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65th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 11-18, 2007
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Stage 4 - March 15: Maurs - Mende, 169.5 km
Contador keeps Saiz' legacy running in Mende
Rebellin assumes leader's jersey
By Jean-François Quénet in Mende
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Discovery Channel's Alberto Contador has won Stage 4 which finished at the top of the famous "montée Laurent Jalabert" in Mende, but the 17 seconds he lost in the split of the bunch in Limoges cost him the yellow jersey that now sits on the shoulders of today's runner up Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner).
"I was targeting the yellow jersey in first place," Contador explained. "I thought that winning the stage would be enough for taking the lead, but I forgot that someone like Rebellin was in such a good form. Now he has become the man to beat. There's still space to attack until Nice. We'll study the course and see what is the best place for an attack."
That is exactly what Rebellin fears. "Contador was very strong," said the Italian. "I wasn't able to go with him, so I kept him 50 meters away. It's been a good day for me, but it's not over. There are three other hard stages. I came here to win, and I feel strong enough for doing so but it's still hard to beat teams like Discovery and CSC. I also have a good team but we'll have to look carefully at every attack."
Gerolsteiner might be the only pro cycling team other than Bouygues Telecom still awaiting its first win of the year, the team has a very motivated group of guys including Australian-born Heinrich Haussler who still wears the polka dot jersey.
"But we'll first focus on helping Rebellin for GC, then we'll see if it still a good thing to defend this jersey," Haussler told Cyclingnews on the start line in Maurs-la-Jolie. He'll probably forget about that after today's stage and keep his energy in defense of Rebellin's yellow jersey.
For a while, the hero of the day was Sandy Casar. The Frenchman who finished sixth in last year's Tour of Italy went off the front with his compatriot Amaël Moinard and Kazakhstan's Dimitri Muravyev. But often typical intra-French team discord ruled, and Didier Rous led the Bouygues Telecom charge against Française des Jeux and Cofidis. Rous set a roaring pace at the front of the bunch.
"Why did they ride so early? I don't understand them," said a bitter Moinard said. "Bouygues Telecom's leader Jérôme Pineau crossed the line in 11th position..."
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In fact, a long history of Rous vs. Francaise des Jeux exists in this region. In 2001, at Midi Libre, prior to the same uphill finish at La Croix-Neuve, Rous couldn't stand the presence of Bradley McGee in the breakaway the day after the Sydney rider won in Laissac. He reacted by going in a crazy solo effort, but the stage winner at the end of the day was McGee's team-mate Sven Montgomery. The next day, Rous organized a group of rebels, consisting of former Festina riders and other racers from the southwest of France with the goal of making Francaise des Jeux lose the overall. Indeed, they managed a win for Iban Mayo.
Once again, Rous' behavior favored a Spanish win, and Contador took the honors in Mende. "This hill suited me a lot," the winner said. "It was similar to the Alto del Campillo where I won during the Tour of Valencia." With 30 kilometers to go, Levi Leipheimer gave him the responsibility of the lead inside the Discovery Channel team. "I feel like a leader in this team although I'm a new one," said Contador.
Contador comes from the school of Manolo Saiz just like most of the winners in Mende. This history began with the ONCE attempt to put an end to Miguel Indurain's reign in the 1995 Tour de France. Because Laurent Jalabert triumphed at the top of La Croix-Neuve, the climb was re-named after the Frenchman when the Tour de France returned to Mende in 2005. Contador finished 52nd that day, as his companion at Liberty Seguros, Marcos Serrano, won the stage.
Contador, only 24-years-old, doesn't have the yellow jersey for now, and the white one of the best young rider classification isn't enough for his ambitions. It looks like going to be an exciting end of Paris-Nice with former leader Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas), finishing 10th at 40 seconds today, not yet having given his last word.
How it unfolded
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Soon after the start, without Thierry Marichal (Française des Jeux) due to his implication in a doping affair in Belgium in 1997, a group of 17 riders went away, but too many teams went unrepresented at the front. On the downhill after the first climb of the day, Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) broke clear. For awhile, he didn't get more than 10 seconds but he persisted. Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) and Dimitri Muravyev (Astana) then joined him.
After many fights, the bunch decided to relax, and the three men away reached a maximum lead of 11 minutes at km 70. It was reduced to around six minutes when the teams Discovery Channel and Bouygues Telecom took over from Liquigas at the front of the peloton. Didier Rous was the most active rider. He showed huge motivation for catching his compatriots in the lead.
They had less than a one minute advantage at the bottom of the final hill of La Croix-Neuve in Mende. Muravyev was the first to drop off. The last one, Casar, got caught under the red flag when Contador placed an attack after riding behind Tadej Valjavec (Lampre). Rebellin chose not to put himself in the red; he let Contador go at first and then almost rejoined him on the finishing line, therefore coming close enough to secure the yellow jersey.
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- Jurgen Van den Broeck on the final climb
- Levi Leipheimer leads on the final climb.
- Maxime Montfort gives it all.
- Pierrick Frederigo
- Sandy Casar before getting caught on final climb.
- The group going into last 2km.
- The white jersey wearer suffers.
- Daniele Benati
- David Millar and Sylvain Chavanel on the final climb
- Tom Boonen's group heads uphill.
- Josepf Jufre climbs with a focus.
- Christian Van de Velde (Team CSC) rides uphill.
- Frank Schleck, another Team CSC member, hits the climb.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step - Innergetic) looks up.
- Alexandr Kolobnev's group tackles the climb.
- Rabobank's Matthew Hayman
- Fran�aise Des Jeux's Philippe Gilbert on the final climb.
Images by AFP
- Italian Davide Rebellin (Geroslteiner) and Spain's Alberto Contador (Right) (Discovery Channel) ride in the lead pack.
- The peloton winds about like a snake.
- The peloton rides a bridge on the stage between Maurs and Mende.
- David Rebellin pushes the pace.
- Frenchman Sandy Casar (La Francaise des Jeux) breaks away.
- Spanish Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel/Usa) celebrates as he crosses the finish line.
- Italian Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner/Ger) (center) poses on the podium with the yellow jersey after Stage 4.
Results
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.07.26 (41.101 km/h)
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.02
3 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.12
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.13
5 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.17
6 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.28
7 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 0.33
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel
9 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise Des Jeux
10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.40
11 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.43
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
14 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.45
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.51
16 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 0.53
17 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 0.54
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.56
19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux
20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole
21 Pierrick F�drigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
22 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
23 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
24 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
25 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27 Alberto Fern�ndez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
28 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.14
29 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
30 Josep Jufr� (Spa) Predictor-Lotto
31 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile
32 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.18
34 Jos� Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 1.19
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance
36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
38 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.26
39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.33
40 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Pr�voyance 1.39
42 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
43 Francisco P�rez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
44 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1.46
45 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
46 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.55
47 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
48 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.03
50 Aitor P�rez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.12
51 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
52 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.17
53 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 2.24
54 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 2.47
57 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 2.56
58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Pr�voyance 3.02
59 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.04
60 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
61 Jos� Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Pr�voyance 3.17
62 Rub�n P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.20
63 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cr�dit Agricole 3.23
64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.32
66 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.14
67 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
68 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 4.16
69 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 4.26
70 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.07
72 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
73 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
74 Fr�d�ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
77 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile
78 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana
79 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80 Gerben L�wik (Ned) Rabobank
81 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile
82 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance
84 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel
85 Kasper Klosterg�rd (Den) Team CSC
86 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
87 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile
88 Iker Cama�o (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
89 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
90 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 5.22
91 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.36
92 Francisco Jos� Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
93 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux
94 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 8.19
95 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 8.36
96 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.38
97 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
98 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.00
99 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.12
100 Bj�rn Schr�der (Ger) Milram
101 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram
102 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
104 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
105 Beno�t Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
106 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux
107 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole
108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
109 Beno�t Joachim (Lux) Astana
110 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram
111 Martin M�ller (Swi) Milram
112 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
113 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance
114 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
115 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana
116 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile
117 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
118 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic
120 Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
122 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram
123 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
124 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic
125 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
127 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
128 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole
129 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel
130 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
131 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole
132 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux
133 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance
134 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile
135 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
136 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis
137 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis
138 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
139 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
140 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.34
141 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 9.35
142 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10.03
143 Jos� Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.28
144 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10.31
145 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.52
146 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 11.01
147 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
148 Laurent Lef�vre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
149 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
150 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.44
151 Mikel Gazta�aga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel
152 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.06
153 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 12.18
DNS Thierry Marichal (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux
DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole
DNF Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux
DNF Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
Sprints
Km 70 - Espalion
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 3 pts
2 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 2
3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1
Km 108 - Saint-Saturnin-De-Lenne
1 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 2
3 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 1
Mountains
Km 9.5 - C�te de Quotidiane
1 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5
3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2
5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 1
Km 30 - C�te de Montsalvy
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 7 pts
2 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 5
3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1
Km 76 - C�te de Biounac
1 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 7 pts
2 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 3
4 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis 2
5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1
Km 162 - C�te de Chabrits
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 7 pts
2 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 5
3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 1
Best Young Rider
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.07.26
2 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise Des Jeux 0.33
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.51
4 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 0.54
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.56
6 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Alberto Fern�ndez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
8 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.14
9 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
11 Jos� Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 1.19
12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
13 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 1.39
14 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.55
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 2.56
16 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.04
17 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 4.16
18 Kasper Klosterg�rd (Den) Team CSC 5.07
19 Francisco Jos� Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.36
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux
21 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.38
22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
23 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.00
24 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 9.12
25 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux
26 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
27 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole
29 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.06
Team
1 Discovery Channel Team 12.24.09
2 Francaise des Jeux 0.11
3 Caisse D�Epargne 0.13
4 Bouygues Telecom 0.44
5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.46
6 Predictor - Lotto 0.50
7 Team CSC 1.01
8 Gerolsteiner 1.25
9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.45
10 Credit Agricole 2.23
11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.46
12 Liquigas 2.49
13 Rabobank 3.09
14 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.31
15 Lampre-Fondital 3.36
16 Astana 3.44
17 Agritubel 6.48
18 T-Mobile Team 7.26
19 Quick Step - Innergetic 14.04
20 Team Milram 21.02
General Classification (after Stage 4)
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17.40.34
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.06
3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.23
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.31
5 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 0.32
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.35
7 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.42
8 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
9 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.43
10 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.46
11 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.48
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.49
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 0.50
14 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise Des Jeux 0.51
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.54
16 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.55
17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.58
18 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 1.05
20 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 1.06
21 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 1.13
22 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 1.15
23 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 1.16
24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.17
25 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.20
26 Pierrick F�drigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.26
27 Alberto Fern�ndez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.28
28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.38
29 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
30 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39
31 Josep Jufr� (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 1.45
32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.48
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.50
34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.53
35 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 1.55
36 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 1.59
37 Jos� Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 2.01
38 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02
39 Francisco P�rez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
40 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.03
41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Pr�voyance 2.04
42 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 2.06
43 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
44 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2.11
45 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 2.12
46 Aitor P�rez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.19
47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2.21
48 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.27
49 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.36
50 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.42
51 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.43
52 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.44
53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49
54 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 3.03
55 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.20
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 3.24
57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 3.30
58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Pr�voyance 3.31
59 Rub�n P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.32
60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3.38
61 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.47
62 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.49
63 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.52
64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cr�dit Agricole 3.54
65 Jos� Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Pr�voyance 4.02
66 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.07
67 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 4.30
68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.42
69 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 4.57
70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 5.16
71 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 5.17
72 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 5.19
73 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 5.29
74 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 5.30
75 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 5.31
76 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5.32
77 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.35
78 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.41
79 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.45
80 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 5.46
81 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 5.47
82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.49
83 Gerben L�wik (Ned) Rabobank 5.52
84 Kasper Klosterg�rd (Den) Team CSC 5.54
85 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 6.00
86 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 6.22
87 Fr�d�ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 6.23
88 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 6.36
89 Francisco Jos� Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.37
90 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 6.54
91 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir
92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 7.04
93 Iker Cama�o (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.12
94 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.00
95 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 9.12
96 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.15
97 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.17
98 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 9.23
99 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 9.25
100 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.36
101 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9.37
102 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
103 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 9.38
104 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
105 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance
106 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.40
107 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
108 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 9.41
109 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux
110 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 9.44
111 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.45
112 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9.47
113 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 9.52
114 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 9.54
115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.57
116 Beno�t Joachim (Lux) Astana 10.03
117 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 10.04
118 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.06
119 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.10
120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 10.12
121 Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 10.14
122 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 10.15
123 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 10.20
124 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 10.31
125 Bj�rn Schr�der (Ger) Milram 10.35
126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10.39
127 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 10.40
128 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 10.51
129 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 11.04
130 Beno�t Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 11.10
131 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 11.14
132 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.15
133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 11.19
134 Martin M�ller (Swi) Milram 11.30
135 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.31
136 Laurent Lef�vre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.33
137 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 11.37
138 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.43
139 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 12.14
140 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.18
141 Jos� Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.27
142 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis 12.30
143 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
144 Mikel Gazta�aga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 12.53
145 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.05
146 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13.39
147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.48
148 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 16.40
149 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 21.57
150 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Cr�dit Agricole 22.46
151 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 22.55
152 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 23.25
153 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 24.30
Points Classification
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 pts
2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 43
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 42
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 41
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 41
6 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 41
7 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 38
8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 35
9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 35
10 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34
11 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32
12 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 31
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 28
14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 28
15 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 27
16 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise Des Jeux 24
17 Francisco Jos� Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24
18 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23
19 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 23
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 22
21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 22
22 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 22
23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21
24 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20
25 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20
26 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 20
27 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 18
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 18
29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 16
30 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16
31 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 16
32 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 15
33 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15
34 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
35 Mikel Gazta�aga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 13
36 Josep Jufr� (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 12
37 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 12
38 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11
39 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11
40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10
41 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 10
42 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 9
43 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 9
44 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 8
45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 7
46 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 7
47 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 7
48 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6
49 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6
50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6
51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 5
52 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 5
53 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
54 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5
55 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 4
56 Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 4
57 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
58 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 4
59 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis 3
60 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 3
61 Aitor P�rez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3
62 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
63 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3
64 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 2
65 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 2
66 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2
67 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 1
Mountains Classification
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 17
3 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 17
4 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis 12
5 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 11
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 10
7 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8
9 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 8
10 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
11 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6
12 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 6
13 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5
14 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5
15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 4
17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3
18 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
19 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2
20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2
21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2
23 Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 2
24 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 1
25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 1
26 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 1
27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 1
29 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 1
Best Young Rider Classification
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 17.40.40
2 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise Des Jeux 0.45
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.48
4 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.49
5 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 1.10
6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.11
7 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.14
8 Alberto Fern�ndez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.22
9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.32
10 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
11 Jos� Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 1.55
12 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 2.00
13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
14 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.30
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3.32
16 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.46
17 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 5.13
18 Kasper Klosterg�rd (Den) Team CSC 5.48
19 Francisco Jos� Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.31
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 6.48
21 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.54
22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.09
23 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 9.17
24 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 9.19
25 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 9.34
26 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 9.35
27 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 9.38
28 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.39
29 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.04
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.12
Team Classification
1 Caisse D�Epargne 53.03.58
2 Discovery Channel Team 0.16
3 Francaise des Jeux 0.25
4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.37
5 Bouygues Telecom 0.51
6 Predictor - Lotto 1.02
7 Team CSC 1.15
8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.01
9 Gerolsteiner 2.04
10 Liquigas 2.31
11 Credit Agricole 2.42
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.00
13 Lampre-Fondital 3.30
14 Rabobank 3.31
15 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.21
16 Astana 4.24
17 Agritubel 7.39
18 T-Mobile Team 7.59
19 Quick Step - Innergetic 14.27
20 Team Milram 22.30
