Paris-Tours Results
By Thomas Valentinsen
Oct 8, 2006, 13:18

Guesdon takes the win. Photo copyright Fotoreporter Sirotti.

O'Grady takes the bunch sprint ahead of Hushovd. Photo copyright Fotoreporter Sirotti.

Guesdon wins ahead of Arvesen. Photo copyright Fotoreporter Sirotti.

Top 3 on the podium: Guesdon, Arvesen, O'Grady. Photo copyright Fotoreporter Sirotti.

October 8, 2006: Paris - Tours (255 km):
1 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux       05:31:09

2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    

3 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC                            0.08

4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 

5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance                               

6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                        

7 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                       

8 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            

9 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   

10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step                                  

11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                            

12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             

13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          

14 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                      

15 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   

16 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis                                    

17 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile                                       

18 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                    

19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                     

20 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  

21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                

22 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                         

23 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          

24 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná                                           

25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis                                   

26 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole                               

27 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           

28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                            

29 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step                                      

30 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                       

31 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               

32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                

33 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             

34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      

35 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         0.12

36 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                  0.14

37 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             

38 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                0.34

39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                                    

40 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                              1.02

41 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Astaná                                    1.08

42 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                 4.14

43 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           

44 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                  

45 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               4.29

46 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance                           5.27

48 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step                                7.37

49 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               9.36

50 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           

51 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak                                        

52 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         

53 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astaná                                          

54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                  

55 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                       

56 David Loosli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                

57 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     

58 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              

59 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                     11.27

60 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC                                 

61 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                

62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel                         

63 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis                                        

64 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          

65 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                          

66 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                     

67 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                            

DNF Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                                      

DNF Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            

DNF Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          

DNF Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            

DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        

DNF Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              

DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           

DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                    

DNF Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           

DNF Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      

DNF Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                           

DNF Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              

DNF Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com                                    

DNF Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                     

DNF Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                 

DNF Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              

DNF Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                   

DNF Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                

DNF Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             

DNF Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            

DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                

DNF Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             

DNF Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               

DNF Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                

DNF Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                          

DNF Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance                              

DNF Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           

DNF Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            

DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          

DNF Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          

DNF Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                                 

DNF Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                                 

DNF Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      

DNF Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      

DNF Kevin Neyrinck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      

DNF Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                       

DNF James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                

DNF Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  

DNF Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              

DNF Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                  

DNF Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              

DNF Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                       

DNF René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               

DNF Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná                                      

DNF Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astaná                                      

DNF Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Astaná                                   

DNF Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   

DNF Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                    

DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                   

DNF Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        

DNF Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen     

DNF Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         

DNF Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            

DNF Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen   

DNF Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen      

DNF Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        

DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                      

DNF Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                  

DNF Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                              

DNF Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                                   

DNF Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel                                 

DNF Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                                   

DNF Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Astaná                                      

DNF Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                       

DNF Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram                                          

DNF Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      

DNF Fumuyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel                           

DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                               

DNF Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel                  

DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                         

DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             

DNF Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           

DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak                                      

DNF Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak                                      

DNF Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak                                            

DNF Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak                                    

DNF Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak                                        

DNF Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak                                       

DNF Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak                                     

DNF Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                      

DNF Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                               

DNF Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Milram                                      

DNF Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                               

DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram                                    

DNF Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                          

DNF Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                 

DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                      

DNF José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         

DNF Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              

DNF Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears     

DNF Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              

DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              

DNF Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               

DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              

DNF Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                   

DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                      

DNF Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                                  

DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  

DNF Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                   

DNF Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   

DNF Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas                                    

DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                    

DNF Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                             

DNF Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        

DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           

DNF Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          

DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              

DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                      

DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step                                  

DNF Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step                              

DNF Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick-Step                                  

DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                

DNF Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   

DNF Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile                                        

DNF Andre Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile                                     

DNF André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                       

DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile                                  

DNF Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile                                    

DNF Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  

DNF Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   

DNF Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           

DNF Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         

DNF Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    

DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     

DNF Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         

DNF Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir        

DNF Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner