Critérium International 2007

Final result after the 3rd stage
winner	Jens Voigt	6:54:57 h (41.325 km / h)
Second	Thomas Lövkvist	+ 0:34 min
Third	Alejandro Valverde	+ 0:37 min
Fourth	Sylvain Chavanel	+ 0:43 min
fifth	Andreas Klöden	+ 0:43 min
Sixth	José Alberto Martínez	+ 1:00 min
seventh	Damiano Cunego	+ 1:02 min
Eighth	Sébastien Joly	+ 1:04 min
Ninth	Laurent Brochard	+ 1:06 min
Tenth	Frank Schleck	+ 1:16 min
Scoring	Alejandro Valverde	24 p.
Second	Jens Voigt	20 p.
Third	Thomas Lövkvist	19 p.
Mountain scoring	Gorazd Štangelj	26 p.
Second	Jens Voigt	26 p.
Third	Sébastien Joly	11 p.
Young talent evaluation	Thomas Lövkvist	6:55:31 h
Second	Luis León Sánchez	+ 0:54 min
Third	Maxime Monfort	+ 1:39 min
Team evaluation	Team CSC	20:48:10 h
Second	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 0:14 min
Third	Lampre-Fondital	+ 1:53 min

The 76th Critérium International took place from March 31 to April 1, 2007. The bike race was held in a flat stage, a difficult mountain half-stage and a short individual time trial over a distance of 285.8 kilometers.

Teams

ag2r Prévoyance Agritubel Bouygues Telecom Caisse d'Epargne Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Crédit Agricole Cofidis Euskaltel-Euskadi Française des Jeux Karpin Galicia

Lampre-Fondital Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner Skil-Shimano Slipstream Chipotle Team Astana Team Barloworld Team CSC Team Gerolsteiner Team LPR Team Wiesenhof-Felt

course

After the German Olaf Pollack had secured the leader's jersey on the first flat stage after winning the final sprint, the almost 100-kilometer mountain stage followed on the second day. There won Jens Voigt of Team CSC 48 seconds ahead of the nearest rival group favorites Alejandro Valverde , Andreas Kloden , Fränk Schleck and Damiano Cunego . In the final 8.3-kilometer individual time trial, Swede Thomas Lövkvist won with a three-second lead over Alejandro Valverde. A seventh place, 14 seconds behind, was enough for Voigt to achieve his third overall victory after 1999 and 2004.

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Leader
1st stage	March 31	Asfeld - Charleville-Mézières	179	Olaf Pollack	Olaf Pollack
2nd stage	April 1st	Les Vieilles Forges ( Les Mazures ) - Monthermé	98.5	Jens Voigt	Jens Voigt
3rd stage	April 1st	Charleville-Mézières - Charleville-Mézières	8.3 ( EZF )	Thomas Lövkvist	Jens Voigt

Web links

• Critérium International 2007 in the ProCyclingStats.com database