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Tour de Suisse, Switzerland
Stage 7, Einsiedeln - Lenk, 182K
17 June
Another First, A Win For Gerdemann
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Gerdemann Attacks, photo: CSC
Linus Gerdemann (Team CSC) did what Michael Albasini did 2 days ago, score his first pro victory in the Tour de Suisse. The 22 year-old attacked his six break-away companions with 8K remaining. The German put his nose to the stem and maintained a gap to the line. His first pro win came in a ProTour race, a solid result at the end of stage 7 to Lenk.
Today was another long day in the Tour de Suisse, 182K, covering a Cat 3 climb and then the Cat 4 climb to Lenk. Much of the peloton had their thoughts on this weekend's mountain stages, and recovering from yesterday's battle. There were numerous escape attempts in the first hour, but none materialized. Quick-Step was controlling affairs for Michael Rogers, and also for a possible sprint show-down with Tom Boonen. Then, at 150K remaining, there was a move of seven: Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), Karsten Kroon (Rabobank), Martin Elmiger (Phonak), Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo), David Etxebarria (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Joseba Albizu (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Gerdemann.
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7-Man Move, photo: Tour de Suisse
The seven worked in unison and built up a safe gap, reaching a max of four minutes. None of the men in the move were an immediate threat to Roger's overall lead, and his Quick-Step team did just enough tempo to keep the break in-check. Davitamon-Lotto added to the pace-making but did not really damage the lead. By 10K remaining the group had just over a minute of advantage and they were going to succeed.
Gerdemann made a hard and smart move with eight kilometers remaining. The others looked at each other and waited. It was a smart move because the CSC rider's quantity was unknown and his move was not a guaranteed win. But kilometer after kilometer it looked like it might work. The young German poured the coals on the fire and powered home.
The bunch came in some 20 seconds back, the overall lead safe with the Aussie, Rogers (Quick-Step). Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) must surely be happy that he did not have to send the magenta boys up front. If the former Tour champion was in the lead then his team would have been worked to the bone. T-Mobile left that work to Quick-Step.
Results: 4:25'00", 43.653 K/h
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC
2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.04
3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.14
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 0.15
5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.23
8 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
15 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel
16 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
20 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
22 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
23 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
24 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
26 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
27 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears
28 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
29 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
30 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
31 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
32 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
33 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
34 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole
35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
38 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
39 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
42 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
43 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
44 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
45 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
46 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
47 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
49 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
50 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
51 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
52 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
53 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
54 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
55 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
56 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
57 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
58 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
59 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
60 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC
61 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
62 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
64 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
66 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
69 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
70 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
71 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
72 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
73 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze
74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
75 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
76 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
77 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
78 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
79 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole
80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
81 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
82 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
83 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
84 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
85 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
86 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
87 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
88 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
89 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak
90 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
91 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
92 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
93 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears
94 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
95 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile
96 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile
97 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo
98 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
99 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
100 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
101 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
102 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
103 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
104 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 0.48
105 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.13
106 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.21
107 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.54
108 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 2.56
109 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
110 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
111 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
112 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.00
113 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
114 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.02
115 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.49
116 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
117 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
118 Frédéric Maingueneaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
119 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
120 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
122 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
123 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.53
124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
125 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
126 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
127 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.55
128 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
129 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.44
130 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
131 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.46
132 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 9.07
133 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 10.51
134 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.07
DNF Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears
DNF Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
DSQ Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel
DNS Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
Points
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 25
2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20
3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13
5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 11
6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 10
7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9
8 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 7
10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6
11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
12 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 4
13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2
15 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 1
Mountains
Schallenberg
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 3
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2
4 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1
Blankenburg
1 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 1
Sprints
Gwatt
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1
Zweisimmen
1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6
2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 3
3 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
GC:
1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 25.54.03
2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 0.20
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.22
4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.11
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.27
6 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31
7 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.38
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 1.39
9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.42
10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.57
11 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 2.07
12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.14
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.22
14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2.28
15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.55
16 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 2.57
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3.03
18 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.31
19 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 4.06
20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4.08
21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 4.14
22 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.36
23 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.10
24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 5.32
25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.39
26 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 6.06
27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 6.09
28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6.36
29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.17
30 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 7.19
31 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears 8.17
32 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 8.37
33 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.39
34 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8.50
35 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.02
36 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.58
37 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 10.10
38 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.28
39 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.07
40 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 12.39
41 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 13.09
42 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 13.21
43 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 13.50
44 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13.57
45 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 14.08
46 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.21
47 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 14.37
48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 14.49
49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.21
50 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 15.28
51 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.39
52 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.28
53 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.21
54 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.44
55 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 20.45
56 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 20.58
57 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 22.18
58 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.47
59 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 23.08
60 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.23
61 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.04
62 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.27
63 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25.08
64 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25.13
65 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 25.48
66 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26.38
67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 28.02
68 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.27
69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 28.43
70 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak 28.52
71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 29.18
72 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
73 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 29.36
74 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 29.56
75 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 30.05
76 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 30.41
77 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
78 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.01
79 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.14
80 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 31.39
81 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 31.49
82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.57
83 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.38
84 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 32.54
85 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 33.29
86 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.41
87 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 34.01
88 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 34.08
89 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.19
90 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.21
91 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 35.45
92 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 35.53
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.55
94 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 35.58
95 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 36.13
96 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 36.43
97 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36.44
98 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 37.03
99 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 37.16
100 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 37.24
101 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 38.09
102 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 38.22
103 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.39
104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 38.44
105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 39.30
106 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 40.39
107 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.49
108 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42.11
109 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 43.36
111 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43.58
112 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 43.59
113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.39
114 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46.24
115 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 46.38
116 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.36
117 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 48.19
118 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 48.30
119 Frédéric Maingueneaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.43
120 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 48.55
121 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 49.09
122 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 49.14
123 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 49.22
124 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 49.26
125 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.45
126 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.52
127 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 50.52
128 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 51.43
129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52.54
130 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52.56
131 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 57.32
132 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 59.36
133 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.04.15
134 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.26
Points
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 41
2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 36
4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 35
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 33
6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 27
8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 25
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25
10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 25
11 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 20
13 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20
14 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20
15 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 20
16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 19
17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18
18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16
19 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15
20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 15
Mountains
1 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 20
3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17
4 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 16
5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
6 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
8 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 8
9 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 7
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6
11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 6
12 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6
13 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5
14 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
15 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 5
16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 4
18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
19 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 4
20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 4
21 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
Sprints
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 28
2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13
3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 11
4 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 10
5 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 9
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 9
7 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
8 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6
9 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
10 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 3
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