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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC
Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004
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Stage 7 - June 18: Linthal - Malbun, 133km
Totschnig wins; Jeker in gold
Ullrich falters on final climb
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Austrian champion Georg Totschnig has achieved a well deserved stage win in the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse which finished with the tough ascent to Malbun. The Gerolsteiner rider attacked on a false flat with 4 km to go of the 13 km climb and was able to hold off Swiss rider Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) by 7 seconds. Race leader Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) couldn't follow the attacks, and finished in sixth place at 39 seconds. This meant that Jeker took over the golden jersey with Totschnig in second at 8 seconds and Ullrich third at 32 seconds.
"I saw Ullrich was alone and couldn't follow," Totschnig told Swiss TV. "I saw Jeker coming but I survived. I don't think we'll be able to do that to Ullrich tomorrow - lose him on the climb. I think nothing much will change anymore after today. It gives me a lot of pleasure to win this stage."
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Fabian Jeker was satisfied with the jersey but admitted it will be hard to keep in the final two stages. "I can't tell if I will be able to hold on to the yellow tomorrow," he said. "I will do my utmost best but 32 seconds is not much. I am a bit disappointed, I would have liked to win this stage. I thought I'd wait a bit when I saw Totschnig going, but that wasn't right. Then I chose to ride my own rhythm. I want to survive tomorrow's stage and try to keep the yellow on the line."
As for Ullrich, the Tour de Suisse is not yet lost, and the German was pleased with how he rode today. "I can live with this deficit, I actually thought I would lose more," said Ullrich. "Today the best climbers could show themselves, but on Sunday there is still the time trial and there I will get my chance."
How it unfolded
Today's 133 km stage between Linthal and Malbun (Liechtenstein) was short but not at all easy. The final climb measured 13.3 km and averaged 8.1% - a painful test after yesterday's big mountain stage. The peloton remained together amidst the usual attacks, with Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) quite aggressive in the first 40 km. But the Italian champion was unable to get clear, and it wasn't until km 43 that MrBookmaker's Erwin Thijs and Ben Day managed to escape.
The pair were able to ride clear of the peloton, as both of them were an hour down on GC. At the feed zone in Balzers (58 km), Day and Thijs had two minutes on the bunch which they increased to four minutes, but no more as Bart Voskamp's Chocolade Jacques team controlled the tempo. By the time they reached the foot of the final climb, Thijs and Day had a minute of their lead intact and were caught after 1 km of climbing as the peloton broke up on the steep slopes.
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Russian Andrei Zintchenko (Milaneza Maia) made the first attack once the two leaders were caught, trying to prepare the way for an attack by his team captain Jose Mario del Olmo. It didn't take long for the front group to thin out, and with 10 km to go the Ullrich group contained just 20 riders.
Steve Zampieri (Vini Caldirola) and Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) were the next to try, but were hauled in by Ullrich's climbing domestique Giuseppe Guerini with 8 km to go. Zampieri's teammate Pavel Tonkov countered, as did Patrik Sinkewitz, but neither were able to stay away.
Phonak's Santiago Perez tried at 6 km to go, and earned some freedom until Georg Totschnig made his second attack with 4 km left on a flatter section of the climb. Totschnig quickly reeled in Perez and was finally able to put some distance between himself and Ullrich. The Austrian continued to increase his lead as the group behind him splintered in the last few kilometres. Just before the 1 kilometre to go banner, Jeker attacked and escaped the Ullrich group, quickly closing the gap to Totschnig but falling just short as he reached his limit with 250m to go. Totschnig hung tough for the stage win, but Jeker's second place gave him the golden jersey. Luxembourger Frank Schleck (CSC) took third, ahead of Del Olmo, Cioni and Ullrich, who all crossed the line at separate intervals.
With just two stages to go, Jeker and his Saunier Duval team will have to try to put more time into Ullrich in tomorrow's 191 km stage between Buchs and Bellinzone, which includes the 1917m Lukmanier Pass at km 120 as well as a short climb just before the finish.
Photography
Images by Franklin Tello Photography/Cyclingnews/franklintellophoto.com
- Jan Ullrich looking ready to tackle today's uphill finish in Malbun.
- The peloton rolling out of Linthal with the mountains from yesterday's stage in the background.
- Today's stage would finish in Liechtenstein a country of 60 square miles of lush alpine territory, with no border controls, no airport and even no railway station.
- The crowd at the top of Malbun (1600m) awaiting the leaders of today's stage.
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) crosses the line to win Stage 7 of the Tour de Suisse.
- Fabian Jeker's attack just a couple of kilometres from the finish pays off and he takes second place and the leader's jersey.
- Frank Schleck (CSC) takes third place trailing behind by 14 seconds.
- Jose Maria del Olmo was 4th over the line and had a fantastic ride for his Milaneza team.
- Fassa Bortolo's Dario David Cioni crosses the line 28 seconds after the leader.
- Jan Ullrich put in a tremendous effort, but it was only enough for 6th place.
- Ullrich could not hold on to the golden jersey today after being unable to keep the pace of Fabian Jeker and Georg Totschnig.
- Santiago Perez Fernandez (Phonak) crosses the line just behind Ullrich.
- Patrick Sinkewitz (Quick Step-Davitamon) crosses the line exausted after a tough climb
- Evgeni Petrov (Saeco)
- Steve Zampieri (Vini Caldirola)
- Alexandr Kolobnev (Domina Vacanze)
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) and David Canada (Saunier Duval)
- Rui Lavarinhas (Milaneza) and Patxi Vila (Lampre)
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio-Bianchi)
- Gerrit Glomser (Saeco) with Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) at the finish
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) with not a hair out of place
- CSC's Bobby Julich and Michael Blaudzun along with Volodymir Gustov (Fassa Bortolo)
- Jörg Ludewig (Saeco)
- Angel Castresana (Mr. Bookmaker)
- Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) crosses the line in Malbun
- Martin Elmiger (Phonak)
- Axel Merkx (Lotto-Domo)
- Alex Zulle (Phonak)
- Martin Hvastija (Alessio-Bianchi) enjoys a well deserved refreshment at the end of today's stage.
- Georg Totschnig is delighted to have won today's stage in Malbun.
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) crossed the line over 18 minutes after the winner.
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) keeps the points jersey, still leading after his 2 stage victories.
- Hunter also wears the sprinter's jersey.
- Yesterday's winner and leader of the climbing jersey Niki Aebersold (Phonak).
- Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) is the new leader of the Tour de Suisse.
- Jeker still cannot believe he has the golden jersey on his shoulders.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) wheels his machine out of the sign on area
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) is nearly there
- Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) trying to catch Totschnig
- Frank Schleck (CSC) had a great ride for third
- Jose Maria Del Olmo (Milaneza Maia) ended fourth on the stage
- Dario Cioni (Fassa Bortolo) was consistent again to finish 5th
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) comes up the final climb in arrears of Totschnig, Jeker and co.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) has got some power in those legs
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick Step-Davitamon) had a good ride to finish eighth
- Steve Zampieri (Vini Caldirola) looks beaten up
- Oscar Camenzind (Phonak) hoping the end is nigh
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) with head bowed
- Michael Blaudzun (CSC) leads teammate Bobby Julich home
- Alex Merckx (Lotto-Domo) suffering from a crash earlier in the stage
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) rides his own tempo
- Robert Hunter (R) comes in with a group 18 minutes down
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) alone, his work for the day done
- Pavel Tonkov (Vini Caldirola) following Cioni
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio-Bianchi) looking good
- Gerrit Glomser (Saeco) out of the saddle
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) on the drops
- Here comes Totschnig!
- Ow! That hurt for Jeker
- Cioni crosses the line
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) heads to the line
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) looks happy that it's over
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) salutes from the podium
- Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) salutes from the podium
- Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) now in the gold jersey
Results
1 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.22.45 (39.566 km/h) 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.07 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.14 4 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 0.17 5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.28 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.39 7 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.41 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.43 9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 0.44 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.02 11 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 1.14 12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.22 13 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 16 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 1.36 17 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 18 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.00 19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.41 20 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 2.45 21 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 3.11 22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 23 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3.37 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 26 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.48 28 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4.13 29 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 30 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 4.34 31 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 4.44 32 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4.49 33 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4.58 34 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.03 35 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 5.24 36 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.30 37 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5.36 38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.47 39 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.05 40 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 41 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 6.13 42 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.16 43 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.28 44 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6.46 45 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7.05 47 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.11 48 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 7.16 49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.25 50 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 8.34 51 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.01 52 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 9.46 53 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.50 54 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 9.53 56 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.42 57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 11.06 58 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 11.41 59 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 60 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12.00 61 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12.10 62 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 13.10 63 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.51 64 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 65 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 66 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 68 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 69 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 70 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 71 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 72 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 73 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 74 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 75 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 76 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 77 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 79 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 81 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 82 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 83 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 16.35 84 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 18.11 85 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 86 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 87 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 88 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 89 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 90 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 91 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 92 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 93 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 94 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 95 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 96 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 97 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 98 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 99 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 100 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 18.27 101 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 102 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 103 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 18.30 104 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.33 105 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 106 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 107 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 18.37 108 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.52 109 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 19.05 111 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 19.14 112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.12 113 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 114 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF David Loosli (Swi) Saeco DNF Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNS Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo DNS Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre DNS Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Points 1 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 pts 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 4 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 9 5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 7 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 4 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 11 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 2 12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Kerenzerberg - Cat. 3, 29.8 km 1 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 4 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1 Schellenberg - Cat. 3, 105.1 km 1 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 5 pts 2 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 3 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 4 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 1 Steg - Cat. 2, 132.1 km - Elevation: 1417 m 1 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 pts 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 3 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 4 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Postfinance sprints Buchs, 83.4 km 1 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 3 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 Frümsen, 93.9 km 1 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 3 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1 Feldschlosschen sprints Mols, 44.2 km 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 pts 2 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Milaneza Maia 10.12.53 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.49 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14 4 Team CSC 2.50 5 Saeco 3.30 6 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.32 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.41 8 T-Mobile Team 8.29 9 Gerolsteiner 8.49 10 Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.19 11 Lampre 13.04 12 Credit Agricole 14.03 13 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 15.21 14 Alessio-Bianchi 17.00 15 Rabobank 20.00 16 Lotto-Domo 21.58 17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 24.23 18 Domina Vacanze 25.29 General classification after stage 7 1 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.13.24 2 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.08 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.32 4 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 0.35 5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.46 6 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.14 7 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.15 8 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 2.21 9 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.36 10 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.08 11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.26 12 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 4.14 13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.42 14 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 5.11 15 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 5.15 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6.18 17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.29 18 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8.06 19 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8.12 20 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 9.08 21 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 10.07 22 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 10.22 23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10.54 24 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.11 25 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.49 26 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 17.07 27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 18.19 28 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.19 29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 21.08 30 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.12 31 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 23.29 32 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 24.15 33 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 26.20 34 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 26.21 35 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 28.04 36 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 29.20 37 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 29.23 38 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 30.21 39 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 30.26 40 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 30.29 41 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 31.03 42 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 31.21 43 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.15 44 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.36 45 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 32.38 46 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 34.51 47 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.18 48 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 36.08 49 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.39 50 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 38.26 51 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 39.34 52 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 41.23 53 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 41.43 54 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42.37 55 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44.23 56 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 44.38 57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 44.53 58 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 45.08 59 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 45.18 60 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 45.55 61 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 46.54 62 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 47.06 63 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 49.23 64 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 49.38 65 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 51.58 66 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 52.32 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 54.25 68 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 54.39 69 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 55.32 70 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 56.44 71 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 58.18 72 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 1.00.24 73 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.01.04 74 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.02.12 75 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.03.17 76 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.03.32 77 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 78 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.05.25 79 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 1.05.33 80 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 1.05.49 81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.07.21 82 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.08.47 83 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.09.10 84 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.10.01 85 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.10.40 86 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.10.50 87 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.11.14 88 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.11.32 89 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.11.45 90 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.12.10 91 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 1.12.23 92 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.12.46 93 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 1.13.22 94 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.13.44 95 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.14.25 96 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.14.27 97 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.14.46 98 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.14.51 99 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 1.15.00 100 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.15.05 101 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 1.15.54 102 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.16.02 103 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.16.14 104 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.16.22 105 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.16.39 106 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.17.11 107 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.18.08 108 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.18.31 109 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.19.44 110 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.19.54 111 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1.24.42 112 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 1.25.11 113 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.27.59 114 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.03 115 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.30.10 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 56 pts 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 4 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 30 5 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 6 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 22 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 22 8 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 21 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 19 11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 12 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 15 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 15 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 16 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 12 17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 18 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 19 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 12 20 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 21 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 22 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 11 23 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 24 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 25 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 26 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 27 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 28 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9 29 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 30 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 31 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 7 32 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7 33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 34 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 7 35 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 36 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 38 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5 39 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 40 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 4 41 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 42 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 43 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 44 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 45 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 46 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 Mountains classification 1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 30 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 24 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 20 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 13 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 8 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 6 11 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 6 12 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 5 13 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 5 16 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 5 17 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 18 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 19 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 20 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 21 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 4 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 23 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 24 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 25 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 3 26 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3 27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 28 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 29 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 30 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 31 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 32 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 1 33 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 34 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1 35 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Postfinance sprints classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 24 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 13 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 13 4 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 12 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 7 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 8 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 9 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6 10 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6 11 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 4 13 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 15 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3 16 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 19 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 21 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 22 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Feldschlosschen sprints classification 1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 13 pts 2 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 5 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 7 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 8 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3 9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 11 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2 12 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 13 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 14 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1 15 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 87.42.12 2 Milaneza Maia 9.25 3 Fassa Bortolo 10.59 4 T-Mobile Team 25.49 5 Saeco 35.27 6 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 36.52 7 Lampre 45.19 8 Quick.Step-Davitamon 47.55 9 Team CSC 48.56 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.37 11 Credit Agricole 58.38 12 Gerolsteiner 1.00.22 13 Lotto-Domo 1.05.47 14 Rabobank 1.09.19 15 Domina Vacanze 1.33.54 16 Alessio-Bianchi 1.36.04 17 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.38.43 18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2.06.56
