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72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT

Switzerland, June 14-22, 2008

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Stage 8 - June 21: Altdorf - Col du Klausen (ITT), 25km

Kreuziger crushes rivals

Kirchen cracks, Klöden into second overall

By Shane Stokes in Altdorf

Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) won the stage
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Storming to his biggest career win thus far, Czech rider Roman Kreuziger wrested the yellow jersey off the shoulders of High Road rival Kim Kirchen on a tough 25 kilometre mountain time trial to the top of the Klausenpass.

The former world junior champion set a superb pace on the climb, beating early leader José Rujano Guillen (Caisse d'Eparagne) by sixteen seconds and Andreas Klöden (Astana) by a further two. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was the only other to finish less than a minute behind, while the overnight leader Kirchen was on an off-day and placed only fifteenth. He was a considerable 3'25" down and dropped to seventh overall, with Klöden now the closest challenger to the new yellow jersey.

"Until now, my win in the 2004 world junior title in Verona was the most important. But now this victory here in the time trial tops that result," said an elated Kreuziger afterwards. "I hadn't done a mountain time trial yet with the pros, but I was very motivated because I was second overall going into today. This is my first big victory as a professional."

The 22 year-old clearly likes racing in Switzerland, given that he was second overall in the Tour du Romandie this season. In fact, he has a long history of competing in the country. "I was racing as a schoolboy for a Swiss club called RV Sulz and as a junior I competed for the Groupe Sportif Schumacher, which also had its base in Sulz," he said.

He headed to the race with the goal of building form, but now finds himself with a very strong chance of winning. "For the first time, I am in the Liquigas team selection for the Tour de France," he stated. "I will go there to learn and to stay there for ten days. Maybe I can do something in a stage. I came to the Tour of Switzerland hoping to do a good preparation for that race, but when I learned I was in good condition, the overall classification came into my focus."

Kirchen said yesterday that he was unsure of his chances, given that the time trial was so long, and also because he had very little experience of being in this position. He previously led the Tour of Luxembourg, but had never defended a jersey until the end of a stage race.

The High Road rider was under a lot of pressure and clearly weakened as a result. "I felt that I had no power in my legs," he said after his time trial. He was then asked why he used such a big gear. "Well, if I have no power, even with a smaller gear I would not move my bike [quicker]," was his response.

Second place on the stage went to Rujano, who finally looks like getting back to the form he showed when racing to a stage win, the King of the Mountains classification and third overall in the 2005 Giro d'Italia. "I felt very well and most of all, was very motivated by the course of this time trial", said the Venezuelan. "This morning I went to see the course in car, together with my team manager José Luis Jaimerena and I understood that it could suit me very well.

Kirchen was the leader before the time trial
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"At the end the gap with the winner was not so big, but in fact I lacked power in the last four kilometres. I would have be very happy to win, most of all to thank my team Caisse d'Epargne for trusting me the way they do. I was very tired at the end of the Giro d'Italia, but I am feeling better every day and I am satisfied with my Tour de Suisse. Now I will prepare myself for the Olympic Games in Beijing and later for the Vuelta a España, which is my main goal of the season."

Damiano Cunego showed his form is on the up prior to his big season target, the Tour de France. He placed fourth and ended the day fourth overall. "We're very happy for Cunego's performance," said directeur sportif Maurizio Piovani. "Damiano showed that his pace on climbs is good and it will be better in the next weeks because his condition will increase. He pedalled on normal bike with light wheels, and he could keep a constant pace that allowed him to realize a good time."

Both Igor Anton and the Italian are well adrift of Kreuziger, 1'55" and 2'11" respectively, and while tomorrow's final stage from Altdorf to Bern is undulating almost all the way, it's difficult to conceive that they could get back sufficient time. Klöden's smaller deficit is also unlikely to be overcome, but for now the young race leader is taking nothing for granted.

"It is not over yet, tomorrow will be difficult. Let's see how it goes," Kreuziger said. "I am not quite sure if I can be the overall winner. I expect an attack from Andreas Klöden, but I have a gap of 49 seconds and that should be enough. The final part of this stage is very difficult with some climbs....I think I am probably 80 percent sure of overall victory."

How it unfolded

A number of riders didn't appear for today's mountain time trial. Rabobank's Thomas Dekker announced yesterday that he was dropping out of the race, and an intestinal virus swept through the Gerolsteiner team, knocking out Oliver Zaugg and Stefan Schumacher.

Jose Rujano (Caisse d'Epargne) brought in a best time of 1h00'38, a time which held up for quite a while. For a long time no one could come within four minutes of his time. But eventually a few riders started to get closer. CSC's Jens Voigt set the best intermediate at the first check, after 9.1 kilometres, but he could not keep it up and eventually finished 1'19 behind the Venezuelan.

Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) focuses on what is ahead.
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Voigt was eventually passed by Steve Zampieri, but the Swiss rider could also not get better the time of Rujano and stayed in second for the time being. Next to put Rujano's time to the test was Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom), but he, too, fell short. With his 1h03'43, however, he squeezed past Zampieri into second.

The top five were about to start and the 2008 Tour de Suisse was about to be played out. First off was Andreas Klöden (Astana), who set a third best intermediate time, which was still held by Jens Voigt.

In two-minute intervals, the top riders set off: Thomas Lövkvist (Team High Road) at 17:32, Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) at 17:34, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) at 17:36, Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) at 17:38 and finally Kim Kirchen (Team High Road) at 17:40.

Just when Kirchen went, Voigt hit the line, with a 1h01'57. Another rider who moved into second, unable to get to Rujano's time.

At the first time check, things already looked bleak for Kirchen, who was almost three quarters of a minute down on Kreuziger, who set the best time with a 19'13. Kirchen continued to lose time, while a determined Kreuziger quickly stormed the mountain.

Andreas Klöden caught his two-minute man Andy Schleck inside the final kilometre, but even that effort was not enough to get past Rujano. The German was one second slower than the Caisse d'Epargne rider.

It was Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas who finally broke Rujano's grip on first place, 16 seconds faster. Kim Kirchen lost 3'24 and his yellow jersey, which he had to hand over to a happy stage winner Kreuziger.

Klöden moved to second overall, 48 seconds back, while Anton stayed in third, but already 1'55 down on the Czech race leader.

Photography

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Results

1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   1.00.22.82 (24,848 km/h)
2 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                          0.15.73
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         0.17.25
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                         0.53.29
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        1.26.20
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           1.34.96
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.48.46
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                2.08.06
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         2.19.53
10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.49.74
11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                  2.59.66
12 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                              3.20.37
13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            3.21.92
14 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                        3.23.71
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                   3.24.90
16 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3.29.12
17 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    3.34.43
18 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    3.47.88
19 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                     3.49.31
20 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  3.58.25
21 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                         3.58.33
22 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             4.26.14
23 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  4.32.92
24 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                               4.36.55
25 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                             4.40.66
26 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     4.42.56
27 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                4.47.19
28 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   5.03.94
29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                       5.05.47
30 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              5.10.84
31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                          5.13.82
32 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                5.33.17
33 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                               5.43.94
34 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                5.49.57
35 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   5.57.39
36 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            6.07.30
37 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                    6.12.29
38 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        6.16.01
39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               6.20.39
40 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           6.21.92
41 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 6.26.33
42 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                           6.29.66
43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                    6.29.90
44 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                         6.39.56
45 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                  6.51.63
46 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     6.59.51
47 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                     7.00.54
48 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                     7.14.47
49 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       7.16.79
50 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                7.19.58
51 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        7.19.94
52 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                        7.22.04
53 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                              7.25.70
54 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           7.28.53
55 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             7.30.34
56 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        7.33.29
57 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              7.37.45
58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                           7.40.19
59 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  7.44.36
60 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                               7.44.75
61 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       7.44.91
62 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    7.56.66
63 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          8.00.36
64 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              8.02.52
65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         8.05.83
66 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    8.09.36
67 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                            8.24.68
68 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                      8.26.45
69 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             8.26.67
70 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    8.28.87
71 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              8.32.02
72 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  8.34.88
73 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                              8.43.66
74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                              8.49.05
75 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                8.49.54
76 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                         8.51.99
77 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 8.54.02
78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                        8.54.18
79 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                9.01.07
80 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                   9.10.17
81 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    9.15.69
82 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         9.17.13
83 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              9.17.66
84 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          9.22.26
85 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                               9.32.11
86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                9.32.38
87 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                9.33.45
88 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   9.39.12
89 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                      9.42.05
90 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            9.43.78
91 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                          9.50.10
92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 9.52.25
93 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        9.55.52
94 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     10.01.99
95 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                         10.06.55
96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             10.14.24
97 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               10.15.63
98 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     10.19.78
99 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         10.21.86
100 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                          10.32.18
101 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             10.39.03
102 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    10.39.30
103 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    10.39.79
104 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           10.41.89
105 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          10.44.18
106 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                   10.45.50
107 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                             10.57.00
108 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                            10.58.90
109 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              10.59.81
110 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               11.02.91
111 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    11.07.62
112 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             11.08.12
113 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  11.14.89
114 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          11.15.66
115 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                 11.24.28
116 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                   11.26.94
117 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  11.47.55
118 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   11.59.88
119 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                12.00.97
120 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                        12.05.48
121 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        12.09.72
122 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                               12.13.92
123 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                12.14.54
124 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                12.18.61
125 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                               12.29.53
126 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                         12.30.60
127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  12.37.47
128 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                12.55.49
129 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                            12.58.10
130 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               12.59.85
131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 13.09.48
132 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   13.10.15
133 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         13.43.95
134 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                14.21.87
Hors Délai Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
DNS Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                      
DNS Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
DNS Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             
DNS Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
DNS Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 

Points
 
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        15 pts
2 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                            12
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           10
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            9
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           8
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              7
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         6
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                   5
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            4
10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                        3
11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     2
12 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
 
Mountains
 
Klausenpass - km 25
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        20 pts
2 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                            15
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           10
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            6
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           4

Young rider
 
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                    1.00.22.82
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                 2.08.06
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                          2.19.53
4 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott    4.32.92
5 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                 4.36.55
6 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                     5.03.94
7 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                5.10.84
8 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                  5.33.17
9 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott      6.12.29
10 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                 7.19.58
11 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                     8.09.36
12 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               8.32.02
13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                   8.34.88
14 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux               8.43.66
15 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                  8.54.02
16 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom               9.17.66
17 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                 9.32.38
18 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto             9.43.78
19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                         9.55.52
20 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux            10.32.18
21 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne      10.39.79
22 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto             10.41.89
23 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                    11.47.55
24 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                  12.00.97
25 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road          12.05.48
26 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          12.09.72
27 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                 12.13.92
DNS Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                              
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                         3.06.28
2 Astana                                                              2.19
3 Caisse D'Epargne                                                    4.25
4 Liquigas                                                            6.23
5 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                 7.00
6 Lampre                                                              7.08
7 Crédit Agricole                                              9.35
8 High Road                                                           9.44
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                10.21
10 Gerolsteiner                                                      11.08
11 BMC Racing Team                                                   13.04
12 Silence-Lotto                                                     13.38
13 Rabobank                                                          14.29
14 Team Milram                                                       14.39
15 AG2R La Mondiale                                                  15.13
16 Cofidis                                                           15.58
17 Team Volksbank                                                         
18 Quick Step                                                        16.59
19 Bouygues Telecom                                                  17.19
20 Française Des Jeux                                                17.31
 
General classification after stage 8
 
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  31.42.31
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                         0.49
3 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.55
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                         2.11
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                2.37
6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         2.57
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                    2.58
8 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    4.08
9 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   4.18
10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                     4.26
11 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                         4.38
12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    5.10
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       5.36
14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     6.47
15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                    6.49
16 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                               7.03
17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            7.14
18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                               7.21
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                          7.28
20 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  7.59
21 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                   12.22
22 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                              13.28
23 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               13.39
24 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                       13.42
25 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     14.30
26 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                14.54
27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                    15.33
28 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          15.56
29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                      16.44
30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         17.26
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         18.18
32 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          19.27
33 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                           19.39
34 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         21.01
35 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                          21.11
36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                            21.24
37 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              21.32
38 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  21.48
39 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             21.53
40 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           23.31
41 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                     23.43
42 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             24.57
43 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   25.49
44 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                              26.08
45 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             26.21
46 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                       26.37
47 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                             27.15
48 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                29.57
49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            30.50
50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            32.44
51 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                34.01
52 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       34.08
53 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               34.19
54 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                        34.37
55 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             34.46
56 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 34.56
57 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
58 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     35.26
59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      35.34
60 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 35.47
61 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       36.51
62 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                         36.58
63 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                    37.26
64 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    37.50
65 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                     37.56
66 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       38.03
67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       38.08
68 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             39.18
69 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        39.27
70 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 40.53
71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                        41.39
72 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
73 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      42.19
74 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               42.21
75 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         43.00
76 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                               44.58
77 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                 45.38
78 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        45.56
79 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                       46.08
80 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
81 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           47.43
82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                   48.20
83 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  48.53
84 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 48.55
85 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    49.25
86 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          49.49
87 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           50.40
88 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                     50.56
89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                51.46
90 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  52.23
91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     52.30
92 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                               53.03
93 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                              53.16
94 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             54.05
95 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                   54.58
96 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                           55.14
97 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             55.18
98 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                         56.15
99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                    57.01
100 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                  57.05
101 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    57.25
102 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                            57.43
103 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                              57.44
104 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                               58.32
105 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                59.02
106 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                              59.21
107 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                     1.00.22
108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.00.28
109 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                      1.00.31
110 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
111 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                              1.01.01
112 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                               1.01.26
113 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.01.28
114 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                           1.01.45
115 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                          1.02.21
116 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           1.02.43
117 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.03.24
118 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                       1.03.48
119 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         1.05.01
120 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                               1.05.49
121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.06.39
122 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                1.07.02
123 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                               1.07.34
124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                 1.07.51
125 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                1.08.01
126 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             1.08.13
127 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          1.08.44
128 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                             1.08.53
129 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                1.08.54
130 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                            1.11.07
131 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.12.34
132 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                       1.13.22
133 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            1.36.51
134 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.49.37
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     72 pts
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                      43
3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       38
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        34
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                    32
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          28
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        26
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     26
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      25
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                          25
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                          23
12 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                           23
13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          20
14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                20
15 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              20
16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                20
17 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    19
18 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     18
19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                      18
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         17
21 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               17
22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                 16
23 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      15
24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                    14
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            14
26 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        13
27 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                     13
28 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                           12
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            11
30 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 10
31 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                          10
32 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 8
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             7
34 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    7
35 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        6
36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                                6
37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               6
38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         5
39 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       5
40 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                        4
41 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   4
42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         3
43 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        3
44 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    2
45 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
46 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                 1
47 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           42 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             42
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                       25
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        24
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          20
6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                20
7 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                            19
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           16
9 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 12
10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 10
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                10
12 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        10
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                          10
14 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                              10
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                      8
16 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        6
17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      6
18 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  6
19 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       4
20 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                   4
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             4
22 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              4
23 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                 4
24 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   4
25 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      3
26 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           3
27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             3
28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        2
29 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         2
30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1
31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           1
32 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                            1
33 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      1
34 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  18 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                             14
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 13
4 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              12
5 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                  9
6 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    9
7 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            6
8 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 6
9 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6
10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                5
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  4
12 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       4
13 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 4
14 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                   4
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             3
16 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   2
17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                              1
18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  31.42.31
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                2.37
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         2.57
4 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                                7.03
5 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   21.48
6 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              21.53
7 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              26.21
8 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                 34.01
9 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                34.19
10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           34.56
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     35.26
12 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             39.18
13 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 40.53
14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                       46.08
15 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
16 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                   48.20
17 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                 48.55
18 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                               53.03
19 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                           55.14
20 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                               57.44
21 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 59.02
22 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                       1.00.31
23 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.02.21
24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                 1.08.01
25 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                              1.08.53
26 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 1.08.54
27 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1.49.37
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                          95.20.28
2 Team CSC                                                            0.56
3 Gerolsteiner                                                        9.21
4 Caisse D'Epargne                                                   12.07
5 Crédit Agricole                                             15.23
6 Liquigas                                                           17.49
7 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                23.48
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                   29.21
9 Lampre                                                             29.29
10 AG2R La Mondiale                                                  30.46
11 High Road                                                         32.05
12 Rabobank                                                          33.51
13 Silence-Lotto                                                     34.04
14 Team Volksbank                                                    41.32
15 Française Des Jeux                                                51.49
16 BMC Racing Team                                                   54.24
17 Cofidis                                                           56.41
18 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             1.00.27
19 Quick Step                                                      1.00.35
20 Team Milram                                                     1.08.50

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