Alexandre Vinokourov
Robbie McEwen
Koldo Gil
Thomas Dekker
Teams: Saunier Duval
Guesdon, an Auber rider and Tiralongo went in the break, they were caught in time for the final intermediate sprint though.
They got a gap and as all the sprinters were there, no team bothered to chase so they got away.
Cooke was forced to lead but watch out for Quick Step. Mcewen has not yet lost a sprint when led out by Boonen. Petacchi wrecked his chance by not coming out from around O'Grady, and the Boonen-McEwen linkup remained undefeated.
McEwen has now secured the green jersey!
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Robbie McEwen
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
5h06'39
2
Tom Boonen
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
3
Daniele Bennati
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
4
Alessandro Petacchi
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
5
Filippo Pozzato
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
6
Thor Hushovd
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
7
Oscar Freire
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
8
Stuart O'Grady
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
9
Gert Steegmans
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC
s.t.
10
Baden Cooke
UNIBET.COM
s.t.
11
Magnus Bäckstedt
PREDICTOR - LOTTO
s.t.
12
Allan Davis
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM
s.t.
13
Olaf Pollack
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
14
Francisco Ventoso
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR
s.t.
15
Bernhard Eisel
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
16
Jean-Patrick Nazon
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
17
Claudio Corioni
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
18
Luca Paolini
LIQUIGAS
s.t.
19
Samuel Dumoulin
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
20
Marco Zanotti
UNIBET.COM
s.t.
21
George Hincapie
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
22
Fabian Cancellara
BOUYGUES TELECOM
+ 2'20
23
José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
24
Thomas Dekker
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
25
Bradley McGee
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
26
Igor Astarloa
TEAM MILRAM
s.t.
27
Martin Elmiger
AG2R PRÉVOYANCE
s.t.
28
Maxim Iglinski
ASTANÁ
s.t.
29
Michael Rogers
TEAM MILRAM
s.t.
30
Maximiliano Richeze
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
31
Matthias Kessler
UNIBET.COM
s.t.
32
Peter Van Petegem
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
33
Steffen Wesemann
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
34
Greg Van Avermaet
PREDICTOR - LOTTO
s.t.
35
Giuliano Figueras
LAMPRE - FONDITAL
s.t.
36
Thomas Voeckler
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
37
Philippe Gilbert
TEAM CSC
s.t.
38
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
TEAM CSC
s.t.
39
Sergei Ivanov
COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE
s.t.
40
Yoann Le Boulanger
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
41
Thomas Berkhout
RABOBANK CONTINENTAL
s.t.
42
Alexandre Vinokourov
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
43
Linus Gerdemann
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
44
Patxi Vila
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX
s.t.
45
Isidro Nozal
T-MOBILE TEAM
s.t.
46
László Bodrogi
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE
s.t.
47
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
ASTANÁ
s.t.
48
Andreas Klöden
UNIBET.COM
s.t.
49
Aurélien Clerc
BOUYGUES TELECOM
s.t.
50
Victor Hugo Peña
UNIBET.COM
s.t.
Hincapie is up to 16th thanks to the 2 minutes and could break into the top 15 after tomorrow's time trial.