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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

Ivan Basso's devilish grin
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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

The CSC duo of Jens Voigt and Carlos Sastre
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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.

Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole)
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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.

Erik Dekker (Rabobank)
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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.

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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