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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC
Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004
Main page Results Previous stage Next stage Scott Sunderland's diary
Stage 6 - June 17: Frutigen - Linthal, 185.4km
A long time between drinks for Aebersold
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Swiss rider Niki Aebersold (Phonak) has taken his first victory since the 1998 Milan-Turin, winning the queen stage of the Tour de Suisse today in Linthal. Aebersold was the longest survivor of an early breakaway and stayed away over the massive climbs of the Sustenpass and Klausenpass, attacking his remaining companions on the latter climb to solo into the finish with nearly three minutes advantage on Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank). In third place, and also a breakaway survivor, was Roger Beuchat (Vini Caldirola), who was caught by Jan Ullrich's golden jersey group on the run into Linthal, but still won the sprint.
For Jan Ullrich, today's stage was further proof of his rapidly improving form, and the German winner of Stage 1 is now the favourite to win the Tour de Suisse which finishes with a time trial on Sunday. He rid himself of several contenders today, including second on GC Oscar Camenzind, and now has Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval), Dario Cioni (Fassa Bortolo) and Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) as his closest rivals on GC. The time gaps are still small, but Sunday's time trial will favour Ullrich above everyone else.
"The whole team worked well today," said a satisfied Ullrich after the stage. "I especially want to personally thank Giuseppe Guerini. He gets through the tour without a problem and always remains at my side. That is a good feeling. I was also particularly happy with the kaiserwetter in this stage."
How it unfolded
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Today's 185 km stage between Frutigen and Linthal started with 124 riders, after Christophe Detilloux (Lotto-Domo), Marco Zanotti (Vini Caldirola), Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) and Fabrizio Guidi (Team CSC) all chose not to take the start. The loss of Wesemann due to bronchitis did not bode well for Ullrich, who had already lost two of his teammates (Vinokourov and Steinhauser) due to crashes in the earlier stages. That meant the race leader had to defend his jersey with just four other teammates.
The stage started with 60 km of relatively flat riding before the riders hit the Sustenpass, the highest point in the Tour de Suisse at 2224m. It didn't take long before the first attack of the day went with Niki Aebersold (Phonak) and Roger Beuchat (Vini Caldirola) going clear after just 7 km, quickly gaining a minute's lead. The pair were chased by Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank), Salvatore Commesso (Saeco) and Stéphane Augé (Crédit Agricole), who managed to make contact at kilometre 35 to form a lead group of five riders.
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Once again, none of the five were a real threat to the GC riders, and the peloton rode at a more relaxed pace led by Saunier Duval until it reached the bottom of the Sustenpass with close to a 10 minute deficit to the leaders. Some 30 km of climbing followed, and Stéphane Augé and Salvatore Commesso found it too much and dropped off the lead group on the climb. Meanwhile, Russian champion Alexander Bazhenov (Domina Vacanze) had attacked the peloton and found himself dangling 7 minutes behind the leaders, but he was never able to get closer than that.
The Sustenpass broke up the peloton as expected, with Quick.Step's Paolo Bettini doing some of the tempo making for Patrik Sinkewitz before Saunier Duval took over again for Jeker. At the top of the climb, Niki Aebersold claimed the mountain points ahead of Veneberg and Beuchat, with the peloton following at a disadvantage of 8'30.
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The three leaders flew down the long descent, and with 48 km to go they still had 11'00 over the golden jersey group. On the Klausenpass, T-Mobile took over the tempo making with Giuseppe Guerini once again doing some excellent work for Ullrich. Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole) was the next to try a bridging move, and caught his teammate Augé but was unable to make contact with the leading trio. The pair were sucked up by the golden jersey group with 30 km to go.
Aebersold was having a great day, and attacked Veneberg and Beuchat with 10 km from the summit of the Klausenpass, crossing the top with a 2'00 lead over the other two and 5'20 to the Ullrich group. Despite some good work by Alex Zülle to pace Oscar Camenzind up the climb, Ullrich's lieutenant Guerini proved to be stronger and Camenzind cracked with just a few kilometres to the summit. Guerini and Ullrich's pace reduced the group to just six men at the top, with Totschnig, Jeker, Del Olmo and Cioni the only ones able to hang onto the T-Mobile duo.
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On the 25 km descent to the finish, Aebersold increased his advantage over Veneberg and Beuchat and crossed the line in Linthal after a long and deserved victory celebration in the final 250m of the stage. Behind him, Veneberg managed to stay clear for second place while Beuchat was caught by the Ullrich group, but managed to take third. Ullrich himself finished fourth and was the best placed of the GC riders, thus was able to keep the leader's jersey for the sixth day in a row.
Tomorrow Ullrich faces another test with the uphill finish in Malbun at the end of a 133 km stage. No-one has been able to unseat the German on the climbs so far, but Jeker, Totschnig, Cioni and Del Olmo will have to do something before Sunday's time trial, if they want to have a chance at the victory.
Photography
Images by Franklin Tello Photography/Cyclingnews/franklintellophoto.com
- The Village at today's start in the mountain town of Frutigen
- Niki Aebersold (Phonak) ready to sign in for a stage win ahead.
- By the day's end second place would go to Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank).
- Bobby Julich (CSC) followed by the winner of two stages in this year's Tour de Suisse, Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo).
- Jan Ullrich was in great spirits at today's start.
- The winner of the Deutschland Tour Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick Step-Davitamon) relaxes before the start.
- The Italian Stallions Francesco Casagrande (Lampre), Mauro Gerosa (Vini Caldirola) and Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Davitamon)
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) brings the back of the peloton at the start in Frutigen.
- The first HC mountain of the day Sustenpass, at 2224m.
- Sustenpass with 5 km to go to the mountain points banner.
- Klausenpass the second mountain and deciding factor of the race today.
- Niki Aebersold (Phonak) at the top of the Klausenpass and with a lead of almost 3 minutes.
- Rabobank's Thorwald Veneberg follows to get second for the day.
- Switzerland's own Roger Beuchat (Vini Caldirola) took third on today's agonizing stage.
- T-Mobile's Giuseppe Guerini and Jan Ullrich are accompanied by Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval), Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner), Jose Maria del Olmo (Milaneza) and Dario David Cioni (Fassa Bortolo) at the top of the Klausenpass.
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick Step-Davitamon) could not attack Ullrich today, as he did in the Austrian mountains of the Tour of Germany.
- Phonak's Alexandre Moos with Santi Perez (C) and Oscar Camenzind working together to get to the finish line in Linthal. They would all lose over 4 minutes at the end of the day.
- Rui Lavarinhas (Milaneza)
- Lotto-Domo's Axel Merckx. His expression says it all.
- Milaneza's Rui Sousa
- Bobby Julich (CSC) makes it over the top of the Klausenpass over 5 minutes down on the leaders.
- Massimiliano Gentili (Domina Vacanze) is followed by Gerrit Glomser (Saeco)
- Alexandr Kolobnev (Domina Vacanze) and Grischa Niermann (Rabobank)
- Phonak teammates Martin Elmiger and Niki Aebersold traded the climbing jersey by the end of today's stage.
- Ruslan Ivanov (Alessio-Bianchi) Mauro Gerosa (Vini Caldirola) and Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile)
- Belgian Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick Step-Davitamon) is offered some refreshment by a spectator.
- Russian Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) with Marco Serpellini (Gerolsteiner)
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Davitamon rides to the top of the Klausenpass at his own rhythm.
- Colombia's Santiago Botero (T-Mobile) provided a lot of help to Ullrich before the second mountain of the day.
- Raffaele Ferrara (Alessio-Bianchi)
- The remnants of a broken peloton make it over the top of the Klausenpass, over 23 minutes behind the leaders.
- After today's tough stage Jan Ullrich seems on track for this year's Tour.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Ullrich in control of the gold jersey
- Jan Ullrich straps on the battle helmet
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) is happy with his progress in the Tour de Suisse
- Niki Aebersold (Phonak) goes all out
- Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) in second on the Klausenpass
- Roger Beuchat (Vini Caldirola) hanging onto third place
- Here they come! With Ullrich at the helm
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) leads the front bit of the peloton on the Klausenpass
- Jan Ullrich steams past with Jeker and Guerini on his wheel
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick Step-Davitamon) in pain
- The Camenzind group led by Santi Perez
- Rui Lavarinhas (Milaneza) grits his teeth
- Rui Lavarinhas (Milaneza) off the back
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) gives it everything
- Two Domina riders suffering to the top
- Marius Sabaliauskas (Saeco) on his own
- Fans watch a small group come up
- A good place to hang out at the start
- Jan Ullrich prepared for another day in the lead
- Jan Ullrich does his customary pre-race bike check
- Camenzind (C) is paced by his teammates on the Klausenpass
- Gustov and Zulle on the Klausenpass
- A small group reaches the top of the Klausenpass
- At the top of the Klausenpass
- Niki Aebersold (Phonak) started celebrating a long way before the line
- Niki Aebersold (Phonak) celebrates his win in Linthal
- Beuchat leads Ullrich home for third
- Jan Ullrich smiles on the podium
- Jan Ullrich on the podium at the end of another day
- Botero and Ivanov are doing great work for T-Mobile
- Ullrich with his excellent climbing domestique Giusseppe Guerini
- Niki Aebersold (Phonak) on the podium
- Niki Aebersold (Phonak) is now the mountains leader
Results
1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.04.07 (35.315 km/h) 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.51 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.00 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.13 11 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 12 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.13 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5.24 19 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 21 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 22 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 6.39 26 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.19 28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.47 29 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 8.01 30 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 31 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 34 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 36 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 9.20 38 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 42 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 44 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 45 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 46 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 48 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 49 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 50 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 12.00 51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14.14 52 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 53 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 54 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 56 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 57 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 14.49 58 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 59 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 60 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 61 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 62 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 63 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 15.35 65 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 66 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.03 67 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 68 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 69 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 70 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 72 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23.30 73 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 74 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 75 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 76 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 77 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 78 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 79 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 80 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 81 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 82 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 83 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 84 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 85 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 86 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 87 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 89 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 90 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 91 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 92 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 93 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.40 94 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 27.52 95 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 96 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 97 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 98 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 100 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 101 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 102 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 104 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 107 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 110 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 112 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 113 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 114 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 115 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 116 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 117 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 30.47 119 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 120 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.31 DNF Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco DNS Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNS Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC DNS Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie Points 1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 12 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 5 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 7 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 6 8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 11 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 2 12 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Sustenpass - Cat. 0, 91.2 km 1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 15 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 4 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 6 5 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 Klausenpass - Cat. 0, 159.9 km 1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 15 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 5 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Postfinance sprints Bürglen, 136.2 km 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 3 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Spiringen, 143.0 km 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 3 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Feldschlosschen sprints Goldswil, 27.2 km - Elevation: 605 m 1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.20.47 2 Milaneza Maia 5.22 3 Saeco 9.12 4 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.18 5 Team CSC 10.23 6 Fassa Bortolo 10.36 7 T-Mobile Team 11.48 8 Rabobank 15.58 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.50 10 Gerolsteiner 17.24 11 Quick.Step-Davitamon 19.21 12 Credit Agricole 19.34 13 Lampre 25.25 14 Alessio-Bianchi 26.47 15 Domina Vacanze 28.22 16 Lotto-Domo 29.37 17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 33.44 18 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 39.59 General classification after stage 6 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25.50.32 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.06 3 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.25 4 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 6 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.00 7 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.15 8 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.21 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.38 10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 1.44 12 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.31 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.38 14 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 2.45 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2.48 16 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 3.46 17 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 4.04 18 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.08 19 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 5.38 20 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 5.45 21 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 6.01 22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6.45 23 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6.51 24 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.10 25 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.13 26 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 27 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.36 28 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11.27 29 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 12.59 30 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 14.29 31 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 19.59 32 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.38 33 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 20.53 34 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.55 35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 21.05 36 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 21.27 37 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 22.14 38 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 23.42 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 25.30 40 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.32 41 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.33 42 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 25.47 43 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 25.59 44 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 26.16 46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.25 47 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 26.40 48 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.52 49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.00 50 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 27.04 51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27.29 52 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.39 53 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 28.54 54 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 30.45 55 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 31.22 56 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 32.36 57 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 33.09 58 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 33.33 59 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 33.54 60 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 34.28 61 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 34.44 62 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 36.16 63 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 36.35 64 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 37.45 65 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 38.00 66 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 38.40 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 38.41 68 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 40.24 69 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 40.49 70 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 40.56 71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 41.58 72 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 42.34 73 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 43.12 74 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 44.03 75 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 45.28 76 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 46.28 77 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 47.45 78 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 47.48 79 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 49.01 80 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 49.23 81 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 49.41 82 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 49.49 83 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 50.43 84 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 50.47 85 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 51.37 86 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 51.57 87 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52.41 88 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 52.46 89 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52.55 90 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 53.28 91 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 53.41 92 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 53.44 93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54.34 94 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 54.56 95 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 55.18 96 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 97 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 55.29 98 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 55.30 99 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 56.06 100 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 56.39 101 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 56.45 102 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 57.02 103 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 57.07 104 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 57.50 105 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 58.41 106 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 59.11 107 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 59.16 108 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 59.46 109 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.00.18 110 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.00.38 111 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.01.24 112 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 113 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.01.40 114 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 1.03.59 115 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1.06.22 116 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.06.58 117 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 1.07.07 118 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.07.28 119 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08.05 120 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.09.55 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 56 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 50 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 5 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 22 7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 20 8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 16 10 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 15 13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 14 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 15 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 12 16 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 12 17 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 19 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 12 20 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 21 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 11 22 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 23 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 24 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 26 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 27 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9 28 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 29 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7 31 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 7 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 33 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 7 34 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 35 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 36 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 37 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 38 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4 39 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 40 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 41 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 42 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 43 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 44 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 Mountains classification 1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 30 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 15 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 13 7 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 8 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 6 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 5 11 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 13 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 5 14 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 5 15 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 16 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 17 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 20 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 21 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 22 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3 23 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 24 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 25 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 26 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1 27 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Postfinance sprints classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 24 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 12 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 12 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 6 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 7 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 8 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6 9 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 10 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 4 11 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 12 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 13 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3 14 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 17 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 19 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 20 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Feldschlosschen sprints classification 1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 12 pts 2 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6 4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 6 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 7 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3 8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 9 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2 10 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 11 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 12 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1 13 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 77.28.05 2 Milaneza Maia 10.39 3 Fassa Bortolo 11.24 4 T-Mobile Team 18.34 5 Saeco 33.11 6 Lampre 33.29 7 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 33.34 8 Quick.Step-Davitamon 39.50 9 Lotto-Domo 45.03 10 Credit Agricole 45.49 11 Team CSC 47.20 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 48.10 13 Rabobank 50.33 14 Gerolsteiner 52.47 15 Domina Vacanze 1.09.39 16 Alessio-Bianchi 1.20.18 17 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.24.36 18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.43.47
