Looking ahead

After Mikhail Ignatiev's incredible victory on the Champs Elysses, what is next for the DFL team? Most of the Tour riders have peaked and are soon to end their season, the major exception being Uran, whose main aims are still to come.

San Sebastien Classic

Uran and Hagen will come here as joint leaders to combat this hilly classic. Hagen was 14th last year and is in great form, while Uran is of course our normal leader in the hilly classics. Help will come from Ignatiev, Pliuschin, Chtioui, Perez, Sulzberger and De la Fuente.

Volta a Portugal

A lot of our Tour riders are in great form, and it would be a shame to waste that. Rather than heading to Denmark, we have chosen this year to head to Portugal. Its the first ever Portugese race for DFL and where better to start than the top?

Evans, Iglinskiy, Swift, Millar and Contador will all ride here to make use of the end of their peaks - although its arguable if you can call Contador as exiting a peak. Its a strong team, and results are hoped for.

Deutschland Tour

Alexandre Pliuschin will be back to defend his title although with the Vuelta his aim, he does not expect to win back to back titles. He is joined by Hagen, who will look to figure in the sprints as he maintains a decent level of form for Vattenfalls. Ignatiev, Millar and Wiggins all plan to ride for the early TTT.

It was a great Tour. I am looking forward to the next race

Great ride in Paris, and a good 4th for Evans

Uran and Hagen co-lead the team with Pliuschin and Ignatiev the leading helpers, Perez and De la Fuente are the obligatory Spaniards, while Chtioui and Sulzberger round out the team. Contador was 2nd here for us last year, while Hagen took 14th.



Troncoso, Cunego, Garate, Barredo, Mestre and Roy are the breakaway


Troncoso and Roy have been dropped by the time they appraoch the Jaizkibel


The long steep Jaizkibel could decide the race, and little known Canadian Martin Gilbert attacked along with Kirchen, Valverde, Visconti and Pereiro. They reached the breakaway


Gilbert and Kirchen were the only ones able to stay away


Fresh from helping Andy Schleck win the Tour, Gomez Marchante attacked at the top of the Jaizkibel and linked up with Gilbert and Kirchen


Hagen has emerged as the strongest DFL rider, he just about escapes gaining a red bar but his blue bar is all but gone. But the Jaizkibel allowed him to gain most of his blue bar back.

In the flat between the Jaizkibel and the Alto de Gurutze, Valverde and Pereiro attacked and joined up with the leading trio


Onto the Gurutze, Hagen is off on the attack


By the top he still trails the leading 5 by 30 seconds though.


Valverde is pushing hard in the front group though, he certainly doesnt want Hagen to catch up


The Norwegian refuses to give up and with 3km to go, the gap has actually gone down to 20 seconds


He quickly catches up with the group, still in strong sprinting form from after the Tour it seems


He moves up alongside Valverde..


... and starts pulling away. He may have picked up 3 red bars but that doesnt matter! He celebrates a surprise victory in the San Sebastien Classic! Brilliant.


Valverde takes 2nd place to consolidate his lead in the ProTour standings.


1 Edvald Boasson Hagen DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 5h36'10
2 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
3 Kim Kirchen LIQUIGAS s.t.
4 Martin Gilbert T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
5 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
6 Óscar Pereiro UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Manuel Cardoso GEROLSTEINER + 2'01
8 Jaume Rovira AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
9 Giovanni Visconti TEAM ASTANA s.t.
10 Joaquim Rodríguez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
11 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD s.t.
12 Fabian Wegmann GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 José Iván Gutiérrez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Claudio Corioni AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
15 Tom Stamsnijder T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 David Herrero KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
17 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
18 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
19 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
20 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
21 Alain Van Katwijk PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
22 Oliver Zaugg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
23 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
24 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Constantino Zaballa CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
26 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
27 Bastiaan Giling LIQUIGAS s.t.
28 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
29 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
30 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
31 Sebastian Langeveld GEROLSTEINER s.t.
32 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
33 Rubén Plaza SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
34 Linus Gerdemann CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
35 Joost Posthuma AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
36 Davide Rebellin TEAM CSC s.t.
37 Vincenzo Nibali T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
38 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
39 Sébastien Joly TEAM CSC s.t.
40 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
41 Uros Murn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
42 Przemyslaw Niemiec TEAM ASTANA s.t.
43 Andrea Palini LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
44 Taylor Phinney DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
45 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
46 Alexis Rodríguez TEAM CSC s.t.
47 Ivan Rovny LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
48 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
49 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
50 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
51 Shaun Higgerson FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
52 Hector Orlando Mesa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
53 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
54 Dario Cataldo BARLOWORLD s.t.
55 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
56 Simone Masciarelli DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
57 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
58 Óscar Sánchez BARLOWORLD s.t.
59 Mikel Astarloza QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
60 Luis León Sánchez DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
61 Juanma Gárate QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
62 Sergio Paulinho RABOBANK s.t.
63 Manuel Lloret DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
64 Haimar Zubeldia SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
65 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK s.t.
66 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
67 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
68 Sylvester Szmyd BARLOWORLD s.t.
69 Luis Orán Castañeda LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
70 Joan Horrach CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
71 Chris Horner CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
72 Roberto Heras TEAM ASTANA s.t.
73 Héctor Guerra CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
74 David Arroyo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
75 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA s.t.
76 Ricardo Mestre LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
77 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
78 Lucas Persson ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
79 Rick Flens RABOBANK s.t.
80 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
81 Juanjo Cobo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
82 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
83 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
84 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
85 Johannes Fröhlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
86 Rigoberto Urán DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
87 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
88 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
89 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
90 Pierre Rolland CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
91 Alberto Losada CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
92 Bobby Julich QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
93 Igor Pugaci UNIBET.COM s.t.
94 Giovanny Báez ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
95 Aleksandr Pliuschin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
96 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM s.t.
97 Iván Parra COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
98 Denis Kudashev UNIBET.COM s.t.
99 Óscar García-Casarrubios COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
100 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
101 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
102 Thomas Frei TEAM ASTANA s.t.
103 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
104 Jakob Fiedler T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
105 Kevin De Weert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
106 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
107 Beñat Albízuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
108 Raúl Alarcón SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
109 Mickael Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
110 Nicolas Fritsch PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
111 Dailos Díaz FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
112 Javier Cherro BARLOWORLD s.t.
113 Ugaitz Artola KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
114 Jean-Marc Marino CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
115 Rafaâ Chtioui DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
116 Andrei Kunitski COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
117 Markus Eichler UNIBET.COM s.t.
118 José Antonio Baños COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
119 Marcel Beima LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
120 Stefano Barberi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
121 Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
122 Christian Müller UNIBET.COM s.t.
123 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
124 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
125 Michael Barry TEAM CSC s.t.
126 Christophe Brandt PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
127 Ezequiel Mosquera KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
128 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
129 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 4'55
130 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
131 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 5'59
132 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
133 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
134 Sören Hofmann CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
135 Yon Bru EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
136 Manuel Quinziato QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
137 Olivier Kaisen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
138 David De la Fuente DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
139 Lander Aperribay EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
140 Pedro Horrillo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
141 José Luis Arrieta AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
142 Jonas Decouttere LIQUIGAS + 7'27
143 Volker Ordowski GEROLSTEINER s.t.
144 Juan José Lobato ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR + 8'07
145 Ramón Troncoso KARPIN GALICIA + 8'31
146 Bernard Sulzberger DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 8'55
147 Xavier Zandio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
148 Dirk Müller AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
149 Wim Stroetinga UNIBET.COM s.t.
150 Albert Torres ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
151 Bert Roesems LIQUIGAS s.t.
152 Yoann Offredo BARLOWORLD + 10'40
153 Joseba Zubeldia EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
154 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
155 Serafín Martínez RABOBANK s.t.
156 Linas Balciunas LIQUIGAS + 11'07
157 Olaf Pollack GEROLSTEINER + 11'41
158 Graeme Brown RABOBANK s.t.
159 Yao Ju PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
160 Maarten De Jonge AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
161 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
162 Laszló Bodrogi BARLOWORLD s.t.
163 Steve Fogen KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
164 Juan Mourón KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
165 Enrique Sanz KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
166 Victor Cabedo KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
167 José Luis Carrasco ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
168 Michiel Elijzen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
169 Indalecio López Duque BARLOWORLD s.t.
170 David Navas AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 12'48
171 Jérémy Roy FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
172 João Carlos Tição TEAM ASTANA + 13'44
173 Célio Sousa ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR + 16'24
174 Raúl Guadalupe ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR s.t.
175 Steffen Wesemann LIQUIGAS s.t.
176 Rodrigo Bonilla ANDALUC�A - CAJASUR + 34'48

Great win

The Norwegian is a monster.

Excellent win in Paris too.

Thanks

Ill start to post up the first few stages of the Volta a Portugal soon

So, DFL coming to Portugal... Can I get an all access pass?

You can ride in the team car on the final stage TT if you like

Cadel Evans, Maxim Iglisnkiy, David Millar, Ben Swift and Alberto Contador are all here from the Tour and help to make us the strongest team in the race. Promising young climber Justo Tenorio is here to just gain enough xp to move up to level 3, with Evan Oliphant and Ivan Stevic both starting what they hope to be their buildup for a starting spot in the Vuelta. An out of form Alexander Efimkin completes the lineup.


Stage 1

Ben Swift has yet to win a victory as a professional, and this race is his big chance. His previous best result is a 2nd place in a stage of last year's Tour of Pologne.

He is well placed coming into the sprint, behind the CSF/Panaria riders Matteo Priamo


Swift is feeling good and so he should, he passes Priamo and nobody can match him. He takes his first ever win!


1 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 3h40'30
2 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
3 Gustavo Domínguez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
4 Oleg Suslov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
5 Simon Clarke BARBOT - HALCÓN s.t.
6 Carlos Bruquetas RELAX - GAM s.t.
7 Pedro Soeiro CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
8 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
9 Graziano Gasparre DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
10 Aitor Galdos FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
11 Rahsaan Bahati MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
12 Kevin Pauwels FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
13 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
14 Ximo Ortega FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
15 Alberto Ongarato LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
16 Edgardo Simón BARBOT - HALCÓN s.t.
17 Félix Pérez Lasa DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
18 Lauro Agostinelli BARLOWORLD s.t.
19 Charles Dionne CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
20 Grega Bole RELAX - GAM s.t.


Stage 2

Now in the leaders jersey and wanting to keep it, Swift is confident today ahead of another flat stage.

It all will come down to a sprint and he takes the train of Balbot-Halcon - Fred Rodriguez leading out Simon Clarke. Ivan Stevic could also be in the frame here, as he follows the Liberty Seguros lead out.


The sprint is much closer than Stage 1. Swift makes his move alongside Clarke with Priamo on the far left hand side of the road. Watch out too for the Fuerteventura rider Galdos who is behind Swift


Closer it may have been, but the end result is the same, Ben Swift takes his 2nd consecutive win!


1 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4h00'17
2 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
3 Aitor Galdos FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
4 Pedro Soeiro CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
5 Graziano Gasparre DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
6 Simon Clarke BARBOT - HALCÓN s.t.
7 Gustavo Domínguez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
8 Oleg Suslov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
9 Samuele Marzoli LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
10 Ximo Ortega FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
11 Carlos Bruquetas RELAX - GAM s.t.
12 Alberto Ongarato LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
13 Ivan Stevic DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
14 Jacek Morajko RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.
15 Javier Mejías SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.

GC
1 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 7h40'07
2 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 10
3 Aitor Galdos FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 32
4 Gustavo Domínguez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
5 Fred Rodriguez BARBOT - HALCÓN + 36

Points
1 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 50
2 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 46
3 Gustavo Domínguez KARPIN GALICIA 25
4 Pedro Soeiro CERAMICA FLAMINIA 23
5 Simon Clarke BARBOT - HALCÓN 22

Swift is awesome.

In the style of a TV programme:

Previously on DFL...










Stage 3

David Millar is in the breakaway on Stage 3, a mostly flat stage ending in a mountain.


By the time they reach the mountain, they expect to be nearly caught - but hang on, theyre still 20+ minutes ahead of the peleton!!!


Not only that, but Millar is the best climber in the group. Dan Craven of Namibia is the last one to keep up with him


But soon Millar is solo


He presses on up the climb, and will take victory!!


Back down the slopes, Evans, Contador and Iglinskiy all follow LA-MSS's Pires as he makes an attack


Evans is of course the strongest


But it seems Contador is at last motivated - he is determined to catch Evans


At the finish, Dan Craven hangs on for 2nd ... 4 and a half minutes after Millar crossed the line


16 and a half minutes after Millar had finished came Evans, holding off Contador all the way to the top


1 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4h31'26
2 Dan Craven BARBOT - HALCÓN + 4'31
3 Vidal Chão-Quente CERAMICA FLAMINIA + 4'40
4 Gorazd Stangelj LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'54
5 Adam Hansen MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 6'06
6 Ramón Domene LIBERTY SEGUROS + 7'00
7 Dennis Valyaev KARPIN GALICIA + 8'10
8 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'22
9 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'32
10 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 18'26
11 Gianpaolo Caruso DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
12 Vitor Rodrigues LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
13 Eladio Jiménez CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
14 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
15 Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 18'47
16 Bruno Pires LA - MSS - MILANEZA s.t.
17 Jan Hruska RELAX - GAM s.t.
18 André Vital MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 19'21
19 Volodymyr Gustov VITÓRIA - ASC + 19'37
20 Santos González KARPIN GALICIA + 20'04
21 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
22 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 21'10
23 Aitor Pérez Arrieta CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
24 Gonzalo Rabuñal KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
25 Jurgen Van Goolen RIBERALVES - BOAVISTA s.t.

GC
1 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 12h11'45
2 Dan Craven BARBOT - HALCÓN + 4'33
3 Vidal Chão-Quente CERAMICA FLAMINIA + 5'00
4 Gorazd Stangelj LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 5'20
5 Adam Hansen MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 6'26
6 Ramón Domene LIBERTY SEGUROS + 10'34
7 Dennis Valyaev KARPIN GALICIA + 11'48
8 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'50
9 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 17'00
10 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 18'54

Translated: Vidal Hot Floor. Wtf?

Crazy stage...

That stage was just to humiliate Portugal

Its a great big Brit-Fest in Portugal so far

Stage 4

A second mountain stage - a bit harder this time around though.


The Alto da Torre will likely decide the stage and thats where we join it. Evans and Contador have gone on the attack (Iglinskiy protecting Millar) and Evans has reached the Saunier Duval breakaway rider Uribarrena.


When things settled down, the lead group was Evans, Contador, Jimenez and Marzano


Evans controlled the pace, at a high level, to try and weaken both Kimenez and Contador


Jimenez is resilient though, clinging on to the DFL duo


The Spaniard is finally dropped over the top


Into the descent, Evans and Contador are given a free reign. Push as hard as they like and see who descends the best to the finish line


Its Evans who now starts to pull away from Contador


Evans can celebrate victory comfortably


Contador came in 2nd, while 4 minutes after Evans, David Millar finishes to take 7th, defending his race lead nicely


1 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 5h14'13
2 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 36
3 Eladio Jiménez CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 1'09
4 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM + 3'05
5 Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
6 Gianpaolo Caruso DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
7 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 4'09
8 Jan Hruska RELAX - GAM s.t.
9 Bruno Pires LA - MSS - MILANEZA s.t.
10 André Vital MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ s.t.
11 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
12 Giampaolo Cheula SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 Francesco Bellotti BARLOWORLD s.t.
14 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
15 Paolo Tiralongo LA - MSS - MILANEZA s.t.
16 Tomasz Marczynski VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
17 Volodymyr Gustov VITÓRIA - ASC s.t.
18 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
19 Héctor González TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 4'54
20 Martín Mata TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 5'27
21 Scott Nydam FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
22 Vitor Rodrigues LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
23 Graziano Gasparre DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
24 Nelson Vitorino DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
25 Santos González KARPIN GALICIA s.t.

GC
1 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 17h30'07
2 Vidal 'Hot Floor' Chão-Quente CERAMICA FLAMINIA + 10'15
3 Adam Hansen MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 11'41
4 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 12'21
5 Dennis Valyaev KARPIN GALICIA + 13'06
6 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 13'15
7 Gorazd Stangelj LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 15'07
8 Dan Craven BARBOT - HALCÓN + 15'16
9 Eladio Jiménez CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 15'46
10 Gianpaolo Caruso DUJA - TAVIRA + 17'50
11 Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 18'11
12 Maxim Iglinskiy DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 18'54
13 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
14 Jan Hruska RELAX - GAM + 19'15
15 Bruno Pires LA - MSS - MILANEZA s.t.

This is domination

Ive just checked, and yes if anyones wondering, I am still on Extreme



Stage 5

At this stage, David Millar had previously intended to withdraw and head to Germany for the Deutschland Tour to bolster the TTT efforst. But obviously that just isnt going to happen anymore, so instead Cadel Evans will take his place on the flight from Porto to Frankfurt (and then the subsequent train journey to Saarbrucken).


Although flat, the stage was more enduring than Stages 1 and 2 and Swift was unable to get an ideal position at the start of the sprint


Nevertheless, he made his move and took the lead


Priamo is also going strong though


And Priamo takes it ahead of Swift, a role reversal from Stages 1 and 2.


1 Matteo Priamo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 3h12'51
2 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
3 Gustavo Domínguez KARPIN GALICIA s.t.
4 Aitor Galdos FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
5 Graziano Gasparre DUJA - TAVIRA s.t.
6 Alberto Ongarato LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
7 Jan Hruska RELAX - GAM s.t.
8 Pedro Soeiro CERAMICA FLAMINIA s.t.
9 Simon Clarke BARBOT - HALCÓN s.t.
10 Vitor Rodrigues LIBERTY SEGUROS s.t.
11 Oleg Suslov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
12 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
13 Rodrigo García FUERTEVENTURA - CANARIAS TEAM s.t.
14 Danail Petrov SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA s.t.
15 Carlos Bruquetas RELAX - GAM s.t.

GC
1 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 20h42'58
2 Vidal 'Hot Floor' Chão-Quente CERAMICA FLAMINIA + 10'15
3 Adam Hansen MADEINOX - BRIC - LOULÉ + 11'41
4 Dennis Valyaev KARPIN GALICIA + 13'06
5 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 13'15