The 168.5km second stage of the 2007 Tour de France – from Dunkerque to Gent in Belgium – began
at 1.25pm. There were 188 riders in the peloton. There were no climbs on the course so Millar (SDV) was assured of maintaining
his lead in the climbing classification. Three intermediate sprints offered points for the green jersey classification. The
sprints were in Boezinge at the 45km mark, Westende (81.5km) and Aarsele (140.5km).
Sieberg Instigates First Attack
There were no early escape attempts. The first surge was from Sieberg (MRM) at the 18km mark. He was joined by Perez (EUS)
and Herve (AGR). By 21km they built a lead of 45”; 2’40” at the 37km mark. The CSC team was in charge of
the peloton and, at the site of the first intermediate sprint its deficit was 2’05” – the points were won
by Herve, Perez and Sieberg. The average speed for the first hour was 45.5km/h. At the 65km mark, the trio reached a maximum
advantage of 5’55”. At the second intermediate sprint the points were won by Sieberg, Herve and Perez. The peloton
was 4’30” behind. The average speed for the second hour was 46.3km/h.
Papa Kashechkin
While Andrey
Kashechkin was racing for the Astana team in the Tour, his wife gave birth to a 3.2kg baby boy called David during the first
hour of stage two.
Setting Up The Sprint…
The CSC team controlled the peloton until the 100km mark. With
63km to go, the advantage of the leading trio had dropped to 2’50”. Rain fell on the race for a brief period but
it wasn’t severe and no bad accidents happened because of the wet roads (although Frank Schleck did crash with about
in Pittem, at the 127km mark). With 45km to go, the CSC team was joined at the head of the peloton by the Quickstep and Liquigas
teams. Shortly afterwards two riders from both Preditor-Lotto and Credit Agricole tapped out the tempo at the head of the
peloton.
Perez led Herve and Sieberg over the intermediate sprint line in Aarsele. The skies opened and rain poured on
the peloton with 25km to go. Vansummeren (PRL), Tankink (QSI) and Charteau (C.A) lead the peloton’s pursuit and pulled
the advantage back to 2’05”. The bunch was pragmatic with its pursuit: at 20km to go - 1’50”; 15km
to go – 1’15”; 10km to go – 40”; 5km to go… just 12”. Perez attacked with 5km to
go but it didn’t matter. The escape was over with 2.8km to go and then the sprinters’ squads took control.
Huge
Pile-Up Hinders Hopes
With two kilometers remaining it appeared as though a Milram rider pulled his foot out of his pedal.
On a narrow section of road, his slight swerve to the right caught the wheel of another rider. At that pace there’s
no room for error and the result was a crash that involved up to 10 riders. Fabian Cancellara was one man caught up but he
admitted that he wasn’t badly hurt “but at the time, when you have two kilometers to ride to the line, you have
time to think that everything is in pain.”
Steegmans & Boonen Do The Quickstep!
A selection of about
25 riders escaped the carnage including most of the big-name sprinters. The Quickstep team had at least four representatives
in the lead group rushing to the line. While other sprinters jostle for position, Gert Steegmans bolted ahead as part of what
was meant to be a lead-out for Tom Boonen. Unsure that it was his colleague behind him, Steegmans insisted with his effort
all the way to the line, taking a surprise win while Boonen’s second was enough to put him in the lead of the points
classification.
Cancellara finished 72nd but retained his lead in the general classification and will wear the yellow
jersey again in stage three.
Tom Boonen will ride in the green jersey through Belgium on Tuesday: "A one-two result isn’t something
that happens very often. That happens usually only when you prepare a sprint in a way that’s impossible. It means that
you must have a lot in reserve to be able to have one guy who does the sprint the same way as the designated sprinter does.
It’s only possible a few times in a career." Boonen added: "Today it wasn’t possible for me to pass my team-mate
but I think that if you’re in a situation like this then it’s the right thing to do to… if you have a guy
who leads you out for the entire year and you’re able to give a present like this, then it’s not nice to pass
him.
“I’m more excited than when I won the stage myself. It’s great to achieve this when the finish
line is in your own country. It was an impressive day for our team."
Boonen continued by saying: "I was freezing with 40km to go. I couldn’t see anymore because my glasses
were dirty and I don’t like it when I get cold but finally it dried out and it was lucky that it happened that way for
the sprint because it was very dangerous. There were so many people that you couldn’t ride where you wanted because
the spectators were spilling onto the road and you had to be careful. There was the crash but we did our best to make a beautiful
sprint and that’s what we got."
Stage winner Gert Steegmans was in extasy after his first Tour de France stage win: "The team did the perfect
lead-out and it ended in an ideal situation. We said before the stage that we wanted to do the lead-out as late as possible.
If we could, I was only allowed to start my acceleration at 300m to go but Steven De Jongh pulled a bit longer than I expected
and I could ride my own sprint. The only one who was following me was Tom."
Steegmans continued by saying: "He almost
came past me but you can never really be sure who is behind you. I saw the footage of the finish and it was good to see Zabel
dropping off when I was moving forward. That’s really nice."
"I didn’t see the crash and I didn’t even know about it. There were so many people and there was
so much noise in the last two and a half kilometers that I couldn’t hear anything. Maybe they were talking on the radio
and saying something about the crash but I never heard anything. It’s always great to have a victory in the Tour but
to do it in Belgium is like a dream!" Steegmans added: "I knew I was winning but when I looked I saw a wheel coming through
and I thought that maybe it was someone else but when I saw it was Tom it was an explosion of emotion in my mind."
Steegmans
concluded with: "Last year a few guys told me that it was a bad choice to go to Quickstep because I would never be able to
win but it’s happened today, so I don’t think that I made a bad move."
Alexander Vinokourov's (Astana) ankle is getting better: "It's always the same stress in the peloton. And
the rain didn't help us at all. I hope it will be better these next days. I'm lucky not to have been involved
in the massive fall just before the finish line.
But I had to use my brakes very strongly. My ankle is better, even
if it isn't at 100% yet. That's true that there were a lot of people among the streets and at the arrival.
But I think they were more in England."
Serguei Ivanov (Astana) was invilved in the mass crash but he was lucky:
"I couldn’t avoid the fall, even if I didn’t fall on the ground. I came directly into the safety fences. My left
fingers are a little bit injured but it’s nothing bad. Everything is OK."
General classification leader Fabian Cancellara (CSC) also crashed: "Immediately after the crash I was scared
that I was seriously injured, because I seemed to hurt everywhere. But it was probably the surprise of the impact and the
fact that it was cold and I was wet, so when I was lying there on the road among all the other guys I did think the worst
for a minute. But after I finished the stage and got some dry clothes on and got warm, I felt fine again," said Fabian Cancellara,
who was pleased by the overall result of the day.
Marcel Sieberg (Milram) was one of three riders who coloured the race with a long break: “It was a beautiful
stage,” Sieberg smiled. Shortly after he was caught, he was involved in the crash. “Just when I was back in the
bunch I was involved in this crash. I arrived in the finish with Fabian Cancellara then,” Sieberg, whose parents visited
the finish in Ghent, continued.
Results:
Stage 2
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
3.48.22 (44.2 km/h)
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
10 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
11 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
15 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
20 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
22 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
24 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
25 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
27 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
28 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
29 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
30 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
33 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
34 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
35 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
36 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
37 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
38 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
39 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
42 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram
43 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
44 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
47 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team
48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
52 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
53 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas
54 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
56 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital
57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
58 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
60 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
62 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance
63 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
64 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
65 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance
66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
67 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
68 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
69 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
70 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
71 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
73 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
74 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
75 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
76 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
77 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
79 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto
80 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
81 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld
82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
83 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
84 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
85 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
86 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
87 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld
88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
89 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
90 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team
91 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
92 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
93 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel
94 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel
95 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
96 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto
97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
98 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
100 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
101 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
102 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
103 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
104 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic
105 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
106 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
108 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
109 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
110 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
112 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
113 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
114 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
115 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
116 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana
117 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
118 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
119 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
120 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
121 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
122 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
123 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
124 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
125 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital
126 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
127 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
128 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
129 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
130 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
131 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
132 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
133 Francisco Perez
Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
134 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
135 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
136 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
137 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux
138 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
139 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
140 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
141 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
142 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
143 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
144 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
145 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
146 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
147 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
148 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole
149 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
150 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
151 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
152 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
153 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
154 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
155 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
156 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
157 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
158 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
159 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
160 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
161 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
162 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
163 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
164 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
165 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
166 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
167 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
168 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
169 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
170 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
171 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
172 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
173 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
174 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
175 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
176 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
177 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
178 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
179 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
180 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
181 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
182 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
183 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
184 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
185 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
186 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
187 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
188 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
General Classification after stage 2
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
8.36.13
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 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
0.26
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
0.29
10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
0.30
11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
0.31
12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
0.32
13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
0.33
15 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
0.35
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
0.36
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
0.37
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
0.38
27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana
28 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
0.39
29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.40
31 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
0.42
33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.43
34 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
35 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
36 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
37 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
0.44
38 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
39 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
40 Stefan Schumacher
(Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.45
41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
42 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
0.46
44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
0.47
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
0.48
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
0.49
56 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic
60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
0.50
61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
62 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
0.51
63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
65 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
0.52
67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
68 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team
0.53
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 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
76 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
0.54
77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
78 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team
79 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
80 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital
81 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team
82 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
0.55
83 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
84 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
85 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
86 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
87 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
88 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
89 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
90 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
91 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
0.56
92 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
93 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
95 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
0.57
96 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
97 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto
98 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
99 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana
100 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
0.58
101 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
102 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
103 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
104 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
105 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel
1.00
106 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
107 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
108 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
109 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
111 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
1.01
113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
114 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance
115 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
116 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.02
118 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
119 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
120 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas
121 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
1.03
122 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
123 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
124 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
125 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
126 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
1.04
127 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
128 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
129 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
130 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
1.05
131 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
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
4.01
188 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
8.41
Young Rider Classification
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
8.36.38
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 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 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
0.37
20 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
0.38
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
0.39
22 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.40
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 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
56 points
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
55
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
46
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
44
5 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux
40
6 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
36
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
32
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
30
9 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
29
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team
29
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
26
12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team
25
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
21
14 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
20
15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
20
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
19
17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
18
18 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
17
19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
16
20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
16
21 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
15
22 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
15
23 Cédric Hervé (Fra) Agritubel
14
24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
13
25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir
12
26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
12
27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
12
28 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
12
29 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
12
30 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
10
31 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
10
32 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
10
33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
10
34 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
10
35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
9
36 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
8
37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
8
38 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
7
39 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
6
40 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
5
41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
5
42 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
4
43 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel
4
44 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
4
45 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
3
46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team
3
47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
2
48 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
1
49 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic
1
50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
-5
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
25.49.57
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 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
