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60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - ProT

France, June 8-15, 2008

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Stage 2 - June 10: Bourg-Saint-Andeol - Vienne, 184km

Big George surprises the sprinters

Hushovd in yellow for another day

By Jean-François Quénet in Vienne

USA's George Hincapie (High Road), 34, wins Dauphiné Libéré stage two after a last minute move from the front of the peloton
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The big names are in action at the Dauphiné. Following the examples of Levi Leipheimer and Alejandro Valverde, George Hincapie won stage two in Vienne. Hincapie anticipated the action of the sprinters and preceded Sébastien Chavanel while Thor Hushovd finished in fifth place and kept his yellow jersey for the time trial.

It was a typical day of racing with with a three men breakaway chased down by the bunch. High Road gave a hand to Crédit Agricole but its plans were totally changed when their top sprinter André Greipel had a flat tyre with 15km to go. "We were working for him for the sprint," said Hincapie. "Until the last five kilometres, that was the plan but with three kilometres to go while riding at 70km/h, we heard from our director Allan Peiper that he was not coming back."

It didn't take long to the American to figure out that he had a personal card to play instead. "I was a little bit sick in the Pyrénées last week," he recalled. "I had no power during the prologue. I felt better yesterday in the lead out for André. Today I took some risk in the last curve. I made a big effort to catch Sebastian (Lang). It worked out. I won, and it was a nice finish."

His anticipation of the bunch sprint marked the end of Sébastien Chavanel's ambitions to win a stage. "I was more surprised by how dangerous the last downhill was than by Hincapie's attack in the final kilometer," the youngest of the Chavanel brothers explained. "Hincapie must have been very strong give the headwind at the end. I was coming across to him, closer and closer, but I missed it by almost nothing. I'm disappointed. I can't enjoy the second place. You know, sprinters always want to win."

It's Hincapie's second win under the colors of High Road after stage seven in the Tour of California. He seems to be enjoying life within his new team. "It's different because we are no longer the favorites of the Tour de France," he said. "But we win more than any other team in the world. We've got guys who can win any kind of race, guys that are good people. We have some of the best sprinters in the world. In my 15th season as a professional, it's nice to give back some of my experience to these young kids."

Now Big George has set his sights on the Tour de France. "For me, I'd love to win another stage at the Tour de France. I hope to have a good Olympics as well," he concluded after a beautiful day of racing in the valley of the Rhône.

Hushovd had mixed feelings about the missed opportunity but enjoyed another day in yellow. He knows it'll probably be the last one as Levi Leipheimer is the favorite for regaining the yellow in Wednesday's time trial in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez. "Hincapie played it well," the Norwegian said. "He was next to me when he attacked, but had I taken his wheel, he would have stopped accelerating immediately, so I had to wait for the whole bunch to catch him. After the work done by my team all day, yesterday and today, I was lacking some kick at the end."

How it unfolded

After less than five kilometres, Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel) and David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) went clear at the initiative of the Frenchman.

Straight away, the Crédit Agricole team of race leader Thor Hushovd took control of the bunch with mainly two riders: Christophe Le Mével and Pierre Rolland. They allowed the leading trio a maximum advantage of 4'35" set at 25km. At 120km, the gap was 3'40".

Crédit Agricole controlled the peloton
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At the foot of the fourth category côte de Lupé (134km), Albizuri crashed in a curve. He got back on quickly and rejoined his two companions. De La Fuente was first at the top of the climb ahead of Augé and Albizuri who got dropped and went across before cracking for good.

When High Road came to the front of the bunch and helped Crédit Agricole in the chase, the gap went down to one minute at the foot of the last climb, the côte de la Croix-Régis where De La Fuente preceded Augé while Yaroslav Popovych (Silence-Lotto) was the first man of the peloton at 33 seconds.

De La Fuente and Augé got caught with 12km to go. Popovych crashed in the downhill where Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) attacked, followed by Aurélien Passeron (Saunier Duval). Their advantage was only six seconds with eight kilometers to go, and they were caught by a stretch-out peloton.

André Greipel (High Road), who had a flat tyre with 15km to go, got back on but it was too late for making it to the front part of the bunch. Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) attacked with 700 meters to go, George Hincapie (High Road) rejoined him and avoided the massive sprint. He finished one length of a bike ahead of Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) while Hushovd stayed in yellow and De La Fuente put the polka dot jersey on his shoulders.

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Results

1 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                            4.32.38 (40.494km/h)
2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                
6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                             
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
8 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                    
9 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                     
10 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  
12 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                               
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                  
14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
16 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                    
17 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                             
18 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 
19 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  
20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                    
21 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                     
22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
23 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                         
24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                          
25 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         
26 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
27 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                   
28 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                 
30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                  
31 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   
32 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
33 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                     
34 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
35 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
37 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
38 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                  
39 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                      
40 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
41 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                 
42 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                               
43 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott             
44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
46 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         
47 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                     
48 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                    
49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     
50 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     
51 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                        
52 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                      
53 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                  
54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                            
55 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                     
56 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
57 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                
58 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                                
59 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              
60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
61 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   
62 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                     
64 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                   
65 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                0.15
66 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
67 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                             
68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
69 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  
70 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                        
71 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                            
72 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                      
73 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                            
74 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                   
75 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
76 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                           
77 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                              
78 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
79 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                      
80 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
81 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
82 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
83 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                    
84 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            
85 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                      
86 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                          
87 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
88 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                               
89 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
90 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                     
91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
92 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
93 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                    
94 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
95 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                      
96 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
97 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
98 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
99 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                      
100 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
101 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                     
102 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                           
103 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        
104 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   
105 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                 
106 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                    
107 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                 
108 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         
109 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
110 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                             
111 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                     
112 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             
113 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                             
114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                    
115 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                 
116 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
117 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                   
118 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       
119 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
120 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
121 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
123 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                   
124 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                  0.38
125 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                             0.40
126 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
127 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         0.45
128 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.03
129 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                 1.10
130 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                             1.13
131 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                               1.19
132 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
133 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                      
134 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                1.42
135 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott    2.24
136 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                        4.10
137 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                
138 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                   
139 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                      
140 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                  
141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
142 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                 7.25
143 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     15.17

Points

1 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                 40 pts
2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     30
3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               25
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            20
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              16
6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                           13
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                11
8 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                   9
9 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                    7
10 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            6
11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                 5
12 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                              4
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                 3
14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2
15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1
 
Mountains

Mountain 1 - Côte de Lupé - km 134

1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     5 pts
2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                      3
3 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           1
 
Mountain 2 - Côte de la Croix Régis - km 169

1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     5 pts
2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                      3
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                            1

Teams

1 Gerolsteiner                                              13.37.54
2 Quick Step                                                        
3 Bouygues Telecom                                                  
4 AG2R La Mondiale                                                  
5 Team Milram                                                       
6 Silence-Lotto                                                     
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               
8 High Road                                                         
9 Française Des Jeux                                                
10 Astana                                                           
11 Saunier Duval-Scott                                              
12 Rabobank                                                         
13 Caisse D'epargne                                                 
14 Team Csc                                                         
15 Liquigas                                                     0.15
16 Credit Agricole                                                  
17 Cofidis                                                          
18 Lampre    

General classification after stage two

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                         9.25.19
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     0.01
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                  0.05
4 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                               0.13
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                  0.17
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                           
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                               0.18
8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                               0.19
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.20
11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      0.21
12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                     
13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                     
15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                 0.22
16 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  
17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                           0.23
18 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                    0.24
19 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road                                   
20 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       0.25
21 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         0.26
22 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   
23 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         
24 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                               0.27
25 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                0.28
26 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                             0.29
27 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                     
28 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                           0.30
29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                     0.32
30 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
31 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         0.33
32 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
33 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          0.34
34 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                      
35 Dario Cioni (Ita) Silence-Lotto                                  
36 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                             0.35
37 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                        0.36
38 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             0.37
40 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                          
41 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                          0.38
42 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
43 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                    
44 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                   0.39
45 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
46 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step                            0.40
47 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
49 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                        
50 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
51 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step                              
52 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                0.41
53 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                            
54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
55 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
56 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 
57 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      0.42
58 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                   
59 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                     
60 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
61 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                  
62 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                0.43
63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          0.44
64 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step                             
65 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                     
66 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott             
67 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                        0.45
68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                
69 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             0.46
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  
71 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       0.47
72 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                    
73 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
74 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                  0.48
75 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                  
76 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                            
77 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                0.49
78 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                          0.50
79 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                  0.51
80 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          
81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                 0.52
82 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             
83 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                            
84 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           0.53
85 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
86 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      0.54
87 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                          0.55
88 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               0.56
89 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                    
90 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                      
91 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                              0.57
92 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                0.59
93 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                     
95 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1.00
96 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
97 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                        1.01
98 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
99 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                  1.02
100 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                   
101 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                          1.04
102 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        1.12
103 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                 1.13
104 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                      1.14
105 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                              1.15
106 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        1.17
107 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                             1.21
108 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                             1.28
109 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                             1.29
110 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                        1.43
111 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                  1.49
112 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                               1.58
113 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.01
114 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          2.02
115 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                      
116 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                             2.04
117 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
118 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                 2.05
119 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                              2.06
120 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                      2.07
121 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                               2.19
122 Scott Davis (Aus) High Road                                 2.39
123 Michael Barry (Can) High Road                                   
124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  2.54
125 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    3.02
126 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             
127 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
128 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                 3.10
129 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                 3.14
130 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           3.42
131 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott                 3.46
132 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                                3.48
133 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         4.25
134 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                            5.24
135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                              5.44
136 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                        6.09
137 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                  6.16
138 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                               6.17
139 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                             7.32
140 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott    9.14
141 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                 9.26
142 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                     9.54
143 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     17.06
 
Points classification

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              76 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       65
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    53
4 George Hincapie (USA) High Road                                 40
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                 32
6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                     30
7 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                25
8 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               25
9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               23
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                   20
11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           20
12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        16
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        15
14 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                          13
15 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                              11
16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         11
17 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               11
18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 9
19 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                  9
20 Dmitry Grabovskiy (Ukr) Quick Step                              8
21 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                 7
22 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                  7
23 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                   7
24 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            6
25 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                   6
26 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                 5
27 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road                                     5
28 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         5
29 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            4
30 André Greipel (Ger) High Road                                   4
31 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              3
32 Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road                                     2
33 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1
34 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       1
35 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1
36 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         -5

Mountains classification

1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                    10 pts
2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                      6
3 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                  5
4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                          3
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto                            1
6 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1
7 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           1
                                                      
Team classification

1 Astana                                                    28.16.45
2 High Road                                                     0.10
3 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           0.13
4 Quick Step                                                    0.18
5 Team Milram                                                       
6 Gerolsteiner                                                  0.19
7 Caisse D'epargne                                                  
8 AG2R La Mondiale                                              0.21
9 Rabobank                                                      0.23
10 Credit Agricole                                              0.25
11 Team Csc                                                         
12 Bouygues Telecom                                             0.27
13 Cofidis                                                      0.32
14 Française Des Jeux                                           0.33
15 Silence-Lotto                                                0.44
16 Liquigas                                                     0.53
17 Saunier Duval-Scott                                          1.08
18 Lampre                                                       1.47

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