 77 Santiago Pérez (Spa) Relax-GAM 78 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 79 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.26 80 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 81 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 82 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 83 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 84 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 85 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 86 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 87 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 88 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 89 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 90 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 91 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 92 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 93 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 94 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 95 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 96 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 97 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.19 98 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 99 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 100 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 18.21 101 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 102 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 105 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 107 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 111 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 112 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 113 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia 114 Rodrigo García (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 115 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM 116 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 117 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Mountains Alto de Orio - Cat. 3 1 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 Alto de Meagas - Cat. 2 1 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3 pts 2 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 Alto de Azkarate - Cat. 2 1 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 2 4 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de Udana - Cat. 2 1 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 4 3 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 1 Alto de Jaizkibel - Cat. 1 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 10 pts 2 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 8 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 4 Gil Suray (Bel) Unibet.com 4 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 1 Alto de Gurutze - Cat. 3 1 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains Classification 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 18 pts 2 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 3 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 9 Metas volantes Zarautz 1 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 pts 2 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 2 3 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Azpeitia 1 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 pts 2 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Tolosa 1 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 pts 2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 1 Irun 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 3 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 1 Oiartzun 1 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick.Step Innergetic 3 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 pts 2 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 3 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 4 4 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick.Step Innergetic 3 5 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 3 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 2 7 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 8 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 9 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Best Basque/Navarran rider 1 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick.Step Innergetic 5.12.42 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.18 3 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28 4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.37 5 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.41 7 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 3.54 8 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.25 9 David Herrero (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 10 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.34 11 Iker Leonet (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 12 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 13 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 12.26 14 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.19 15 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.21 16 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Teams classification 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 17 pts 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 3 Liquigas 38 4 Team CSC 48 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 6 Unibet.com 67 7 Caisse D'Epargne 77 8 Lampre - Fondital 84 9 AG2R Prevoyance 101 10 Gerolsteiner 107 11 Relax - GAM 107 12 Rabobank 110 13 Team Milram 116 14 Predictor - Lotto 120 15 Credit Agricole 131 16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 172 17 Karpin - Galizia 172 18 Fuerteventura - Canarias 197 19 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 204 20 T- Mobile Team 249
ProTour standings
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 207 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 191 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 190 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 174 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 157 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 129 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 115 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 112 9 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 95 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 88 11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 87 12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 86 13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 81 14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 79 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 77 16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 74 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 74 19 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 70 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 69 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 67 23 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 66 24 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 62 26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 58 28 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 57 29 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 30 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 56 31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana 54 32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 54 33 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step Innergetic 51 35 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 50 36 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 37 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 45 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 45 39 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 43 40 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 42 41 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 42 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 40 43 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 40 44 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 40 45 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 40 46 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 40 47 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 38 48 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 37 49 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 36 50 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 35 51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34 52 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33 53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 32 54 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 32 55 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 31 56 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 57 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 58 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick.Step Innergetic 30 59 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 30 60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 30 61 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 30 62 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 30 63 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 29 64 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 65 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 28 66 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 27 67 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 68 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 23 69 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 70 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 22 71 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 20 72 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 73 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 74 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 17 75 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick.Step Innergetic 15 76 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 77 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 15 78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick.Step Innergetic 15 79 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 80 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 15 81 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 13 82 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 13 83 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 84 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 11 85 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 86 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 87 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 88 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 89 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 10 90 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 10 91 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 10 92 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 10 93 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 10 94 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 95 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 96 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 10 97 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 98 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 9 99 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 8 100 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile 8 101 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 102 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 8 103 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 104 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 8 105 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 8 106 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 8 107 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 8 108 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Milram 8 109 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 8 110 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 8 111 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 8 112 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 7 113 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 7 114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 7 115 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 116 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 7 117 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 118 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 7 119 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel 7 120 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick.Step Innergetic 6 121 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6 122 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 123 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 124 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 125 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 126 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 6 127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 128 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 6 129 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 5 130 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 5 131 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 5 132 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 133 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 5 134 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 5 135 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick.Step Innergetic 5 136 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 5 137 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick.Step Innergetic 5 138 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 139 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5 140 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick.Step Innergetic 5 141 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 142 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 143 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 144 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 145 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 146 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 4 147 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 4 148 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3 149 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 150 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 151 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 152 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 3 153 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 154 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 155 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 156 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 157 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance 3 158 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 159 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 3 160 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3 161 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 162 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 3 163 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3 164 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 165 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 3 166 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 3 167 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 168 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 169 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick.Step Innergetic 3 170 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 3 171 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3 172 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2 173 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 174 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 175 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2 176 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 177 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 2 178 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2 179 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 180 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 181 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 182 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 183 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 184 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 185 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2 186 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 2 187 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 188 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 2 189 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 190 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 191 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 192 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1 193 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 194 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 195 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 196 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 197 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 198 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 199 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 200 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 201 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 202 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 203 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 204 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 205 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 206 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 207 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 208 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1 209 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1
