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Tour de Romandie - 2.HC
Switzerland, April 29 - May 3, 2003
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Stage 3 - May 2: Moudon - Lèoche les Baines, 171.3 km
So close and yet so far for Perez
Local boy Dufaux takes stage and overall
By Jeff Jones
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Milaneza climber Francisco Perez came agonisingly close to winning the third stage of the Tour de Romandie, but a missed turn inside the final two kilometres saw him go off course and completely lose any chance of victory. It was bad luck for the lanky Spaniard, who had attacked with 8 kilometres to go on the final climb to try and secure the stage win. But Perez's misfortune was good luck for local favourite Laurent Dufaux (Alessio), who rode strongly to beat Fabian Jeker (Milaneza) and Alexandre Moos (Phonak) in the sprint in Lèoche les Baines. The stage win gave Dufaux the overall lead, while Perez, who eventually crossed the line five minutes behind the winner, had to be consoled with an equal first place and the same time, which put him at third in the overall standings.
The third stage from Moudon to Lèoche les Baines contained one minor difficulty (Cat. 3 Croisée Sierre, km 139) and one major difficulty (Cat. 1 Loèche-Les-Bains, km 169.8), with the summit of the latter coming at just under two kilometres to go to the finish. Crucially for the outcome of the stage, the last two kilometres consisted of a very technical descent into Lèoche les Baines and a final uphill sprint.
Race leader Simone Bertoletti was well protected by his Lampre teammates throughout the stage, but it was fairly clear that being a non-climber, he would struggle to maintain his one minute advantage over the rest of the field. Unlike the previous two days, there were almost no attacks in the early part of the stage, with the peloton keeping up a good tempo to discourage any breakaways. Phonak, Milaneza, Fassa Bortolo and CSC were the strongest teams, and took over the work from Lampre in the final 30 kilometres.
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On the Cat. 3 climb of Croisée Sierre, Euskaltel's Egoi Martinez took the points in front of Andrea Tonti (Saeco) and Rui Sousa (Milaneza), with the peloton following close behind. The bunch was back together again by the base of the descent, and CSC started to ride hard at the front to eliminate as many riders as possible before the final climb.
Once the race reached Varen with 20 kilometres to go, Milaneza started to share the work with CSC. Through the hard work of these two teams, the peloton had been reduced to around 60 riders at the foot of the climb to Lèoche les Baines, and was further diminished on the lower slopes, with Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) one of the first to be left behind. He was followed by race leader Simone Bertoletti, who couldn't hang on up the steep cobbles in Leuk Stadt, and said goodbye to his yellow jersey.
In front, CSC's Manuel Calvente had been doing most of the damage until Milaneza duo David Bernabeu and Fabian Jeker powered off the front out of Leuk Stadt, with 15 km to go. The pair hoped for a repeat their victory in the final stage of Paris-Nice, with Bernabeu doing all the work to try and give Jeker a good launch pad for the finish. But behind them, Fassa Bortolo's Sven Montgomery worked hard to close the gap, with his new team leader Aitor Gonzalez on his wheel.
Milaneza wasn't finished yet however, and as soon as Jeker and Bernabeu were caught, Txema del Olmo went on the offensive with 9 km to go. His attack was even shorter lived, but it caused a lot of damage in the bunch, which was now only 25 riders strong. As Del Olmo was caught at 8 km to go, his teammate Francisco Perez attacked and became the fourth Milaneza rider to lead the stage. Perez's attack was strong, and he opened up a dangerous 20 second gap to the chasing group, which blew apart when Fabian Jeker, Tyler Hamilton and Carlos Sastre (CSC), Alexandre Moos (Phonak), Yaroslav Popovych (Landbouwkrediet) and Laurent Dufaux (Alessio) extracted themselves from the bunch.
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Over the next few kilometres, Perez rode smoothly to maintain his 15-20 second lead on the six man chase group, which saw Hamilton and Sastre doing all the work. He reached the top of the climb with his lead intact, and had to negotiate a short descent with several sharp bends before he could claim victory. He took the first few bends very carefully, while behind him Moos and Dufaux, who knew the finish very well, tried to close the gap. Perez was almost at the bottom when he went off course, after being confused by the signals of the course marshals. He ended up on the team car deviation road, and rode for several hundred metres before he realised his error and threw his arms up in frustration.
Behind him Alexandre Moos was making a bid to win the stage, leading out the uphill sprint from 300m with Dufaux, Jeker and Hamilton on his wheel. Dufaux passed his compatriot in the final 100m to win, with Jeker and Moos finishing just behind him in that order.
Dufaux now has the lead in the race by 6 seconds over Alexandre Moos. Perez is in third at 14 seconds with Hamilton fourth at 15 seconds. Tomorrow from Monthey to Châtel-St-Denis/ Les Paccots will be a tough stage, containing three Cat. 1 climbs and a Cat. 2 climb to finish.
Photography
Images by Jeff Tse/www.jefftse.com/cycling
- Bradley Wiggins and Bradley McGee make up half the English speaking clan in the Tour de Romandie
- Tyler Hamilton (CSC) ready for today's mountain top finish
- The peloton cruising through the valley of the Rhone before racing up to the top of Loeche-les-Bains at 1411m high
- Yellow jersey wearer Simone Bertoletti (Lampre) lost the lead in the third stage of the Tour de Romandie
- Tyler Hamilton (CSC) with 300m to go until the top of the Loeche-les-Bains climb
- Tyler Hamilton (CSC) following the lead of his teammate Carlos Sastre
- Inigo Cuesta (Cofidis) stayed with the leaders until right near the top of the Loeche-les-Bains climb
- Laurent Dufaux (Alessio) finished in yellow at the end of stage 3
Results
1 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 4.29.23 (38.26 km/h) 1 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza - MSS 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 0.02 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.07 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 0.11 7 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 0.53 8 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.54 9 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 0.55 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Claus Moller (Den) Milaneza - MSS 12 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 José Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 14 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 15 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.59 18 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.48 20 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 21 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.50 22 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 23 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 24 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 25 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 2.02 27 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.04 28 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.23 29 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.56 30 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza - MSS 2.58 32 Juan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 33 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 3.06 34 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 3.10 35 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 36 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 3.15 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 3.17 40 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.22 41 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 3.24 42 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 3.25 43 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.27 44 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 3.29 45 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 4.39 47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 49 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6.03 50 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.50 51 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 52 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 54 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.05 55 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 7.44 56 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 8.08 57 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 58 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 59 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 60 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 61 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 62 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 63 Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 64 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 10.01 65 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 66 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza - MSS 68 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 69 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 14.37 71 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 72 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 73 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 15.56 74 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 76 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 77 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 78 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 80 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 82 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.05 84 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 86 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 87 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 16.11 88 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 89 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 90 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 91 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 93 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 94 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 95 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 96 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 97 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 98 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 99 Bernard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 100 Unai Etxbarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 102 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Saeco 103 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 104 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 105 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 18.21 106 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.52 DNF Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco DNF Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Saeco DNF Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec DNF Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco DNF Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago DNF Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec DNS Sebastien Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec DNS Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour Points 1 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 15 pts 2 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 3 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza - MSS 12 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 5 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 8 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 6 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 5 9 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 3 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 12 Claus Moller (Den) Milaneza - MSS 1 Mountains Croisée Sierre / Ollon - Cat. 3, 139.0 km 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 pts 2 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 3 3 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza - MSS 2 4 José Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 1 Loèche-Les-Bains / Leukerbad - Cat. 1, 169.8 km 1 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 12 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 3 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 6 4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza - MSS 4 5 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 2 Sprints Montreux, 55.0 km 1 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 6 pts 2 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 1 Sierre, 143.4 km 1 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 6 pts 2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 3 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza - MSS 1 Teams 1 Milaneza-MSS 13.29.04 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.50 4 Team CSC 2.29 5 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.49 6 Alessio 3.10 7 Fassa Bortolo 4.35 8 AG2r Prévoyance 6.44 9 FDJeux.com 7.32 10 Gerolsteiner 9.33 11 Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 12.30 12 Team Saeco 13.05 13 Lampre 18.45 14 Jean Delatour 21.28 15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23.20 16 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25.22 General classification after stage 3 1 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 13.43.27 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.06 3 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 0.14 4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 0.15 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza - MSS 0.19 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.26 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 0.31 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 1.07 9 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.08 10 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.13 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 1.15 13 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.19 14 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 1.20 15 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 16 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.21 17 Claus Moller (Den) Milaneza - MSS 18 José Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 1.29 19 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.06 21 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.07 22 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.12 23 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 2.15 24 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Jean Delatour 2.18 25 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.20 27 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.31 28 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.48 29 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.17 30 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza - MSS 3.19 31 Juan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 3.20 32 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 3.21 33 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 3.26 34 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.27 35 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 3.33 36 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 3.38 37 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 3.46 38 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 3.49 39 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 3.50 40 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4.03 41 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 5.01 42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.29 43 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 7.14 44 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 7.15 45 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 7.19 46 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.28 47 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.12 48 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 8.43 49 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 9.30 50 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.33 51 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.24 52 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.28 53 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 10.59 54 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.16 55 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.20 56 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 11.20 57 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 11.27 58 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.32 59 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 14.04 60 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14.52 61 Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 16.12 62 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 16.13 63 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 16.17 64 Unai Etxbarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.35 65 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 17.10 66 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 17.40 67 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza - MSS 18.08 68 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 18.14 69 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 19.48 70 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 22.11 71 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 22.18 72 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 22.38 73 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 22.42 74 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 23.53 75 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23.57 76 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 23.58 77 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 24.01 78 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 24.03 79 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 24.05 80 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 24.13 81 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 24.17 82 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 24.20 83 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 24.27 85 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.29 86 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 26.31 87 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 26.35 88 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.02 89 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 28.07 90 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 28.08 91 Bernard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 28.13 92 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 28.17 93 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 28.18 94 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 95 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28.19 96 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 28.19 97 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.20 98 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 28.23 99 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Saeco 28.27 100 Santo Anza (Ita) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 28.29 101 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 28.32 102 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.34 103 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 30.36 104 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.47 105 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 34.40 106 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Jean Delatour 34.51 Points classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 39 pts 2 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 29 3 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 25 4 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 25 5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 25 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola - Sidermec 16 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 16 11 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza - MSS 16 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 15 13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 13 14 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 13 15 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza - MSS 12 16 Bernard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 10 17 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 9 18 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 19 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 9 20 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 22 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 23 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 7 24 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 26 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 6 27 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 29 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 30 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 31 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 2 32 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 33 Claus Moller (Den) Milaneza - MSS 1 34 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 1 35 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze - Elitron 1 Mountains classification 1 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 21 pts 2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 3 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 12 4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 10 5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 8 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza - MSS 7 8 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 6 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 10 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 4 11 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza - MSS 4 12 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 3 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 14 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 15 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 16 José Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza - MSS 1 17 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 18 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Sprints classification 1 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 12 pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 7 4 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 6 5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 6 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 3 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 8 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 3 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 10 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 1 11 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza - MSS 1 12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 13 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 1 14 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 41.11.31 2 Milaneza-MSS 0.52 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.27 4 Team CSC 3.08 5 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.40 6 Alessio 3.45 7 Fassa Bortolo 5.01 8 Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 13.26 9 AG2r Prévoyance 16.12 10 Gerolsteiner 18.08 11 Lampre 19.27 12 FDJeux.com 23.25 13 Jean Delatour 30.00 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31.54 15 Team Saeco 33.23 16 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 49.23
