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| Luis Leon Sanchez took the final stage (© ASO) |
The start was given at 13:54 to 122 riders. As David
Moncoutie (Cofidis) and Gert Steegmans (Quickstep) winner of stage 1 and 2, quickly abandoned, a group of 35 riders attacked
and held a maximum lead of 1:30. Its composition was as follows : Charteau, Losada Agualcil (Caisse d’Epargne) Lorenzetto
(Lampre), Albasini, Corioni, Santaromita (Liquigas) Van den Broeck (Silence Lotto), Julich, Kolobnev, Kroon, Sorensen and
Voigt (CSC), Pauriol (C.A.) Gilbert, Jegou (FDJ), Benitez, Cobo Acebo, Passeron (Saunier Duval), Pineau (Bouygues Telecom),
Possoni (High Road), Huguet (Cofidis), De Maar, Flecha (Rabobank), Arrieta, Dupont (AG2R) Cretskens, Tosatto (Quick Step)
Lequatre (Agritubel), Grabsch, Schroeder (Milram), Euser, Lowe, Pate, Peterson (Slipstream) Goesinnen, Hupond (Skil-Shimano).
On the Col de la Porte (1st cat, km 51), the group
quickly dissolved in several little bunches. Remi Pauriol and Morris Possoni broke off and were joined by Jose Benitez
near the top. King of the mountains Clement Lhotellerie attacked out of the bunch and chased behind the leaders, followed
by Igor Anton (Euskaltel) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre). After 57 kilometres, on the descent, second-placed Rinaldo Nocentini
(AG2R) crashed with former race leader Robert Gesink (Rabobank). Overall leader Davide Rebellin (Geroslteiner) ordered the
peloton to wait for them.
On the last part of the descent (km 69), another
group of 15 riders took the reins. It featured Pauriol, Possoni, Benitez, Lhotellerie, Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Albasini,
Julich, Anton, Pineau, Dupont, Tosatto, Lowe, Losada Alguacil, Santaromita and Van den Broeck. At the bottom of the climb
to La Turbie, Lhotellerie attacked twice (km 79) and moved away on his own. Cunego was the only one to try and react and took
with him ten of his former companions, Albasini, Santaromita and Vandenbroeck losing contact. At the top (km 88), Lhotellerie’s
lead was 35 seconds, with the peloton1:35 behind. Lhotellerie’s show continued on the Col d’Eze (km 97.5), which
he reached in the lead, followed by Jose Benitez, who joined forces with him in the descent.
On the way down to Nice, Benitez and Lhotellerie
tried hard but were caught with 8 kms to go by a group led by Cunego and Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne), who had
made it back on the chase in the descent. The race regrouped in the streets of Nice as the peloton rode at full speed under
the impulsion of Rebellin’s team-mates. Sanchez continued his effort and surged again with three kilometres left to
finish on his own and narrowly resist the return of Belgium’s Maxime Monfort (Cofids) and Spain’s Carlos Barredo
(Quick Step). Davide Rebellin finished in the same time as second-placed Rinaldo Nocentini and retained his three-seconds
lead to win Paris-Nice with the slimmest margin in the race history.
Overall winner Davide Rebellin said: “"I’m
very happy because for many years I had to be content with second or third places and I never won. It was a hard race today
and I must thank my team-mates. There were a lot of attacks today but we managed to control Nocentini well. In the end, the
stage result had no longer any importance. Witht he Tour du Haut Var and Paris-Nice, I’ve already won two beautiful
races this season and I now hope to grab a nice classic like the ones I’ve won in the past."
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Results Paris - Nice 2008
Stage 7
1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
2.51.12 (40.3 km/h)
2 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
0.05
5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
10 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
12 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
14 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott
15 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole
16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto
18 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step
19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
21 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
22 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
26 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale
28 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
30 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
31 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano
33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
0.12
37 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
0.35
38 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
0.36
39 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
40 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
0.05
41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
3.29
42 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
44 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis
45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
46 Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road
47 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
48 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
50 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto
51 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
5.05
52 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
54 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas
55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale
56 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
9.14
57 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
58 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto
59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
60 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas
61 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
15.08
62 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
63 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
64 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
65 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
66 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
68 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
70 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank
71 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
72 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
73 Paolo
Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
74 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux
75 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
76 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
77 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
78 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
79 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
80 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
81 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
82 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
83 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
84 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
86 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
20.05
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step
DNF Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
DNF Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank
DNF David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
DNF Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road
DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) High Road
DNF Craig Lewis (USA) High Road
DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) High Road
DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road
DNF André Greipel (Ger) High Road
DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road
DNF Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
DNF Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux
DNF Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
DNF Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
DNF Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle
- H30
DNF Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel
DNF Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel
DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
DNF Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Lander Aperribai (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto
DNF Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas
DNF Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
DNF Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas
DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre
DNF Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre
DNF
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre
DNF Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
Final General Classification
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
29.02.48
2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale
0.03
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence-Lotto
0.48
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
0.51
5 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
1.09
6 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick Step
1.12
7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2.17
8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
2.24
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
2.39
10 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
3.21
11 Clément Lhôtellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano
4.11
12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
4.23
13 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole
4.42
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
5.24
15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
7.22
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
7.31
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
7.48
18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
10.00
19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
13.08
20 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
13.53
21 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis
16.37
22 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
19.05
23 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
19.36
24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
25.55
25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
26.50
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
27.33
27 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
28.02
28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
29.54
29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r-La Mondiale
30.39
30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32.15
31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
33.07
32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
33.18
33 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
34.44
34 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott
36.13
35 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto
36.33
36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
37.25
37 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto
37.44
38 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
38.08
39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
38.43
40 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
38.55
41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
41.48
42 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
42.15
43 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
42.49
44 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Liquigas
43.17
45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
43.34
46 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
43.35
47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
43.39
48 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
44.30
49 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott
45.47
50 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
45.53
51 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
46.00
52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
47.10
53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre
48.37
54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
50.30
55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
52.15
56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 52.16
57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
53.07
58 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
53.33
59 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 53.48
60
Morris Possoni (Ita) High Road
54.03
61 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole
54.08
62 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
55.52
63 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
57.00
64 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas
58.01
65 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
1.03.34
66 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
1.03.43
67 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.05.12
68 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra)
Française des Jeux 1.06.57
69 Beñat Intxausti (Spa)
Saunier Duval-Scott 1.08.25
70 Marc De Maar
(Ned) Rabobank
1.10.19
71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
1.11.52
72 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
1.12.24
73 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.13.21
74 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
1.13.44
75 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
1.15.30
76 Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
1.18.25
77 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
1.25.49
78 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
1.25.56
79 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
1.28.50
80 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
1.29.30
81 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
1.29.39
82 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
1.32.12
83 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30
1.34.22
84 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1.35.36
85 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
1.38.19
86 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
1.51.45
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