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75th Critérium International - 2.HC
France, March 25-26, 2006
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Stage 2 - March 26: Les Vieilles Forges (Les Mazures) - Montherme, 101 km
Basso takes lead at Dekker's expense
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On a hilly second stage in the French Ardennes, CSC's Ivan Basso has taken his first win this season and in doing so, the overall lead in the 75th edition of the Criterium International. The first of the day's two stages contained nine categorised climbs, but the decisive selection was not made until the penultimate ascent of the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout, when the main favourites including overall leader Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and his closest rival Basso attacked with eight others. In the end, three men battled it out for stage honours, with Basso coming on top after Dekker suffered cramps with four kilometres to go. Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) finished second while Juan Carlos Dominguez (Unibet.com) was third.
"I am dedicating this victory to the team, because they set it all up perfectly for me today so all I had to do was complete their brilliant work," said Basso in a team statement. "I must admit that I wasn't expecting to win anything this early on, but it's a great feeling and a big morale booster to be standing on that podium. This race is part of my preparation for the Giro, where my form should be peaking, and the win today helps underline the fact that I'm heading in the right direction."
His team manager Bjarne Riis echoed Basso's sentiments: "The team worked impeccably today. We split the peloton on the climbs and managed to isolate Dekker, and then it was up to Ivan to finish the job. He deserved this victory and it confirms that his form is extremely good this year. He's actually only just started to build it up towards the Giro, but he's already strong enough to make a difference in a tough race such as this. Dekker is still close in the overall standings, but we've definitely got a realistic chance of winning this race after the time trial."
How it unfolded
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The eventful day began under cloudy skies and light showers, with mountains leader David Lopez Garcia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) attacking just after the first climb of the Côte des Vieilles Forges, who took full points. On the descent, two French riders attacked - Remy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) and Christophe Laurent (Agritubel) - who were soon caught by Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth Team) and Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
Just before the second climb at km 9, Contador decided to forge ahead alone while his three other companions found their way back to the bunch. Meanwhile, a kilometre beforehand, a crash occurred in the bunch with several riders forced to quit the race, including Cofidis' David Moncoutié (taken to hospital with a knee injury), his team-mates Amaël Moinard and Bingen Fernandez, as well as Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux). At the top of the climb, Contador had a 50 second advantage.
However, the Spaniard's advantage started to whither, and by the top of the Côte de Roc de la Tour, Contador remained in the lead by just 10 seconds. Despite the help of Frenchman Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) who had managed to break away and catch up with Contador, the Rabobank-led pack closed in on the two men.
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With the field all together, Lopez Garcia again took maximum points at the top of the fourth climb ahead of Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros-Würth Team) and Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux). These three men carried on with their efforts to open a decent lead on the peloton, with Lopez Garcia first again at the top of the fifth and sixth climbs, building a commanding lead in the mountains competition.
The trio were then caught by a counter-attack that contained the names of Voigt, Jalabert, A. Efimkin, Vaugrenard, Pineau and Contador, creating a front group of nine who gained a maximum 30 seconds advantage over the bunch. On the Côte du Bois de l'Or, it was again Lopez Garcia who took off alone, but despite capturing more mountain points, the Spaniard never managed to really increase his lead, and each of the breakaways were caught soon thereafter.
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The penultimate climb up the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout saw the winning move as ten riders took off including race leader Erik Dekker (Rabobank). By the top of the hill, the lead group had dropped to four men with Dekker, Ivan Basso (CSC), Botcharov (Credit Agricole) and Juan Carlos Dominguez (Unibet.com), while the chase group remained 25 seconds adrift. The quartet then increased their lead to a maximum one minute on the first chase group that contained some of the big GC threats, including Andriy Grivko (Milram) and Igor Astarloa (Barloworld).
On the final climb of the day up the Côte de la Roche aux 7 Villages, Botcharov took off with four kilometres to go, and was immediately chased by Basso and then Dominguez; suffering cramps, Erik Dekker failed to follow. At the line, it was Basso who eventually claimed the stage win, beating Botcharov and Dominguez to the line. The yellow jersey therefore changed shoulders to Basso before this afternoon's decisive time trial stage in the streets of Charleville-Mézières.
Photography
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- Ivan Basso's devilish grin emerges after winning the second stage of the Criterium International in Montherme.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) shows a rare turn of speed coming towards the line in Montherme.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) leads overnight leader Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole).
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) seemingly in control, with Ivan Basso (CSC) glued on his wheel.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) looks behind to see his team-mate Frank Schleck (Team CSC).
- Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) attacks with four kilometres to go, and Ivan Basso (CSC) is right onto him.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) leads the race with Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) on his wheel.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) forces the pace in the lead group.
- The CSC duo of Jens Voigt and Carlos Sastre go with a two-pronged attack.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom, L) and Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) in the lead group.
Results
1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.37.45 (38.415 km/h) 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02 6 Pineau Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 10 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 11 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 12 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 19 Bernard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 20 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 1.11 23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.14 24 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.17 25 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 2.59 26 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.01 27 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 28 Marco Osella (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 4.37 29 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax-Gam 5.42 30 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 33 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 34 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 José Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 37 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 38 David Munoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 39 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 40 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 41 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42 Pauriol Rémi (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 45 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 48 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.50 51 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.32 52 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9.10 53 Mickael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 54 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 56 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 59 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Francisco José Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax-Gam 62 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 63 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 64 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNS Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team HD Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram HD Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram HD Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi HD Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi HD Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi HD Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom HD Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld HD Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom HD Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom HD Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom HD Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram HD Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux HD Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel HD Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com HD Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi HD Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi HD Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana HD David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana HD David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana HD Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago HD Vicente Peiro Marqueno (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana HD Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel HD Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel HD Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld HD Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance HD Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC HD Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC HD Vladimir Ermkin (Rus) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears HD Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears HD Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears HD Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank HD Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team HD Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears HD Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone HD Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC HD Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team HD Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC HD Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team DNF Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com DNF Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam DNF Nicola Scattolin (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi DNF Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel DNF Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Jean-Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi DNF Luca Solari (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi DNF Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNF Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank DNF Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Unibet.com DNF Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.com DNF Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Kevin Neyrinck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam DNF Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld DNF Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole DNF Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux DNF Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld DNF Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram DNF Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram DNF Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole DNF Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole DNF Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance Mountains Km 2, Côte des Vieilles Forges 1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Km 13, Côte du Mont Malgré Tout 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 pts 2 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 Km 34.5, Côte de Roc La Tour 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 pts 2 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Km 42, Col du Loup (D.131-D.13) 1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Km 51.5, Côte des Perrières 1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Km 59, Côte de Meillier-Fontaine 1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Km 63.5, Côte du Bois de l'Or 1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Km 80, Côte du Mont Malgré Tout 1 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 Km 101, Montherme (Côte de la Roche aux 7 Villages) 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2 3 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 1 Best young rider 1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.38.47 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Bernard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.12 6 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 0.15 7 Marco Osella (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 3.35 8 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4.40 9 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 10 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 Pauriol Rémi (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 14 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.08 15 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Francisco José Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax-Gam Teams 1 Agritubel 7.56.36 2 Rabobank 3.38 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.25 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 T-Mobile Team 4.34 6 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.37 7 Barloworld 6.22 8 Team CSC 6.51 9 Credit Agricole 8.53 10 AG2R Prevoyance 10.52 11 Bouygues Telecom 12.33 12 Francaise Des Jeux 13 Comunidad Valenciana 13.45 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.01 15 Relax-Gam 17.13 General classification after stage 2 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7.06.53 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.11 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.06 4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 1.08 5 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.14 6 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.18 7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 1.39 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.22 12 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.41 14 Pineau Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 19 Bernard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 20 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 2.56 21 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 4.38 22 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 5.40 23 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 24 Marco Osella (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 6.16 25 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 7.21 26 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 27 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax-Gam 29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 30 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 35 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.29 40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.09 41 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.29 42 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10.43 43 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 10.48 44 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10.49 45 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 46 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Mickael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 48 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 49 José Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.56 50 David Munoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 51 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 14.58 52 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 15.07 54 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15.10 55 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 19.38 56 Pauriol Rémi (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 59 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 60 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 23.06 61 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 62 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Francisco José Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax-Gam Points classification 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 27 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 23 3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 12 5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 10 8 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 10 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 11 Pineau Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 12 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 14 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 3 15 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 16 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 17 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 18 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 8 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 9 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 13 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 1 14 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 15 David Munoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Best young rider classification 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 7.07.59 2 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.12 3 Bernard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.35 4 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.50 5 Marco Osella (Ita) Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi 5.10 6 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 6.15 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 10 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.23 12 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.43 13 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.52 14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.04 15 Pauriol Rémi (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.32 16 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.00 17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Francisco José Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax-Gam Teams classification 1 Agritubel 7.56.36 2 Rabobank 3.38 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.25 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 T-Mobile Team 4.34 6 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.37 7 Barloworld 6.22 8 Team CSC 6.51 9 Credit Agricole 8.53 10 AG2R Prevoyance 10.52 11 Bouygues Telecom 12.33 12 Francaise Des Jeux 13 Comunidad Valenciana 13.45 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.01 15 Relax-Gam 17.13
