The 193km fourth stage of the 2007 Tour de France – from Viller-Cotteret to Joigny – began at
1.00pm. There were 187 riders at the sign on with no overnight retirements. The day included four cat-4 climbs, they were:
Cote de Veuilly-la-Poterie (at 23.5km), the Cote de Doucy (at 62.5km), the Cote de Galbaux (at 144km) and the Cote de Bel-Air
(at 148.5km). The three intermediate sprints were evenly dispersed throughout the stage: the first in La Ferte-Gaucher (at
69km) the next in Soligny-les-Bains (at 122.5km) and the final one in Theil-sur-Vanne (at 158.5km).
Zandio Crashes
& Abandons
There were no early attacks in the stage. The first bout of action came at the first climb when three of
the eight riders with points for the polka-dot jersey raced ahead of the peloton. The points at Veuilly-la-Poterie climb were
won by Kuschynski (LIQ), Millar (SDV) and Auge (COF) 1pt. Di Gregorio (FDJ) and Zandio (GCE) crashed heavily; the Spaniard
broke his right collarbone and abandoned the race while the Frenchman continued but received treatment from the race doctor
numerous times during the stage.
Sprick Sparks Escape
Sprick (BTL) was the first to launch a serious attack. It
happened at the 30.5km mark. He was chased by Verdugo (EUS), Flecha (RAB), Chavanel (FDJ) and, 3km later, by Knees (MRM).
At the 40km mark, the advantage of the five escapees was 1’25”. The average speed for the first hour was 40.7km/h.
At 48km the lead was 3’20” and then the peloton increased its pace to keep the escape within a reasonable distance.
At 56km, the advantage had grown to 3’45”. Chavanel was the best-place on GC at the start of the day, 23rd overall,
56” behind Cancellara. At the 2nd climb the peloton was 4’00” behind ;his was the maximum gain of the escape.
Liquigas came at the 62km mark and split the peloton. Flecha, Chavanel and Sprick took the sprint points at the 69km mark;
CSC was back in charge of the bunch and had reduced the lead significantly to just 1’55”. The average speed for
the 2nd hour was 40.7km/h.
CSC Defend Cancellara’s Lead
With 100km to go, the advantage was back to 3’45”.
Flecha led Chavanel and Knees to the line for the second intermediate sprint. The average speed for the 3rd hour was 42.2km/h.
The sprint teams – Predictor, Quickstep and Lampre – joined CSC at the head of the peloton with 70km to go and
the lead diminished rapidly: 2’45” with 67km to go; 2’00” with 60km to go. At the third climb Chavanel
led Knees and Flecha to the top. The peloton was at 1’40”. The order over the fourth climb was: Knees, Sprick
and Chavanel… the peloton was 1’50” behind.
Flecha led Chavanel and Verdugo over the line for the first
intermediate sprint. The peloton was just 1’35” behind. With 25km to go, the five led by 55”. Knees attacked
with 24km to go he was reeled in and the five cooperated again and it wouldn’t be until 8km to go that there was another
attack: the peloton was just 30” behind and Sprick tried his luck… it was a surge that lasted about 20 seconds
and then he surrendered. The escape was over 4.8km from the finish.
Setting Up The Sprint
Quickstep and T-Mobile
dominated the head of the peloton in the closing kilometers. It was Credit Agricole, however, that rode the perfect finale.
Thor Hushovd calls Julian Dean "the best lead-out man in the world" and the New Zealander delivered the Norwegian to the 300m
to go mark and that’s when Hushovd bolted into the lead. He was never truly challenged although Hunter (BAR) didn’t
give in until the very end. It is Hushovd’s fifth victory in the Tour de France.
Fabian Cancellara finished 47th
with the same time as Hushovd. The CSC rider will wear the yellow jersey for stage five.
Stage winner Thor Hushovd said: "It’s great for me to win again. I had a lot of problems at the start
of the year and I felt that I started bad in the Tour de France as well. I had a crash and yesterday I messed it up but today
everything went well; Julian Dean did an amazing job for me again and it worked really well after he finished his lead-out.
When he has the power like he has today… well, it’s what I need to win and I’m sure that we’re going
to continue. When Julian has the form like he has at the moment, he’s the best lead-out man in the world." Hushovd added:
"He went from the 500 meter mark and I was protected until 200 meters to go and I just felt that it should be okay. It was
an awesome lead-out and gave me time to sit up a bit before the line to raise my arms." Last years prologue winner concluded
with: "Last year I ended the Tour by winning on the Champs-Elysees and that’s what I tried to think about when luck
was against me. Today I’m back and I know I’m going to win more stages because my confidence is back."
Rabobank Sports Director Erik Dekker said: "I would not dare to say it from my position in the car, but in
the end it indeed looked as if Flecha and Knees were the strongest riders in the lead group." It was, because of the
Spaniard's lust to attack, the first time that Dekker was positioned behind a lead group in the Tour de France. "The
first time is always the best," said Dekker smiling. "It is better than to drive a kilometer behind the pack, especially on
a day like yesterday. That was my most boring day ever as a team leader, even though I only just started. I think all team
leaders shared that feeling. It was a slapstick for a long time."
The debut making team manager was glad that 'his' rider put out all stops during the intermediary sprints. "It is not very
relevant for the race, but is always fun. And after all, almost everything is a prize in the Tour de France." The presence
of Juan Antonio Flecha did, however, cause the pack to keep a close eye on the escapees. "But, not only because of him," said
Dekker in order to put things into perspective. "The others were also fast riders. The qualities ascribed to the escapees
undoubtedly also played a role, even though I think CSC was in any case not willing to make it an exciting stage today."
Results:
Stage 4
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
4.37.47 (41.69 km/h)
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
12 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
13 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
15 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
17 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
18 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
19 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
20 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
21 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
25 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
30 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
33 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
34 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
35 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
36 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
37 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital
38 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team
39 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas
40 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
41 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
42 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
45 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
48 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
49 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
50 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
51 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
52 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
53 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
54 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
55 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
56 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
57 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital
59 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
61 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
62 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
63 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
64 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
65 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
66 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
67 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
68 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
69 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
70 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
72 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
73 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
74 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
75 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
76 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
77 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
78 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
79 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto
80 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
81 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
82 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
83 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
84 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
85 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
86 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
87 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
88 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
89 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
90 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
91 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
92 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
93 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
94 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
95 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
96 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
97 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance
98 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
99 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
101 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
102 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
103 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
105 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
106 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
108 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
109 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto
110 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
111 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
112 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
113 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
114 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
115 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
116 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
117 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
118 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
119 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
120 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
122 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
124 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
125 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
126 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
127 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
128 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
129 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
130 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
131 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
132 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
133 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
134 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
135 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
136 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team
137 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
138 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
139 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
140 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
141 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
142 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
143 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld
144 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
145 Amets Txurruka (Spa)
Euskaltel - Euskadi
146 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
147 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana
148 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
149 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
150 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
151 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
152 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
153 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
154 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
155 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
156 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
157 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel
158 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
159 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic
160 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
161 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
162 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
163 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
164 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
165 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
166 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
167 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
168 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
169 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel
170 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
171 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
172 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
173 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
174 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
0.18
175 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
176 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
1.39
177 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
2.41
178 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
179 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
180 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
181 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
182 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
2.45
183 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
3.06
184 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
3.08
185 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
3.09
186 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
7.58
DNF Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne (crashed, broken collarbone)
General Classification after stage 4
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
19.49.55
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
0.29
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
0.33
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
0.41
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.43
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
0.44
8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.45
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
0.46
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.49
12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
0.50
13 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
0.51
14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
0.52
15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
16 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
0.53
17 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
0.55
19 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
0.56
22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
24 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team
0.57
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
26 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
0.58
27 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
28 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
29 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana
30 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
0.59
31 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
32 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
1.00
34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
35 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
36 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
1.03
37 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
38 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
1.04
40 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
41 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
42 Stefan Schumacher
(Ger) Gerolsteiner
1.05
43 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
44 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
1.06
46 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
47 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
1.07
48 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
49 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
50 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
51 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
52 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
1.08
53 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
56 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
57 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.09
58 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
1.10
62 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.11
63 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
65 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.12
67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
68 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
1.13
70 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto
71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
72 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic
73 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance
74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
75 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
1.14
76 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital
77 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team
78 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
1.15
79 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
80 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
81 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
82 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
83 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
84 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
85 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
86 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
1.16
87 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
88 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
89 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
1.17
90 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
91 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto
92 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
93 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
94 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
1.18
95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
96 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
97 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
98 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.20
99
Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel
100 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
101 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
102 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
103 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
1.21
104 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
105 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance
106 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
107 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
108 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.22
109 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
110 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas
111 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.23
112 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
113 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
114 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
115 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
1.24
116 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
117 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
118 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
119 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
1.25
120 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.26
121 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
122 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
123 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
124 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
125 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
126 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel
127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
128 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
1.27
129 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.28
130 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
131 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
132 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
1.29
133 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.30
134 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
135 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
136 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
137 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
138 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
1.32
139 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital
140 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
141 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.33
142 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
143 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
1.34
144 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
1.35
145 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.36
146 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
147 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
148 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.38
149 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
150 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
151 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.39
152 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
153 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld
1.40
154 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
155 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.41
156 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
1.45
157 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
158 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
1.46
159 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
160 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
1.47
161 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
1.59
162 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
2.01
163 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
2.05
164 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
2.08
165 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
2.11
166 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
2.12
167 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
2.13
168 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
2.21
169 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
2.31
170 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
2.40
171 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
2.44
172 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
3.54
173 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
3.57
174 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
4.04
175 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
4.14
176 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
177 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
178 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4.18
179 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
4.19
180 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
4.21
181 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
4.46
182 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
4.47
183 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
7.09
184 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
7.30
185 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
9.01
186 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
9.31
Young Rider Classification after stage 4
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
19.50.40
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 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
0.19
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
0.21
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
0.22
11 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
0.23
13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.25
14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.26
15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
0.30
16 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
0.32
17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
0.33
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.35
19 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
0.38
20 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
0.39
21 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.43
22 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
0.45
23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
0.47
24 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.48
25 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.51
26 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
0.54
27 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
1.02
28 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.20
29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
3.12
30 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
8.46
Points Classification
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
98 points
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
86
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
84
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
81
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
79
6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
70
7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
66
8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
62
9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
59
10 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
57
11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
55
12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
54
13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
47
14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
40
15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
39
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
34
17 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
33
18 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
32
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
32
20 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
31
21 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
29
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
28
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
24
24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
22
25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
21
26 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
17
27 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
16
28 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
16
29 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
15
30 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
15
31 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
15
32 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
15
33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance
13
34 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
12
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
12
36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
12
37 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
12
38 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
10
39 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
10
40 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
10
41 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
9
42 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
9
43 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
8
44 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
8
45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8
46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8
47 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
6
48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
6
49 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
6
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
5
51 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
5
52 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
5
53 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4
54 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
4
55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
4
56 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
4
57 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
3
58 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
3
59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
3
60 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
2
61 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
2
62 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
2
63 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
2
64 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
1
65 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
1
66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
1
67 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
-5
Mountain Classification (KOM)
1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
9 points
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
7
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
7
4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
5
5 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
5
6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
3
7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
3
8 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
2
9 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
2
10 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
2
11 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
1
12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1
13 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1
Team Classification
1 Astana
59.32.03
2 Team Csc
0.02
3 Discovery Channel Team
0.05
4 Caisse D’Epargne
0.18
5 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
0.20
6 T-Mobile Team
0.45
7 Rabobank
0.47
8 Francaise Des Jeux
0.48
9 Liquigas
0.52
10 Quick Step - Innergetic
0.54
11 Gerolsteiner
12 Credit Agricole
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 Agritubel
1.25
21 Ag2R Prevoyance
