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Deutschland Tour - 2.2
Germany, May 31-June 6, 2004
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Stage 6 - June 5: Kulmbach - Oberwiesenthal, 180 km
Sinkewitz seals the deal
Stage win revenge for Mancebo
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Barring incident on Sunday's final stage of the Tour of Germany, young Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step-Davitamon) sealed the deal for the overall victory by marking all of his rivals and crossing the line in third place on Saturday's tough climbing stage. Sinkewitz belied his young age, looking relaxed and downplaying the pressure of his yellow jersey in the midst of constant attacks from those threatening his Tour of Germany title. After defeat at the hands of Sinkewitz in the race's other mountain test in stage 3, Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears-Banesto) got his own revenge with victory on Saturday.
The race's only mountaintop finish also provoked a number of changes in the general classification. Jens Voigt (Team CSC) jumped from fifth to second overall, while his compatriot and rival Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) slipped to seventh in the standings, unable to hold the wheels through the final series of attacks and accelerations to Oberwiesenthal. Ullrich rode well and limited the damage, but showed himself to still be a bit short when it comes to top racing form. Liberty Seguros' Jan Hruska dropped a step on the podium, now in third place overall. Sinkewitz also solidified his lead in the climber's competition, making it a double jersey race for the young German.
How it unfolded
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Another cold, wet day greeted the remaining riders in the peloton as they set off for 180 kilometres between Kulmbach and Oberwiesenthal, including a foray into the Czech Republic. On a constantly rolling parcours, featuring an early Cat. 2 climb, a Cat. 3 climb mid-stage, and a back to back Cat. 2 climb and mountaintop finish to finish, it was no surprise that the early break of the day got an early start. After just seven kilometres, a group of 12 riders went clear. In the group were the following: Darius Baranowski (Liberty Seguros), Addy Engels (Bankgiroloterij), Ralf Grabsch and Lars Wackernagel (Team Wiesenhof), Ryan Cox (Team Barloworld), René Haselbacher and Torsten Schmidt (Gerolsteiner), Michael Sanstod (Team CSC), Steffen Radochla (Illes Balears-Banesto), Lubor Tesar (Ed' System-ZVVZ), Francesco Secchiari (Domina Vacanze), and stage 4 winner Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole).
The big group quickly established a gap and steadily built a lead of up to seven minutes throughout the rolling portion between the first two categorised climbs. A number of counter-attacks followed suit, including a move featuring policemen for T-Mobile (Steinhauser) and Liberty Seguros (Nozal), though they failed to make contact with the early break. Hinault took the early sprints, while Tesar tried to reclaim some of the mountain points he scored early in the race, crossing the first summits ahead of Cox.
For such a large group, the leaders worked well together to build their advantage, but with the approach of the final phase of the stage, beginning with the Cat. 2 Marianska climb, the cooperation quickly disappeared. Haselbacher was one of the first to attack before the early slopes, followed closely by Baranowski and Secchiari. Cox and Grabsch tried to attach themselves to the move, but repeated accelerations from Baranowski and Secchiari shed the rest of the group. The two persisted with their attack as the climb steepened but Baranowski knew he was the stronger of the two.
Despite a dropped chain, which he casually replaced by hand without missing a beat, Baranowski accelerated back to Secchiari's side and powered straight past, committing himself to a long solo effort to the finish. The break's gap over the main field had dropped to 3'20 at the start of the climb, but Baranowski handily stretched his own advantage back to nearly four minutes after dumping his companions.
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The Quick.Step team of race leader Sinkewitz set a steady tempo in the field, with Italian champion Paolo Bettini and Jurgen Van Goolen leading the charge and steadily reeling in the remnants of the original 12 man break. T-Mobile also contributed to the effort, with both Jan Ullrich and Andreas Klöden looking comfortable in the steadily dwindling group.
As Baranowski crossed the summit of the Marianska, his lead had fallen to two minutes. The chase, meanwhile, steadily picked up steam through a series of accelerations in the nervous yellow jersey group. Onto the penultimate rise, a small climb back to the German border, a series of attacks from the likes of Evgeni Petrov (Saeco), Mancebo, and Voigt thinned out the favourites' group while eating into the gap built by Baranowski, who had been away since the seven kilometre mark.
With barely 40" in hand at the start of the final climb, Baranowski's day was as good as over. Voigt began the serious hostilities, dramatically lifting the pace and briefly getting a gap as he caught a short move by Rabobank's Pieter Weening and Massimiliano Gentili of Domina Vacanze. Sinkewitz, able to match every acceleration, marked Voigt as his most dangerous rival and show no signs that he would crack on the last big test of this tour.
Baranowski was caught up and swept out the back of the group in the midst of the constant attacks and counters, and the repeated changes in rhythm made Jan Ullrich another casualty of the group. Ullrich kept his steady tempo and together with several other riders nearly caught the lead group once more. Sensing the right moment, Weening launched his strongest attack yet and succeeded in breaking clear of the remaining eight leaders. The favourites were briefly content to let him go, though Voigt kept an infernal pace at the front of the group in an effort to crack the young Sinkewitz, who today had all the answers. Weening was pulled back, but he tried a last ditch effort once more under the red kite of one kilometre to go. This move didn't last long, and the leaders set themselves up for the finish.
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With Mancebo pulling at the front, a small gap of a few bike lengths opened, though the Illes Balears rider didn't have the intention of attacking. A glance over his shoulder, however, was all it took to prompt him to take advantage and he danced away from the rest, riding all out for the finish. Voigt dug deep to pull him back, hoping for the stage win and the valuable time bonus, but Mancebo had just enough time to raise his arms on the line as the group caught up behind. Success for the Spaniard, and a similar gesture of elation from third placed Sinkewitz, who crossed the line on Voigt's wheel knowing he had wrapped up his first major tour.
Sunday's final stage should provide a ceremonial finish and give the sprinters one last chance to shine as the tour concludes with 170km of racing between Chemnitz and Leipzig.
Photography
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- The peloton faced another cold, wet day as it tackled the last mountains of the Tour of Germany
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step-Davitamon) keeps his yellow jersey under wraps early in the stage
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) keeps his eye on Sinkewitz, who keeps his eye on the rest
- Jan Ullrich's face was not the only one marked by the pain and grime of a tough stage
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears-Banesto) gets his stage win at last
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears-Banesto) enjoys some hard-earned podium time
- A dream come true for Patrik Sinkewitz
Results
1 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.52.49 (38.112 km/h) 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.04 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.06 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.09 8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 9 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 10 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.31 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.37 13 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 14 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 0.54 17 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00 20 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 1.43 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 24 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.06 25 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 26 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 2.15 27 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 2.38 28 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2.41 29 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.49 30 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.49 31 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 4.30 32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 33 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 4.40 34 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 35 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.50 36 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 4.52 37 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 38 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 5.24 39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 5.58 40 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.00 41 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.02 42 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 8.09 43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.11 44 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.20 45 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 8.47 46 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 47 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 48 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 51 Jan Valach (Svk) Ed' System-ZVVZ 52 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 53 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 54 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 55 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 56 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 57 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 58 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 59 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 61 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 63 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 64 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 65 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.36 66 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 13.04 67 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 68 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 14.02 69 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14.15 70 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 15.40 71 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 18.14 72 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19.20 73 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 74 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 75 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 77 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 78 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 79 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 80 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 81 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 82 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 83 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 84 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 85 Eddy Serri (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 86 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 87 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 89 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 91 Francesco Failli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 92 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 93 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 94 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 95 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 96 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 97 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 99 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 100 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 101 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 102 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 103 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 104 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 105 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 106 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 107 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 108 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 109 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 110 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 23.52 111 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance Points 1 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16 4 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 6 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 7 10 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 13 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 3 14 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 15 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 1 Mountains Presseck - Cat. 2, km 19,3 1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 6 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 4 3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 3 4 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 5 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 Schöneck - Cat. 3, km 105,9 1 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 3 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 2 3 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 Marianska - Cat. 2, km 168,2 1 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 6 pts 2 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 4 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 2 5 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 1 Teams 1 Illes Balears-Banesto 14.39.07 2 Domina Vacanze 0.38 3 T-Mobile Team 0.55 4 Liberty Seguros 1.41 5 Saeco 2.34 6 Rabobank 3.27 7 Gerolsteiner 3.40 8 Team CSC 4.50 9 Credit Agricole 14.40 10 Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 15.37 11 Team Wiesenhof 18.35 12 Quick.Step-Davitamon 20.35 13 Bankgiroloterij 25.41 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 28.21 15 Lotto-Domo 32.19 16 Ed' System-ZVVZ 35.08 General classification after stage 6 1 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.23.35 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.18 3 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 0.23 4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.28 5 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.54 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.57 7 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.59 8 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.47 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.12 10 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.18 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 12 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 3.01 13 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.05 14 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 15 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 3.22 16 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4.05 17 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.24 18 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 5.32 19 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.05 20 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.08 21 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.13 22 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.54 23 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 10.39 24 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 11.24 25 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.54 26 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.27 27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 17.11 28 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 17.25 29 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 17.42 30 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 17.54 31 Jan Valach (Svk) Ed' System-ZVVZ 18.08 32 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.25 33 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20.30 34 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 21.24 35 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.37 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 24.30 37 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25.15 38 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 25.47 39 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26.05 40 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.46 41 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 28.16 42 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 28.18 43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 28.27 44 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 28.43 45 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 29.44 46 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30.06 47 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.13 48 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 30.38 49 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.18 50 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.43 51 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33.04 52 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 33.20 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33.42 54 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 34.07 55 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 35.23 56 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35.27 57 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 36.16 58 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 36.56 59 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 37.04 60 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 38.06 61 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 38.17 62 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 38.46 63 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 39.50 64 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 39.52 65 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 40.50 66 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 41.10 67 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 41.12 68 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 69 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 41.40 70 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 41.47 71 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 42.20 72 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 73 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 42.22 74 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 42.27 75 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42.29 76 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42.32 77 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 43.13 78 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43.16 79 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 43.26 80 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 81 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 43.37 82 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 44.28 83 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 44.30 84 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 44.37 85 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 45.04 86 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 45.28 87 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 45.30 88 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 45.33 89 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 45.47 90 Francesco Failli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 46.08 91 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.11 92 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 51.15 93 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 51.30 94 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 51.35 95 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 51.50 96 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 52.08 97 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 52.18 98 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 52.19 99 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 52.28 100 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 52.31 101 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 52.49 102 Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 53.07 103 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 53.11 104 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 53.17 105 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 53.24 106 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 53.32 107 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 53.48 108 Eddy Serri (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 54.59 109 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 56.14 110 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 58.51 111 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 59.27 Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 69 pts 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 66 4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 5 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 46 6 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 45 7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 44 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 41 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 10 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 31 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 12 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 28 13 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 28 14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 15 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 24 17 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 18 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 18 19 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 20 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 21 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 22 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 14 23 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 13 24 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 12 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 26 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 27 Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 11 28 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 11 29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11 30 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 10 31 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 10 32 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 10 33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 34 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 9 35 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 8 36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 37 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 38 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 6 39 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 40 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 6 41 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 5 42 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 43 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 5 44 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 5 45 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 46 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4 47 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 48 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 49 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 3 50 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 52 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 53 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2 54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2 55 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 2 56 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 57 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Mountains classification 1 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 18 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 15 4 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 9 5 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 7 6 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 7 7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6 8 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6 9 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 11 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 3 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 15 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 16 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 2 17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 2 18 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 20 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 21 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 2 22 Addy Engels (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 2 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 24 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 25 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 67.15.25 2 Illes Balears-Banesto 0.06 3 Gerolsteiner 4.55 4 Liberty Seguros 5.07 5 Domina Vacanze 5.29 6 Team CSC 7.46 7 Saeco 12.39 8 Rabobank 17.01 9 Quick.Step-Davitamon 37.35 10 Team Wiesenhof 41.43 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.06.28 12 Credit Agricole 1.09.07 13 Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli 1.14.25 14 Lotto-Domo 1.44.02 15 Ed' System-ZVVZ 1.45.26 16 Bankgiroloterij 1.56.59
