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65th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 11-18, 2007
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Stage 7 - March 18: Nice - Nice, 129.5 km
Alberto Contador on Miguel Indurain's path
By Jean-Fran�ois Qu�net in Nice
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"You tell me that Miguel Indurain won Paris-Nice (in 1989 and 1990, ed.), I didn't know about it. I'm proud to be his successor here but it doesn't mean I'll win the Tour de France as well. I can dream about it, but dreaming is free", Contador said.
The Spaniard also denied there was any feeling of revenge after being excluded from last year's Tour de France. "No, this win is an important one in a race that I like so much. I came with the intention of winning after riding well in the Tour of Valencia" said Contador. "This is the greatest victory in my career so far. For sure there will be a before and an after Paris-Nice in my career. It counts in a record book."
"The key for my victory was the team work," he continued. "The other days I was struggling in the last kilometers. Today I was well. I won with a lot of rage. I finished the job that was unaccomplished yesterday. I knew I had only one occasion to break away. With 1.5km, I saw the victory more clearly than before. Only when I passed the red flag was I sure that no one would catch me anymore."
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With his yellow jersey threatened, Rebellin never panicked. On the Col d'Eze, he didn't try to follow Contador, but no one else was able to follow, either. Winner of the points competition, Franco Pellizotti attested, "Discovery Channel have ridden really well. They deserve to win. They have launched a big action. Rebellin had no team."
The "mister nice guy" of Italian cycling would never say so but it was obvious. "I'm disappointed of course but I've given the maximum.", said Rebellin. "Contador was the strongest. He has won uphill in Mende. He dropped everybody off today. I felt tired. Having the yellow jersey was a satisfaction - I'd have liked to win Paris-Nice - but my condition isn't at 100% yet, that's what I've missed for winning. I come to the stage races like this one to improve my shape for the classics."
Rebellin's dedication to the sport, aged 36, and his fair play are just as admirable as Contador's message for the future of cycling.
How it unfolded
At km 5, several riders broke clear and formed a group of 11 in two waves: Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Sandy Casar (Fran�aise des Jeux), Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne), Andy Schleck (CSC), Dimitri Fofonov (Cr�dit Agricole), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel), Patxi Vila (Lampre), Sergio Paulinho and Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel).
The last chance for bonuses saw Chavanel outsprinting Kreuziger at km 15.5, and then Voeckler secured his polka dot jersey on the C�te de Duranus at km 25. On the descent, Voeckler continued on his own. His companions got caught by the pack, but the Frenchman persisted, and passed the Col de la Porte 16 seconds ahead of a group led by Discovery Channel. He went flat out on the downhill and regained a one-minute lead at km 64.
It wasn't until the second to last climb of the day that the Discovery train, led by Tom Danielson, set an incredible pace which decimated the peloton, and caught and dropped Voeckler on the slopes of La Turbie at km 89.
On the descent, a four-man group went clear, Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Markus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Alexandre Botcharov (Cr�dit Agricole) and again Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne), and was chased by Pieter Weening (Rabobank), but the pace of the Discovery-led bunch was too quick for any move to stay clear.
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In the first kilometer of the final climb, the Col d'Eze, Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) launched a blistering attack that left all of the other favourites in the dust. David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) and Tadej Valjavec (Lampre) tried but failed to go across, while race leader David Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) was left with no team-mates and no help in the much reduced peloton. At the top, Rebellin had lost 44 seconds to Contador.
Fr�nk Schleck (CSC) was probably the one who helped Rebellin the most in the chase, and as Contador reached the brisk cross-winds on the shoreline in Nice, with 1.5km to go, the gap was down to 17 seconds. In the final kilometre, Rebellin even tried to bridge it on his own but he couldn't make. A late attack from the Caisse d'Epargne pair of David L�pez and Joaqu�m Rodr�guez came too late to do any good, and Contador took the stage with time to celebrate his overall victory as he crossed the line.
Photography
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- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) decimates the bunch with a brilliant attack
- Levi Leipheimer congratulates Contador on a stunning victory
- In yellow, Alberto Contador smiles on the podium
- Discovery Channel got no gifts and Contador won with pure brute force from the team and the young winner
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) looks like he could get used to this treatment
- Contador did not contain his joy with winning the overall Paris-Nice
- Contador knew he had time to celebrate his spectacular win, and still take the overall
- Bang! Contador shot down all of his rivals
- Alberto Contador soaks it all up
- I won!
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Alain Rumpf had the ProTour leader's jersey ready for Contador, but no opportunity to present it
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) signs an autograph for a young fan.
Results
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.15.47 (39.686 km/h) 2 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.19 3 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.22 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 11 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00 13 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 17 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 20 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 21 Pierrick F�drigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05 22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.45 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 25 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 26 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cr�dit Agricole 28 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 30 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 32 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 33 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 35 Francisco P�rez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 37 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 2.51 38 Iker Cama�o (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Jos� Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Pr�voyance 40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 41 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 42 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 43 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 44 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 45 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 46 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.32 47 Beno�t Joachim (Lux) Astana 48 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 49 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 50 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10.28 54 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 57 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Pr�voyance 13.33 58 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 59 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 60 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 61 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 62 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 63 Josep Jufr� (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 64 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 66 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 67 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Fr�d�ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 69 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 70 Beno�t Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 71 Rub�n P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 17.08 76 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 78 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 79 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNS Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram DNF Jos� Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana DNF Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas DNF Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Alberto Fern�ndez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel DNF Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana DNF Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana DNF Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana DNF Bj�rn Schr�der (Ger) Milram DNF Martin M�ller (Ger) Milram DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel DNF Herv� Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis DNF St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis DNF Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC DNF Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC DNF Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC DNF Kasper Klosterg�rd (Den) Team CSC DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Aitor P�rez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Jos� Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel DNF Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile DNF Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile DNF Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise Des Jeux DNF Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank DNF Gerben L�wik (Ned) Rabobank DNF Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital Mountains Km 25.5 - C�te de Duranus 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 5 3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 3 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 5 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 1 Km 52 - Col de la Porte 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 pts 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 8 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 6 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 3 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 7 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Km 89.5 - La Turbie 1 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 10 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 8 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 5 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 6 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 1 Km 113.5 - Col d'Eze 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 pts 2 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 4 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 2 7 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 1 Sprints Km 15.5 - Levens 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Km 105 - Nice 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 2 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1 Km 129.5 - Nice 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 25 pts 2 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 3 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 4 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 16 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 15 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 14 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 9 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 11 11 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 12 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 8 14 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 16 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 17 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 3 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2 20 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1 Young rider 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.15.47 2 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.00 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.45 5 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 7 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 9 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 10 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.51 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 4.32 12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10.28 13 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 13.33 14 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.08 15 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 9.48.21 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.00 3 Team CSC 2.07 4 Cr�dit Agricole 2.52 5 Lampre-Fondital 3.13 6 Predictor-Lotto 7 Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 4.15 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.36 9 Liquigas 5.39 10 Fran�aise des Jeux 6.17 11 AG2r Pr�voyance 7.33 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.26 13 Bouygues Telecom 14.38 14 Astana 15.45 15 T-Mobile Team 16.03 16 Rabobank 16.51 17 Quickstep-Innergetic 19.59 18 Gerolsteiner 26.58 19 Team Milram 31.26 20 Agritubel 39.39 Final General classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 29.55.22 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.26 3 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.42 4 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.49 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.57 6 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.00 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 1.01 8 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.08 9 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12 10 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.22 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 1.29 12 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 1.36 13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.46 14 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2.10 16 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.20 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2.29 18 Pierrick F�drigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.35 19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.41 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2.55 21 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 3.02 22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3.26 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.41 24 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 4.02 25 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.15 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 5.52 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 7.04 28 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.27 29 Francisco P�rez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.48 30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 9.55 31 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 10.04 32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cr�dit Agricole 10.53 33 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 11.06 34 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 11.41 35 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 11.56 36 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12.20 37 Jos� Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Pr�voyance 12.45 38 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.55 39 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 14.22 40 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17.16 41 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.40 42 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.45 43 Beno�t Joachim (Lux) Astana 19.49 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Pr�voyance 22.18 45 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 22.44 46 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 23.04 47 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 24.18 48 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 24.33 49 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.24 50 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 26.43 51 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 26.50 52 Fr�d�ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 29.51 53 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 29.57 54 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 29.58 55 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 30.18 56 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.45 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 32.11 58 Josep Jufr� (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 33.21 59 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 33.28 60 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 33.30 61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 33.37 62 Iker Cama�o (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.57 63 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 34.08 64 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 34.17 65 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 35.43 66 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 36.00 67 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 39.06 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 40.11 69 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42.09 70 Beno�t Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 43.56 71 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.40 72 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 47.28 73 Rub�n P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.27 74 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 52.07 75 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 76 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.32 77 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 55.44 78 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 56.30 79 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 56.35 80 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 57.32 81 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.51 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 pts 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 42 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 29 5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 25 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 22 7 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 20 9 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 17 10 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 12 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 11 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 10 14 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 8 16 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 7 18 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 19 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5 20 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 4 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 1 23 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 1 24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 1 26 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 1 27 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 1 28 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Points classification 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 90 pts 2 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 80 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 74 5 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 6 David L�pez Garc�a (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 7 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 51 9 S�bastien Joly (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 51 10 Joaqu�m Rodr�guez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48 11 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 45 13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 38 15 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 38 16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Pr�voyance 36 17 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 34 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 33 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 33 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 21 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 25 22 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 23 23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19 24 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 19 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 19 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 17 27 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 16 28 Josep Jufr� (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 12 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11 30 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 31 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 7 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 7 34 Pierrick F�drigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 35 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 6 36 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 6 37 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 38 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 39 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 4 40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 4 41 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 42 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 4 43 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3 44 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 3 45 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3 46 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 2 47 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 2 48 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1 Young rider classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 29.55.22 2 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.42 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.20 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.41 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 3.26 6 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.15 7 Jes�s Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.27 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 11.41 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17.16 10 Ama�l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 23.04 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise Des Jeux 26.43 12 R�mi Pauriol (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 29.58 13 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42.09 14 Alan P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.40 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise Des Jeux 47.28 16 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.51 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 89.49.06 2 Team CSC 3.50 3 Predictor-Lotto 5.26 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.30 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.41 6 Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 10.44 7 Fran�aise des Jeux 11.10 8 Liquigas 12.38 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.04 10 Bouygues Telecom 21.07 11 Lampre-Fondital 22.24 12 AG2r Pr�voyance 22.42 13 Cr�dit Agricole 28.22 14 Astana 30.57 15 T-Mobile Team 38.50 16 Gerolsteiner 56.29 17 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.02.37 18 Rabobank 1.07.55 19 Team Milram 1.18.43 20 Agritubel 1.35.55
