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4th Tour of Qatar - 2.1

Qatar, January 31-February 4, 2005

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Stage 4 - February 3: Al Zubarah - Doha Landmark, 169 km

"Little old man" proves he still has the stuff

Mario Cipollini claims victory
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On the second-last day of the Tour of Qatar, Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) proved that there's live I the old lion yet as he beat Tom Boonen (Quick Step) by a whisker at the end of the day's 169km journey from Al Zubarah to Doha.

The pace was hot from the start as the CSC team piled on the pressure to defend the lead of yellow jersey Lars Michaelsen and Liquigas-Bianchi responded in search of a stage victory for their superstar sprinter. The peloton split up with a 55-strong lead group making all the day's action; the back half eventually finished over 30 minutes down.

Liquigas' big Swedish sprinter Magnus Backstedt took the first intermediate sprint ahead of Marco Bos (Shimano) and at this 24km mark the gap was already 1.20. After another 39km the margin was 3.30 and the chasing group sat up, apparently deciding to enjoy a pleasant afternoon's club ride instead of pursuing the lead group.

By the second sprint, the gap was 16.15 and Supermario flexed his sprinting legs to take the points from Rudi Kemna (Shimano) and Damien Nazon (Credit Agricole) and the peloton rolled on for the circuit finale in Doha.

Andy Flickinger (Ag2R) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) were among the riders that tried to break away in the finishing circuits, but the sprinters' teams were having none of it and the attacks were quickly neutralized. In the ensuing bunch dash, Cipllini proved he's still got the right stuff, edging out Boonen by a quarter of a wheel or so.

Riders cast long shadows
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An understandably delighted Cipollini said, "Every win encourages you a lot and this one in particular since it comes after months full of sacrifices and very tough training. I believe this is the first and partial answer to the understandable doubts surrounding a "little old man" like me at the beginning of his seventeenth season as a pro!"

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Results

1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                    3.31.37
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                      
3 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                            
4 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak                                       
6 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R                                           
7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               
8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R                                        
9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                            
10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R                                         
12 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim            
13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano                                        
14 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                  
15 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                   
16 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
17 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano                                         
18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak                                     
20 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile                                       
21 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R                                      
22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R                                       
23 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile                                   
24 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel                      
25 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
26 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano                                     
27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                         
28 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                          
29 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
30 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                   
31 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo                             
32 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak                                       
33 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
34 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval                                 
35 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
37 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
38 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                             
39 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval                            
40 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                    
41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
42 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak                                    
43 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R                                    
44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step                              0.13
45 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          0.21
46 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak                                      0.24
47 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak                                 0.26
48 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                            0.33
49 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC                                   
50 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano                               0.37
51 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      0.40
52 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step                             0.42
53 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step                             0.48
54 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                              2.29
55 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 
56 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval                          8.44
57 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
58 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval                               
59 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak                                     
60 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                31.29
61 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                             
62 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel                           
63 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                          
64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
65 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval                               
66 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                              
67 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo                                   
68 Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo                               
69 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
70 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                            
71 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval                          
72 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim          
73 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
74 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim           
75 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                              
76 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano                                 
77 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile                                    
78 Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel                 
79 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim               
80 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim              
81 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel                  
82 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
83 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                       
84 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R                                        
85 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                
86 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
87 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                        
88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                              
89 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
90 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
91 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
92 Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel               
93 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano                                 
94 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             
95 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
96 Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo                                 
97 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            
98 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                 
99 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
100 Rene Obst (Ger) Wiesenhof                                      
101 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo                         
102 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R                                      
103 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  
104 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano                                
105 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo                                 
106 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step                                
107 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                   
108 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                         
109 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                        
110 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel                        
111 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                         
112 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                              
113 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
114 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile                                    
115 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
116 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
117 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak                                  
118 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
119 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel             
120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
121 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
122 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel                 
DNS Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                              
 
Points
 
1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         30 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                    27
3 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                          25
4 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                 23
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak                                     21
6 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R                                         19
7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             17
8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R                                      15
9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                          13
10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11
11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R                                       10
12 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim           9
13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano                                       8
14 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                 7
15 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                  6
16 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             5
17 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano                                        4
18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                3
19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak                                    2
20 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile                                      1
 
Sprints
 
Madinat Al Shamal (24.00 km)
 
1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                         3 pts
2 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano                                         2
3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R                                       1
 
Umm Suwaiya (93.00 km)
 
1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          3 pts
2 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano                                        2
3 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              1
 
Best young rider
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                               3.31.37
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                            
4 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
5 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R                                          
6 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                  
8 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile                                        
9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                   
11 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak                                       
12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
13 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
14 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                    
15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
16 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak                                    
17 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R                                    
18 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak                                 0.26
19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano                               0.37
20 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval                          8.44
21 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval                               
22 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo                              31.29
23 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
24 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim           
25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                              
26 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano                                 
27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile                                    
28 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim               
29 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim              
30 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel                  
31 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R                                        
32 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                
33 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano                                 
35 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim             
36 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
37 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                 
38 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R                                       
39 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
40 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo                                  
41 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                    
42 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         
43 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                          
44 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
45 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel              
46 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
47 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
 
Teams
 
1 AG2R Prevoyance                                          10.34.51
2 Liquigas - Bianchi                                               
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           
4 Shimano - Memory Corp                                            
5 Team CSC                                                         
6 T-Mobile Team                                                    
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           
8 Credit Agricole                                                  
9 Quick Step                                                   0.13
10 Domina Vacanze                                              8.44
11 Davitamon - Lotto                                          31.29
12 Discovery Channel Team                                          
13 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                                   
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                
15 Team Wiesenhof                                                  
16 Marco Polo Cycling Team                                  1.02.58
17 Aljazeera Sport Channel                                  1.34.27
 
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                           15.22.00
2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                1.14
3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                1.28
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                  5.21
5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo                          5.43
6 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC                                8.50
7 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                 
8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                     12.27
9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval                        12.30
10 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano                                    32.06
11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak                                 32.08
12 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R                                    32.14
13 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak                                     
14 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
15 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R                                      
16 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                        32.18
17 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                    
18 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step                             32.31
19 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                     32.59
20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                       33.05
21 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step                            33.22
22 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                            35.16
23 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval                            36.00
24 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim       37.06
25 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                        37.10
26 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano                              37.37
27 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                      38.51
28 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano                                   38.53
29 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                             38.54
30 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R                                       
31 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                      38.55
32 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
33 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R                                          
34 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
35 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
36 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
37 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
38 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         39.16
39 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step                            39.43
40 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof                              40.29
41 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                     41.09
42 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    43.54
43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                     43.59
44 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
45 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval                          47.39
46 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano                                47.41
47 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                         47.42
48 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile                                  47.43
49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R                                       
50 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                          
52 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile                                   
53 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak                                       
54 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak                                    
55 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel                      
56 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
57 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R                                    
58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
59 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak                                     48.07
60 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak                                48.09
61 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                   48.28
62 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                             50.12
63 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         50.23
64 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R                                  52.47
65 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak                                56.27
66 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval                              
67 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                              1.03.43
68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak                                   
69 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                     1.03.45
70 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                             1.03.59
71 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel                    1.04.47
72 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R                                        
73 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                              
74 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                            1.05.40
75 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim      1.07.29
76 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim    1.10.24
77 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                
78 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile                                    
79 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim          
80 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim               
81 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                      
82 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                        
83 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                 
84 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim              
85 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
87 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                              
89 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
90 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step                          1.10.49
91 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano                          1.17.03
92 Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel          1.18.23
93 Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel        1.18.41
94 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano                          1.19.12
95 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
96 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile                                     
97 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                               
98 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
99 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
100 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
101 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                             
102 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel                 
103 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval                              
104 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                    
105 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo                                  
106 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                      
107 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo                         
108 Rene Obst (Ger) Wiesenhof                                      
109 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
110 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano                                
111 Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo                              
112 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval                         
113 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                         
114 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo                                 
115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
116 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                         
117 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
119 Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo                                
120 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel                        
121 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel          1.19.38
122 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel      1.20.29
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                   102 pts
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak                                     71
3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         60
4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                  59
5 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                 49
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                            47
7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                           46
8 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R                                        44
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak                                    32
10 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                         30
11 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano                                       27
12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                 27
13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                         25
14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                      25
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           24
16 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                24
17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo                           23
18 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R                                     23
19 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC                                 21
20 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                   21
21 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          21
22 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R                                        19
23 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                    19
24 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano                                      18
25 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                              17
26 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            17
27 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       15
28 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                             15
29 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R                                     11
30 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak                                 11
31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval                          10
32 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R                                    10
33 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                        9
34 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim           9
35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                         9
36 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         9
37 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                           8
38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano                                  6
39 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             6
40 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  6
41 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim          6
42 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step                                 5
43 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              5
44 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                            4
45 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel                          4
46 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step                                4
47 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                   3
48 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                3
49 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano                                    2
50 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                   2
51 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano                                2
52 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step                                1
53 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           1
54 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile                                      1
 
 
Best young rider classification
 
1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                            15.23.14
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                  4.07
3 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R                                     31.00
4 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
5 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                31.04
6 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim        35.52
7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano                               36.23
8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                              37.40
9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                       37.41
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof                              39.15
13 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    42.40
14 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval                          46.25
15 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile                                  46.29
16 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
17 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak                                       
18 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak                                    
19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
20 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R                                    
21 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak                                46.55
22 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R                                  51.33
23 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval                         55.13
24 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                              1.02.29
25 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                             1.02.45
26 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R                                 1.03.33
27 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                            1.04.26
28 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim      1.06.15
29 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim    1.09.10
30 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                
31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile                                    
32 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim               
33 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                 
34 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim              
35 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
36 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano                          1.15.49
37 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole                      1.17.58
38 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
39 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                              
40 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo                                   
41 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
42 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano                                 
43 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo                                  
44 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
45 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                          
46 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel           1.18.24
47 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel       1.19.15
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                 46.09.08
2 Davitamon - Lotto                                           42.39
3 Liquigas - Bianchi                                          50.55
4 Quick Step                                                  59.07
5 AG2R Prevoyance                                           1.08.13
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                    1.18.40
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                    1.33.34
8 Shimano - Memory Corp                                     1.42.38
9 T-Mobile Team                                             1.46.56
10 Discovery Channel Team                                   1.53.04
11 Credit Agricole                                          1.55.48
12 Domina Vacanze                                           2.05.05
13 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                            2.13.45
14 Bouygues Telecom                                         2.18.25
15 Team Wiesenhof                                           2.20.22
16 Marco Polo Cycling Team                                  2.41.05
17 Aljazeera Sport Channel                                  3.53.08