Fabian Cancellara delivered a world-class performance, when he won the third stage of Tour de France. The
Swiss Team CSC rider escaped from the peloton during the final kilometer and only just managed to keep the sprinters behind
him, so he could claim his second victory in the race so far.
"It was brilliant!" said a happy CSC Sports Director
Kim Andersen following the stage. "It was so worth the wait – what a finale – I'm almost lost for words."
"I
actually don't think he was going for the stage as much as trying to defend the yellow jersey, but we're in the car shouting
in his ear phone that he had a gap and he just went for it," explained Kim Andersen.
The 236.5-kilometer stage from Waregem
to Compiègne had taken a strange turn earlier so the unexpected victory for Cancellara was very fitting really.
Nicolas
Vogondy (Agritubel) and Matthieu Ladagnous (Francaise des Jeux) escaped already after six kilometers and quickly gained a
12-minute lead. After that Team CSC started to catch up and without much effort the gap was quickly reduced to eight minutes.
The
peloton didn't want to catch the break so early so everyone slowed down and this carried on until about 60 kilometers before
the finish, where Staphane Augé (COF) and Frederic Willems (LIQ) escaped and caught up to the two others.
With about
30 kilometer left the four-man break started to pose a threat as their lead increased to four minutes and neither of them
had worked that hard during the stage so far, so they had lots of strength left over. No less than six teams besides Team
CSC were chasing behind, but it was not until things got tactical for the four riders in the break that the gap was reduced.
On
a cobble stoned part of the route one kilometer ahead of the finish line Cancellara demonstrated just why he won Paris-Roubaix
last year. He escaped on the cobblestones and caught up to the four in the break with 200 meters to go. Behind him the sprinters
were desperately trying to follow suit, but they never made it and Cancellara took one of the most spectacular victories imaginable
in a stage like this.
"We had talked about that cobble stoned bit earlier, but we never discussed it as an opportunity
for attack, but more the fact that the riders should be careful, when they got there. But it's actually pretty symbolic that
Fabian made this happen after his disappointment in Paris-Roubaix a couple of months ago," finished Kim Andersen.
"It
was absolutely fantastic to win in the yellow jersey. I was afraid I'd loose it during those final 30 kilometers and now in
stead I'm standing here with a victory, which I'll remember for a very long time," said an excited Cancellara.
Results:
Stage 3
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
6.36.15 (35.81km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
11 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
13 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
15 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
17 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
25 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance
29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
30 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
31 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
32 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
33 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
34 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
35 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
37 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
38 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
40 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas
41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
42 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
44 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
45 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
46 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
47 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
48 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital
49 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
50 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
52 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team
53 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
54 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
56 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
57 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
58 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital
60 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
61 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
63 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
64 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
65 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance
66 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
67 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
68 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
69 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
70 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
72 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
73 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
74 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
75 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
76 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto
77 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
78 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto
79 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
81 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
83 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
85 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
86 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
88 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
89 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
90 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
91 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
92 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
94 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
95 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
96 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
98 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
99 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
100 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
101 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
102 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
103 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
104 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
105 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
107 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
108 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
109 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
110 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
111 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
112 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
113 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
114 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
115 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
116 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
117 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld
118 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
120 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
121 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
122 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
123 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
124 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
125 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
126 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
127 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
128 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
129 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
130 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
131 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
132 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
133 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
134 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
135 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
136 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
137 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel
138 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
139 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
140 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
141 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
142 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
143 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
144 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
145 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
146 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
147 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
148 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
149 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
150 Ruben Lobato Elvira
(Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
151 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
152 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic
153 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
154 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel
155 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
156 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
157 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
158 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
159 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
160 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team
161 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
162 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
163 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana
164 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
165 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
166 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
167 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
168 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
169 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
170 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
171 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
172 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
173 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
174 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
0.37
175 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.43
176 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
177 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
0.49
178 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
0.52
179 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
180 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
181 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
182 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
183 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
184 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
0.57
185 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
186 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
187 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
1.05
DNS Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel (crashed stage 2, broken thumb)
General Classification after stage 3
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
15.12.08
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
0.33
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
0.41
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.43
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.45
7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
0.46
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
0.49
10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
0.50
12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
0.51
13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
0.52
14 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
0.53
16 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
0.55
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
0.56
21 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
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 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
0.59
31 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
32 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
1.00
33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
1.03
35 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
36 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
1.04
38 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
39 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
40 Stefan Schumacher
(Ger) Gerolsteiner
1.05
41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
42 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
1.06
44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
1.07
46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
49 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
1.08
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
53 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.09
56 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
1.10
60 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
1.11
61 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
64 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.12
66 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
67 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
68 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
1.13
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 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
1.14
76 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
77 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital
78 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team
79 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
1.15
80 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
81 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
82 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
83 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
84 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
85 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
86 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
87 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
88 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
1.16
89 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
90 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
91 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
1.17
92 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto
94 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
95 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
96 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
1.18
97 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
98 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
99 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
100 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel
1.20
101 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
102 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
103 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
104 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
105 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
106 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
1.21
107 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
108 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance
109 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
110 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
111 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.22
112 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
113 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas
114 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.23
115 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
116 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
117 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
118 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
119 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
1.24
120 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
121 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
122 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
123 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
1.25
124 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.26
125 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
126 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
127 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
129 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
130 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel
131 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
132 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
1.27
133 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.28
134 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
135 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
136 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
1.29
137 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.30
138 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
139 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
140 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
141 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
142 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
1.32
143 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital
144 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
145 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.33
146 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
147 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
148 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
1.34
149 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
1.35
150 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.36
151 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
152 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
153 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
1.38
154 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
155 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
156 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
157 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.39
158 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
159 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld
1.40
160 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
161 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1.41
162 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
1.45
163 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
164 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
1.46
165 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
166 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
1.47
167 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
1.50
168 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
1.55
169 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
1.59
170 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
2.01
171 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
2.05
172 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
173 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
2.06
174 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
2.11
175 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
2.12
176 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
2.19
177 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
2.21
178 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
2.31
179 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
2.35
180 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
2.40
181 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
2.44
182 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
3.57
183 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
4.14
184 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
4.21
185 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
186 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
4.24
187 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
9.01
Young Rider Classification after stage 3
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
15.12.53
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 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
26 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.51
27 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
0.54
28 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
1.02
29 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.20
30 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
3.12
Points Classification
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
80 points
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
74
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
62
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
57
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
54
6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
53
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
51
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
47
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
46
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
44
11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
40
12 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
39
13 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
36
14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
34
15 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
33
16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
28
17 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
25
18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
24
19 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
24
20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
22
21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
21
22 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
20
23 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
17
24 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
16
25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
16
26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
15
27 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
15
28 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
14
29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
14
30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
13
31 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
12
32 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
12
33 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
12
34 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
10
35 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
10
36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
10
37 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
10
38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
9
39 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
8
40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
8
41 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8
42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
6
43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
6
44 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
5
45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
5
46 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4
47 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
4
48 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4
49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
4
50 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
4
51 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
3
52 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
3
53 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3
54 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
2
55 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
1
56 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
1
57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
1
58 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
-5
Mountain Classification (KOM)
1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
8 points
2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
5
3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
3
4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
2
5 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
2
6 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
2
7 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
1
8 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
1
Team Classification
1 Astana
45.38.42
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 Gerolsteiner
12 Crédit Agricole
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi
0.57
14 Team Milram
1.01
15 Predictor-Lotto
16 Bouygues Telecom
1.03
17 Lampre-Fondital
1.10
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir
19 Barloworld
1.23
20 Agritubel
1.25
21 AG2R Prévoyance
