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62nd Tour de Romandie - ProT

Switzerland, April 29-May 4, 2008

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Stage 5 - May 4: Le Bouveret - Lausanne, 159.4km

Klöden caps comeback with Romandie title

Bennati dominates sprinters in final stage

By Susan Westemeyer

Bennati wins the final dash
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Astana's Andreas Klöden became the first German ever to win the Tour de Romandie, easily holding on to his overall title win in a final stage which saw Daniele Bennati of Liquigas take the sprint finish. Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas was second overall, followed by Marco Pinotti of Team High Road.

The slender German turned his attention immediately to the upcoming Giro d'Italia, to which his controversial team finally received a last-minute invitation. "Winning the Tour de Romandie is not a dream, but a great satisfaction in one of the most beautiful tests in the ProTour. It is true that this happiness is doubled by being able to take part in the Giro, knowing that the Tour de Romandie is the best preparation."

His team indicated that Klöden would be the team's captain in the Giro. "Now Andreas can focus on the overall title in the Giro d'Italia," said team spokesman Philippe Maertens. "Right now, he is the strongest of our three captains – himself, Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer, all of whom will be at the start in Italy. After the first time trial we will see how he is."

The 32 year-old had a difficult start to his season, as he battled with various illnesses, starting with the team's training camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He slowly came into form, hitting his peak for Romandie. Klöden established the basis for his overall win by taking the third stage time trial, which he won by six seconds over last year's race winner Thomas Dekker of Rabobank.

The final stage was marked by a five-man escape group for a long time. It got away on the first climb and built up a lead of up to 3'28, before being absorbed back into the peloton with about 15 kilometres to go. Astana, Liquigas and High Road took charge of things and brought back the escape attempts to set up a sprint finish. The last few hundred metres of the race contained a short, but steep climb, and Bennati proved to have the strongest legs. Gerolsteiner's Markus Zberg finished second, with Astana's Maxim Iglinsky third.

It was Bennati's first win of the season, much to his relief. "My team-mates did a great job to bring me up to the one-kilometre mark," he said. "From there on, I tried to take advantage of the train High Road formed for Cavendish. It carried me to Zberg's wheel and I launched the sprint with 180 metres to go." He dedicated his win to his team, which has continued to support him all season, his masseur and to his wife, who will give birth to the couple's son in July.

The 27 year-old was also looking forward to the Giro d'Italia, which starts in six days. "My objective? At least one stage win...."

Gerolsteiner's Francesco De Bonis took home the mountain jersey, and High Road's Morris Possoni took the sprinter's jersey. Bennati won the final points jersey.

How it unfolded

The final stage got up off promptly at 11:30 Sunday morning, with four riders deciding not to tackle the final 152.4 kilometres: Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto), Albert Fernandez (Saunier Duval), Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) and Leonardo Scarselli (Quick Step).

The first climb of the day was the Col des Mosses, at 31km, with 1,035m of climbing over 19.1 km, with an average gradient of 5.4 percent. On the way, Alexandre Moos of the American team BMC took off, and with one kilometre to go until the top, he had a one minute lead over the peloton. Four other riders went after him: Mathias Frank (Gerolsteiner), Jerome Coppel (Francaise des Jeux), Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) and Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom).

Moos took the mountain points, and in so doing, assured that Saturday's hero, Francesco De Bonis of Gerolsteiner, would be the overall winner of the mountain jersey. The five escapees came together on the descent and built up a 1'30" lead.

A closed railroad crossing held up the escapees for a brief time, but they were still able to work up a lead of over two minutes. Moos showed that he is a sprinter as well as a climber, taking the first intermediate sprint ahead of Frank and Coppel.

With 70km to go, Alexandr Pliuschin (AG2R) took off in pursuit of the breakaway group, which was over three minutes ahead. In the peloton, Liquigas and Astana shared the duties of shepherding everyone along at a comfortable pace.

Shortly after the feeding zone, several riders hit the pavement in a mass crash. Among them were Ian McKissick (BMC), Nick Gates (Silence-Lotto), and three Euskaltel riders, Haimar Zubeldia, Amets Uxurruka and Ruben Perez Moreno, all of whom were able to get back on their bikes and keep going. Not so for Bauke Mollema – the Rabobank youngster had to drop out of the race.

At 39km, Astana, Liquigas and Cofidis combined to bring the lead down even more, under two minutes, as they rode along the banks of the beautiful Lake Geneva on their way to Lausanne. The five managed to maintain a one-minute lead at the second intermediate sprint, which Moos took again ahead of Coppel and Botcharev. But with 33km still to go, the group began to have doubts as to whether it would be able to stay away to the end. Clement wasn't ready to give up and took off from his team-mates, as the lead shrunk to 53 seconds.

The Belgian had a 10 second lead as he started up the day's second ranked climb and the final one of the race. High Road sent two riders to the front of the peloton to help lead things and keep an eye on the break, which held at just about a minute.

With some 30 km left, Jens Voigt (CSC) lived up his reputation and took off out of the peloton. Clement took the mountain ranking, 14 seconds ahead of his former breakaway group and about 45 seconds ahead of Voigt, who in turn was about 15 seconds ahead of the peloton. Astana kept a close eye on the wiley German, who was only 2'45" behind their captain Andreas Klöden

The four followers caught Clement again and about 30 seconds behind them, Jussi Veikkanen of Francaise des Jeux caught up with Voigt. Another 30 seconds back was the peloton, where High Road sprinter Mark Cavendish was trying desperately not to drop off the back.

With 23km to go, Voigt realized he wouldn't get away and sat up to get back in the peloton. Veikkanen tried it on his own for a little longer, but was also absorbed back into the peloton. At 21km there was also 21 seconds between the two groups.

Coppel and Botcharov took off with 18km to go, with Clement dropping off the back and not able to hang on with Moos and Frank. He was quickly passed by the peloton, which was flying along in single file. Up ahead, the four remaining escapees got together again with a 17 second lead, but again Coppel and Botcharov shook them off. Moos managed to get back up to the leaders, as Frank was also absorbed back into the peloton.

They fought doggedly to hold on to their lead, and Botcharov took off as the peloton reached them with 15km to go, but he was only able to postpone the inevitable for one kilometre. Astana had things firmly in hand at the head of the fast moving peloton, with one Liquigas rider also up front.

The next attacks came at 12km to go from Rick Flens (Rabobank), Wim Van Huffel (Silence Lotto) and Laurent Mangel (AG2R). Astana wouldn't let them go, though, and quickly brought them back. Nick Nuyens of Cofidis took off as the peloton crossed under the 10km arch. He rocketed off the front on a light climb, followed by Alesander Kolobnev (CSC). Nuyens quickly built up a lead of 18 seconds.

A Lampre rider tried his luck as well, Paolo Tiralongo. The sprinters' teams had now lost control of the peloton as more riders tried to get away and dribble out the front.

Nuynes ground his way ahead, keeing a steady 20 second lead. Kolobnev was unable to make up any time on him and Tiralongo caught him with 6km to go, with Nuyens just visible ahead of them.

Osscar Pereiro was one of the bigger names to jump out of the peloton, catching Kolobnev and Tiralongo, but the three were then quickly caught by the peloton. Tiralongo jumped again but was unable to build up a lead of more than a few meters. Gerolsteiner sent two riders to the front of the peloton and the quickly moving group made up time on Nuyens, whose lead had shrunk to five seconds at 4km. He was passed through the peloton and quickly fell off the back.

Four of the mineral-water riders took over the head of the peloton, pushing a high speed until High Road took over with 2km left, with young Mark Cavendish looking for a win. He was closely followed by Daniele Bennati (Liquigas). At one kilometre to go, the road headed uphill, with a 4'25" percent gradient.

Bennati led the sprint up the climb to the finish line, and Cavendish proved again that he is a sprinter and not a climber, as he was unable to power his way up. Markus Zberg of Gerolsteiner finished second and Maxim Iglinsky of Astana third. Andreas Klöden, safely tucked in the peloton, had no trouble maintaining his overall lead and taking the title.

Full report coming!

Photography

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Results

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                     3.43.39 (42.763 km/h)
2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           
3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                               
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                             
5 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                          
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                       
7 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                         
8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  
12 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                 
13 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                      
14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                
15 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                            
17 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                              
19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
20 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                      
21 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
22 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
23 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
24 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
26 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                               
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                                    
28 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                           
29 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                      
30 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                         
31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                             
32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                                
33 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
34 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
35 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                              
36 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                       
38 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                     
39 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
40 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
41 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
42 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                   
43 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
44 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                           
45 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
46 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
47 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
48 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                     
49 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        
50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  
51 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
52 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
53 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                           
54 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      
55 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
57 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                     
58 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
59 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
60 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                         
62 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             
63 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
64 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
65 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                      
66 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                
67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
68 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                               0.21
69 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                       
70 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                          
71 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
72 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     
73 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              0.27
74 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  
75 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                                
76 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                      0.32
77 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                                 
78 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
79 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                             
80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
81 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                         
82 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                            
83 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               0.37
84 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                                
85 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                               0.39
86 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
87 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                 0.41
88 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                         
89 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                           
90 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                   0.45
91 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                         0.46
92 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                            0.49
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
94 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                           
95 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                                 0.51
96 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
97 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                            
98 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                        1.00
99 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                                  
100 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                1.18
101 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
102 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.26
103 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
104 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                        3.03
105 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
106 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4.08
107 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     
108 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    4.11
109 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 4.24
110 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                    4.29
111 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              6.25
112 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                         
113 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                            
114 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                             
115 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
117 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 6.58
118 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott      10.26
119 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     
120 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
121 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                              17.33
 
Final General classification
 
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                       16.43.20
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        0.35
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                    0.43
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          0.45
5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   0.54
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  1.05
7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                   1.08
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                  1.14
9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           1.48
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott               1.52
11 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                         1.58
12 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     2.00
13 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                2.05
14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                               2.10
15 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                  2.12
16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                            2.30
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             2.36
18 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                          2.45
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
20 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                3.02
21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     3.14
22 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             3.23
23 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              3.50
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            4.00
25 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      4.15
26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 4.28
27 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                       5.02
28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       5.09
29 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  5.17
30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                5.54
31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                       6.43
32 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      8.50
33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      8.59
34 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                   9.22
35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                10.11
36 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             10.20
37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                             11.07
38 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               11.30
39 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            11.49
40 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        12.04
41 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                  12.29
42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                         12.43
43 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 12.46
44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
45 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              12.50
46 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                                 13.40
47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     13.44
48 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    15.42
49 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                16.23
50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                16.31
51 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                17.35
52 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        18.37
53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                               19.53
54 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        20.26
55 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                         20.29
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              20.43
57 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                20.51
58 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                       20.57
59 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                      21.19
60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                        22.05
61 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 22.45
62 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road                                    23.19
63 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                            23.27
64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                        23.39
65 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                      23.47
66 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          23.58
67 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                    23.59
68 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 24.04
69 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           24.28
70 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                       24.35
71 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               25.22
72 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    27.28
73 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             27.31
74 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       27.47
75 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                 28.12
76 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     29.31
77 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 30.49
78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                             30.57
79 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                                
80 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   31.35
81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                            32.00
82 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               32.38
84 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                     33.30
85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                      34.02
86 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    34.21
87 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           34.43
88 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              36.30
89 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                           37.23
90 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole                             38.15
91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                       40.38
92 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               40.56
93 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road                                    41.27
94 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                    41.34
95 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                               41.44
96 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                             41.59
97 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   42.58
98 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          43.25
99 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 44.35
100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                         45.32
101 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                          46.04
102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                46.12
103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     47.23
104 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       47.28
105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                               47.48
106 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                               48.16
107 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                      48.17
108 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                50.08
109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    50.32
110 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                               50.38
111 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  53.21
112 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       54.11
113 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                55.34
114 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team                             58.43
115 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              59.01
116 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                       59.17
117 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.00.08
118 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                               
119 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                 1.05.09
120 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott    1.08.39
121 Nathan Miller (USA) BMC Racing Team                              1.21.57
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                          39 pts
2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         37
3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                             36
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             35
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                          32
6 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         30
7 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   25
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    23
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                     22
10 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                       21
11 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                          19
12 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                 17
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           16
14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   15
15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                     13
16 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step                                     11
17 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    10
18 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                             10
19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     9
20 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     9
21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         9
22 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                                        9
23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               8
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               8
25 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                      8
26 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road                                    8
27 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                       8
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 7
29 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                             7
30 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        6
31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana                                             6
32 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     6
33 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  5
34 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                   5
35 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     4
36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                4
37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          4
38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                            3
39 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   3
40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3
41 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     3
42 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                               2
43 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    1
44 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                1
45 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   36 pts
2 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                     28
3 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               21
4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    20
5 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     20
6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  16
7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        14
8 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     14
9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                            12
10 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                    11
11 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       10
12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     8
13 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  8
14 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                    8
15 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           8
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            6
17 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                    6
18 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 6
19 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas                                  4
20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               4
21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                     4
22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         4
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             2
24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                            2
25 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                               2
26 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road                                      1
27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                 1
28 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                1
29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                            1
30 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                            1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                     12 pts
2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    12
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                         12
4 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     12
5 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale                      6
6 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   4
7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         3
8 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                      3
9 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         3
10 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                               2
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1
12 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                          1
13 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   1
14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           1

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