Stage 7

There was some very realistic scenery on the route today


After the break won yesterday, only 3 riders went away today so they had no chance. Hagen got in position behind Forster but Kopp was too slow in leading him out so Hagen went for the sprint early with 200m to go


Hagen pulled away with Rojas and Vaitkus in his wheel


And it turned out to be quite an easy win


1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4h40'25
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
3 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
5 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
6 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
7 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
8 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
9 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
10 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
11 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
12 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
13 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
14 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
15 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
17 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
18 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
19 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
20 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
21 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
22 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
23 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
24 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
25 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
26 Ivan De Nobile TEAM CSC s.t.
27 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
28 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
29 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER s.t.
30 Toni Colom TEAM ASTANA s.t.

Points
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 104
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 60
3 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL 47
4 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 47
5 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 43
6 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 42
7 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 36
8 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 29
9 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM 25
10 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER 25

Stage 8

Robert Retschke of Wiesenhof is becoming a bit of a breakaway specialist. He was 2nd in the Tour de France stage where David Millar won from a break, he won a stage of the Deutschland Tour in a break, and now he is a stage winner in the Vuelta.



A crash near the finish involved Uran but he is unhurt and no time was lost. Stijn Devolder was also in the crash.

1 Robert Retschke TEAM WIESENHOF FELT 5h18'50
2 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
3 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER s.t.
4 Kevin Hulsmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'46
7 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
8 Alessandro Ballan LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
9 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
10 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
12 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
14 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
15 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
16 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM s.t.
17 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
18 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
19 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
21 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
22 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
23 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
24 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.

Uh, some problems with pictures. And thats one magnanimous sun flower!

Stage 9

Its a great big roundabout crash with 4.5km to go!

The likes of Zubeldia, Pellizotti, Petrov, Chavanel, Tjalingii and Mosquera all hit the deck.

Up front, Hagen chose the wheel of Freire which was a bad choice. He knew he had to take a risk to win so sprinted from 3km out. 4 riders still have 30 seconds as the sprint began.


The break are caught with 1km to, O'Grady has produced an awesome sprint and now Ventoso and Rojas are making their move


Hagen is well and truly boxed in, theres nowhere for him to go and only 400m to go


Hagen manages to move alongside O'Grady and is temporarily in 2nd but he has to slow a little to avoid causing a crash and must settle for 4th as Ventoso wins


Karpin's Spanish champ led in the Roundabout crash group and its good news for Anton! Zubeldia loses nearly 3 minutes!


1 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 4h39'13
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
3 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
5 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
6 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
8 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
10 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
12 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 Diego Ulissi TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
15 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
17 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
18 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
19 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
20 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
21 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
23 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
24 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
25 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.

90 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA + 2'40
95 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
96 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
97 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS s.t.
98 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
101 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
105 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
107 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC s.t.
109 Haimar Zubeldia RABOBANK s.t.
111 Danilo Di Luca UNIBET.COM s.t.
113 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
141 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.

Points
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 128
2 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 85
3 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 66
4 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 57
5 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 57
6 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL 56
7 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 50
8 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 46
9 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 40
10 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 38

awesome crash in the roundabout. ppl falling on both sides!

thats good luck for anton but poor old charly wegelius:cry:

Millar for GC

woohoo!

Nice prolouge win ! I really enjoy this story. the 2nd best i've ever read

While theoretically any 8 of 15 riders could be chosen. Pliuschin, Contador, Nolf, Manan, Perez, Marzoli and Stevic are all unfit at the moment - so conveniently that leaves 8.

Chris Hoy will drag the team along in the TTT, Alexander Efimkin is probably our best overall hope (Unless Stannard can repeat his Plouay form on the important stage).
Swift, Stannard, Hoy, Thomas and Pollock are all Level 3 XP so will gain good experience here, while Mickey Smith is Level 2 so will probably get some experience too. Ben Swift will quickly get up to level 4 XP and this will be his first test as the teams lead sprinter.

Here is Hoy dragging the team on in the short Prologue. At least we didnt finish last this time! (16th)




Amore & Vita are quite clearly doped full of the McDonalds McRat burgers. Laurens Ten Dam is the race leader, since he crossed the line first for Unibet.

where is the TOB report?

Nice to hear you are going upto Extreme mode! Also nice to see it's not only me afflicted by the giant sunflowers occasionally...

Thats weird, it seemes to have disappeared :x

I cant be bothered rewriting it all either. So:



1 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 10'12
2 David McCann DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 22
3 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
4 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 23
5 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD + 24
6 Bram Deprez LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
7 Evan Oliphant DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 25
8 Shaun Higgerson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 26
9 Lars Boom RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 27
10 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 29
11 Danny Stam RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 31
12 Zdenek Stybar AGRITUBEL s.t.
13 Peter Ronsse DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
14 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Ben Day NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 33
16 Baoqing Song DUJA - TAVIRA + 36
17 Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD s.t.
18 Paul Manning LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
19 Oleg Chuzhda FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
20 Andy Cappelle LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER + 37
21 Sean Finning SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 38
22 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 39
23 Kim Kirchen T-MOBILE TEAM + 40
24 Tom Leezer RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
25 Sifiso Holomisa TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.

a lot of posts keep deleting themselves

Looking forward to seeing you play in Extreme next season.

Ben Swift will definately get to ride a GT next season

Swift will be Awesome in a few years

Wow, swift, that's nice!

Stage 10

Another breakaway wins it, and the stage goes to Enrico Franzoi


1 Enrico Franzoï LAMPRE - FONDITAL 4h20'37
2 Sebastian Langeveld RABOBANK + 1'10
3 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
4 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'53
5 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
6 Luca Paolini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 David Kopp GEROLSTEINER s.t.
10 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
13 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
14 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
15 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Riccardo Riccò SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
19 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
20 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
21 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
22 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
23 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
24 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
25 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.




Stage 2

We dont want a break to stay away like in last year's Tour of Britain, and the team probably isnt strong enough to chase a break down so the solution? Get a man in the break, it will always get caught.

So Blythe went in it and targeted the KoM points. He won one and although caught out at the 2nd by Holomisa, he will get the jersey


It comes down to a sprint and it is completely unorganised. Ciolek is at the front due to being in the relay train.


And he coasts to victory


1 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM 3h22'56
2 Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD s.t.
3 Denys Kostiuk TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
4 Kenny Van Hummel SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
5 Nico Eeckhout CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
6 Wes Sulzberger SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
7 Kam-Po Wong AGRITUBEL s.t.
8 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
9 Jaime Ramón Barbero FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
10 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
11 Daniele Callegarin NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
12 Oleg Chuzhda FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
13 Dainius Kairelis BARLOWORLD s.t.
14 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
15 Aitor Galdos FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
16 Ian McLeod DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
17 Benoit Sinner AGRITUBEL s.t.
18 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
19 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
20 Volodymyr Zagorodny SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.

GC
1 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 3h33'08
2 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM + 22
3 David McCann DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
4 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 23
5 Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD + 24
6 Bram Deprez LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
7 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 Evan Oliphant DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 25
9 Shaun Higgerson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 26
10 Lars Boom RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 27

KoM
1 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 14
2 Piet Rooijakkers SKIL - SHIMANO 10
3 Sifiso Holomisa TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 10
4 Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 6
5 Geoffroy Lequatre DUJA - TAVIRA 2




Stage 2

Theres a crash near the finish involving Efimkin and the race leader Ten Dam amongst others. No time is lost though and Efimkin is uninjured.


Credit Agricole dominate the sprint as Bonnet delivers Bazayev to the finish. Haussler is quick but not quick enough so the Kazakh wins.


1 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 4h44'52
2 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
3 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
4 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC s.t.
5 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
8 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
11 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
12 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
14 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Martin Mortensen LIQUIGAS s.t.
16 Graziano Gasparre AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
18 Marcus Ljungqvist LIQUIGAS s.t.
19 Simone Ponzi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
20 Alberto Ongarato LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
21 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
22 Olaf Pollack GEROLSTEINER s.t.
23 Steffen Wesemann TEAM MILRAM s.t.
24 Alessandro Vanotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
25 Davide Viganò QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.

GC
1 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 4h49'26
2 Martin Pedersen UNIBET.COM + 7
3 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 8
5 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM + 9
6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 12
7 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC s.t.
8 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
9 Graziano Gasparre AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
10 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Christophe Laurent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
12 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Romas Sinicinas AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
15 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
17 Lee Dan AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
18 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
20 Ruslan Ivanov AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.

Stage 3

Blythe is off with the breakaway again and is in the 2nd group of 5 behind a first group of 5. It takes a lot of work but the groups do merge.


He misses any points at the first KoM, but wins the 2nd one.


The breakaway is tough on Blythe. 3 riders dont work at all while others keep setting a tough race making Blythe struggle to keep up at times. One of the riders who didnt work, Tinkoff's Efrem Salvi, went solo when everyone else was caught. He still had a slight gap as the sprint began.


Ciolek and Goss are the main contenders and its Ciolek who wins. Millar follows the wheels to take 5th.


1 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM 4h26'22
2 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
3 Steve Schets CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
4 Jos Van Emden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
5 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
6 Efrem Salvi TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
7 Kobe Vanoverschelde NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
8 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
9 Kenny Van Hummel SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
10 Aitor Galdos FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
11 Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD s.t.
12 Nico Eeckhout CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
13 Andreas Klier T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
14 Nicolas Sanderson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
15 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
16 Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS s.t.
17 Fabien Bacquet SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
18 Daniele Callegarin NAVIGATORS INSURANCE s.t.
19 Oleg Chuzhda FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
20 Steven Tronet AGRITUBEL s.t.

GC
1 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 7h59'30
2 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM + 19
3 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM + 22
4 David McCann DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
5 Mikhail Ignatiev TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 23
6 Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD + 24
7 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD s.t.
8 Bram Deprez LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
9 Shaun Higgerson SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS + 26
10 Lars Boom RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 27

KoM
1 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 20
2 Jan Kuyckx LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER 14
3 Piet Rooijakkers SKIL - SHIMANO 10
4 Sifiso Holomisa TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 10
5 Efrem Salvi TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS 8
6 Stephen Wooldridge SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS 6
7 Emilien-Benoît Bergès AGRITUBEL 6
8 Kristian House NAVIGATORS INSURANCE 6
9 Geoffroy Lequatre DUJA - TAVIRA 2
10 Tanel Kangert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA 2




Stage 3

Swift takes the wheel of race leader Fofonov who goes behind Napolitano who is led by his Lampre teammate Ongarato. Haussler is behind Swift with Thomas behind him but then Thomas is dislodged. He spots Bonnet moving up on the left hand side towards Greipel and gets behind the Frenchman.


Its a great choice by the Welshman as Greipel pulls away. Spotting the danger, Swift switches over.


Bonnet makes his move inside the final kilometre which is made easier when Greipel stops sprinting


Bonnet takes the win and in the process, pulls Geraint Thomas to 2nd.


1 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 4h38'15
2 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
3 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
4 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
6 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
9 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
12 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
13 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
14 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
15 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
16 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
17 Alberto Ongarato LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
18 Olaf Pollack GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Marcus Ljungqvist LIQUIGAS s.t.
20 Davide Viganò QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
21 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
22 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Aleksandr Kuschynski LIQUIGAS s.t.
25 Hans Dekkers PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.

GC
1 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 9h27'39
2 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2
3 Martin Pedersen UNIBET.COM + 9
4 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM + 11
6 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC + 14
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
8 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
9 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
10 Graziano Gasparre AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
11 Lee Dan AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
12 Michael Vanderaerden AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
13 Alexandre Botcharov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Romas Sinicinas AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
15 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
17 Alexandr Kolobnev TEAM CSC s.t.
18 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Ruslan Ivanov AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
20 Arjen De Baat AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
21 Lukasz Goralewski AMORE E VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
22 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
23 Gil Suray TEAM CSC s.t.
24 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM + 15
25 André Korff T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
57 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 19
93 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 25

Points
1 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 38
2 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER 37
3 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 34
4 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS 30
5 Matti Breschel TEAM CSC 28
6 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM 26
7 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER 26
8 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO 24
9 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM 24
10 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 24
11 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER 21
12 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 19
13 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 18
14 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 18
15 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL 14

I really have to say, thats an amazing story. always updated, never uninteresting. Just great, don't stop it man, or... nothing!