TOTAL DOMINATION!!
This is such a great story, the best at the moment for me
Contador for win!!

Really great racing by contador, and can we see Dekkers stats, it would be nice to se how good he has become.

Transfers

It may only be in the first 2 weeks of July, but DFL have already signed 2 new riders for the new season. I won't name them (feel free to guess) but ill give some clues.

One has been in good form this season and deserved to be in the Tour de France. But he was disappointed when this did not happen and was quick to sign for DFL next year. He celebrated his new contract by taking his 5th win of the year in the opening stage of the GP Joaquim Agostinho.

The other will receive a deserved chance to ride in the ProTour having ridden on a continental team in 2007 and 2008. He is very talented and already a national champion.

Hoy, McCann, Pollock, Haynes and Mouris will all be leaving the team at the end of the season.

In other news, Levi Leipheimer has signed for Rabobank.

Dekker can be dangoures if there is a lot of TT km, and i will gues of Kreuziger, and JAJ.

Noooooo, Hamish Haynes is leaving!?

Shocking!

I hope lots of Brits are on the books to be signed, and that the game actually generates some youth from Britain.

I once signed a monster rider from Britain in 2010, at 20, he had 65 Flat, 68 Mountain, 73 TT, 71 Hill and 72 Sprint. After 3 years, I won all three Grand Tour's with him (this is back when I played on hard). At that time he had 72 Flat, 77 Mountain, 82 TT, and 78 Hill, it was ridiculous (he must have had potential 8, but I never could check).

@rjc: Well, Haynes is pretty rubbish - and I need the space on my team!

@deadpool: I wish that rider was in my career

I'm guessing Ignatiev

please tell me if I'm rigth

Im fairly sure I offered him the role of Protected rider

whoops haha

I'm pretty sure he meant 36 seconds.

Ah well, there goes one of my tenuous links to pro cycling then! ( i trained with him, i did!)

Ignatiev eh? Good catch! Though that is this years picture, stolen off their website, which means you have both PCM daily 08 installed and last years... how?! Or did you just change the photos for fun?

Well Tinkoff were one of the teams I did the photobacks for for the PCMdaily DB. So although I dont have the PCMdaily db installed, I do have the rider photos from the pictures I collected.

Stage 5

Stevic stook himself in the middle of Sutton and Farrar in the sprint


And its going to be close! About 5 riders could win it!


Gasparotto and Boonen move infront and it is Boonen who takes victory


1 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 4h41'38
2 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
3 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
4 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
5 Ivan Stevic DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
6 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
7 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
8 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
10 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
12 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Francesco Chicchi UNIBET.COM s.t.
15 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
16 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
17 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
18 Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
19 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
21 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
23 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
24 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
25 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
26 Martin Mortensen LIQUIGAS s.t.
27 Yann Huguet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
28 Erik Zabel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
29 Olaf Pollack GEROLSTEINER s.t.
30 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
31 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
32 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
33 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
34 Jaume Rovira TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
35 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER s.t.
36 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
37 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
38 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
39 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
40 Jean-Marc Bideau TEAM MILRAM s.t.
41 Frederic Guesdon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
42 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
43 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM s.t.
44 Carlos Da Cruz FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
45 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
46 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
47 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM s.t.
48 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL s.t.
49 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
50 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS s.t.

Points
1 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 82
2 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 79
3 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 74
4 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 74
5 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 73
6 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS 73
7 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 59
8 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 57
9 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM 52
10 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 47

Stage 6

A peculiar stage today which shows that I should pay a bit more attention. Other than just going at 8x once the break has formed until the closing 20km of the stage.

There was some headwind about today, and the pack was stretched out


And suddenly, 26 riders achieved a gap


The gap grew and was at 6 minutes with 60km to go - this is when I first noticed it ops:
The group was now down to 16 and contained a strong Lampre and Quick Step presence including Bennati, Napolitano, Boonen and Bettini


Karpets had been the best placed GC rider just under 5 seconds down, but he dropped off the group along with Barredo and Posthuma when teammate Freire was dropped. However, the gap of the lead groups and rabobank group grew and Karpets has become the race leader on the road.


I was previously happy to let the group create a huge gap, cause it did not matter. But with the Karpets danger, Lloyd, Oliphant, Hoy and Stevic came forward to relay.


Cofidis, Credit Agricole and Milram later helped out and the Karpets danger ended although Boonen and Bennati will still likely decide the stage.

And these 2 riders were at the forefront as the group began to splinter with 25km to go


And the two sprinters became the lead group. Gusev tried to come across to them but could not. So who would win the sprint? Boonen has the advantage since he forced Bennati to lead out.


So it was no surprise when Boonen came past and won


1 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 4h58'24
2 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
3 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'41
4 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3'45
5 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Alberto Ongarato LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'46
7 Henk Vogels GEROLSTEINER s.t.
8 Olaf Pollack GEROLSTEINER s.t.
9 Lars Michaelsen LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Johan Vansummeren QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Jorge Azanza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
12 Aketza Peña EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
13 Jaime Castañeda LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
14 Emilien-Benoît Bergès AGRITUBEL s.t.
15 Cédric Vasseur LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
16 Óscar Freire RABOBANK + 8'01
17 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
18 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
19 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
20 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
21 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
22 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
23 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
24 Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
25 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
26 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
28 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM s.t.
29 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
30 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
31 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
32 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
33 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
34 Ivan Stevic DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
35 Erik Zabel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
36 Francesco Chicchi UNIBET.COM s.t.
37 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
38 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
39 Marcus Ljungqvist LIQUIGAS s.t.
40 William Bonnet CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
41 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
42 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER s.t.
43 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
44 Carlos Barredo RABOBANK s.t.
45 Karsten Kroon LIQUIGAS s.t.
46 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
47 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
48 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
49 Lilian Jégou FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
50 Mathieu Sprick T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
51 Jean-Marc Bideau TEAM MILRAM s.t.
52 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
53 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK s.t.
54 Anthony Geslin TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
55 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
56 Mickael Buffaz COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
57 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
58 Yann Huguet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
59 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
60 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.

Points
1 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 117
2 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 89
3 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 89
4 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 82
5 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS 81
6 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 80
7 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 79
8 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 57
9 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM 55
10 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 48

Stage 7

Classified as hilly due to an uphill finish, Farrar went in the breakaway and won all 3 intermediate sprints. He and Vaugrenard still had a decent gap with 7km to go.


By the final kilometre, Farrar had dropped Vaugrenard


The American takes his 2nd stage win and will move into the points jersey


Vaugrenard is passed by the leading riders in the peleton so does not take 2nd. Instead it is Popovych.


1 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 4h15'42
2 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA + 50
3 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
4 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
5 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
7 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
8 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
9 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
11 Sébastien Joly FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
12 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
13 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
14 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
16 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
17 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
18 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
19 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
20 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
21 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
22 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
23 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
24 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
26 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
27 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
28 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
29 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
30 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
31 Ivan Stevic DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
32 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
33 Marcus Ljungqvist LIQUIGAS s.t.
34 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
35 Fran Pérez DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
36 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
37 Johan Vansummeren QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
38 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
39 Ben Hermans TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
40 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
41 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
42 Tom Stamsnijder GEROLSTEINER s.t.
43 Robbie McEwen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
44 Anthony Geslin TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
45 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
46 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA s.t.
47 Cédric Vasseur LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
48 Christophe Moreau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
49 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
50 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.

Stage 8

Stevic took a risk and went with the breakaway


But it didnt pay off as they were caught with 17km to go.

Mark Cavendish is a rider who has been poorly treated by T-Mobile. Despite being on paper their strongest sprinter, he is force, along with Eisel another strong sprinter, to do relay work as Greipel and Ciolek would be the days sprinters. But the germans cant even get well positioned as Cavendish ends up leading the sprint.


But having wasted energy for his team, he has no chance as Haussler leads a few other riders past. Who will win the stage?


It's Hushovd


1 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 5h25'59
2 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
3 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
4 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
5 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
6 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
7 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
10 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
11 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
12 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
13 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
14 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
15 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
17 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Erik Zabel PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
19 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
20 Sébastien Chavanel FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
21 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
22 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
23 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
24 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
25 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
26 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK s.t.
27 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
28 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
29 Marcus Ljungqvist LIQUIGAS s.t.
30 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
31 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM s.t.
32 Martin Mortensen LIQUIGAS s.t.
33 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
34 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
35 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
36 Karsten Kroon LIQUIGAS s.t.
37 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
38 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
39 Robert Förster GEROLSTEINER s.t.
40 Samuel Dumoulin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
41 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
42 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
43 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
44 Linus Gerdemann QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
45 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
46 Olaf Pollack GEROLSTEINER s.t.
47 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
48 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
49 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
50 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.


Points
1 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 145
2 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 141
3 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE 117
4 Óscar Freire RABOBANK 115
5 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 113
6 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 98
7 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS 93
8 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE 73
9 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 69
10 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 68

Good signing and a good start to the Tour...

Contador will win this with ease...

Stage 9

The sprint will be uphill and thats clear to see as Eisel is T-Mobiles sprinter today. Ciolek leads him out


Duque and Gasparotto are dangerous going into the final kilometre on the 8% rise, but Popovych is flying!


If the finish kept on an 8% gradient, Popovych may well have been won but it flattened out allowing Duque to power across the line.


1 Leonardo Duque COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 3h42'00
2 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
3 Yaroslav Popovych TEAM ASTANA s.t.
4 Óscar Freire RABOBANK s.t.
5 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
6 Heinrich Haussler GEROLSTEINER s.t.
7 Vladimir Gusev DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
8 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
9 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Gerald Ciolek T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
11 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
12 Fran Ventoso SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
14 �ngel Vicioso TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
17 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
18 Christopher Sutton COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
19 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
20 John Gadret AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
21 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
22 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 Andy Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
24 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Theo Eltink SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
26 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
28 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
29 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
30 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
31 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
32 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
33 Luis León Sánchez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
34 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
35 Karsten Kroon LIQUIGAS s.t.
36 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
37 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
38 Yannick Talabardon SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
39 Tyler Farrar COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
40 Samuel Dumoulin AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
41 Matej Jurco TEAM MILRAM s.t.
42 Maxim Iglinskiy TEAM ASTANA s.t.
43 André Greipel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
44 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
45 Francesco Chicchi UNIBET.COM s.t.
46 Brett Lancaster TEAM MILRAM s.t.
47 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
48 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
49 Jean-Patrick Nazon AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
50 Jean-Marc Bideau TEAM MILRAM s.t.
51 Alejandro Ramírez CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
52 Graeme Brown RABOBANK s.t.
53 Thomas Lövkvist TEAM MILRAM s.t.
54 Jesús Del Nero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
55 Ben Hermans TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
56 Michael Rasmussen DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
57 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
58 Julien Mazet TEAM ASTANA s.t.
59 Sébastien Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
60 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
61 Yann Huguet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
62 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA s.t.
63 Héctor Guerra CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
64 Igor Antón DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
65 Enrico Poitschke AGRITUBEL s.t.