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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 1 - Sunday, July 8: London - Canterbury, 203km
McEwen's Canterbury Tale: Robbie's Unbelievable Win
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Canterbury, with additional reporting by Laura Weislo
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As Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal fought it out in the Men's Final at Wimbledon and Kimi Raikonnen captured the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, it was Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) who had the most dramatic win of the moment. The Australian sprung for an incredible sprint victory in Canterbury, beating archrivals Thor Hushovd (Cr�dit Agricole) and Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) by over a bike length on the finishing straight on Rheims Way.
"I crashed with about 20 kilometres to go and landed on my knee and wrist," explained a still incredulous McEwen post-stage, "but my teammates waited for me. It was very hard to get back to the peloton and I was thinking 'it's finished' because when you crash and hurt yourself it's not good, but I stayed concentrated. I found the energy through the fear and frustration because I had crashed on the first stage of the Tour, but I realized I had nothing to lose. My goal at the Tour was to win one stage and I've done that, but I hope my injuries aren't too bad tomorrow."
With a shake of his head, as if he couldn't believe he had won the stage, McEwen embraced his teammates Mario Aerts and Dario Cioni post stage, who had brought the 35 year-old sprinter back from the brink. For the first time in his career, the Gold Coaster took the win in the first stage of the Tour de France to make it an even dozen of Tour career stage wins.
Maillot Jaune Fabian Cancellara had a quiet day ensconced in the peloton today as stage 1 traversed the County of Kent on the road to Canterbury. "My team controlled the race very today and it so was great to spend the day in the Maillot Jaune. That is always fantastic, maybe the best thing in cycling."
After a cruise through the streets of London on the neutral zone, Saunier Duval's speedy Scot David Millar made an early, audacious counterattack in east London suburb of Woolwich and then got away solo, with four riders pursuing him, including Aug� (Cofidis), Bichot (Agritubel), Grivko (Milram) and Kuschynski (Liquigas) while Maillot Jaune Cancellara's CSC machine kept tempo behind.
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Millar was looking to get as many points on the road as he could, eventually collecting enough time bonuses and climbing points to take over the Maillot Pois of best climber as well as move past Discovery Channel's George Hincapie into third on GC and is now 21" out of the race lead.
Millar explained post-state to Ben Atkins, Cyclingnews UK editor that "I just tried to kind of be in the race today, so this is a total bonus. I just attacked because I was kind of in a dark angry mood this morning, so I wanted to do something."
"I remember in '94 when I came to the Tour when I was a kid," Millar continue. "I queued up in Brighton at the barriers for like four hours for the race to come through and then the two riders came through and ten minutes later Boardman had attacked off the front. I remember that made my whole day, seeing Boardman off the front. And so, I thought today, 'you know what, I'm just going to go on a suicide mission,' and it ended up being productive, which is a real bonus."
Millar well articulated his feelings about racing in England this weekend, "I just wanted to say 'thank you' to everyone, it's just been such an opportunity, it was the one opportunity in my life to do that. It's been amazing, there were flags and my name painted out and everyone was just cheering my name, it was nice to hear 'David' being shouted out in an English accent and not 'Davide, Davide.' It was the first time I've had 'David, David' the whole road, so that was great, it was just like wonderful, it's a big 'thank you' to everyone for coming out and supporting us. It was a good day. The crowd was huge, insane. Everywhere we went people were supporting us racing."
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McEwen's Predictor-Lotto teammate Chris Horner gave major props to his Aussie teammate McEwen, telling Shane Stokes of Cyclingnews that "[Robbie] had Fred Rodriguez and Leif Hoste looking after him all the way into the finish and you can't ask for two better wheels than that. So nothing surprises me with Robbie when he sees the finish line. I have seen him when he is absolutely terrible, when he says 'don't do anything for me, I am bad,' and then he pulls out the win anyway."
Young British sprinter Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) was touted as a possibility for the stage but he crashed into a spectator with 21 kilometres to go in Farthing Common at the base of the final KOM. His team director Brian Holm explained, "He ran into someone and was half-fighting with the man he ran into on the street. I don't know exactly what happened. Then his handlebars were damaged so we had to move up and change his bike again.
"For some reason the race commissaries made a barrage. Normally with a crash like that you let the cars go so he can go between the cars, but what the bloody commissar did today was a very strange situation."
Cavendish eventually finished third from last on the stage, 2'45" behind McEwen. Just a handful of seconds before Cavendish, US TT champ Dave Zabriskie (CSC) crossed the finish line in 184th, 2'27" back as the American dropped off the pace in the final kilometres after his hard tempo work on the front today for his teammate Cancellara. Eduardo Gonzalo of Agritubel injured his right shoulder after 67 kilometres in Maidstone and crashed out of Le Tour, so 188 riders will start tomorrow as the Tour returns to France.
How it unfolded
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All 189 riders gathered in London under sunny skies and mild temperatures for the start of stage one. After a parade lap through the historic centre of London, the riders halted briefly on the Tower Bridge for a short stage opening ceremony, and after London mayor Kevin Livingstone cut the tape and dropped the flag, the riders headed out for an additional neutral section before starting the 203 kilometre stage to Canterbury.
Just as soon as the riders reached kilometre zero, the French teams of Agritubel and Fran�aise des Jeux started the aggression, but it was Rub�n P�rez (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) and Andrey Grivko (Team Milram) who made the first breakaway.
Their move didn't last long, and was quickly countered by Saunier Duval's David Millar, who established the definitive breakaway of the stage inside the first 10 kilometres. Millar forged ahead solo for 40 kilometres, keeping a gap of a minute or more on a chase group of Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Freddy Bichot (Agritubel), Andrey Grivko (Team Milram) and St�phane Aug� (Cofidis).
Millar mopped up the first time bonus along the route in the town of Gillingham before his team finally advised him to wait for the chasers. Grivko and Kuschynski took second and third in the sprint, and the break became five just past the 50-kilometre mark.
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With the break working smoothly together, the peloton sat back and was content to have a relaxing day in the saddle. All along the route, massive, enthusiastic crowds lined the roads to watch the Tour come past for the first time since 1994.
In the second sprint at Wateringbury, the breakaway, which had extended its lead to five minutes, rolled through with Millar taking the maximum time bonus ahead of Grivko and Kuschynski.
The calm atmosphere in the peloton didn't prevent a few mishaps along the way. Eduardo Gonzalo (Agritubel) was the first rider to abandon at kilometre 79 after he crashed through the rear window of the Caisse d'Epargne team car. He broke his collarbone in the incident, but can take solace in the fact that he wasn't the first to have that experience - both Davis Phinney and Jan Ullrich have done the same. The Caisse d'Epargne team director was apologetic after the stage, telling French television that he the car in front of him stopped suddenly and there was nothing he could have done to prevent the accident.
The battle for the polka dot climber's jersey was more heated than the intermediate sprints. At the first KOM in Southborough at kilometre 94.5, Millar had to put in a solid sprint on the category four hill to get the points ahead of Grivko and Kuschynski. At the second category four climb in Goudhurst, Kuschynski tried to surprise his companions, but went too soon and was caught and passed by Bichot and Aug� at the top.
With the break now at kilometre 121, the peloton was starting to get restless. Quickstep's C�dric Vasseur and a Cr�dit Agricole rider took over from the CSC train, which had been setting tempo all afternoon, and the gap to the breakaway started to fall quickly. After Predictor-Lotto sent Wim Vansevenant to the front with another teammate, the leaders' advantage fell down below the three-minute mark by the third intermediate sprint in Tenterden at kilometre 140.5.
The intermediate sprint was a hard-fought battle between Kuschynski, Bichot and Grivko who crossed the line in that order. As the chase gathered its fury, the peloton suffered a string of mishaps: first Oscar Freire flatted with 60 kilometres to go, then a crash involving Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel), Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne) and Brett Lancaster (Milram) in the town of Bethersden with 53 kilometres to go.
As the peloton drew ever nearer, Freddy Bichot decided to attack, and was followed by Aug� and Kuschynski who were trying to dislodge Grivko, who they felt wasn't doing his fair share. Not willing to pull Grivko back on, Millar gave up and the pair was caught with 44 kilometres remaining.
With Millar back in the fold, Saunier Duval came to the fore and brought the trio up front within a minute of their grasp. Still, the problems persisted in the peloton, and Leif Hoste and Levi Leipheimer both suffered flats as the chase was at full steam. Both made it back safely into the bunch.
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The lead for Kuschynski, Bichot and Aug� was down to 17 seconds when Aug� decided it was time to go it alone. Interested in the red and white spotted climber's jersey, he attacked with 26 kilometres to go, six kilometres before the KOM. Fortunately, for him, but unfortunate for the riders involved, a large crash in the peloton disrupted the chase with 23 kilometres to go.
The crash, which took out sprint hot-favourite Robbie McEwen also delayed more than 20 other riders. Most of the Predictor-Lotto squad came back for McEwen, but that did not help T-Mobile's Mark Cavendish, who had to stop twice for a bike change. The Manxman would never make it back to the bunch despite constant encouragement (but no teammates to help) from his directeur sportif.
Aug� succeeded in taking the last KOM in Farthing Common, while Saunier Duval's Davids - Millar and de la Fuente - took second and third while leading the chase behind. Just over the top, Aug� gave up the ghost and Saunier Duval let Quickstep take over the work at the front.
Aided by Lampre, Quickstep took control but never succeeded in setting up the blistering pace of the typical Tour de France sprint finish. CSC kept Cancellara safe up front, but took a back seat to a decidedly unhurried run in to Canterbury. With eight kilometres to go, McEwen's group was still 18" behind the group of the yellow jersey, and the sprint looked to be a sure thing for Tom Boonen.
As Matteo Tosatto and Gert Steegmans provided Boonen his final lead-out with one kilometre to go, Milram was able to overtake their train on the left side of the road while trying to deliver Erik Zabel to the front. But in a quick succession of left and right-hand bends, Milram lost their grip and were surprised by an early sprint from Barloworld's Robert Hunter.
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The South African launched himself away from the charging pack, but couldn't sustain his speed. With Discovery's Tomas Vaitkus on his wheel, Hunter faded, and Fran�aise Des Jeux's S�bastien Chavanel hit the gas on the right, while Thor Hushovd and Tom Boonen chose the middle of the road to make their kick in the last 200 metres.
But nobody expected the appearance of Robbie McEwen, who shot like a rocket past Francisco Ventoso, and came from 10th wheel to explode to the stage win ahead of Hushovd and Boonen. McEwen, his leg dripping with blood, won his 12th Tour de France stage with so much speed the rest of the sprinters looked as if they were standing still.
Stage 2 - Monday, July 9: Dunkirk - Gent, 168.5km
Monday sees the second stage of Le Tour returning to Europe and it passes into Belgium across the mythical roads of Belgian Classics like the Tour of Flanders, Het Volk and Gent-Wevelgem. Echelons and crashes could play a part in this nervous stage and the strong wind off the North Sea will undoubtedly be present. 'Tommeke' Boonen will be looking for a big win in front of the home crowd in Gent.
Sprints:
Km 46: Boezinge (Belgium)
Km 87: Westende (Belgium)
Km 140: Aarsele (Belgium)
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Queen's Guard in London.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) with his fan club.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas)
- Manuel Quinziato and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) with London's finest.
- Pippo Pozzato tries on a new hat.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) with his girlfriend.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) enjoys London with his ragazza.
- Pippo with the paper. La Gazzetta dello Sport
- Tower bridge
- Queen's Guard in London.
- Queen's Guard plays music for the start in London.
- Houses of Parliament
- London Eye
- Tower Bridge for the official start
- Tower Bridge
- Tower Bridge was the official start for stage 1.
- The sprint into Canterbury.
- The sprinters battle it out into Canterbury.
- The Australian came by everyone with an incredible speed.
- The peloton bunches up at the finish.
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) heads the other way to receive another yellow jersey.
- Predictor-Lotto did an incredible job to ride McEwen back into the race after his untimely crash 23 kilometres before the finish.
- Predictor-Lotto is happy to celebrate another victory after hard work.
- McEwen on the podium.
- Cancellara puts on another yellow jersey.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) has done it again.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) was as invisible as the Canterbury Ghost to take stage one.
- Cancellara comes in with the same time and keeps his jersey. Hincapie is on the left.
- Thumbs up even if his right hand got the brunt of it during the crash.
- Cancellara has build a comfortable lead over the sprinters with his stunning time trial performance.
- Cancellara in yellow.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) wearing 'his' colour.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) did enough to secure the Polka-dot Jersey.
Images by AFP Photo
- Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) leads the escape.
- Robbie unbelievable! Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) takes the stage 1 sprint.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) heads to the sprint win.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) over Boonen in stage 1.
- For Predictor-Lotto Robbie McEwen takes the win.
- 12th win for Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) in the Tour de France.
Images by Cyclingnews.com
- The riders cross the Tower Bridge to a big crowd of fans
- Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara greets the London Mayor Kevin Livingstone
- The Tower Bridge
- Riders line up on the Tower Bridge for the ceremonial start
- McEwen gets to the point winning stage one
- Cancellara reaches an arm into his second yellow jersey of the 2007 Tour
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) looking spotty in the climbers' jersey
- Robbie McEwen gets a zip from former Tour winner Bernard Hinault
- McEwen embraces Wim Vansevenant who was the first on the scene to help chase McEwen back into the pack after he crashed
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) gives McEwen a pat of congratulations
- Cancellara glows in yellow at the sign-in
- Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) at the start
- CSC's Stuart O'Grady gets direction from his young son
- The jersey holders of stage one Andreas Klöden, Fabian Cancellara and Vladimir Gusev
- The Tour heads out of London
- Cancellara gets a push from his team
- Alejandro Valverde is happy to start in the sunshine on the second day of Le Tour
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) gets his bottle of champagne
Images by Tim Maloney /Cyclingnews.com
- Ag2r Prevoyance directeur sportif Laurent Biondi
- Gilles Magnien the new driver of the Tour director's car
- The Tour director's car has a sophisticated communications system
- Magnien watches the parade go by before heading up the race
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 4.39.01 (43.65 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cr�dit Agricole 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 S�bastien Chavanel (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6 Robert F�rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Francisco Jos� Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 26 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 28 Julian Dean (NZl) Cr�dit Agricole 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 30 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 31 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 33 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 34 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 35 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 38 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 40 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 43 Gr�gory Rast (Swi) Astana 44 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 47 S�bastien Hinault (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 48 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 49 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 50 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 51 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 53 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 54 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 55 Lilian J�gou (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 56 Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Pr�voyance 58 Kjell Carlstr�m (Fin) Liquigas 59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 60 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 61 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 63 Jos� Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Pr�voyance 64 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 66 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 67 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 69 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 71 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 73 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 75 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 77 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 Jos� Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 80 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 81 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 83 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 85 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 86 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 87 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 91 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 92 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 93 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 94 Christophe Le M�vel (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 95 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 96 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 98 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 99 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 100 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 104 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 106 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 107 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 108 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 109 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 111 Beno�t Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 112 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 113 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 114 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 116 St�phane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 117 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 118 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 119 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 121 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 122 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 123 R�my Di Gr�gorio (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 124 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 125 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 126 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 127 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cr�dit Agricole 128 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 129 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 130 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 132 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 133 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 134 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 135 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 136 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 137 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 138 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 139 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 141 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 142 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 143 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 144 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 146 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 147 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 148 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 149 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 150 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 151 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 152 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 154 C�dric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 155 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 156 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 157 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 158 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 159 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Pr�voyance 160 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 161 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 162 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 164 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 165 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 166 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 167 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 168 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 169 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 170 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 171 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 172 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 173 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 175 I�igo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 176 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 177 F�lix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 178 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 179 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 180 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 181 Jos� Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 182 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1.29 183 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.32 184 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.27 185 C�dric Herv� (Fra) Agritubel 2.45 186 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 187 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 7.48 DNF Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel Points Gillingham - km 46.5 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 4 3 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 Teston - km 76 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 4 3 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 Tenterden - km 140.5 1 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 2 Finish 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cr�dit Agricole 30 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 4 S�bastien Chavanel (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 24 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 22 6 Robert F�rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 19 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 9 Francisco Jos� Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 15 12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 14 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 13 14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 11 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 9 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 20 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 25 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 1 Mountains C�te de Southborough - km 94.5 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 pts 2 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 3 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 C�te de Goudhurst - km 121.0 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 pts 2 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 2 3 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 1 C�te de Farthing Common - km 183.0 1 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 3 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Young rider 1 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4.39.01 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Francisco Jos� Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 6 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 16 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 18 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21 R�my Di Gr�gorio (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 23 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 25 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 27 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 30 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 2.45 Most aggressive rider classification 1 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone Teams 1 Quickstep-Innergetic 13.57.03 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Liquigas 4 Fran�aise des Jeux 5 Cr�dit Agricole 6 Predictor-Lotto 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Barloworld 10 Astana 11 Lampre-Fondital 12 Team CSC 13 Rabobank 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Team Milram 16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 AG2r Pr�voyance 19 Agritubel 20 Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 21 Caisse d'Epargne General classification after stage 1 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.47.51 2 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 0.13 3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.21 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.23 5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.25 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.26 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cr�dit Agricole 0.29 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.30 10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.32 12 Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 13 Jos� Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.33 14 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.35 17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.36 19 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 21 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.37 22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.38 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 26 S�bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.39 27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.42 31 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.43 32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 35 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.44 37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.45 39 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 0.46 42 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.47 44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 46 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 0.48 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 50 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 53 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 0.49 55 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 56 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 57 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.50 60 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.51 62 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52 66 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 68 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.53 69 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 70 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 C�dric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 72 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Pr�voyance 73 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.54 76 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 77 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 80 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 81 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.55 82 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 83 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 84 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 85 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 86 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 87 Jos� Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 0.56 90 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 93 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.57 94 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 95 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 96 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 97 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 98 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.58 99 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 100 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 103 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.00 104 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 105 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 106 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 108 Robert F�rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 I�igo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 110 Julian Dean (NZl) Cr�dit Agricole 1.01 111 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 112 Jos� Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Pr�voyance 113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cr�dit Agricole 114 Kjell Carlstr�m (Fin) Liquigas 115 St�phane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 1.02 116 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 118 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 119 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03 120 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 121 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 122 S�bastien Chavanel (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 123 Lilian J�gou (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 124 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.04 125 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 126 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 128 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 129 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 1.05 130 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 131 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 132 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 1.06 133 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 134 Gr�gory Rast (Swi) Astana 135 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 136 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Pr�voyance 137 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 139 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Cr�dit Agricole 140 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.07 141 Christophe Le M�vel (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 142 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.08 143 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 144 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 1.09 146 Francisco Jos� Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10 147 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 148 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 149 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 151 S�bastien Hinault (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 1.12 152 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 153 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 154 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 1.13 155 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 156 R�my Di Gr�gorio (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 157 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1.14 158 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 159 Beno�t Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.15 160 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16 161 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 162 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 163 F�lix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 1.18 164 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 165 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Pr�voyance 166 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 1.19 168 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 169 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 170 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 1.20 171 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 172 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.21 173 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.23 174 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.25 175 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.26 176 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 177 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.27 178 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 179 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 1.30 180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.33 181 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.51 182 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 2.15 183 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.59 184 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.04 185 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 3.37 186 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 3.54 187 C�dric Herv� (Fra) Agritubel 4.15 188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 8.41 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cr�dit Agricole 30 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 4 S�bastien Chavanel (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 24 5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 22 6 Robert F�rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 19 8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 19 9 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 10 Francisco Jos� Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 15 13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 14 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 13 15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 16 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 12 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 11 20 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 10 21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 9 24 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 8 25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 8 26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 27 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5 30 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 5 31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4 32 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 4 33 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 35 Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 1 36 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 1 Mountains classification 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 pts 2 St�phane Aug� (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 5 3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 5 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 6 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Young rider classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.48.16 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 3 Beno�t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 0.07 4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.08 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.10 6 William Bonnet (Fra) Cr�dit Agricole 0.11 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.13 8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.17 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.19 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran�aise des Jeux 0.21 11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.22 12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 Thomas L�vkvist (Swe) Fran�aise des Jeux 0.23 14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25 15 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.32 16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.33 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.35 18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.37 19 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 0.38 20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.39 21 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 0.40 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.43 24 Francisco Jos� Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.45 25 Mickael Delage (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 0.48 26 R�my Di Gr�gorio (Fra) Fran�aise des Jeux 27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.49 28 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.51 29 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.54 30 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.02 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 3.12 Teams classification 1 Astana 14.24.51 2 Team CSC 0.02 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.05 4 Caisse d'Epargne 0.18 5 Cofidis-Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 0.20 6 T-Mobile Team 0.45 7 Rabobank 0.47 8 Fran�aise des Jeux 0.48 9 Liquigas 0.52 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.54 11 Cr�dit Agricole 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.57 14 Predictor-Lotto 1.01 15 Team Milram 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.03 17 Lampre-Fondital 1.10 18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Barloworld 1.23 20 AG2r Pr�voyance 1.25 21 Agritubel
