William Ford of course tops the rankings. A part of the winning TTT, an individual stage victory, and an individual 2nd place - so a deserving leader. Their strong final stage lifted Vanderbiest, Bennati and Roelandts into the Top 5, but in 3rd was Jaime Alberto Castañeda, the sprinter of the week - with a 1st, 2nd and two 3rds. But other than the other strong sprinter Vanoverschelde, the top of the rankings is mainly dominated by those who made the decisive final stage split.
1
William
Ford
AUS
Auber 93 - Look
408
2
Romain
Vanderbiest
FRA
Pearl Adidas
266
3
Jaime Alberto
Castañeda
COL
Café de Colombia
184
4
Daniele
Bennati
ITA
La Gazzetta dello Sport
179
5
Jurgen
Roelandts
BEL
Carmeuse Cyclisme
175
6
Yoann
Offredo
FRA
Pearl Adidas
154
7
Kobe
Vanoverschelde
BEL
Team B&O
152
8
Rafael
Rodríguez Segarra
ESP
La Gazzetta dello Sport
125
9
Mathieu
Drujon
FRA
Auber 93 - Look
114
10
Jérôme
Baugnies
BEL
Lipton Ice Tea
95
11
Florian
Morizot
FRA
Auber 93 - Look
87
12
Kristof
Vandewalle
BEL
La Gazzetta dello Sport
67
13
Kai
Reus
NED
Auber 93 - Look
66
14
Alex
Dowsett
GBR
La Gazzetta dello Sport
59
15
Rick
Flens
NED
La Gazzetta dello Sport
53
16
Óscar
Avelino
POR
Lipton Ice Tea
50
17
Steven
Caethoven
BEL
Carmeuse Cyclisme
46
18
Alexandre
Aulas
FRA
Carmeuse Cyclisme
41
19
Jerome
Coppel
FRA
Auber 93 - Look
38
20
Patrick
Gretsch
GER
Festina - Corona
35
21
Aleksandr
Serebriakov
RUS
Philips - TDC
29
22
Dmitri
Muravjev
KAZ
Sony Ericsson
29
23
Pim
Ligthart
NED
Auber 93 - Look
27
24
Jakub
Danacik
CZE
Sony Ericsson
27
25
Maxime
Bouet
FRA
Auber 93 - Look
25
Team
Auber 93 may be tipped by many to relegate, but were a major presence in this race, and duly come away with a monster tally of 790. Winning a TTT is always lucrative, particularly so when it starts a race with only flat stages. Auber covered pretty much all of the wind breaks, and with 3 riders in the Top 10 GC, and 2 more in the Top 20, theyve given themselves a great start.
Behind them, the 3 major benefactors from the final stage, Gazzetta, Pearl and Carmeuse, before the teams of 3 of the stage winners, Cafe de Colombia, B&O and Lipton.
At the bottom end, Domina Vacanze, Warner Brothers and Starbucks-Radioshack only scored points for their riders finishing the race, and so find themselves in the 3 relegation spots. Not that they need to worry much for now, a lot more races to go.