The 203.0km first stage of the 94th Tour de France – from London to Canterbury – began at 11.00am
after the peloton pedaled through a 6.8km neutral zone taking in some of the British capital’s landmarks. There was
an official protocol on the Tower Bridge and the peloton stopped while the French and British national anthems were played.
The course included three category-four climbs: the first was in Southborough, a 2.3km long ascent with the crest at the 94.5km
mark; the second at Goudhurst, a 1.6km long ascent at 121.0km; and the rise at Farthing Common which is 1.1km and peaks at
183.0km. There were three intermediate sprints: the first in Gillingham at the 46.5km mark, the next in Teston at 76.0km and
the final one in Tenterden at 140.5km.
Millar: The First Successful Attacker
The initial attack of the 94th Tour
came from Feillu (Agritubel) and Auge (Cofidis) who tried in kilometer one. The first successful move came from Millar (Saunier
Duval) who jumped ahead at the 3.5km. By 17km, he led four chasers – Grivko (Milram), Kuschynski (Liquigas), Bichot
(AG2R) and Auge –by 45” while the peloton was at 1’25”. After 33km, Millar’s advantage over
the peloton was 4’40”. At 45km the four were 1’40” behind, the peloton was at 5’25”. The
points at the first sprint were won by: 1. Millar 6pts; 2. Grivko 4pts; 3. Kuschynski 2pts. The counter attackers were 1’00”
behind at the 46.5km mark. The average speed for the first hour was 47.1km/h. Millar was caught by the four chasers at the
48km mark, the peloton was at 5’35”.
CSC Lead Chase
The team of the yellow jersey controlled the peloton’s
pursuit of the five escapees. The points for the 2nd intermediate sprint were won by the same trio as the first - Millar,
Grivko, Kuschynski. Their quintet was 5’05” ahead of the peloton at the 76km mark. There was a crash in the peloton
involving Gonzalo Ramirez (AG2R) who was forced to abandon. The average speed for the 2nd hour was 40.1km/h. The points for
the 1st climb were won by: Millar, Grivko, Kuschynski. The peloton was at 4’40”.
Reeling In The Escapes
With 92km to go, the advantage of the five leaders reached 6’00”. This was the maximum gain. On the 2nd climb,
Bichot attacked and led over the summit to collect 3pts ahead of Auge and Kuschynski. The peloton was 5’50” behind.
With 80km to go the peloton was at 5’00”; with 70km, 3’50”... CSC was joined by Vasseur (Quickstep),
Charteau (Credit Agricole) and Vansevenant and van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) who swapped off at the front. Lancaster, Zandio,
Moreni and Mercado were involved in a crash at 55km to go.
With 50km to go, Millar and Grivko dropped out of the lead
group and waited for the peloton. With 30km to go, the leading trio was 1’05” ahead. Auge attacked with 27km to
go and Bichot and Kuschynski returned to the peloton. With 25km to go, Auge led by 35”.
Crash & Mechanical
Problems For Sprint Favorites
With 23km to go, McEwen was caught up in a crash. Cavendish had bike troubles and had to
change machines twice in the final 25km. Auge took first place at the 3rd climb but was caught 18km from the finish and the
Quickstep team took charge. Millar claimed second at Farthing Common and ensured that he would lead the climbing classification
for stage two.
McEwen rejoined the peloton in the final 10km but was not seen near the front of the peloton until the
final 200m. He jumped into the lead in the final 80m and claimed the win, finishing three meters ahead of his nearest rival.
The Australian is now equal with Zabel (Milram) for having the most stage wins for any active rider.
Fabian Cancellara (CSC) finished in 22nd place and will wear the yellow jersey at the second stage.
Stage winner Robbie McEwen said after the race: "I gave it everything to be in the right place for the final
200 meters and it seems we did enough. I’m happy with that. I was fueled by frustration, anger and the thought of having
nothing more to lose." The former Australian national champion added: "This win rates right up there with the other wins but
it’s hard to put one in front of another; they’re all achieved under different circumstances. This one is definitely
one of the most special."
The winner of last years points classification contiued by saying: "I you could see on television how much
work guys like Wim Vansevenant and Johan van Summeren did trying to bring me back to the peloton after my crash. It took a
very long time because, at the moment I crashed, that’s when the race really started going full gas. I don’t think
it was any coincidence that they started riding a bit faster when I was off the back but… well, it’s just incredible
how much work my team did to bring me back. This is the perfect way to repay them for their effort." McEwen concluded by saying:
"I don’t want to think about tomorrow yet. At the moment I’ll just look after my injuries and celebrate this win
of course."
David Millar said he had to give the British spectators something back: "Early this morning, it dawned on
me that I had to do something for the people who supported me yesterday. Everybody was crazy about me, and this is my way
of say thanks. I´d made the decision of launching an early attack, but had told no-one about it. When I broke away, the only
thing I could see was that I was riding fast, so I said to myself, "Go ahead!" When my lead was five minutes, I waited on
the quartet chasing after me. In the final part of the race, it became more difficult, but my team did a great job, using
a very smart strategy. Grabbing the jersey wasn´t one of my goals, it just happened. To me, the only important thing was putting
up a good show for my fans and followers. I think it happens once in a lifetime only, with such huge enthusiastic crowds lining
the roads. It surprised us all, even me. Now, my aim is keeping the KOM jersey on my shoulders. And I believe that, if things
go well, I´ll be able to wear it at least until we come to the Alps."
Erik Zabel said: "We found ourselves on top with three riders, but we couldn't ride the sprint from the top,"Erik
Zabel described the chaotic last kilometer. "We dominated the chaos as well," Erik Zabel smiled. "We tried to stay out of
the dangerous zone, because we didn't want to crash. That was important,” the Milram-sprinter said. "We waited for the
Quick Step-train of Tom Boonen, but it didn’t come."
T-Mobile's Mark Cavendish's dreams of a home victory were crushed when he ran into an overenthusiastic spectator
about 20km out. Unfortunately, the team car was held too far back to be able to help quickly and the Manx rider was uncomfortable
with his replacement bike.
Bob Stapleton, T-Mobile's general team manager: "It’s disappointing
for him, but he will have gained a lot of valuable experience today. It will stand to him in the future."
French daily sports l'Equipe sees Andreas Klöden (Astana) as the new favourite for the overall win after Klödens
faboulos ride at yesterday's prologue. Klöden said after the first stage: "The stage was very fast. I felt good even if the road was sometimes dangerous.
But we understood each other very well
with Alexandre Vinokourov and Sergueï Ivanov,
that allowed us to ride constantly." His team mate and Astana captain, Alexander Vinokourov has a problem with his ankle.
Vinokourov said: "The
traffic islands on the road are always very dangerous. And finally, it was very nervous as usual in the Tour de France. The peloton finished very powerfully. Everything is OK for me except my ankle
which hurts me again a little bit."
Results:
Stage 1
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
4.39.01 (43.65 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
9 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
14 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
20 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
25 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
26 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
28 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
30 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
31 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
34 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
35 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
36 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
38 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
40 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
41 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
42 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
43 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
44 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
45 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
46 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
48 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
49 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital
50 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
51 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
52 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
53 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
54 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto
55 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
56 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance
58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
60 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team
61 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas
62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
63 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance
64 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
65 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital
66 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
67 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
68 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
69 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
70 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
71 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
73 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
74 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
75 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
76 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
77 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
78 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
79 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
80 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
81 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
82 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
83 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
85 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
86 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
87 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
90 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
91 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
92 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
93 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
94 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
95 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
96 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
97 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
98 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
99 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
100 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto
101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
102 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
103 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
104 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
105 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
106 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
107 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
108 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
109 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
110 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
111 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
112 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
113 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
114 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
115 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
116 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
117 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
118 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team
119 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
121 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
122 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
123 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
124 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
125 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
126 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
127 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
128 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld
129 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
130 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
131 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
132 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
133 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
134 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
135 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana
136 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
137 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel
138 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
139 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
140 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
141 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
142 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
143 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
144 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
145 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
146 Cristian Moreni
(Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
147 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
148 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
149 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
150 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
151 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
152 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
154 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic
155 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
156 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
157 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
158 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
159 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
160 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
161 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
162 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
164 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
165 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
166 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
167 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
168 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
169 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
170 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel
171 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
172 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
173 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
174 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
175 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
176 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
177 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
178 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
179 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
180 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
181 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
182 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
1.29
183 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
1.32
184 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
2.27
185 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
2.45
186 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
187 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
7.48
DNF Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel
General Classification after stage 1
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
4.47.51
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
0.13
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
0.21
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.23
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.25
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
0.26
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
0.29
9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
0.30
10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
0.31
11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
0.32
12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
13 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
0.33
14 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
16 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.35
17 Andrey
Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
0.36
19 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
21 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team
0.37
22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
23 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
0.38
24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana
26 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
0.39
27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.40
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.42
31 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
0.43
32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
33 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
34 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
35 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
0.44
37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
38 Stefan Schumacher
(Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.45
39 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
41 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
0.46
42 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
0.47
44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
46 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
47 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
0.48
48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
50 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
51 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
53 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
54 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
0.49
55 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
56 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
57 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
0.50
60 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
61 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
0.51
62 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
0.52
66 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
67 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
68 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
0.53
69 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto
70 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic
72 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance
73 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
0.54
76 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
77 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
78 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
79 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital
80 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team
81 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
0.55
82 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
83 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
84 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
85 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
86 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
87 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
88 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
89 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
0.56
90 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
93 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
0.57
94 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
95 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto
96 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
97 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
98 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
0.58
99 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
100 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
101 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
103 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel
1.00
104 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
105 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
106 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
107 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
109 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
110 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
1.01
111 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
112 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance
113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
115 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.02
116 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
117 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
118 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas
119 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.03
120 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
121 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
122 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
123 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
124 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
1.04
125 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
126 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
128 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
129 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
1.05
130 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
131 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
132 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.06
133 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
134 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
135 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
136 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
137 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
138 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel
139 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
140 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
1.07
141 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
142 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.08
143 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
144 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
145 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
1.09
146 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.10
147 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
148 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
149 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
150 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
151 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
1.12
152 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital
153 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
154 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.13
155 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
156 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
157 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
1.14
158 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
159 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
1.15
160 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.16
161 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
162 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
163 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
1.18
164 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
165 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
166 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
1.19
168 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
169 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
170 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld
1.20
171 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
172 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.21
173 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
1.23
174 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
1.25
175 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
1.26
176 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
177 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
1.27
178 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
179 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
1.30
180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
1.33
181 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.51
182 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
2.15
183 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
2.59
184 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
3.04
185 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
3.37
186 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
3.54
187 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
4.15
188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
8.41
Young Rider Classification
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
4.48.16
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
0.06
3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.07
4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
0.08
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.10
6
William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
0.11
7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
0.13
8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.17
9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
0.19
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
0.21
11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
0.22
12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
0.23
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.25
15 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
0.32
16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
0.33
17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.35
18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.37
19 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
0.38
20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
0.39
21 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.40
22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.43
24 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
0.45
25 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.48
26 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
0.49
28 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.51
29 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
0.54
30 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
1.02
31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
3.12
Points Classification
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
35 points
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
30
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
26
4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
24
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
22
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
20
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
19
8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
19
9 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
18
10 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
17
11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
16
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
15
13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
14
14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
13
15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
12
16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
12
17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
12
18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
12
19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
11
20 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
10
21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
10
22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
10
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
9
24 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
8
25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
8
26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
8
27 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
7
28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
6
29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
5
30 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
5
31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
4
32 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
4
33 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
3
34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
3
35 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
1
36 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
1
Mountain Classification (KOM)
1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
5 points
2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
5
3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
3
4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
2
5 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
2
6 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1
Team Classification
1 Astana
14.24.51
2 Team CSC
0.02
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.05
4 Caisse d'Epargne
0.18
5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
0.20
6 T-Mobile Team
0.45
7 Rabobank
0.47
8 Française des Jeux
0.48
9 Liquigas
0.52
10 Quickstep-Innergetic
0.54
11 Crédit Agricole
12 Gerolsteiner
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi
0.57
14 Predictor-Lotto
1.01
15 Team Milram
16 Bouygues Telecom
1.03
17 Lampre-Fondital
1.10
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir
19 Barloworld
1.23
20 AG2r Prévoyance
1.25
21 Agritubel
