YAYYYYYYYY. Great win by Saul. That just makes this story even better.

Stage 6

The other teams did their best today to take away Contador's lead. A break went away but a DFL rider wasnt allowed to go with it. They got a lead and then when I tried to chase it down, not many inroads were made.

But in the end, just enough was done and Contador keeps the jersey by 25 seconds over stage winner Alexis Rodriguez


1 Alexis Rodríguez TEAM CSC 4h01'46
2 Bernard Van Ulden NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 1'33
3 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Alexander Kvachuk SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'59
5 Roman Kilun TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
6 Maxime Méderel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Justin England TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 3'59
8 Blake Caldwell BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Douglas McCree SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10 Alexey Georgiev DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 5'42
11 Nikolai Trussov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
12 Peter Stetina TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
13 Hans Dekkers PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 7'52
14 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
15 René Mandri TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT s.t.
16 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
18 Antonio Aldegani QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Gene Bates DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
21 Matthew Crane HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
22 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
23 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Frank Pipp HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS s.t.
25 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
26 Kenny De Haes PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
27 Carlos Torrent SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
28 Alexei Shchebelin TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
29 Jason Donald TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
30 Nick Ingels PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.

GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 23h37'23
2 Alexis Rodríguez TEAM CSC + 25
3 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 53
4 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'34
5 David George DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'12
6 Alexander Kvachuk SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'13
7 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'21
8 Alexandre Moos BMC CYCLING TEAM + 3'07
9 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 4'30
10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 4'38
11 David Arroyo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'30
12 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC + 5'34
13 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'35
14 Freddy González SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 5'46
15 David De la Fuente DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 6'12
16 Aitor Hernández TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 6'20
17 Giampaolo Cheula SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'23
18 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 6'32
19 Jason Donald TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
20 Peter Stetina TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 6'40
21 Blake Caldwell BMC CYCLING TEAM + 6'45
22 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 6'52
23 Craig Lewis HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 7'07
24 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 7'36
25 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 7'41
26 Roman Kilun TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 8'20
27 Saul Raisin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 8'25
28 Héctor González TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 8'28
29 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC + 8'38
30 Justin England TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 9'00


Stage 7

The break were caught inside the last kilometre as Vaitkus wins


A crash forced 2nd overall Rodriguez, 4th overall Simoni and 11th overall Arroyo to abandon, while 5th overall George was invloved in two crashes to fall out opf the top 10.

1 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL 3h04'53
2 Hans Dekkers PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
3 René Mandri TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT s.t.
4 Antonio Aldegani QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Giampaolo Cheula SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
6 Jeff Sherstobitoff SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
8 Carlos Torrent SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
9 Nikolai Trussov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
10 Jurgen Van Loocke DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
11 Koji Fukushima DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM s.t.
12 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
13 Vicente Peiró BMC CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Gert Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.


Final GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 26h42'16
2 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 53
3 Alexander Kvachuk SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 2'13
4 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'21
5 Alexandre Moos BMC CYCLING TEAM + 3'07
6 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 4'30
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 4'38
8 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC + 5'34
9 Koldo Gil SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 5'35
10 Freddy González SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 5'46
11 David George DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'56
12 David De la Fuente DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 6'12
13 Aitor Hernández TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 6'20
14 Giampaolo Cheula SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'23
15 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 6'32
16 Jason Donald TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
17 Peter Stetina TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 6'40
18 Blake Caldwell BMC CYCLING TEAM + 6'45
19 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 6'52
20 Craig Lewis HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 7'07
21 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 7'16
22 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 7'41
23 Roman Kilun TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 8'20
24 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC + 8'38
25 Javier Mejías SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 9'01
26 Gene Bates DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 9'02
27 Davide Malacarne BMC CYCLING TEAM + 9'14
28 Alexei Shchebelin TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 9'26
29 Rubén Reig DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 9'38
30 Olivier Kaisen PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 9'45
31 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC + 10'06
32 Simone Masciarelli DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 10'14
33 Fumiyuki Beppu DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 10'34
34 Pieter Riis Andersen TEAM CSC + 11'17
35 Philipp Walsleben QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 11'30
36 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 11'38
37 Anton Mindlin TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 11'41
38 Stuart Shaw DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 12'07
39 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
40 Saul Raisin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 12'09
41 Héctor González TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 12'12
42 Casey Munro DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 12'13
43 René Mandri TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 12'15
44 Antxon Luengo HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 12'26
45 Geert Verheyen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 12'30
46 Justin England TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 12'44
47 Tim Ulbrich HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 13'10
48 Stefano Boggia SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 13'21
49 Nikolai Trussov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 13'55
50 Maxime Méderel QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 14'04
51 Christopher Baldwin TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 14'08
52 Cory Lange SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 14'43
53 Douglas McCree SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 14'45
54 Tanel Kangert TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 15'09
55 Vicente Peiró BMC CYCLING TEAM + 15'37
56 Rory Sutherland HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 15'39
57 Brad Armstrong NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 15'49
58 Wim De Vocht PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 15'52
59 Ivan De Nobile HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 16'07
60 Antonio Aldegani QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 16'33
61 Kenny De Haes PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 17'06
62 Ermanno Capelli TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 17'15
63 Charles Chedsey BMC CYCLING TEAM + 17'53
64 Carlos Torrent SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 18'32
65 Nick Ingels PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 18'36
66 Koji Fukushima DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 18'49
67 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 19'01
68 Ivan Stevic DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'47
69 Jeff Sherstobitoff SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 20'49
70 Heath Blackgrove TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 20'54
71 Bernard Van Ulden NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 22'21
72 Jurgen Van Loocke DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 22'44
73 Christoff Van Heerden TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 22'58
74 Tobie Abadia TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 24'13
75 Dimitri Champion SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 24'16
76 Justo Tenorio DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 24'27
77 Svein Erik Vold HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 24'30
78 Matthew Crane HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 24'37
79 Gert Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 24'47
80 Erko Tostsev SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 24'48
81 Benjamin Brooks NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 25'09
82 Jay Thompson TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 27'07
83 Ron Forster TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 27'41
84 Yannick Martinez BMC CYCLING TEAM + 28'35
85 Bernard Sulzberger DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 28'52
86 Frank Pipp HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS + 29'21
87 Danny Summerhill NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 29'25
88 David Rodriguez NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 29'37
89 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM CSC + 30'18
90 Rotson Armstrong SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM + 30'38
91 Hans Dekkers PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 31'40
92 Brad Huff NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 32'31
93 Nathan Mitchell TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 33'39
94 Mike Sayers QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 33'58
95 Fuyu Li DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 33'59
96 Alexey Georgiev DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 34'46
97 Stanley Garfield TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 36'45
98 Bobby Lea TOYOTA - UNITED PRO CT + 38'50
99 Federico Estévez TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 41'30
100 Ermes Cipollone TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 42'32
101 Teodoro Capozzi TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 47'00
102 Nick Gates PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 49'38
103 Philip Thuaux TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 50'38
104 Mariusz Wiesiak TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 51'54
105 David Gear NAVIGATORS INSURANCE + 54'43
106 Damion Drapac DRAPAC PORSCHE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM + 54'57
107 Allan Grace BMC CYCLING TEAM + 59'00
108 Jason McCartney DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h06'55
109 Andreas Bernardino TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 1h07'29
110 Sönke Kohl TEAM KONICA MINOLTA + 1h08'59

What are the stats of Alexis Rodriguez. Is he one of those up and coming stats from the scouting system?

Nope, hes a 32 year old Spaniard who started 2007 on the Fercase team. 71 hill, 71 sprint.

Ive just finished racing the Ardennes - one was good, one was okay, one was bad.

Saul )))))))))))
I knew you could do SN

Ricco began the attacks with 32km to go


But Frank Schleck led the counters as they quickly caught up with the Italian


It wasnt worth Konovalovas attacking since hghe only had half a blue bar - he wouldnt have kept up with the favourites and would probably have just been left with a red bar or two. A 7 man group formed:

Schleck, Kirchen, Di Luca, Valverde, Rovny, Ricco, Grivko

Di Luca and Kirchen are dropped with 15km to go


Rovny has to let go with 12km left


With 7km to go, Konovalovas makes a move from the peleton, countered by Ten Dam


As the leaders neared the finish, Schleck got away and noone could follow


Frank Schleck wins Amstel Gold!


Konovalovas is caught again by the peleton in the final kilometre but only Nocentini passes him as he hangs on to 10th place


1 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC 6h17'03
2 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 9
3 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD s.t.
4 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
5 Ivan Rovny LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'09
6 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'23
7 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS + 2'01
8 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 4'41
9 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 5'17
10 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
11 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
12 Tom Stamsnijder T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
17 Dainius Kairelis BARLOWORLD s.t.
18 Davide Rebellin TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
20 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
21 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
22 Chris Horner CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
23 Sébastien Joly TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
25 Sebastian Langeveld GEROLSTEINER + 6'05
26 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 6'13
27 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
28 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
29 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM + 6'33
30 Giuseppe Palumbo UNIBET.COM + 6'51
31 Luca Mazzanti EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 7'15
32 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
33 Rémi Pauriol CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
34 Joost Posthuma AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 7'28
35 Bastiaan Giling LIQUIGAS s.t.
36 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
37 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
38 Karsten Kroon LIQUIGAS s.t.
39 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
40 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM + 7'49
41 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA s.t.
42 Michael Albasini LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 8'26
43 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 10'15
44 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD s.t.
45 Dario Cataldo BARLOWORLD s.t.
46 Thomas Ziegler T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
47 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 11'31
48 Jenning Huizenga COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
49 Francesco Bellotti BARLOWORLD s.t.
50 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
51 Andrea Tonti AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
52 Gil Suray TEAM CSC s.t.
53 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
54 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
55 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
56 Rubens Bertogliati SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
57 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
58 Jean-Marc Bideau TEAM MILRAM s.t.
59 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
60 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
61 José Antonio Baños COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
62 Marco Marcato UNIBET.COM + 12'12
63 Tom Leezer RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
64 Tiago Machado CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 12'48
65 Dailos Díaz FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
66 Andrei Sartasov BARLOWORLD s.t.
67 Leon Van Bon TEAM CSC s.t.
68 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
69 Emanuelle Bindi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
70 Shaun Higgerson FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
71 Bram Schmitz RABOBANK + 13'09
72 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
73 Marko Ullmann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
74 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM s.t.
75 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
76 Dmytro Grabovskyy GEROLSTEINER + 13'31
77 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM + 14'12
78 Julian Dean CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 16'29
79 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
80 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
81 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
82 Alberto Losada CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
83 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
84 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
85 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK s.t.
86 Constantino Zaballa CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
87 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
88 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
89 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
90 Rubén Pérez RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
91 Yon Bru EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
92 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
93 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
94 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
95 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
96 Rick Fransen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
97 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
98 Rick Flens RABOBANK s.t.
99 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
100 Evgeni Popov RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
101 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
102 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
103 Jérôme Coppel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
104 Laszló Bodrogi BARLOWORLD s.t.
105 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
106 Eric Baumann T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
107 René Haselbacher TEAM ASTANA s.t.
108 Thierry Marichal FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
109 Jonas Decouttere LIQUIGAS s.t.
110 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
111 Bauke Mollema SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 18'29
112 Ruggero Marzoli RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
113 Steven Kleynen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
114 Fabio Duarte RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
115 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
116 Rubén Plaza SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
117 Matthias Ruß GEROLSTEINER + 18'53
118 Alain Van Katwijk PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
119 Iker Camaño RABOBANK CONTINENTAL s.t.
120 Daniel Rincón DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
121 Maarten De Jonge AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
122 Jan Kuyckx RABOBANK s.t.
123 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
124 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
125 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM s.t.
126 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
127 Wim Van Huffel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
128 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
129 Renaud Dion LIQUIGAS s.t.
130 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
131 Carl Naïbo AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
132 Daniel Becke FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
133 Remmert Wielinga SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
134 Addy Engels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
135 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
136 Diego Caccia BARLOWORLD s.t.
137 Angelo Furlan UNIBET.COM + 19'42
138 Bobby Julich QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 20'09
139 Alexandre Usov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
140 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
141 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
142 Nicolas Fritsch PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
143 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK s.t.
144 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
145 Ersilio Calogero TEAM MILRAM s.t.
146 Wim Stroetinga UNIBET.COM s.t.
147 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
148 Bart Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
149 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
150 Darren Lill TEAM ASTANA s.t.
151 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
152 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
153 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 21'09
154 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER s.t.
155 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
156 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 21'23
157 Lucas De Visscher RABOBANK + 23'22
158 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 23'46
159 Maxim Gourov TEAM ASTANA + 24'18
160 Lionel Custos AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 24'26
161 Nico Eeckhout TEAM CSC + 24'38
162 Alan Suchoparek DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 24'50
163 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 25'50
164 Alan Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 27'18
165 Raúl Alarcón SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 27'26
166 Dennis Van Winden RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 27'50
167 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER + 28'10
168 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 28'46
169 Linas Balciunas LIQUIGAS + 28'58
170 Jakob Piil T-MOBILE TEAM + 30'38
171 Bradley Wiggins DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 31'32
172 Cetteo Carlotti PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 31'52
173 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM + 32'00
174 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 34'08
175 Thom Van Dulmen RABOBANK CONTINENTAL + 38'48
176 Leonardo Scarselli QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 39'44

Stats boost for Goss!

So was that the ok one?

Correct

Goss is an eighty, awesome

Our sponsors have come into this season with high expectations and are being rather hard to please - the sponsor confidence is currently at Bad. For whatever reason, the Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja is a 3-star important race for us - so a good chance to improve sponsor confidence. I therefore sent Contador to the 3 stage race.



Marco Marcato sprinted to victory on Stage 1 with Stevic 4th.
Stage 2 is the hilly stage and Contador takes the win and the leaders jersey,
The jersey is kept in Stage 3 as Oleg Chuzhda wins the sprint.


Final GC:
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 11h10'49
2 Gustavo Domínguez KARPIN GALICIA + 18
3 Oleg Chuzhda FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 30
4 Marco Marcato UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Yon Bru EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 38
6 Ivan Seledkov LIBERTY SEGUROS + 42
7 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 44
8 Taylor Tolleson TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 48
9 Santos González KARPIN GALICIA + 50
10 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
11 Lucas Euser TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
12 Eduard Vorganov EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
13 Martín Mata TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
14 Jorge Ferrio ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
15 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
16 Dries Devenyns TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
17 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
19 Ondrej Sosenka UNIBET.COM s.t.
20 Francisco José Martínez FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
21 Isidro Nozal KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
22 Ugaitz Artola KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
23 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
24 Gorka Amuriza LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
25 Ramón Troncoso KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
26 Luis Fernández Oliveira KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
27 Giovanny Báez ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
28 Luis Pérez Romero ORBEA - OREKA S.D.A. s.t.
29 Ghader Mizbani LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
30 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
31 Paco Lara ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
32 David Muñoz CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
33 David De la Fuente DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
34 Beñat Intxausti GRUPO NICOL�S MATEOS s.t.
35 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
36 Iker Flores FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
37 Ian McLeod SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
38 Egoi Martínez GRUPO NICOL�S MATEOS s.t.
39 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
40 Xavier Zandio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.

The win gave a 2-star sponsor satisfaction and lifts the Sponsor confidence to poor. Hopefully the Giro will improve the confidence as I am confident of a strong performance from Contador.

Hopefully the good result will be a podium spot.
Also I hope that the bad result is a we finished 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th, and 7th and one person didn't keep the line going. But I doubt that will ever happen.

No matt, thats called an "Oops I invented a Very Easy difficulty and used it instead of Extreme" result

Or the, "I need a new difficulty level" result

Contador took 3rd here last year and this is the only Ardennes classic he will ride this year (Tour de Georgia clashed with Amstel Gold, and although Ive already posted it, the Rioja stage race actually clashes with Liege). The team leader will either be Contador or Konovalovas, mainly depending on daily form.

Some of the facourites like Valverde, Ricco and Nocentini bridged up to the break with 35km to go - but it seems like DFL has one less drink than everyone else, theres no way either of my leaders can attack now - theyll just run out of energy before the finish.


Schleck attacks a bit later and the Amstel Gold winner moves into the lead. Di Luca is in pursuit while behind the Italian is Grivko, Kirchen, Nocentini, Ricco and Valverde


Contador does decide to make a move on the Cote de Ben-Ahin


While further up the hill, Di Luca has caught Schleck


Next stop is the Mur de Huy and Di Luca starts to put pressure on Schleck


Di Luca wins Fleche Wallone!


Looking to get 8th and 9th are Contador and Konovalovas with just over 1km to go.


But Contador is out of energy and Nibali has passed Konovalovas


A top 10 chance slips away from Konovalovas as he too ran out of energy just before the finish line


1 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 5h19'13
2 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC + 31
3 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 38
4 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD + 42
5 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS + 1'01
6 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1'14
7 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'23
8 Vincenzo Nibali T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'24
9 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 3'51
10 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4'00
11 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'07
12 Chris Horner CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'10
13 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 4'11
14 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4'15
15 Ivan Rovny LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
16 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 4'16
17 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 4'18
18 Tom Stamsnijder T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
20 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 4'25
21 Dainius Kairelis BARLOWORLD + 4'36
22 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 4'40
23 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'42
24 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 4'44
25 Giuseppe Palumbo UNIBET.COM + 4'48
26 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
27 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA + 4'52
28 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER + 4'55
29 Maarten Tjallingii T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
30 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 4'58
31 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 5'03
32 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 5'05
33 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 5'06
34 Davide Rebellin TEAM CSC + 5'08
35 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 5'11
36 Ricardo Mestre LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
37 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5'17
38 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM + 5'19
39 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM + 5'29
40 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK + 5'31
41 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 5'33
42 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA s.t.
43 Manuel Medina CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 5'37
44 Luca Mazzanti EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5'40
45 Domenico Pozzovivo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 5'41
46 Kenny Van der Schueren RABOBANK + 5'50
47 Alberto Losada CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 5'51
48 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 5'56
49 Luis Orán Castañeda LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 6'00
50 Manuel Lloret DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'07
51 Eduardo Gonzalo AGRITUBEL + 6'11
52 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 6'13
53 Tiago Machado CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
54 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 6'22
55 José Iván Gutiérrez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 6'28
56 Roberto Heras TEAM ASTANA + 6'33
57 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS + 6'46
58 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 6'47
59 Zdenek Stybar AGRITUBEL + 6'56
60 Addy Engels QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 6'57
61 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 7'00
62 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 7'06
63 Hector Orlando Mesa CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 7'08
64 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 7'09
65 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 7'14
66 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 7'17
67 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 7'18
68 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
69 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 7'27
70 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
71 Christian Vandevelde TEAM CSC + 7'28
72 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 7'29
73 Wim Van Huffel DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 7'30
74 Andrea Tonti AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 7'32
75 Rubens Bertogliati SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 7'35
76 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC + 7'36
77 Eduard Vorganov EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
78 Maxim Belkov BARLOWORLD + 7'37
79 Pedro Nicacio BARLOWORLD + 7'38
80 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 7'39
81 �ngel Vicioso PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 7'43
82 Gerhard Trampusch BARLOWORLD + 7'46
83 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 7'53
84 Jérôme Coppel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 7'56
85 Sylvester Szmyd BARLOWORLD + 8'01
86 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 8'12
87 Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 8'13
88 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 8'23
89 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 8'27
90 Moisés Dueñas AGRITUBEL + 9'00
91 Alexis Castro DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
92 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 9'16
93 Gert Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
94 Leon Van Bon TEAM CSC + 9'32
95 Gert Steegmans T-MOBILE TEAM + 9'48
96 Kevin De Weert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 10'04
97 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
98 Frederik Veuchelen T-MOBILE TEAM + 10'12
99 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 10'20
100 Thomas Ziegler T-MOBILE TEAM + 10'28
101 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
102 Rick Flens RABOBANK s.t.
103 Jenning Huizenga COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 10'36
104 Steven Kleynen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
105 Bobby Julich QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
106 Matteo Carrara BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 10'44
107 Matthias Ruß GEROLSTEINER s.t.
108 Stéphane Augé COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 11'00
109 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
110 Francis Mourey FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 11'08
111 Rubén Plaza SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
112 Bingen Fernández CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 11'40
113 Jan Kuyckx RABOBANK + 11'56
114 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
115 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK + 12'04
116 Bert Roesems LIQUIGAS + 13'24
117 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 13'40
118 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
119 Massimilliano Mori COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 13'48
120 Javier Cherro BARLOWORLD s.t.
121 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 14'04
122 Stef Clement BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 14'12
123 Maarten De Jonge AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 14'20
124 Nico Eeckhout TEAM CSC + 14'28
125 Nicolas Crosbie BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
126 Klaas Sys LIQUIGAS + 14'44
127 Charles Wegelius RABOBANK + 14'52
128 Bram Schmitz RABOBANK + 15'08
129 Alain Van Katwijk PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 15'16
130 Christian Müller UNIBET.COM s.t.
131 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL + 15'24
132 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 15'32
133 Stefan Hristov BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 15'48
134 Alessandro Proni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 15'56
135 Michal Golas UNIBET.COM s.t.
136 Bauke Mollema SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 16'04
137 Thierry Marichal FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 16'20
138 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
139 Shaun Higgerson FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 16'44
140 Charles Guilbert AGRITUBEL + 16'52
141 Koen Barbé LIQUIGAS s.t.
142 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM + 17'00
143 Joseba Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 17'16
144 Nick Ingels PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 17'40
145 Virgile Hervier BARLOWORLD + 17'48
146 Ronny Scholz GEROLSTEINER + 18'12
147 René Weissinger TEAM ASTANA s.t.
148 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 18'36
149 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 18'52
150 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
151 Michiel Van Aelbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
152 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 19'00
153 Kevin Neirynck LIQUIGAS + 19'24
154 Cédric Coutouly AGRITUBEL + 19'32
155 Antonio Aldegani QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
156 Jonathan Balbuena AGRITUBEL + 19'48
157 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER s.t.
158 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 19'56
159 Jimmy Tihy AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 20'04
160 Will Routley AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 20'52
161 Pierre Drancourt BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 21'00
162 Angelo Furlan UNIBET.COM + 23'32
163 Alan Suchoparek DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 25'16
164 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 25'48
165 Erki Pütsep BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 25'56
166 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 27'32
167 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER + 27'56
168 Loic Laurier BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 28'12
169 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 28'44
170 Daniel Becke FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 29'00
171 Roy Sentjens PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
172 Cameron Jennings QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 29'16
173 Carlo Westphal GEROLSTEINER + 29'32
174 Jesús Herrada EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 31'08
175 David George DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 32'44
176 Bradley Wiggins DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 38'28

Its the last chance for us to get a good result in this year's Ardennes. Konovalovas is not going to hold back and is feeling great - +5 daily form.


Ignatiev's morale has been slipping so we send him in the breakaway


Valverde attacks on the Cote de le Redoute with 39km to go, passing the breakaway - Konovalovas leads the counters


Valverde takes a solo lead ahead of Ricco, Cunego, Grivko and Konovalovas.


They catch up with Valverde, and Di Luca catches up with them - But Frank Schleck didnt even attack.


Konovalovas will probably get dropped at some point so he goes as slow as he thinks he can afford without being dropped. The other riders make numerous mini-attacks that lead nowhere but Konovalovas doesnt even have any blue bar to even think about wasting energy like that


On the Cote de St-Nicolas with 6km to go, Grivko attacks and gets a gap


Cunego drags the group back to the Ukrainian and Ricco is dropped!


As we close in to the line in Ans, Di Luca and Grivko are dropped!


Valverde leads the sprint, having won all 3 Ardennes last year, he is still looking to win one this year - despite being in the ProTour jersey


Victory for Alejandro Valverde! But Konovalovas takes 2nd!!!!!


1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 6h56'48
2 Ignas Konovalovas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 8
3 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
4 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM + 32
5 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 51
6 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD + 1'34
7 Vincenzo Nibali T-MOBILE TEAM + 5'22
8 Tom Stamsnijder T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
11 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
12 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Dainius Kairelis BARLOWORLD s.t.
15 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
16 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
17 Matteo Carrara BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
18 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
19 Davide Rebellin TEAM CSC s.t.
20 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
21 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
22 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM s.t.
23 Ivan Rovny LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
24 Chris Horner CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
25 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
26 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
27 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA s.t.
28 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
29 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
30 Manuel Lloret DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
31 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM s.t.
32 Luca Mazzanti EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
33 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
34 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
35 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
36 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
37 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
38 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
39 Dario Cataldo BARLOWORLD s.t.
40 �ngel Vicioso PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
41 Michael Rasmussen CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
42 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
43 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
44 Wim Van Huffel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
45 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 6'57
46 Gil Suray TEAM CSC + 7'19
47 José Iván Gutiérrez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 7'59
48 Bauke Mollema SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 8'23
49 Benoit Salmon AGRITUBEL + 8'40
50 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK s.t.
51 Luis Orán Castañeda LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
52 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
53 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
54 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
55 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
56 Paolo Savoldelli LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
57 Domenico Pozzovivo BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
58 Zdenek Stybar AGRITUBEL s.t.
59 Joost Posthuma AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
60 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
61 Alberto Losada CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
62 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
63 Eduardo Gonzalo AGRITUBEL s.t.
64 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
65 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
66 Kevin De Weert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
67 Constantino Zaballa CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
68 Rubén Plaza SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
69 Emanuele Sella DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
70 Andrea Tonti AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
71 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
72 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
73 Shaun Higgerson FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
74 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
75 Andy Flickinger BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
76 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
77 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK s.t.
78 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
79 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
80 Roberto Heras TEAM ASTANA s.t.
81 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
82 Maxim Belkov BARLOWORLD s.t.
83 Bobby Julich QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
84 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
85 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
86 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
87 Steven Kleynen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
88 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA s.t.
89 Daniel Rincón DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
90 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
91 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
92 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
93 Maarten De Jonge AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
94 Gerhard Trampusch BARLOWORLD + 10'36
95 Igor Pugaci UNIBET.COM s.t.
96 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
97 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
98 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
99 Rafael Valls CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'52
100 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
101 Ronny Scholz GEROLSTEINER + 11'09
102 Christophe Laurent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 11'23
103 Rubens Bertogliati SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
104 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
105 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 11'56
106 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 12'08
107 Frederik Veuchelen T-MOBILE TEAM + 12'26
108 Arnaud Labbe BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
109 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 12'38
110 Stef Clement BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 13'18
111 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
112 Klaas Sys LIQUIGAS + 13'31
113 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 14'16
114 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
115 Gert Steegmans T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
116 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
117 Héctor Guerra CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
118 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL s.t.
119 Jonathan Hivert CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
120 Yoann Bagot BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
121 Kenny Van der Schueren RABOBANK s.t.
122 Gabriele Tassinari QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
123 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD + 14'44
124 Ian Stannard DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
125 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
126 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 14'52
127 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
128 Juan Miguel Mercado AGRITUBEL s.t.
129 Stefan Hristov BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 15'19
130 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 15'35
131 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'10
132 Markus Eichler UNIBET.COM + 16'26
133 Michiel Van Aelbroeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 18'42
134 Alessandro Proni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 18'58
135 Pasquale Muto RABOBANK + 19'54
136 Denis Kudashev UNIBET.COM s.t.
137 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM + 20'02
138 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
139 Matthias Ruß GEROLSTEINER + 20'10
140 Alexandre Usov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 20'42
141 Thierry Marichal FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 21'14
142 Massimilliano Mori COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 21'34
143 Yuri Krivtsov LIQUIGAS s.t.
144 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
145 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 21'49
146 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 22'05
147 Jenning Huizenga COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
148 Jonas Decouttere LIQUIGAS s.t.
149 Stéphane Augé COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
150 Jan Kuyckx RABOBANK s.t.
151 Bert Roesems LIQUIGAS s.t.
152 Hector Orlando Mesa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
153 Rick Fransen FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 22'53
154 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 24'13
155 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 25'01
156 Troels Vinther UNIBET.COM + 25'41
157 Cameron Jennings QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 26'25
158 Kazuo Inoue AGRITUBEL s.t.
159 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL s.t.
160 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 26'49
161 Bruno Castanheira SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 27'09
162 Cetteo Carlotti PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 27'29
163 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 27'53
164 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 28'29
165 Koen Barbé LIQUIGAS + 28'57
166 Erki Pütsep BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM + 30'45
167 Yoann Offredo BARLOWORLD + 31'41
168 Alan Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 32'33
169 Joseba Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 32'45
170 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER + 32'57
171 Bradley Wiggins DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 33'17
172 Bart Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 34'01
173 Cláudio Apolo BARLOWORLD + 38'05
174 Will Routley AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 40'37
175 Nicholas White GEROLSTEINER + 40'45
176 Mikkel Junge Køpke AGRITUBEL + 44'37

wow, that was nice!

Schleck on 21st was a big surpise!

Fantastic of Konovalovas, you are a great PCM-player

I am waiting for Contador in Giro now, you'll definately win it

Great second place

Go Konovalovas

impressive