Bradley Wiggins went on a long solo attack, for around 190km. He was unfortunately caught and in a chaotic sprint, Boonen took the honours. 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.20.59 (37.29 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
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Alberto Ongarato decided to do a Wiggins and attacked alone. Fabian Wegmann broke clear after the first intermediate sprint, and Brad Wiggins + Kjell Carlstrom attacked after the 2nd Mountains points.They held out for a while until first Ongarato, then Carlstrom, then Wiggins and finally Wegmann were caught. Robbie Hunter, starting the day 3rd in the Green Jersey comp, took 10pts in intermediate sprints, gaining 6pts on Boonen. In the sprint it was O'Grady < McEwen < Hunter < Boonen < Bennatti. Boonen moved first but the stage belonged to McEwen. 1 Robbie McEwen PREDICTOR - LOTTO 4h50'49 2 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t. 3 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t. 4 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t. 5 Thor Hushovd CREDIT AGRICOLE s.t. 6 Robert Hunter BARLOWORLD s.t. 7 Gert Steegmans QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t. 8 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t. 9 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t. 10 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t. 18 Sebastien Chavanel FRANCAISE DES JEUX s.t.
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A break including Wegmann and the KoM: Albasini, went away but were brought back for a Lampre dominates sprint. While most of the sprinters battled on the left. Napolitano and Bennati when unnoticed on the right and Bennati converted the win 1 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL 4h39'37 2 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t. 3 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t. 4 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t. 5 Bernhard Eisel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t. 6 Oscar Freire RABOBANK s.t. 7 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t. 8 Robert Forster GEROLSTEINER s.t. 9 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t. 10 Robbie McEwen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t. 11 Thor Hushovd CREDIT AGRICOLE s.t. 16 Erik Zabel TEAM MILRAM s.t. 92 Sebastien Chavanel FRANCAISE DES JEUX s.t.
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The break went away, was caught, and it came to a sprint. O'Grady once again had the best position, with only Chavanel and Hunter on his wheel. Freire and Hushovd made their move too late and O'Grady took victory. Results did not export. 1. O'Grady 2. Hushovd 3. Freire 4. Hunter 5. Chavanel 6. Boonen 7. Valverde 8. Ventoso 9. Zabel 10. Pozzato
